5:41:03
I'm a soldier.
5:41:05
And we are at war.
5:41:08
From Philadelphia, we expect
a declaration of independence.
5:41:12
8 of the 1 3 colonies have
levied money...
5:41:15
...in support of a continental army.
5:41:18
I ask that South Carolina be the ninth.
5:41:21
Massachusetts and Virginia
may be at war...
5:41:24
...but South Carolina is not!
5:41:26
Hear, hear.
5:41:28
This is not a war for the independence
of one or two colonies...
5:41:32
...but for the independence
of one nation.
5:41:35
And what nation is that?
5:41:37
An American nation!
5:41:39
There is no such nation
and to speak of one is treason.
5:41:42
We are citizens of an American nation.
5:41:45
And our rights are being threatened...
5:41:48
...by a tyrant 3000 miles away.
5:41:51
Would you tell me, please,
Mr. Howard...
5:41:54
...why should I trade one tyrant
3000 miles away...
5:41:58
...for 3000 tyrants one mile away?
5:42:06
An elected legislature can trample
a man's rights as easily as a king can.
5:42:11
Captain Martin...
5:42:14
...l understood you to be a patriot.
5:42:16
If you mean by "patriot," am I angry
about taxation without representation?
5:42:20
Well, yes, I am.
5:42:22
Should the American colonies govern
themselves independently?
5:42:27
I believe they can. And they should.
5:42:31
But if you're asking me am I willing
to go to war with England...
5:42:35
...then the answer is
most definitely no.
5:42:42
This from the same Captain Benjamin
Martin whose fury was so famous...
5:42:46
...during the Wilderness campaign?
5:42:50
I was intemperate in my youth.
5:42:52
Temperance can be a disguise for fear.
5:42:54
Mr. Middleton, I fought
with Captain Martin...
5:42:57
...under Washington
in the French and lndian War.