5:40:01
He cuts off my other leg
with his taxes.
5:40:05
Miss Howard, isn't it?
5:40:08
You know who I am, Gabriel Martin.
5:40:12
The last time you saw me,
I was 1 1 and you put ink in my tea.
5:40:17
I believe that was one of my younger
brothers. Perhaps Samuel or Nathan.
5:40:21
It was you, and it turned
my teeth black for a month.
5:40:28
--and send a message to King George
he will never forget!
5:40:35
Our first order of business--
5:40:37
And our last, if we vote a levy!
5:40:39
Order, order!
5:40:40
Mr. Simms, you do not have the floor.
5:40:43
First, an address by Colonel
Harry Burwell of the Continental Army.
5:40:47
Colonel Burwell.
5:40:52
You all know why I'm here.
5:40:55
I'm not an orator.
5:40:57
And I would not try to convince you
of the worthiness of our cause.
5:41:03
I'm a soldier.
5:41:05
And we are at war.
5:41:08
From Philadelphia, we expect
a declaration of independence.
5:41:12
8 of the 1 3 colonies have
levied money...
5:41:15
...in support of a continental army.
5:41:18
I ask that South Carolina be the ninth.
5:41:21
Massachusetts and Virginia
may be at war...
5:41:24
...but South Carolina is not!
5:41:26
Hear, hear.
5:41:28
This is not a war for the independence
of one or two colonies...
5:41:32
...but for the independence
of one nation.
5:41:35
And what nation is that?
5:41:37
An American nation!
5:41:39
There is no such nation
and to speak of one is treason.
5:41:42
We are citizens of an American nation.
5:41:45
And our rights are being threatened...
5:41:48
...by a tyrant 3000 miles away.
5:41:51
Would you tell me, please,
Mr. Howard...
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...why should I trade one tyrant
3000 miles away...
5:41:58
...for 3000 tyrants one mile away?