Madam, if the rebels surrendered next week, would you, at the end of this month, want...
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William Seward:
Madam, if the rebels surrendered next week, would you, at the end of this month, want Congressman Burton to vote for the Thirteenth Amendment?
Mrs. Jolly:
If that was how it was, no more war an' all, I reckon Mr Jolly much prefer not to have Congress pass the Amendment.
William Seward:
And... why is that?
Mr. Jolly:
[looks at Seward in surprise]
Niggers.
Mrs. Jolly:
If he don't have to let some Alabama coon come up from Missouri and steal his chickens and his job, we'd much prefer that.
[Seward takes Mrs Jolly's letter, walks over to Lincoln and puts it on his desk]
William Seward:
[quietly]
The people. I begin to see why you're in such a great hurry to put it through.
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Madame
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If the Rebels surrendered next week
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would you at the end of this month
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want Congressman Burton to vote
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for the 13th Amendment
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If that was how it was no more war and all
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I reckon Mr Jolly much prefer not to have
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Congress pass the amendment
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And
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why is that
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Niggers
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If he don't have to let some Alabama coon
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come up to Missouri
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steal his chickens and his job
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we'd much prefer that
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The people
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I begin to see why you're in such a great hurry
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to put it through
Clip duration: 47 seconds
Views: 289
Timestamp in movie: 00h 18m 14s
Uploaded: 21 November, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, history
Summary: As the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
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00:10 To which I always listen
00:44 Read it to me again
00:17 I appeal to my fellow Democrats
00:04 Looks like he ate a bad oyster
01:00 We have no need to investigate them
01:20 Some of us was in the Second Kansas Colored
00:20 The war will be over in a month
00:50 How the people love my husband
00:12 I could write shorter sermons
00:10 I wanted you to have a look at this prospectus here
00:16 Is out of order
00:10 We've made it possible for one another to do terrible...
00:52 Gentlemen you have a visitor
00:03 It opens
00:36 I have to do this and I will do it
00:15 No you're going to tell a story
00:12 No one has ever lived who knows better than you
00:08 See I'll be the only man over 15 and under 65
00:59 Woe unto you sir You will answer to me
00:16 It's late