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The Queen again and again refers
to our incompetent courts.
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Now what, I wonder, would be
more to her liking? Huh?
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A court that finds against
the Africans?
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Well, I think not.
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And here is the fine point of it.
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What Her Majesty wants is a court
that behaves just like her courts.
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The courts this 11-year-old child
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plays with in her magical kingdom
called Spain.
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A court that will do what it is told.
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A court that can be toyed with
like a doll.
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A court, as it happens,
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of which our own president,
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Martin Van Buren,
would be most proud.
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Thank you.
:33:52
This is a publication
of the office of the President.
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It's called "The Executive Review",
:33:59
and I'm sure you all read it.
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At least I'm sure the President
hopes you all read it.
:34:05
This is a recent issue, and there's,
uh, an article in here,
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written by "a keen mind
of the South", who...
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My former vice-president,
John Calhoun, perhaps.
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Could it be?
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Who asserts that "there has never
existed a civilized society
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"in which one segment did not
thrive upon the labour of another.
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"As far back as one chooses to look,
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"to ancient times, to Biblical times,
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"history bears this out.
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"In Eden, where only two
were created.
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"Even there, one was pronounced
subordinate to the other.
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"Slavery has always been with us,
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"and is neither sinful nor immoral.
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"Rather, as war and antagonism
are the natural states of man,
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"so, too, slavery, as natural
as it is inevitable."