:12:01
"As you may perceive,
:12:03
"I wish you to act promptly
:12:05
"before this matter becomes
a weight on our two countries."
:12:10
Uh, "great countries."
:12:12
"Our great countries.
:12:14
"After all, the business of
great countries is to do business."
:12:17
Excelente, Su Alteza.
:12:19
"Slavery is our pillar of
commerce in the New World.
:12:22
"Without it, our goodwill
and excellent trade relations sh..."
:12:27
- Uh, "should be imperilled."
- "Should be imperilled.
:12:30
"Without it, we might
have been denied the glory
:12:34
"of aiding you in your rebellion
against the British.
:12:37
"As slave-owning nations,
we must together stand firm.
:12:42
"Speak the words of humaneness
for the masses of your citizens,
:12:46
"but hold tightly to the power
that protects them.
:12:50
"That power, of course,
is their wealth.
:12:52
"The Africans must never go free.
:12:56
"With sincerest admiration,
:12:58
"Isabella the Second,
Queen of all of Spain."
:13:02
I am not about to bend to the will
of some pubescent queen.
:13:07
Forget about them.
They're unimportant.
:13:10
- Prepubescent.
- You need to concern yourself
:13:12
with what this matter means here,
not an ocean away.
:13:15
Someone should tell me what it means!
:13:17
Leder, you yourself
said it was meaningless.
:13:21
Well, not any more.
:13:25
- John Calhoun paid me a visit.
- Oh, God.
:13:29
To explain to me why this case
is of much greater import...
:13:33
- much greater symbolism, to use his
word - to the South than the North.
:13:37
If the Africans are executed,
:13:39
the abolitionists will
make good use of it.
:13:42
And yes, they will make
some converts.
:13:45
If, on the other hand,
they are freed,
:13:47
Calhoun says the Southern states
will so ally themselves against you
:13:52
that you can forget
about re-election.
:13:54
- Over this?
- It's worse than that.
:13:58
Worse? What could be
worse than that?