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:09:02
After all, if you cannot
rule the courts, you cannot rule.

:09:06
Senor Calderon, as any
true American will tell you,

:09:09
its the independence of our courts
that keeps us free.

:09:21
John... I'm glad you came.
:09:26
Mr President?
Senator Calhoun is here.

:09:29
John! I was afraid you weren't
going to be able to join us.

:09:35
- You may put that fear to rest, sir.
- Oh, thank you! Please.

:09:38
I'd like you to meet Senor Calderon,
ambassador from Spain.

:09:42
Buenas noches, Senor Ambassador.
:09:47
- Thought you said he wasn't coming.
- He said he wasn't.

:09:50
You see, Senor Calderon,
:09:54
there's a growing number of people
in this part of the country

:09:58
that regard us in the South
:10:01
as not only geographically
beneath them.

:10:05
They ignore the fact
:10:07
that slavery is so interwoven
into the fabric of this society,

:10:12
that to destroy it would be
to destroy us as a people.

:10:16
It's immoral. That's all they know.
:10:21
Therefore, so are we.
:10:24
Immoral and inferior.
:10:30
We are inferior in one area.
:10:33
We're not as proficient
in the art of gain.

:10:37
We're not as wealthy
as our northern neighbors.

:10:41
We're still struggling.
:10:44
Take away our life's blood now...
:10:49
Well, we all know
what happens then.

:10:53
North and South.
:10:57
They become the masters,
and we the slaves.


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