:30:00
I'm neither friend nor foe to the
abolitionist cause. I won't help you.
:30:05
Sir.
:30:06
- What?
- I know you, Mr President.
:30:10
I know you and your presidency as
well as any man, and your father's.
:30:14
You were a child at his side
when he helped invent America.
:30:18
You, in turn, have devoted your life
to refining that noble invention.
:30:22
There remains but one task undone.
:30:25
One vital task the Founding
Fathers left to their sons,
:30:28
before their 13 colonies could
precisely be called United States.
:30:32
And that task, sir, as you
well know, is crushing slavery.
:30:37
Your record confirms you're an
abolitionist, sir, even if you won't.
:30:42
- And whether or not you admit it...
- Mr Joadson.
:30:45
..you belong with us.
:30:50
You're quite the scholar,
Mr Joadson, aren't ya?
:30:54
Quite the historian.
:30:59
Let me tell you about
that quality, if I might.
:31:03
Without an accompanying mastery of at
least one-tenth its measure of grace,
:31:08
such erudition is worthless, sir.
:31:11
Now, you take it from one who knows.
:31:17
If you gentlemen will excuse me.
:31:22
- We know we aimed high asking you...
- Well, aim lower!
:31:27
Find yourselves someone
whose inspiration blossoms
:31:30
the more you lose.
:31:37
If the court awards them to Spain,
:31:39
they'll be taken to Cuba
and executed.
:31:41
If the two lieutenants prevail,
they'll likely to sell them to Spain,
:31:46
and they'll be executed.
:31:48
If Montes and Ruiz are successful...
:31:51
I'm a little confused.
What are they worth to you?
:31:54
We're discussing the case,
not its expense.
:31:58
Of course. Well, the case is much
simpler than you think, Mr Tappan.