Gettysburg Page #14

Let me make this very plain to you, sir.

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We do not consent

and we will never consent.

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And what you've got to do is,

you've got to go back over there...

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...to your Parliament and you've got

to make it very plain to them.

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You've got to tell them

that what we're fighting for here...

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...is the freedom from what we consider

to be the rule of a foreign power.

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I mean, that's all we want.

That's what this war is all about.

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-Jim.

-No, no, no.

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Now, we established this country

in the first place...

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...with very strong state governments...

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...just for that very reason.

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I mean, let me put it to you this way.

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My home is in Virginia.

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The government of my home is home.

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Virginia would not allow itself

to be ruled...

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...by some king over there in London.

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It's not about to let itself be ruled

by some president in Washington.

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Virginia, by God, sir,

is going to be run by Virginians.

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Oh, my. The cause.

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PICKETT:

Actually, I got a pair of kings.

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And it's all for the Yankees.

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The damn money-grubbing Yankees.

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I mean, those damn fools,

they don't get the message.

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Always the darkies.

Nothing but the darkies.

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PICKETT:

You know, Jim....

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Sit down. I think that my idea...

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...my analogy of a gentlemen's club

is fair enough. It's clear enough.

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Colonel, think on it now.

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Suppose that we all joined a club,

a gentlemen's club.

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After a time, several of the members

began to intrude themselves...

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...into our private lives, our home lives.

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Began telling us

what we could and couldn't do.

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Well, then, wouldn't any one of us

have the right to resign?

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I mean, just resign.

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That's what we did.

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That's what I did and now these people

are telling us we don't have that right.

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[LAUGHING]

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I got to hand it to you.

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You certainly do have a talent

for trivializing the momentous...

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...and complicating the obvious.

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Have you ever considered

running for Congress?

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No. It s a thought.

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What does Colonel Fremantle think?

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Will the British come in on our side?

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Hell, yeah. They'll come in

when we don't need them no more.

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Like some damn bank lending you money

when you're no longer in debt.

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PICKETT:
Look here, Mr. Speaker....

LONGSTREET:
George.

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A word?

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Good night, colonel.

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FREMANTLE:

See you later.

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LONGSTREET:
In the next few days,

we're going to have a hell of a fight here.

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I want you to do everything necessary

to get your boys ready.

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You can start bringing them up

by the first light.

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I want you all in Gettysburg

by tomorrow night.

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PICKETT:

Yes, sir.

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GIBBON:

Good evening, John.

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I'm surprised you could find headquarters

with all that confusion.

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BUFORD:

There's an old Indian saying:

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"Follow the cigar smoke

and find a fat man there."

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[GIBBON LAUGHS]

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BUFORD:

General Hancock.

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How are you, John?

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BUFORD:

I'm all right.

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But the brigades are pretty shot up.

I need to get refitted.

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HANCOCK:
Right. I'll see to it.

We know what you did this morning.

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That was

one hell of a piece of soldiering.

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Thank you, sir.

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Heard you were with John Reynolds

when he was killed.

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I'm sending the body up

to his folks in Lancaster.

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They might appreciate a note from you.

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I'll send it.

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[HANCOCK SIGHS]

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He was a soldier.

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And a good friend.

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Three of us, Reynolds,

Lo Armistead and I came up together.

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Mexican War.

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California.

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We stayed close.

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I wonder how old Lo is doing.

If he's still alive.

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Heard he had one of Pickett's brigades.

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Under Longstreet.

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Remarkable.

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Just across the ridge, eh?

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[SIGHS]

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I'd like to see him again, but not here.

Not like this.

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Well, maybe after the war, eh?

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Where do you want me in the morning?

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I want you to hold your position

on the extreme left.

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Get some rest if you can.

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We may need you in the morning.

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Jeb Stuart's still on the prowl

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