:49:01
A few wonder out loud why they should be
risking their lives for the darkies.
:49:05
Well, Tom, you know my position.
:49:08
I signed up to preserve the Union.
The president did the right thing.
:49:12
Whas the use of uniting the country
by force and leaving slavery in place?
:49:18
It sure riled up those Johnny Rebs.
:49:20
They'll think Lincoln incited the slaves
to rise against them.
:49:24
Why shouldn't they?
:49:25
Freeing the slaves wasn't a war aim
when this began, but war changes things.
:49:29
- It sorts things out.
- Well, I don't know, Lawrence.
:49:32
Not everybody feels the way we do
about the darkies.
:49:35
Especially when it comes to fighting
and dying.
:49:38
Tom.
:49:40
Do me a favor.
:49:42
Don't call me Lawrence
and don't call Negroes "darkies."
:49:47
Thas a patronizing expression
from which we must free ourselves.
:49:55
Come outside. I want to...
I want to show you something.
:50:22
All these thousands of men.
:50:25
Many of them not much more than boys.
:50:28
Each one of them some mother's son.
:50:30
Some sister's brother.
Some daughter's father.
:50:35
Each one of them a whole person,
loved and cherished in some home far away.
:50:42
Many of them will never return.
:50:48
An army is power.
:50:52
Its entire purpose is to coerce others.
:50:56
Now, this kind of power cannot be used
carelessly or recklessly.