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The makers of Campbell's Sloops and theCampbell Playhouse Orson Wells producer Good Evening.
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This is Orson Welles because of thespecial nature of tonight's broadcast, with its
very special demands on an actress's versatility, and because two she is one of
the finest performers in the American theater. We are fortunate, indeed, in
having with us in the Campbell Playoffs. It's Cornelia Otis Skinner. Tonight we
bring you an original broadcast, itssubject a great American him of personal liberty
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and independence. We call it thethings we have. But before we begin,
a word from in his chapel.Among our favorite Sunday dinner dishes,
I don't think there's anything we prizequite so highly as chicken. Whether it's
roasted and stuffed, or fried intender, crisp brown pieces, or crick
of seed, the cherished flavor ofchicken is something we always look forward to.
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Chicken has been the number one dishfor special occasions for many, many
years, and because we like chickenso well, we become mighty critical judges
of any chicken dish that appears onour tables. So I think the fact
that Campbell's Chicken Soup has grown sosteadily in popularity month after months and year
after year, speaks worlds for it, and I can safely promise any of
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you this, As sure as youlike chicken, you like Campbell's chicken soup.
Every spoonful, every drop of itsgolden broth is rich with chicken flavor.
There are tender, nourishing pieces ofchicken meat for you to enjoy.
The finest of fluffy, snow whiterice drifts all through it. Here's chicken
soup to match the finest ever madeat home. And I wouldn't dare to
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say that if I were not surethat you'll agree with me once you've tasted
Campbell's Chicken Soup. And now onAmerican Cavalcade The Things, we have an
original broadcast written and produced by AustinWells and starring Cornelia or the Skinner of
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the Thing. You want a thirdclass? Yes, light down the pail,
last gays how long the shipping?It all about? Twenty minute?
Third? Shouldn't they tell us it'sthe teams across? You wouldn't be into
noon? I played, the guestscame in sooner than they expected. Haven't
come on yet, haven't they orthe price class you're meeting somewhere in third
that's right, citizen radio Alien.Well you've got plenty of times they have
to wait. Everybody else is off, thanks, arviser. Know when you
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have the meeting, Well you justwait around. Man. After a while,
they'll call after name, and thenyou can go on board and get
him. Maybe quite a while though, thanks officer. You don't know.
I hope he's on board. Surehe is made a cable if he wasn't.
Oh, everyone else seems to beall. I guess it takes a
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while going through the papers and allthat. Nervous. No, I'm not
nervous. That's that. I'd liketo see him. I wonder what he's
like. You're not sorry we're doingthis, of course I'm not. But
you can't blame me for seeing alittle dance. Gosh, Mary, do
you think we're doing the right thing? Of course, Jim, of course
we are. I hope it works. The Scott all right, that's terms
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is Scott, Jim. Here weare This burnis is out right. You're
the couple meeting a party for thename of Lang. Yeah, you can
go go on board now, Thankyou. Listen, missus, Dame Scott.
Citizens. Yes, you're here forSimon Lang. That's right, Oh,
Simon Lang, Simon Lineimon Line,Look, Jim, that's him Tree,
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look at him you Simon Lang.Yes, Sir Simon Land, mister,
and Missus James Scott. You havedeclared your intention of legally adopting his
child. You certified that you willprovide for him till he reaches the age
of twenty one, and undertake it. Until then he shall have no time
to become a public charge in thegovernment of the United States. Is that
correct? It is all right?I'm following. See your card mm age
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nine years old? I is blue. I one meter twelve yeah, four
feet six, I guess are brown. How about your parents? Mother?
My mother is good, two yearsfather. Well, what's your father's name?
Father alive? He? Uh boy, his father was an associate of
mine in business over there six monthsago. Here. Oh sure I know
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nationality? Oh oh right down thatjob. Yeah, here's your landing guarden.
Oh what do you think are yougonna become an American citizen? Did
well? I guess you'll find outafter it was all right? Good luck?
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He no, I didn't. Sorry, mar right can make for dinner.
Work kind of pile up on meat the officiving. All right,
fine worthy, I see you lookpretty tired. I put him the bed
right after dinner, he said tosay goodbye to you, happy darling.
Oh yeah, he's awfully kids.You see when we sat down to dinner
tonight, he helped me into mychair. Every time I walk into the
room, he stand up. What'dyou do with him? All afternoon?
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He him stopping, He say muchabout his home, about his father.
No, I guess it's Saturday's kidsforget pretty quickly. Yes, so thinks
seemed very strange to him. Whatare you laughing at? Oh he can
ill be, don ques what sortof question? Oh? All about this
country? Oh? People live overhere? He'd also stay right then.
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One of the things he asked,I send pay good and done? So,
oh what'd you do? I toldhim to ask you. Oh that's
nice to you. You know,seriously, matter, there's a lot of
things about this country. That kid'sgot a right so know. Things he'll
have to know before he gets intoschool up to you don't need to tell
him. Yes, I guess you'llright the same manner. Let's go and
take a look at him. Oh, Genie, you'll wake your mind.
I won't. Sorry, don't Aman got a right to have a look
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at his son, say listener,Kim. I believe he's crying. I
guess he is. Oh gee,you one little guy. Hello, son,
it's a matter. What's wrong doyou? He's not? Come on?
Move over? That's it out Quitea jump, isn't it? Yes,
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well, son, it's a jumpfolks have been taking for a long
time now, I have. Formore than three hundred years, people have
been packing up and leaving everything theyknow about and coming to America. I
guess the first day they landed,no matter how much they wanted to come,
most of them felt about the sameas you do. Yes, yes,
you see. Kind of this country'smade up of people like you,
People who came over here on boats, just the same as you. Who
who Why did they do that?Were they obliged to leave their homes?
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No? I guess they came becausethey wanted to. Well, anyway,
I guess they all had reasons oftheir own. Hm. You know,
son, get right down to it. We all came there for just about
the same thing. Freedom. Freedom. Yeah, that's the word we used.
My folks, did I know.Uh, they're folks who brought them
here in Missus Scott's great great grandparentsand every one of them. I guess
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that word freedom meant something different.For some it meant freedom to think and
speak as they pleased. Others itjust meant freedom to exist with a fair
amount of happiness, to were ina decent living. But the toilet of
their hands the first people came meantfreedom to live together and to worship their
God together openly their own way.That was over three hundred years ago.
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A petition presented through His Majesty,King James First, in the sixteenth year
of his reign of England, France, and Ireland and Scotland, the one
hundred and fiftieth by his humble subjectsto meet for worship in the public places
with peace and protection would be inthis world the greatest blessing which our heart's
desire, or which would come tous. But we dare not expect,
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neither do we ask so great afavor at Your Majesty's hands, only that
in private we might serve God withclear and quiet consciences. We, in
all loveliness crave, but your tolerationthe petition has refused. Our pleasure is
that all the keratins and physicians conformthemselves or leave the country according to the
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laws of our kingdom and the canonsof our Church, that we do hereby
command our judges and justices put theline to execution against them, nor of
the gig reward. As is weare about to advanced today for the new
world. Are a company professing ourselvesfellow members of Christ, for which reasons,
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though we come from many regions anddiverse classes, we ought to account
ourselves knit together by this bond oflove. Our antecas day is to seek
out a new home under a dueform of government, both civil and ecclesiastricals.
Our end is to improve our livesa few more service to the laws
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or this them. We must beknit together in this work as one man.
So shall we keep the unity ofthe spirit in the bond of peace.
Or we must consider that we shalldee as a city upon a hill.
The eyes of all people are uponus, so that we shall deal
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falsely with our God in this workwe have undertaken, and so cause him
to withdraw his present health from us. We shall be made a story and
the bywords through the world. Therefore, let us choose life that we and
our seeds may live by obeying hisvoice and pleading to him when he is
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our lives and our prosperities, andhe shall make us a phrase and glory
that men shall say of succeeding plantations. The Lord megan like that of New
England. They were the first tocome. Simon. They came in little
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wooden ships with their wives and mychildren, and then have to work.
The others came. And always whenmen spoke of this country that same word,
that word freedom was on their lipsto others in other countries, a
matter any other ment, freedom tothink and speak as they pleased. Yes,
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but you could live up off withthe hindry shirts. Yeah, who
are you? I am his buck. You will give him this peck or
immediate immediately. I haint kindly.I really a total is that they didn't
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be for you. Let me seeyou three do I'm what he didn't me
nothink you my friends, you've seenthis before. I make shirts Senior Professor
of philosophy at the State University.Is here by someone to appear before the
High Chancellor to answer questions pertaining toa speech made diave before the students of
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this university on the seventh day ofOctober. Signed this day, the seventh
of October eighteen forty eight, forthe High Chanceller Karl Cyber and the Secretary
of Prison. You know what thismeans, of course, imprisonment. They
have no legal right. They wouldn'tpay, hm, they wouldn't bear My
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good friends, you forget very uhremember Professor Ener, Remember Carl Ludwig,
my best student, Gean Puman,peacemoth, both of'em. There are
there today the young men's sharp timeto escape. The old man's still in
prison by Upstead. And why becausethey loved mankind, because they ask for
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freedom of speech. What about yourdoctrine? Well, then I know it.
Are you going to go to thechancellory tomorrow? No? Oh,
no, gentlemen, and I'm notgoing. I'm no martyr, and I
have no revolutions. And I don'tthink I could change things or make them
better, even if I know how. I'm a just teacher. Say won't
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let me teach here? I mustgo else. There there's work for men.
Might you and me all the worldover? My friends, the time
has come to myrow phaps, itis already too late. Who knows how
many of you have got similar orderswaiting for you at your home. I
am right, What do you mean? What are you going to do?
They're going to leave our country,feeder you and I and the children.
Hm. He must go at oncearrangements are made, my friends who help
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us reach your daughter. And thenthen then there are ships that is to
take us to a country where menmay think and speak the truth they see
it fair. Freedom is a virtue, not a crime to America. Now.
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A lot of people came here towhom the name of America was nothing
but a word in a foreign tongue. And to them that word meant freedom
from oppression, freedom from fear.That musty the other swordis I not?
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You don't keep away from the way. He's none more. Yes he was.
That cut me to peepers who donnaI don't talk to the children like
that doesn't frighten me. I don'ttalk like me, But they didn't like
here on the south. First thatyou remember it shouldn't be only enough,
and you all breathe again, thenI good, stuck, get done.
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Looks like they stopped at Defunt house. They have no flag out, they
have no money to buy a FID. So it is every holiday before the
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end of the day, the straightred flood. They'll not for wrong.
A few more months, maybe ayear, maybe two years, and they
have saved enough. Then they shallleave this place for a country where men
can walk together to side by sidein broad day like be afraid of no
one. The land that's rich andhappy to America. And there were still
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others to whom the word America cameto mean life itself, just life and
the chance to earn the things thatmaintain it. Life in a new country
across the sea, without foreign rulers, and where there was always enough to
eat. Very well reminate. Ohyes, you're extremely kind, Dady Townson,
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and I will left, did ittake em? And we have those
things in London, you know,they never can make them quite right over
there. Thank you, lady Townson. And almost fellows a thing. Well,
lady, I've I've seen bad timesin my day, but nothing like
this. It's about three and everyten instead of the famine and two more
of the fevers. You might say, it's about half the people in the
country that are dead now in thesame all over Ireland and skipperne if you'd
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believe it, there's not more thanten men left in the village. O,
dear me, Emily's not dreadful.What are they going to do about
it? That's what I'd like toknow. And they're burying them, Lady
Townson. That is to say thatthere's any left a life to be doing
the digging. So the graveyard areso filled that they they do be laying
them down in the gardens now,leaving them the open fields where the dogs
come as they do in the night. Oh, how shocked is that?
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Only? Sweet my sister, Iwas riding over the bend trestle and there
were two of them lying right inthe road, all their faith. It's
likely to get worse before it getsbetter, and it is indeed, Lady
Toomston, here's his August inceeding.Time almost passed and not a tenth of
the land seated. You know whatthat means, I'm certain no, O,
which means no potatoes, your ladyship, no potatoes at all for another
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year. Surely potatoes, let's talkingthe need to potato? Well, your
ladyship, potatoes is about all theland's fit for. To say, what
land in Ireland, the country peopleare permitted. Oh well, then I
suppose they can't help it. Andthen there's the rents, Miladi, yes
should. I had a hard timeat last year, your Ladyship, and
this year I don't know how I'mgonna be going about it. What do
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you mean they're hard to approach,your Ladyship? Then it got mean with
a hunger a realty rent, theymust say, I'll do my best,
your Ladyship, but I can't gogetting blood out of a stone the money
out of a dead man. Well, they're not all dead, he was
just they're not all dead. That'sentirely true, your Ladyship. But then
that's alive. Yet there's a lotto be leave in the country. Every
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day now you hear them going offfrom their land. Nobody left it home
to work it. What do youmean doing doing well America, your ladyship,
America? Oh d are they surethere's no law against that, Your
Leadyship? They do say it's foolto ben there and work the ernest with
kind of Mernon's brother, you know, Patrick, your Ladyship, it's one
of your gardeners where his brother wentaway to America only two years ago.
And and we here now he's doingfamously. He's digging the ere canal.
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He isn't making his fortune. Ah, there's opportunities in America. Your ladyship
is the fine freelander is well.Please, I mean to say, jobs
there, your ladyship. Any rateways to keep alive? You know what
I mean? And you see whereanyway? It's the big country. Oh,
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I suppose it can't be. Stop, I suppose not the leadership.
I suppose it can't. And thensometimes they've come here simply for the right
to keep alive. I thought aboutthere's knowledgy stuff that's could have been stop
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that about their all the time.So it's been some ever since the first
ones landed more than three hundred yearsago, people coming from all over the
world, some of them only dimlyknowing why they came, and all of
them were this thing in their hearts, this dream of freedom. When they
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had come here, what are theyfind they found happen most of them,
and money some of them. Andfreedom. No, no, they didn't
find freedom when they first came here. See time, and it turns out
that freedom isn't something you find lyingaround, even in a new country.
And it's not a thing other peoppeople can give you something you have to
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want awfully bad to forget it free. It's the thing that makes yourself.
You are listening to the Campbell Playoffpresentation of our American Cavalcades. The things
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we have an original radio drama startinguson Welles and the Quernijiodah Skinner. This
is the Columbia Broadcasting System. Thisis Ernest Cappa, Ladies and gentlemen,
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welcoming you back to the Campbell Playhouse. In a moment or two, we
shall be whom our presentation of theAmerican Cavalcades. A great deal of historical
research went into the preparation of astory for tonight's broadcast, right down from
revolutionary times. The customs and mannersof succeeding generations were closely studied, and
to me, the most interesting satelliteof all this study was the evidence that
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appeared again and again to show thatall of our ancestors were just as fond
of eating chicken as we are today. As early as July seventeen forty six,
the London magazine published these observations ofa traveler in Virginia, I quote,
all over the colony are universal hospitality, reigns, full tables and open
doors unquote, and among the favoritedishes he met in Fowls Boiled or Roasted
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in seventeen fifty six, and missAnna and Maria Dandridge was celebrated for her
recipe for chicken surprise, and missusMary Randolph's book The Virginia Housewife of eighteen
thirty one features the delectable fricka syof small chickens. Chicken wings a la
pettigurd were the entree of a greatbirthday dinner given for gen Grant. And
so we find that our present dayliking for chicken is a heritage that we
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come by it naturally. Well.As sure as you like chicken, you
like Campbell's chicken soup. Every ounceof the good meat of plump, tender
chickens goes into this good soup tofill it to the brim with chicken flavor.
This is the chicken soup our forefatherswould have enjoyed enthusiastically, and one
that their good wives would have approvedwholeheartedly. How about you? Have you
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tried Campbell's Chicken Soup? Now weresume our Campbell Playoffs presentation starring orson welles
and Corneli or the skinner cut outsome paper on welcome sons selling to the
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ball. There see I didn't watchhim like you right? See this ball
time? Right? What are youclass? Play ball? Come on now
another single cut back body bus up? He comes a bitch. Okay,
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Christy, last time when I goto the ball game? Go where you
have that home? And now knockeddown? Turned me in There was no
more long no I put it dare, Come on, let's get out of
here before you get caught in thecrowd. What fun it is? Loose?
Are been so good? A oneman's son? Why did you see
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soldiers the wings in the coast wellbecause bubbies? Oh no, son,
I was that's it just I shouldyou don't have any soldiers? Then?
Oh? Why don't you like theball game? Oh? It was fine.
We can come a boom some time, maybe a hand the time,
bigger darkness? You like time?Oh? Here we are your huh?
What's the hurry? Oh this isyour car? Yes, officer, I
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give you the idea you could leaveyour car in a no parking zone.
I I didn't know. You couldn'ttalk, your officer, Oh you didn't
huh, no sense well, whatdo you think there's yellow lines along the
curve. I didn't you think thosesigns means wait a minute, office?
When I pulled in the other halfa dozen other cars, So you think
that gives your right to break thelaw the right, officer, I won't
do it again. That's mighty whiteingyou, mister. Just to make sure
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that you know what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna give you a little ticket,
just to remind you. That makesI Wait a minute, officer,
I now here it is ight mydoor hand. You can pay the final
headquarters? How many times? Forright? Yes, sir? With waterfolder
No, simon, that was apoliceman. What did the policeman mean?
It means we just got a ticket. You're just arrested. Then I don't
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understand. Uh, you see ifyou say last night, but this is
a free country. A free country, right, sure it is, But
that doesn't mean you can break thelaw. Oh what is the law?
Will makes it? Are the people? They make their own laws. That's
what you mean when you say it'sa free country. Waitmen, why don't
you make a laws so that youcan put your motor car wherever you want
to do on the Street. Can'tdo that exactly, Simon. I can't
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make a law just for myself.Laws are made by everybody, for everybody.
How do you mean everybody? Imean the people of the United States.
They're the government government of the people, for the people, and by
the people. You know, saidthat, well knows that. I don't.
Lincoln said that you ever hear ofAbraham Lincoln? Did you ever there?
As a tropic? Cur excuse me, officer, and just go come
on, come on. He wasa great man. Ray, Do you
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mean to tell me you'll never heardof Abraham Lincoln, the father of our
country? What's wrong with the kids? Have you been to school? Not
over here, officer, he's justbeen here two days. Yeah, say,
but he saidn't they teach you nothingabout Lincoln? The Europans? I
only know he was born very poor, but he was always very honor a.
He was the president of this country. Are you gonna be president when
you grow up? I don't know, sir. How do you become a
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president? Well, it's your mind, your father and mother, and watch
your hands before every meeting, beforethe schools. Then when you grow up,
maybe the president who makes me president? Oh people? And after the
people who have made me presidents.Can I do justify please, I'll say
you can. The officer, Idon't know. You see, while the
president is directly responsible to us duringthe four years of his office, he
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must consider our opinions as expressed byour representatives. Why were Oh sure,
man? If we don't like theway he's done his job, we like
another president, and if he's areally bad man, we have the right
to fire him before its time isover. That's right. That's a free
country too. But the free countrymean that you don't have to pay for
anything. I'm afraid you have topay for everything everywhere. Thence, a
free country is a country in whichthe government is chosen and run by the
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people. Yeah. Like Lincoln said, what's a policeman? A policeman is
a public service. Yeah. Yeah, but that don't mean I got a
wash a dishes? Come on,now, get moving as officer, way
look out, Yes, officer,that's where you're going, Yes, officer,
time on, tend you more month? This accident, well, that
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go out fish bed time, Simon. I'm sorry, man, I made
Simon to promise. Got more explainingto do? Oh, Jim, you
know he put a full day witha ball game and everything. And tomorrow
we've got to get up and meetthe pizza. Sweet marry just this once.
Gotta keep my woods, all right, Simon, that's this one.
Uh Uh? Was America always afree country? No, damn, America
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used to belong to England. Wehad to fight for all freedom. You
never stopped fighting. That's the storyI wanna tell Simon. Very well,
there you and Simon go into thedawn. Alright. I'll be with you
in a minute. Remember you havemuch time, brother. Uh tell me
when did America become a free country? Seventeen seventy fifty half the day of
the Decoration of Independence July fourth,Mm, not too smart. I started
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before that, before the revolution.Come on, come on, and I
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to the thirty read coach signed.Now, when I puford the revolution,
I upon the tea. Then,brethren, Paulis and fellow countrymen, some
supposed to being friends to government,I returned to righteous government, to a
government co on the principles of reasonand justice. But I law in publicly
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avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.No, I'm I've imposed a tax upon
this without our said. I'm apacked the town of Boston has been invested
by a British fleet. The troopshave crossed the wide Atlantic to assist a
band of traders. Put the handcockin the name of the caslection lagers are
tapping on the right celebrities of hismost loyal subjects in America. That's true
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now, that worst of plagues,that a tested tea shipped for this part
by East India Company, has nowarrived in this harbor. Countinan coutinman.
Let the matter be settled before twelveo'cot to night. Let every pature to
do with his right in his owneyes the tea Boston Harbor, Tonight harbor.
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And after that when that was goingin the beginning, you see,
it was only a few boxes oftea they'd threw into the water that day.
But so many years after that.It took a lot of courage and
a lot of fighting, but theygot their freedom. But there was a
chance to sit down and write thelaws under which they're gonna live. Simon,
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now, Wall, you put thosebooks you brought, say you mean,
Simon, you're on the table thewhole come on. So I was
gonna get them, I'm not sure. Oh then let's see geography. Let's
think he way up. I meanyou read English pretty well? How wrong?
Of course you did something alright.Then there's something i'd like you to
read us. Oh you after you'vebeen in school for a few days.
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They're gonna make you learn this stuffright hard, and you and the other
kids are gonna start it over andover again to get awful sick of it.
That's a shame because it's good stuff. Soy, i'd like you to
read it to us now for thefirst time. Coming over and stand by
the light. Okay, got it? It is see kah yes an't you
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then? Who these truths to beself evident? That all men are created
equals, that they are endowed bytheir cr creator with certain un alienabull right
the aremongis uh life lebertin and bpursuit of happiness? Hm? How that
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sound there? It's downded good.But Julian, there's nurse not er Ah.
Simon doesn't stop school to to morrow. Put that book away. Simon
too much like work? And oneJim tell us about men, the Indians,
Well, there aren't so many ofthem, less now that they used
to be. As the Bible says, like the sands of the desert.
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There were great men amongst them,Chiefs like Pontiaca. The Otta was the
canopy of the Seminoles, white Ghosts, and little Crow of the Sioux,
Logan of the Mingoes, I Cock, the Sacks, leaders, most of
whom led their people against us warriorswho earned their glory in another fight for
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independence. Chiefs, chiefs of theMingoes, the Shawnees, the Wyan,
Ducks, the Miamis. You haveseen the fires burning on the hills.
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You have heard the call of Logo. You have answered. The time has
come, my brothers, the timeof blood. Many times we have said
to the white men, that isthe place for you, that is a
place for us. Many times wehave offered them the hand of friendship.
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What is their answer. They havestolen our land. They upset us one
against the other. They have drivenus before them from the rising of the
setting of the sun. I appealedto any white man to say, if
they ever came to Logan's cabin hungryand he gave him not meat, if
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he ever came cold and naked,and he clothed him not, Such was
my love for the whites, thatmy countryman pointed as I passed, and
said, Logan is the friend ofthe white man. Then the last spring,
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the cold blood, and unprovoked,they murdered all my people, people
of Logan, not even sparing mywomen and children. There runs not a
drop of my blood in the veinsof any human creature. This calls on
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me for revenge. I have soughtit. I have killed many, I
will kill many more until I havefully glutted my vengeance. Who is there
to mourn for Logan? Not one? And Simon decides, these first Americans
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who fought us for their freedom andlost, there were other Americans. Simon,
you remember all the different kinds ofpeople I told you about who came
to this country, like yourself,fign freedom. Well, then if somebody
says that the American colonists should havestayed in their own country and out there
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for liberty, you tell them thatwhat was done in that short time here
in the new World made possible thewhole progress of liberty everywhere else. But
for many years our American example wasnot entirely good. See, as we've
seen, there were the Indians fromwhom we stole this country, and then
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there were those other people people therest of us still sometimes don't treat so
very well people We used to buyand sell as though they were our property.
Well, if they were, theywere stolen property. Because these Americans
were brought to this country without wantingto come. It is that asan coming
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on board, her said it,well, am I gonna tell you any
welcome? Yes, there's a goodtime, Kevin Doublins. They did so
only one days to standing down there. It wins most all wet with Kevin,
wh doc your man of it.Yes, sir, there we go
Blue. I would govern our fivewere your son out of this cargo.
As the manifestor brought it up tosay, here everything, Tell then,
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how many boards three hundred and twentysix black, sir, ninety six dollars.
Bonne's count one hundred and sixty onemale, one hundred and ninety two
females, dress children, and there'sthey's four hundred and five black. I
can account for everyone, sir.Overboard the Storm of Behamos, four males,
three females, two children died ofdisease and explosire thirty five total ross
cardon going to forty four blacks.That's an average sub. Joe is you're
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the writers will thank you for that, Keptain Douglas. Yeah, have been
doings. The well labeling dests camein ten days ago, less than half
a cargo. Mute and disease.These Paul has never did know how to
store. They're black. Well,Captain, here's your there's a consignment.
You got three port to call atCarston. You unload a hundred miles the
best you've got at Norfolk thirty miles, forty females. The rest of cargo
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to Northern Oh and uh wits Douglass. Yeah, there are two new ones,
two born on the voyage. Arewe keep'em with their mothers?
Advised? One from certain there ownway. I mean to say, the
minisavages trade. Don't miss understand me? Do you follow? Yes, sir,
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they aren't humans. That that's howthe Negro people came to this country,
Simon, like cattle stoled three deepin the cargoes of slave ships,
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chained together, each on their rightside to keep their hearts beating. And
for many years after. WHO wasfounded and dedicated by the men who founded
it to certain truths which they heldto be self evident, that all men
are created equal. We Americans keptthe Negro people as our slaves. Of
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course, sometimes they were very wellseated bike great grounds. Sometimes the Negro
people were better than beasts of burden. They were our household pets. Yes,
but Old John Brown of Kansas wasthinking of when he went down into
the nicest farm country in Virginia whereslaves were happiest, took on the whole
United States Navy army. Oh,Jim John Brown, isn't we was talking
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about. Everybody knows he was crazy, and he wasn't crazy enough to think
he could let the world with eighteenmen. He tried it. I don't
know who is John Brown. There'sanother American who fought for liberty? Oh?
He after folks whod been talking tosometimes about fighting the Slave States to
free the slaves. Old John Brownsold his business and took his sons with
him, went out and fought Americato show America what it ought to do.
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Was he a good Yes, he'snow of God. He's like Joshua
and the Old Testament. He diedaccording to the New Maybe he was mad.
Maybe he was a very great man. Your name, President of My
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name is John Brown. I havebeen known as Old Brown of Kansas.
Two of my sons were killed heretoday, and I'm dying too. We
are abolitionists from the north come totake and release your slaves. You consider
yourself an instrument in the hands ofProvidence. I do somewhat principle. Do
you justify your acts upon the goldenrule? I pity the poor in bondage
that have none to help be oppressed, and wrongs that are as good as
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you and as precious in the sightof God. That is why I'm here
discort acknowledges. As I suppose thevalidity of the law of God. I
see a book kissed here, whichI supposed to be the Bible, or
at least the New Testament, thatteaches me that all things whatsoever I would
that men should do to me,I should do so, even to them.
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I believe that to have interfered asI have done in behalf of the
despised poor was not wrong but right. Had I so interfered in behalf of
the rich, the powerful, theintelligence, the so called great, or
in behalf of any of their friends, either father, mother, brother,
sister, wife, or children,or any of that class and suffered and
sacrificed, But I have in thisinterference, every man in this court would
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have deemed it an act worthy ofreward rather than of punishment. Ah,
if it is deemed necessary that Ishould forfeit my life the furtherance of the
ends of justice, and mingle myblood with a blood of millions in this
slave country, whose rights are disregardedby wicked, cruel and unjust enactments,
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I submit, so let it bedone. And it was done. They
took John Brown up to a hillover Charlestown and hanged him. And there
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were men who made a song aboutit, a marching song, and thousands
of Americans went to their death singingit. In the Great Civil War,
John Brown's body rides a moldering inthe grave, but his soul goes marching
on. Oh. The Civil Warwas fought between and Aus and the South,
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timon the determined state Russa. Theself believed that each state had a
right to quit the whole Union ofStates if it wanted true, and the
North said no, American must sticktogether. Wonderful story in this during the
Civil War, filled with brave andgallant heroes, But it's a sad story
too, because both sides were fightingfor freedom. Well the North took a
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lot of good from itself in thatwar, but in the end there was
still the United States of America.There were no more slaves. An amendment
to the Constitution of the United Statesof America, passed by both Houses of
Congress, has signed this twentieth dayof March eighteen seventy by Ulysses S.
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Grant, President of the United States. The right of the citizens of the
United States the booth shallnot be deniedor bridged by the United States or by
any States, on account of race, color, or previous condition. That
savorde that right, I with generalfagity. Body he stay right, gentlemen,
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what time a door? Hey there, lady, come on alight.
You're not supposed to be there.What are you doing that line? That's
for a voter, that's my ANEA. I would hope. Will you give
me a ballot? Please? Well, what would you be one with a
ballot? Ma'm ladies, don't vote? I wonder vote? Well, you
can't vote, you're a woman.The law. I know what the law
says. It says that the rightof the citizens of the United States to
vote shall not be denied or abridgedby the United States or by any state
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on account of race, color,or previous condition of servitude. Want the
ballots? Please say wait a minute, ain't you the lady that wore bloomers
at Cheneca Falls. My name isSusan B. Anthony, and I demand
either that you allow me to voteor that you arrest me. See,
ladies, why don't you go home? I demand to be arrested or to
be allowed to vote. Go on, go on and cut me lady,
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your honor, gentlemen of the Jewelly. The dependant is indicted under the nineteenth
section of the Act of Congress Maytwenty first, eighteen seventy for voting with
our having a lawful right to vote. The only alleged illegality of the defendent
vote is that she is a woman. If the same act had been done
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by her brother under the same circumstances, the act would have been not only
innofense, but honorable and laudable.But having been done by a woman,
it is said to be a crime. It is the belief for this court
at the fourteenth Amendment, and whichthe defendant came. The right to vote
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is a protection, that's who allare right, which I directed jury to
bring in the verdict of guilty.The jury is now dismissed, Your honor,
I wish to pay the exceptions.The jury has not vocal exception denied,
as the prisoner earyy to say whyit should not be pronounced. Yes,
Honor, I have many things tosay, for in your order verdict
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of guilty, you have trembled underfootevery vital principle of our government. My
natural rights, my civil rights,michaelity will write, my judicial rights are
all alike ignored. I am degradedfrom a status of a citizen to that
of a subject. The prisoner willsit down, your honor, ad man
to be heard. The prisoner willsit down, sit madam. Of all
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my prosecutors, from the corner grocerypoliticians who entered the complaint to the United
States Marshal Commissioner, district attorney,district judge, your runner on the bench,
not one is my fear, buteach and all of my political problems,
and had your honor sublifts my caseto the jury, as were clearly
your duty. Even then I shouldhave had just cause of protest. But
not one of these men with mypeers, but native or foreign born,
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white or black, rich or poor, educated or ignorant, sober or drunk,
each and every man of them withmy political superior hence in no sense
my par is. The court mustinsist the prisoner has been tried according to
the established frauds of law. Yes, for one of the by forms of
law, all made by men,interpreted by men in favor of men against
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women. The court orders the prisonerto sit down. It will not allow
another words. The prisoner will nowstand up the setters of the courts.
If you pay a fine of onehundred dollars and the cost of the prosecution,
may please your honor, I'll neverpay a dollar of your run duct
penalty, and I shall earnestly andresistently continue towards all women to the practical
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recognition of the old Revolutionary Act.Him resistance still tell me his obedience to
God. But what did they doto the ladys? Did they quit?
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Are in prison? So they madea pay a lot of money? Should
the ladies stop the war? Theydid not? I'll say they didn't they
do the war? Will not exactlythat. For fifty years they massed and
talks and starve themselves and jails.And then in the end, if did
take a war to make men seethat women were people. You go to
prison school. I was too younger, I might have then, what are
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you laughing at? Remember how yourmother got that congressman from Maryland to vote
for the amendments. Come, yeah, you congress from Frank I am what
can I do for you? That'sthe franchise co out. He had asked
you to vote for the woman suffingdemandments. Well me see, let me
pick a hot day. I cantalk to you. But my neighbor here
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wants to get his seed him beforethat thunderstorm breaks. Anyway, wouldn't do
any good. I can't see thesuffage is right, so I can't vote
for it. If you think thewar was right, well poor? And
why did it? Good? War? To get democracy? Exactly? I'm
getting President Wilson saying the democracy wasthe right of all thoses submit to authority.
I have a voice known government.Don't look here, missus. I
believe women are superior beings for men, and if they were to voted,
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have to be equals. Now lookingat this hatecad, why you could do
more? Pick he le me yourpit fort? Well sure here? Yeah
you wanna hand up? No,Well at the gig they were scarce.
Now I know where to look forit when I needed. So they gave
me a poor for your house.The vote, they'd give it to me.
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Well, I guess one good turnis another. I don't know why
if you can pick hay like that, man, they shouldn't vote. And
so everybody got the vote, simon, even the ladies, which is alright
with us, isn't it tone Andafter that, of course, everybody lived
happily. Ever after, what doyou mean, well, everybody, that
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is, except a few millions ofAmerican citizens who haven't worked for years.
Of course, those several hundred thousandson the land we don't own. The
homes they live in, all thefields they work in, and all the
crops they grow. Those several hundredthousands are almost too poor to live at
all. Those folks have the votetoo, That isn't quite enough for them.
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Maybe they still want that freedom.Their folks came here for that freedom
everybody has been fighting for in thiscountry all these years. Maybe some of
them might settle for the wrong kindof freedom. Maybe some of them might
trade their vote for a decent meal. That's bad time. Whose wat you
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who've just been looking at this bookagain. I'd like to read you a
few more sentences. George Washington saidthis. When the revolution was one,
the citizens of Dominican placed in themost enviable conditions as the soul lords and
proprietors of a vast tract of countenance, comprehending all the various soils and primates
of the world, and abounding withall the necessaries and conveniences of life,
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and now acknowledge to be possessed ofabsolute freedom and independency. The foundation of
our empire was not laid in theglimmer age of ignorance and superstitions, but
it epited when the rights of mankindwere better understood and more clearly defined than
at any former period. At thisauspicious period, the United States came into
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being as a nation. And iftheir citizens should not be completely free and
happy, the false would be entirelytheir own. What is the fort to
do the can we change them ifwe ought to? No quotation that covers
that goes like this. This country, with its institutions, belongs to the
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people who inhabit it. Whenever theyshall grow weary of the existing government,
they can exercise their constitutional right ofamending it or their revolutionary right to dismember
or overthrow it. I'm Jim whosaid there, Abraham Lincoln four, if
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sign's going to stop changing things inAmerica, and you better get complete,
come on done. I got afull day to morrow. This concludes the
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Campbell Playoffs presentation of our American CavalcadeThe Things We Have, an original radio
drama by Orson Wells starring Cornelio toSkinner and mister Wells and just the moment
mister Wells and Miss Jinner will returnto the microphone. But first the word
on behalf of our sponsors. Assure as you like chicken, you like
Campbell's chicken soup. I mentioned thata little while ago, and I'm repeating
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it now because I want to impressit upon you. I'm pretty certain you
like chicken, So I'm anxious thatyou try Campbell's chicken soup and find out,
as so many thousands have, howdelicious it is. I wish you
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the pieces of chicken are dropped inand to make the soup extra substantial,
plusy nourishing. Right, Believe me, Campbell's chicken soup is as delicious and
as full flavored as the finest chickensoup you've ever tasted, perhaps even more
so. Why not discover that foryourself this weekend? And now I think
Orson Wells has a special message foryou, ladies and gentlemen. This too
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is a part of the things wehave here in America, or went along,
disabled veterans have been making poppies,slowly and patiently with their own hands.
Tomorrow is Poppy Day, a daywhen grateful citizens will wear the little
red symbol of Flanders Fields. Tismore than a tag to show that we've
contributed to these disabled veterans, theirfamilies, and the families of the World
War dead, the token of ourcontinued devotion to those ideals which they stood
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so nobly. Now before I presentour guest, you, miss Chappe,
would you please announce the cast oftonight's Badcast. Yes, mister Wells and
Tonight's Campbell playoff's production the things wehave. Orson Wells played James Scott,
Professor Shirt O'Shaughnessy, Chief Logan,and John Brown. Cornelia od Skinner played
the parts of Mary Scott Strouschert,the Polish Woman, Lady Townshend, and
Susan B. Anthony. Others whocompleted tonight's cast were Ray Collins, Frank
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Reddick, Everett Sloane, Agnes Moorehead, Howard Smith, Kenneth Delmar, Kingsley
Couldron named William Halligan. The musicfor the Campbell Playhouse is arranged and conducted
by Bernard Hermann. And now Iknow you want to hear from our two
sides. Artnwell, ladies and gentlemen. It was a great pleasure that I
introduced to you a lady who hasbeen variously described as a one woman theater,
a top notched sorceress, and oneof the greatest single attractions on the
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American stage. It's Cornelio to Skinner. Thank you. I think I should
explain for those few of you whodon't already know it, that miss Skinner
is that rare and remarkable artist inthe theater. A solo actress, quite
alone and without scenery of properties ofany kind, She's created the complete conviction
of hundreds of thousands of people,such characters as, among others, as
the Hampress, Eugenie Nell Gwynn,and I believe all six wives of Hennity
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eight. Not satisfied with this lastseason, Mitts Skinner did an even more
remarkable thing. She successfully toured thecountry and her own adaptation of Margaret AYR.
Barnes's famous novel Edna His Wife.In this full length play, Miss
Skinner, I believe you played thepart of Edna, Yes, Edna's sister,
Yes, Edna's mother, Yes,family friends, and five other women.
In addition to this, According toa New York critic, you created
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in your audience's mind the pictures ofa large number of men who never appeared.
Must have been quite a frantic littleevening, Misskin. No more friendly
guys, sure you than being herewith you tonight at the Campbell Playhouse.
Oh. I don't know whether totake that as a compliment or not.
I can assure you what your compliment. I've had a wonderful time. Hey,
it's five different Thank you, missSkinner. It's been a great pleasure
to have you with us. Goodnight, good night, And now a
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few words about next week's announcement,ladies and gentlemen, Friday night. At
the same time we bring you thegreatest events in this year of radio broadcasting.
I say this unblushingly. Next weekthe marquis on the front of the
Campbell Playhouse Blazers were the most magicalword known to this decade of theatrical entertainment.
Helen Hayes and Victoria Resina. Tillthat time, my sponsors, the
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makers of Campbell Soups, and allof us on the Campbell Playhouse remain obediently
yours. The makers of Campbell's Soupsjoin orson Wells in inviting you to be
with us at the Campbell Playoffs againnext Friday evening, when that startup stars,
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Miss Helen Hayes stays us the secondvisit our play will be Miss Hayes's
latest and greatest stage hits, thephenomenally successful Victoria Designer. This will be
its first presentation on the air.Meanwhile, if you have enjoyed Tonight's Campbell
Playoffs presentation, won't you take yourgrocery so tomorrow when you order Campbell's Chicken
Soup, This is Ernest Chapple sayingthank you and good night. This is
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the Columbia Broadcasting sit
The makers of Campbell's Sloops and theCampbell Playhouse Orson Wells producer Good Evening.
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This is Orson Welles because of thespecial nature of tonight's broadcast, with its
very special demands on an actress's versatility, and because two she is one of
the finest performers in the American theater. We are fortunate, indeed, in
having with us in the Campbell Playoffs. It's Cornelia Otis Skinner. Tonight we
bring you an original broadcast, itssubject a great American him of personal liberty
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and independence. We call it thethings we have. But before we begin,
a word from in his chapel.Among our favorite Sunday dinner dishes,
I don't think there's anything we prizequite so highly as chicken. Whether it's
roasted and stuffed, or fried intender, crisp brown pieces, or crick
of seed, the cherished flavor ofchicken is something we always look forward to.
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Chicken has been the number one dishfor special occasions for many, many
years, and because we like chickenso well, we become mighty critical judges
of any chicken dish that appears onour tables. So I think the fact
that Campbell's Chicken Soup has grown sosteadily in popularity month after months and year
after year, speaks worlds for it, and I can safely promise any of
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you this, As sure as youlike chicken, you like Campbell's chicken soup.
Every spoonful, every drop of itsgolden broth is rich with chicken flavor.
There are tender, nourishing pieces ofchicken meat for you to enjoy.
The finest of fluffy, snow whiterice drifts all through it. Here's chicken
soup to match the finest ever madeat home. And I wouldn't dare to
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say that if I were not surethat you'll agree with me once you've tasted
Campbell's Chicken Soup. And now onAmerican Cavalcade The Things, we have an
original broadcast written and produced by AustinWells and starring Cornelia or the Skinner of
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the Thing. You want a thirdclass? Yes, light down the pail,
last gays how long the shipping?It all about? Twenty minute?
Third? Shouldn't they tell us it'sthe teams across? You wouldn't be into
noon? I played, the guestscame in sooner than they expected. Haven't
come on yet, haven't they orthe price class you're meeting somewhere in third
that's right, citizen radio Alien.Well you've got plenty of times they have
to wait. Everybody else is off, thanks, arviser. Know when you
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have the meeting, Well you justwait around. Man. After a while,
they'll call after name, and thenyou can go on board and get
him. Maybe quite a while though, thanks officer. You don't know.
I hope he's on board. Surehe is made a cable if he wasn't.
Oh, everyone else seems to beall. I guess it takes a
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while going through the papers and allthat. Nervous. No, I'm not
nervous. That's that. I'd liketo see him. I wonder what he's
like. You're not sorry we're doingthis, of course I'm not. But
you can't blame me for seeing alittle dance. Gosh, Mary, do
you think we're doing the right thing? Of course, Jim, of course
we are. I hope it works. The Scott all right, that's terms
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is Scott, Jim. Here weare This burnis is out right. You're
the couple meeting a party for thename of Lang. Yeah, you can
go go on board now, Thankyou. Listen, missus, Dame Scott.
Citizens. Yes, you're here forSimon Lang. That's right, Oh,
Simon Lang, Simon Lineimon Line,Look, Jim, that's him Tree,
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look at him you Simon Lang.Yes, Sir Simon Land, mister,
and Missus James Scott. You havedeclared your intention of legally adopting his
child. You certified that you willprovide for him till he reaches the age
of twenty one, and undertake it. Until then he shall have no time
to become a public charge in thegovernment of the United States. Is that
correct? It is all right?I'm following. See your card mm age
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nine years old? I is blue. I one meter twelve yeah, four
feet six, I guess are brown. How about your parents? Mother?
My mother is good, two yearsfather. Well, what's your father's name?
Father alive? He? Uh boy, his father was an associate of
mine in business over there six monthsago. Here. Oh sure I know
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nationality? Oh oh right down thatjob. Yeah, here's your landing guarden.
Oh what do you think are yougonna become an American citizen? Did
well? I guess you'll find outafter it was all right? Good luck?
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He no, I didn't. Sorry, mar right can make for dinner.
Work kind of pile up on meat the officiving. All right,
fine worthy, I see you lookpretty tired. I put him the bed
right after dinner, he said tosay goodbye to you, happy darling.
Oh yeah, he's awfully kids.You see when we sat down to dinner
tonight, he helped me into mychair. Every time I walk into the
room, he stand up. What'dyou do with him? All afternoon?
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He him stopping, He say muchabout his home, about his father.
No, I guess it's Saturday's kidsforget pretty quickly. Yes, so thinks
seemed very strange to him. Whatare you laughing at? Oh he can
ill be, don ques what sortof question? Oh? All about this
country? Oh? People live overhere? He'd also stay right then.
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One of the things he asked,I send pay good and done? So,
oh what'd you do? I toldhim to ask you. Oh that's
nice to you. You know,seriously, matter, there's a lot of
things about this country. That kid'sgot a right so know. Things he'll
have to know before he gets intoschool up to you don't need to tell
him. Yes, I guess you'llright the same manner. Let's go and
take a look at him. Oh, Genie, you'll wake your mind.
I won't. Sorry, don't Aman got a right to have a look
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at his son, say listener,Kim. I believe he's crying. I
guess he is. Oh gee,you one little guy. Hello, son,
it's a matter. What's wrong doyou? He's not? Come on?
Move over? That's it out Quitea jump, isn't it? Yes,
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well, son, it's a jumpfolks have been taking for a long
time now, I have. Formore than three hundred years, people have
been packing up and leaving everything theyknow about and coming to America. I
guess the first day they landed,no matter how much they wanted to come,
most of them felt about the sameas you do. Yes, yes,
you see. Kind of this country'smade up of people like you,
People who came over here on boats, just the same as you. Who
who Why did they do that?Were they obliged to leave their homes?
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No? I guess they came becausethey wanted to. Well, anyway,
I guess they all had reasons oftheir own. Hm. You know,
son, get right down to it. We all came there for just about
the same thing. Freedom. Freedom. Yeah, that's the word we used.
My folks, did I know.Uh, they're folks who brought them
here in Missus Scott's great great grandparentsand every one of them. I guess
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that word freedom meant something different.For some it meant freedom to think and
speak as they pleased. Others itjust meant freedom to exist with a fair
amount of happiness, to were ina decent living. But the toilet of
their hands the first people came meantfreedom to live together and to worship their
God together openly their own way.That was over three hundred years ago.
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A petition presented through His Majesty,King James First, in the sixteenth year
of his reign of England, France, and Ireland and Scotland, the one
hundred and fiftieth by his humble subjectsto meet for worship in the public places
with peace and protection would be inthis world the greatest blessing which our heart's
desire, or which would come tous. But we dare not expect,
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neither do we ask so great afavor at Your Majesty's hands, only that
in private we might serve God withclear and quiet consciences. We, in
all loveliness crave, but your tolerationthe petition has refused. Our pleasure is
that all the keratins and physicians conformthemselves or leave the country according to the
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laws of our kingdom and the canonsof our Church, that we do hereby
command our judges and justices put theline to execution against them, nor of
the gig reward. As is weare about to advanced today for the new
world. Are a company professing ourselvesfellow members of Christ, for which reasons,
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though we come from many regions anddiverse classes, we ought to account
ourselves knit together by this bond oflove. Our antecas day is to seek
out a new home under a dueform of government, both civil and ecclesiastricals.
Our end is to improve our livesa few more service to the laws
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or this them. We must beknit together in this work as one man.
So shall we keep the unity ofthe spirit in the bond of peace.
Or we must consider that we shalldee as a city upon a hill.
The eyes of all people are uponus, so that we shall deal
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falsely with our God in this workwe have undertaken, and so cause him
to withdraw his present health from us. We shall be made a story and
the bywords through the world. Therefore, let us choose life that we and
our seeds may live by obeying hisvoice and pleading to him when he is
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our lives and our prosperities, andhe shall make us a phrase and glory
that men shall say of succeeding plantations. The Lord megan like that of New
England. They were the first tocome. Simon. They came in little
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wooden ships with their wives and mychildren, and then have to work.
The others came. And always whenmen spoke of this country that same word,
that word freedom was on their lipsto others in other countries, a
matter any other ment, freedom tothink and speak as they pleased. Yes,
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but you could live up off withthe hindry shirts. Yeah, who
are you? I am his buck. You will give him this peck or
immediate immediately. I haint kindly.I really a total is that they didn't
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be for you. Let me seeyou three do I'm what he didn't me
nothink you my friends, you've seenthis before. I make shirts Senior Professor
of philosophy at the State University.Is here by someone to appear before the
High Chancellor to answer questions pertaining toa speech made diave before the students of
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this university on the seventh day ofOctober. Signed this day, the seventh
of October eighteen forty eight, forthe High Chanceller Karl Cyber and the Secretary
of Prison. You know what thismeans, of course, imprisonment. They
have no legal right. They wouldn'tpay, hm, they wouldn't bear My
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good friends, you forget very uhremember Professor Ener, Remember Carl Ludwig,
my best student, Gean Puman,peacemoth, both of'em. There are
there today the young men's sharp timeto escape. The old man's still in
prison by Upstead. And why becausethey loved mankind, because they ask for
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freedom of speech. What about yourdoctrine? Well, then I know it.
Are you going to go to thechancellory tomorrow? No? Oh,
no, gentlemen, and I'm notgoing. I'm no martyr, and I
have no revolutions. And I don'tthink I could change things or make them
better, even if I know how. I'm a just teacher. Say won't
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let me teach here? I mustgo else. There there's work for men.
Might you and me all the worldover? My friends, the time
has come to myrow phaps, itis already too late. Who knows how
many of you have got similar orderswaiting for you at your home. I
am right, What do you mean? What are you going to do?
They're going to leave our country,feeder you and I and the children.
Hm. He must go at oncearrangements are made, my friends who help
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us reach your daughter. And thenthen then there are ships that is to
take us to a country where menmay think and speak the truth they see
it fair. Freedom is a virtue, not a crime to America. Now.
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A lot of people came here towhom the name of America was nothing
but a word in a foreign tongue. And to them that word meant freedom
from oppression, freedom from fear.That musty the other swordis I not?
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You don't keep away from the way. He's none more. Yes he was.
That cut me to peepers who donnaI don't talk to the children like
that doesn't frighten me. I don'ttalk like me, But they didn't like
here on the south. First thatyou remember it shouldn't be only enough,
and you all breathe again, thenI good, stuck, get done.
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Looks like they stopped at Defunt house. They have no flag out, they
have no money to buy a FID. So it is every holiday before the
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end of the day, the straightred flood. They'll not for wrong.
A few more months, maybe ayear, maybe two years, and they
have saved enough. Then they shallleave this place for a country where men
can walk together to side by sidein broad day like be afraid of no
one. The land that's rich andhappy to America. And there were still
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others to whom the word America cameto mean life itself, just life and
the chance to earn the things thatmaintain it. Life in a new country
across the sea, without foreign rulers, and where there was always enough to
eat. Very well reminate. Ohyes, you're extremely kind, Dady Townson,
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and I will left, did ittake em? And we have those
things in London, you know,they never can make them quite right over
there. Thank you, lady Townson. And almost fellows a thing. Well,
lady, I've I've seen bad timesin my day, but nothing like
this. It's about three and everyten instead of the famine and two more
of the fevers. You might say, it's about half the people in the
country that are dead now in thesame all over Ireland and skipperne if you'd
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believe it, there's not more thanten men left in the village. O,
dear me, Emily's not dreadful.What are they going to do about
it? That's what I'd like toknow. And they're burying them, Lady
Townson. That is to say thatthere's any left a life to be doing
the digging. So the graveyard areso filled that they they do be laying
them down in the gardens now,leaving them the open fields where the dogs
come as they do in the night. Oh, how shocked is that?
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Only? Sweet my sister, Iwas riding over the bend trestle and there
were two of them lying right inthe road, all their faith. It's
likely to get worse before it getsbetter, and it is indeed, Lady
Toomston, here's his August inceeding.Time almost passed and not a tenth of
the land seated. You know whatthat means, I'm certain no, O,
which means no potatoes, your ladyship, no potatoes at all for another
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year. Surely potatoes, let's talkingthe need to potato? Well, your
ladyship, potatoes is about all theland's fit for. To say, what
land in Ireland, the country peopleare permitted. Oh well, then I
suppose they can't help it. Andthen there's the rents, Miladi, yes
should. I had a hard timeat last year, your Ladyship, and
this year I don't know how I'mgonna be going about it. What do
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you mean they're hard to approach,your Ladyship? Then it got mean with
a hunger a realty rent, theymust say, I'll do my best,
your Ladyship, but I can't gogetting blood out of a stone the money
out of a dead man. Well, they're not all dead, he was
just they're not all dead. That'sentirely true, your Ladyship. But then
that's alive. Yet there's a lotto be leave in the country. Every
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day now you hear them going offfrom their land. Nobody left it home
to work it. What do youmean doing doing well America, your ladyship,
America? Oh d are they surethere's no law against that, Your
Leadyship? They do say it's foolto ben there and work the ernest with
kind of Mernon's brother, you know, Patrick, your Ladyship, it's one
of your gardeners where his brother wentaway to America only two years ago.
And and we here now he's doingfamously. He's digging the ere canal.
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He isn't making his fortune. Ah, there's opportunities in America. Your ladyship
is the fine freelander is well.Please, I mean to say, jobs
there, your ladyship. Any rateways to keep alive? You know what
I mean? And you see whereanyway? It's the big country. Oh,
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I suppose it can't be. Stop, I suppose not the leadership.
I suppose it can't. And thensometimes they've come here simply for the right
to keep alive. I thought aboutthere's knowledgy stuff that's could have been stop
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that about their all the time.So it's been some ever since the first
ones landed more than three hundred yearsago, people coming from all over the
world, some of them only dimlyknowing why they came, and all of
them were this thing in their hearts, this dream of freedom. When they
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had come here, what are theyfind they found happen most of them,
and money some of them. Andfreedom. No, no, they didn't
find freedom when they first came here. See time, and it turns out
that freedom isn't something you find lyingaround, even in a new country.
And it's not a thing other peoppeople can give you something you have to
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want awfully bad to forget it free. It's the thing that makes yourself.
You are listening to the Campbell Playoffpresentation of our American Cavalcades. The things
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we have an original radio drama startinguson Welles and the Quernijiodah Skinner. This
is the Columbia Broadcasting System. Thisis Ernest Cappa, Ladies and gentlemen,
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welcoming you back to the Campbell Playhouse. In a moment or two, we
shall be whom our presentation of theAmerican Cavalcades. A great deal of historical
research went into the preparation of astory for tonight's broadcast, right down from
revolutionary times. The customs and mannersof succeeding generations were closely studied, and
to me, the most interesting satelliteof all this study was the evidence that
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appeared again and again to show thatall of our ancestors were just as fond
of eating chicken as we are today. As early as July seventeen forty six,
the London magazine published these observations ofa traveler in Virginia, I quote,
all over the colony are universal hospitality, reigns, full tables and open
doors unquote, and among the favoritedishes he met in Fowls Boiled or Roasted
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in seventeen fifty six, and missAnna and Maria Dandridge was celebrated for her
recipe for chicken surprise, and missusMary Randolph's book The Virginia Housewife of eighteen
thirty one features the delectable fricka syof small chickens. Chicken wings a la
pettigurd were the entree of a greatbirthday dinner given for gen Grant. And
so we find that our present dayliking for chicken is a heritage that we
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come by it naturally. Well.As sure as you like chicken, you
like Campbell's chicken soup. Every ounceof the good meat of plump, tender
chickens goes into this good soup tofill it to the brim with chicken flavor.
This is the chicken soup our forefatherswould have enjoyed enthusiastically, and one
that their good wives would have approvedwholeheartedly. How about you? Have you
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tried Campbell's Chicken Soup? Now weresume our Campbell Playoffs presentation starring orson welles
and Corneli or the skinner cut outsome paper on welcome sons selling to the
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ball. There see I didn't watchhim like you right? See this ball
time? Right? What are youclass? Play ball? Come on now
another single cut back body bus up? He comes a bitch. Okay,
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Christy, last time when I goto the ball game? Go where you
have that home? And now knockeddown? Turned me in There was no
more long no I put it dare, Come on, let's get out of
here before you get caught in thecrowd. What fun it is? Loose?
Are been so good? A oneman's son? Why did you see
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soldiers the wings in the coast wellbecause bubbies? Oh no, son,
I was that's it just I shouldyou don't have any soldiers? Then?
Oh? Why don't you like theball game? Oh? It was fine.
We can come a boom some time, maybe a hand the time,
bigger darkness? You like time?Oh? Here we are your huh?
What's the hurry? Oh this isyour car? Yes, officer, I
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give you the idea you could leaveyour car in a no parking zone.
I I didn't know. You couldn'ttalk, your officer, Oh you didn't
huh, no sense well, whatdo you think there's yellow lines along the
curve. I didn't you think thosesigns means wait a minute, office?
When I pulled in the other halfa dozen other cars, So you think
that gives your right to break thelaw the right, officer, I won't
do it again. That's mighty whiteingyou, mister. Just to make sure
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that you know what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna give you a little ticket,
just to remind you. That makesI Wait a minute, officer,
I now here it is ight mydoor hand. You can pay the final
headquarters? How many times? Forright? Yes, sir? With waterfolder
No, simon, that was apoliceman. What did the policeman mean?
It means we just got a ticket. You're just arrested. Then I don't
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understand. Uh, you see ifyou say last night, but this is
a free country. A free country, right, sure it is, But
that doesn't mean you can break thelaw. Oh what is the law?
Will makes it? Are the people? They make their own laws. That's
what you mean when you say it'sa free country. Waitmen, why don't
you make a laws so that youcan put your motor car wherever you want
to do on the Street. Can'tdo that exactly, Simon. I can't
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make a law just for myself.Laws are made by everybody, for everybody.
How do you mean everybody? Imean the people of the United States.
They're the government government of the people, for the people, and by
the people. You know, saidthat, well knows that. I don't.
Lincoln said that you ever hear ofAbraham Lincoln? Did you ever there?
As a tropic? Cur excuse me, officer, and just go come
on, come on. He wasa great man. Ray, Do you
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mean to tell me you'll never heardof Abraham Lincoln, the father of our
country? What's wrong with the kids? Have you been to school? Not
over here, officer, he's justbeen here two days. Yeah, say,
but he saidn't they teach you nothingabout Lincoln? The Europans? I
only know he was born very poor, but he was always very honor a.
He was the president of this country. Are you gonna be president when
you grow up? I don't know, sir. How do you become a
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president? Well, it's your mind, your father and mother, and watch
your hands before every meeting, beforethe schools. Then when you grow up,
maybe the president who makes me president? Oh people? And after the
people who have made me presidents.Can I do justify please, I'll say
you can. The officer, Idon't know. You see, while the
president is directly responsible to us duringthe four years of his office, he
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must consider our opinions as expressed byour representatives. Why were Oh sure,
man? If we don't like theway he's done his job, we like
another president, and if he's areally bad man, we have the right
to fire him before its time isover. That's right. That's a free
country too. But the free countrymean that you don't have to pay for
anything. I'm afraid you have topay for everything everywhere. Thence, a
free country is a country in whichthe government is chosen and run by the
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people. Yeah. Like Lincoln said, what's a policeman? A policeman is
a public service. Yeah. Yeah, but that don't mean I got a
wash a dishes? Come on,now, get moving as officer, way
look out, Yes, officer,that's where you're going, Yes, officer,
time on, tend you more month? This accident, well, that
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go out fish bed time, Simon. I'm sorry, man, I made
Simon to promise. Got more explainingto do? Oh, Jim, you
know he put a full day witha ball game and everything. And tomorrow
we've got to get up and meetthe pizza. Sweet marry just this once.
Gotta keep my woods, all right, Simon, that's this one.
Uh Uh? Was America always afree country? No, damn, America
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used to belong to England. Wehad to fight for all freedom. You
never stopped fighting. That's the storyI wanna tell Simon. Very well,
there you and Simon go into thedawn. Alright. I'll be with you
in a minute. Remember you havemuch time, brother. Uh tell me
when did America become a free country? Seventeen seventy fifty half the day of
the Decoration of Independence July fourth,Mm, not too smart. I started
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before that, before the revolution.Come on, come on, and I
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to the thirty read coach signed.Now, when I puford the revolution,
I upon the tea. Then,brethren, Paulis and fellow countrymen, some
supposed to being friends to government,I returned to righteous government, to a
government co on the principles of reasonand justice. But I law in publicly
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avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.No, I'm I've imposed a tax upon
this without our said. I'm apacked the town of Boston has been invested
by a British fleet. The troopshave crossed the wide Atlantic to assist a
band of traders. Put the handcockin the name of the caslection lagers are
tapping on the right celebrities of hismost loyal subjects in America. That's true
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now, that worst of plagues,that a tested tea shipped for this part
by East India Company, has nowarrived in this harbor. Countinan coutinman.
Let the matter be settled before twelveo'cot to night. Let every pature to
do with his right in his owneyes the tea Boston Harbor, Tonight harbor.
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And after that when that was goingin the beginning, you see,
it was only a few boxes oftea they'd threw into the water that day.
But so many years after that.It took a lot of courage and
a lot of fighting, but theygot their freedom. But there was a
chance to sit down and write thelaws under which they're gonna live. Simon,
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now, Wall, you put thosebooks you brought, say you mean,
Simon, you're on the table thewhole come on. So I was
gonna get them, I'm not sure. Oh then let's see geography. Let's
think he way up. I meanyou read English pretty well? How wrong?
Of course you did something alright.Then there's something i'd like you to
read us. Oh you after you'vebeen in school for a few days.
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They're gonna make you learn this stuffright hard, and you and the other
kids are gonna start it over andover again to get awful sick of it.
That's a shame because it's good stuff. Soy, i'd like you to
read it to us now for thefirst time. Coming over and stand by
the light. Okay, got it? It is see kah yes an't you
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then? Who these truths to beself evident? That all men are created
equals, that they are endowed bytheir cr creator with certain un alienabull right
the aremongis uh life lebertin and bpursuit of happiness? Hm? How that
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sound there? It's downded good.But Julian, there's nurse not er Ah.
Simon doesn't stop school to to morrow. Put that book away. Simon
too much like work? And oneJim tell us about men, the Indians,
Well, there aren't so many ofthem, less now that they used
to be. As the Bible says, like the sands of the desert.
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There were great men amongst them,Chiefs like Pontiaca. The Otta was the
canopy of the Seminoles, white Ghosts, and little Crow of the Sioux,
Logan of the Mingoes, I Cock, the Sacks, leaders, most of
whom led their people against us warriorswho earned their glory in another fight for
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independence. Chiefs, chiefs of theMingoes, the Shawnees, the Wyan,
Ducks, the Miamis. You haveseen the fires burning on the hills.
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You have heard the call of Logo. You have answered. The time has
come, my brothers, the timeof blood. Many times we have said
to the white men, that isthe place for you, that is a
place for us. Many times wehave offered them the hand of friendship.
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What is their answer. They havestolen our land. They upset us one
against the other. They have drivenus before them from the rising of the
setting of the sun. I appealedto any white man to say, if
they ever came to Logan's cabin hungryand he gave him not meat, if
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he ever came cold and naked,and he clothed him not, Such was
my love for the whites, thatmy countryman pointed as I passed, and
said, Logan is the friend ofthe white man. Then the last spring,
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the cold blood, and unprovoked,they murdered all my people, people
of Logan, not even sparing mywomen and children. There runs not a
drop of my blood in the veinsof any human creature. This calls on
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me for revenge. I have soughtit. I have killed many, I
will kill many more until I havefully glutted my vengeance. Who is there
to mourn for Logan? Not one? And Simon decides, these first Americans
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who fought us for their freedom andlost, there were other Americans. Simon,
you remember all the different kinds ofpeople I told you about who came
to this country, like yourself,fign freedom. Well, then if somebody
says that the American colonists should havestayed in their own country and out there
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for liberty, you tell them thatwhat was done in that short time here
in the new World made possible thewhole progress of liberty everywhere else. But
for many years our American example wasnot entirely good. See, as we've
seen, there were the Indians fromwhom we stole this country, and then
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there were those other people people therest of us still sometimes don't treat so
very well people We used to buyand sell as though they were our property.
Well, if they were, theywere stolen property. Because these Americans
were brought to this country without wantingto come. It is that asan coming
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on board, her said it,well, am I gonna tell you any
welcome? Yes, there's a goodtime, Kevin Doublins. They did so
only one days to standing down there. It wins most all wet with Kevin,
wh doc your man of it.Yes, sir, there we go
Blue. I would govern our fivewere your son out of this cargo.
As the manifestor brought it up tosay, here everything, Tell then,
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how many boards three hundred and twentysix black, sir, ninety six dollars.
Bonne's count one hundred and sixty onemale, one hundred and ninety two
females, dress children, and there'sthey's four hundred and five black. I
can account for everyone, sir.Overboard the Storm of Behamos, four males,
three females, two children died ofdisease and explosire thirty five total ross
cardon going to forty four blacks.That's an average sub. Joe is you're
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the writers will thank you for that, Keptain Douglas. Yeah, have been
doings. The well labeling dests camein ten days ago, less than half
a cargo. Mute and disease.These Paul has never did know how to
store. They're black. Well,Captain, here's your there's a consignment.
You got three port to call atCarston. You unload a hundred miles the
best you've got at Norfolk thirty miles, forty females. The rest of cargo
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to Northern Oh and uh wits Douglass. Yeah, there are two new ones,
two born on the voyage. Arewe keep'em with their mothers?
Advised? One from certain there ownway. I mean to say, the
minisavages trade. Don't miss understand me? Do you follow? Yes, sir,
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they aren't humans. That that's howthe Negro people came to this country,
Simon, like cattle stoled three deepin the cargoes of slave ships,
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chained together, each on their rightside to keep their hearts beating. And
for many years after. WHO wasfounded and dedicated by the men who founded
it to certain truths which they heldto be self evident, that all men
are created equal. We Americans keptthe Negro people as our slaves. Of
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course, sometimes they were very wellseated bike great grounds. Sometimes the Negro
people were better than beasts of burden. They were our household pets. Yes,
but Old John Brown of Kansas wasthinking of when he went down into
the nicest farm country in Virginia whereslaves were happiest, took on the whole
United States Navy army. Oh,Jim John Brown, isn't we was talking
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about. Everybody knows he was crazy, and he wasn't crazy enough to think
he could let the world with eighteenmen. He tried it. I don't
know who is John Brown. There'sanother American who fought for liberty? Oh?
He after folks whod been talking tosometimes about fighting the Slave States to
free the slaves. Old John Brownsold his business and took his sons with
him, went out and fought Americato show America what it ought to do.
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Was he a good Yes, he'snow of God. He's like Joshua
and the Old Testament. He diedaccording to the New Maybe he was mad.
Maybe he was a very great man. Your name, President of My
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name is John Brown. I havebeen known as Old Brown of Kansas.
Two of my sons were killed heretoday, and I'm dying too. We
are abolitionists from the north come totake and release your slaves. You consider
yourself an instrument in the hands ofProvidence. I do somewhat principle. Do
you justify your acts upon the goldenrule? I pity the poor in bondage
that have none to help be oppressed, and wrongs that are as good as
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you and as precious in the sightof God. That is why I'm here
discort acknowledges. As I suppose thevalidity of the law of God. I
see a book kissed here, whichI supposed to be the Bible, or
at least the New Testament, thatteaches me that all things whatsoever I would
that men should do to me,I should do so, even to them.
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I believe that to have interfered asI have done in behalf of the
despised poor was not wrong but right. Had I so interfered in behalf of
the rich, the powerful, theintelligence, the so called great, or
in behalf of any of their friends, either father, mother, brother,
sister, wife, or children,or any of that class and suffered and
sacrificed, But I have in thisinterference, every man in this court would
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have deemed it an act worthy ofreward rather than of punishment. Ah,
if it is deemed necessary that Ishould forfeit my life the furtherance of the
ends of justice, and mingle myblood with a blood of millions in this
slave country, whose rights are disregardedby wicked, cruel and unjust enactments,
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I submit, so let it bedone. And it was done. They
took John Brown up to a hillover Charlestown and hanged him. And there
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were men who made a song aboutit, a marching song, and thousands
of Americans went to their death singingit. In the Great Civil War,
John Brown's body rides a moldering inthe grave, but his soul goes marching
on. Oh. The Civil Warwas fought between and Aus and the South,
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timon the determined state Russa. Theself believed that each state had a
right to quit the whole Union ofStates if it wanted true, and the
North said no, American must sticktogether. Wonderful story in this during the
Civil War, filled with brave andgallant heroes, But it's a sad story
too, because both sides were fightingfor freedom. Well the North took a
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lot of good from itself in thatwar, but in the end there was
still the United States of America.There were no more slaves. An amendment
to the Constitution of the United Statesof America, passed by both Houses of
Congress, has signed this twentieth dayof March eighteen seventy by Ulysses S.
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Grant, President of the United States. The right of the citizens of the
United States the booth shallnot be deniedor bridged by the United States or by
any States, on account of race, color, or previous condition. That
savorde that right, I with generalfagity. Body he stay right, gentlemen,
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what time a door? Hey there, lady, come on alight.
You're not supposed to be there.What are you doing that line? That's
for a voter, that's my ANEA. I would hope. Will you give
me a ballot? Please? Well, what would you be one with a
ballot? Ma'm ladies, don't vote? I wonder vote? Well, you
can't vote, you're a woman.The law. I know what the law
says. It says that the rightof the citizens of the United States to
vote shall not be denied or abridgedby the United States or by any state
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on account of race, color,or previous condition of servitude. Want the
ballots? Please say wait a minute, ain't you the lady that wore bloomers
at Cheneca Falls. My name isSusan B. Anthony, and I demand
either that you allow me to voteor that you arrest me. See,
ladies, why don't you go home? I demand to be arrested or to
be allowed to vote. Go on, go on and cut me lady,
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your honor, gentlemen of the Jewelly. The dependant is indicted under the nineteenth
section of the Act of Congress Maytwenty first, eighteen seventy for voting with
our having a lawful right to vote. The only alleged illegality of the defendent
vote is that she is a woman. If the same act had been done
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by her brother under the same circumstances, the act would have been not only
innofense, but honorable and laudable.But having been done by a woman,
it is said to be a crime. It is the belief for this court
at the fourteenth Amendment, and whichthe defendant came. The right to vote
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is a protection, that's who allare right, which I directed jury to
bring in the verdict of guilty.The jury is now dismissed, Your honor,
I wish to pay the exceptions.The jury has not vocal exception denied,
as the prisoner earyy to say whyit should not be pronounced. Yes,
Honor, I have many things tosay, for in your order verdict
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of guilty, you have trembled underfootevery vital principle of our government. My
natural rights, my civil rights,michaelity will write, my judicial rights are
all alike ignored. I am degradedfrom a status of a citizen to that
of a subject. The prisoner willsit down, your honor, ad man
to be heard. The prisoner willsit down, sit madam. Of all
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my prosecutors, from the corner grocerypoliticians who entered the complaint to the United
States Marshal Commissioner, district attorney,district judge, your runner on the bench,
not one is my fear, buteach and all of my political problems,
and had your honor sublifts my caseto the jury, as were clearly
your duty. Even then I shouldhave had just cause of protest. But
not one of these men with mypeers, but native or foreign born,
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white or black, rich or poor, educated or ignorant, sober or drunk,
each and every man of them withmy political superior hence in no sense
my par is. The court mustinsist the prisoner has been tried according to
the established frauds of law. Yes, for one of the by forms of
law, all made by men,interpreted by men in favor of men against
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women. The court orders the prisonerto sit down. It will not allow
another words. The prisoner will nowstand up the setters of the courts.
If you pay a fine of onehundred dollars and the cost of the prosecution,
may please your honor, I'll neverpay a dollar of your run duct
penalty, and I shall earnestly andresistently continue towards all women to the practical
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recognition of the old Revolutionary Act.Him resistance still tell me his obedience to
God. But what did they doto the ladys? Did they quit?
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Are in prison? So they madea pay a lot of money? Should
the ladies stop the war? Theydid not? I'll say they didn't they
do the war? Will not exactlythat. For fifty years they massed and
talks and starve themselves and jails.And then in the end, if did
take a war to make men seethat women were people. You go to
prison school. I was too younger, I might have then, what are
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you laughing at? Remember how yourmother got that congressman from Maryland to vote
for the amendments. Come, yeah, you congress from Frank I am what
can I do for you? That'sthe franchise co out. He had asked
you to vote for the woman suffingdemandments. Well me see, let me
pick a hot day. I cantalk to you. But my neighbor here
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wants to get his seed him beforethat thunderstorm breaks. Anyway, wouldn't do
any good. I can't see thesuffage is right, so I can't vote
for it. If you think thewar was right, well poor? And
why did it? Good? War? To get democracy? Exactly? I'm
getting President Wilson saying the democracy wasthe right of all thoses submit to authority.
I have a voice known government.Don't look here, missus. I
believe women are superior beings for men, and if they were to voted,
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have to be equals. Now lookingat this hatecad, why you could do
more? Pick he le me yourpit fort? Well sure here? Yeah
you wanna hand up? No,Well at the gig they were scarce.
Now I know where to look forit when I needed. So they gave
me a poor for your house.The vote, they'd give it to me.
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Well, I guess one good turnis another. I don't know why
if you can pick hay like that, man, they shouldn't vote. And
so everybody got the vote, simon, even the ladies, which is alright
with us, isn't it tone Andafter that, of course, everybody lived
happily. Ever after, what doyou mean, well, everybody, that
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is, except a few millions ofAmerican citizens who haven't worked for years.
Of course, those several hundred thousandson the land we don't own. The
homes they live in, all thefields they work in, and all the
crops they grow. Those several hundredthousands are almost too poor to live at
all. Those folks have the votetoo, That isn't quite enough for them.
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Maybe they still want that freedom.Their folks came here for that freedom
everybody has been fighting for in thiscountry all these years. Maybe some of
them might settle for the wrong kindof freedom. Maybe some of them might
trade their vote for a decent meal. That's bad time. Whose wat you
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who've just been looking at this bookagain. I'd like to read you a
few more sentences. George Washington saidthis. When the revolution was one,
the citizens of Dominican placed in themost enviable conditions as the soul lords and
proprietors of a vast tract of countenance, comprehending all the various soils and primates
of the world, and abounding withall the necessaries and conveniences of life,
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and now acknowledge to be possessed ofabsolute freedom and independency. The foundation of
our empire was not laid in theglimmer age of ignorance and superstitions, but
it epited when the rights of mankindwere better understood and more clearly defined than
at any former period. At thisauspicious period, the United States came into
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being as a nation. And iftheir citizens should not be completely free and
happy, the false would be entirelytheir own. What is the fort to
do the can we change them ifwe ought to? No quotation that covers
that goes like this. This country, with its institutions, belongs to the
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people who inhabit it. Whenever theyshall grow weary of the existing government,
they can exercise their constitutional right ofamending it or their revolutionary right to dismember
or overthrow it. I'm Jim whosaid there, Abraham Lincoln four, if
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sign's going to stop changing things inAmerica, and you better get complete,
come on done. I got afull day to morrow. This concludes the
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Campbell Playoffs presentation of our American CavalcadeThe Things We Have, an original radio
drama by Orson Wells starring Cornelio toSkinner and mister Wells and just the moment
mister Wells and Miss Jinner will returnto the microphone. But first the word
on behalf of our sponsors. Assure as you like chicken, you like
Campbell's chicken soup. I mentioned thata little while ago, and I'm repeating
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it now because I want to impressit upon you. I'm pretty certain you
like chicken, So I'm anxious thatyou try Campbell's chicken soup and find out,
as so many thousands have, howdelicious it is. I wish you
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the pieces of chicken are dropped inand to make the soup extra substantial,
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so. Why not discover that foryourself this weekend? And now I think
Orson Wells has a special message foryou, ladies and gentlemen. This too
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is a part of the things wehave here in America, or went along,
disabled veterans have been making poppies,slowly and patiently with their own hands.
Tomorrow is Poppy Day, a daywhen grateful citizens will wear the little
red symbol of Flanders Fields. Tismore than a tag to show that we've
contributed to these disabled veterans, theirfamilies, and the families of the World
War dead, the token of ourcontinued devotion to those ideals which they stood
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so nobly. Now before I presentour guest, you, miss Chappe,
would you please announce the cast oftonight's Badcast. Yes, mister Wells and
Tonight's Campbell playoff's production the things wehave. Orson Wells played James Scott,
Professor Shirt O'Shaughnessy, Chief Logan,and John Brown. Cornelia od Skinner played
the parts of Mary Scott Strouschert,the Polish Woman, Lady Townshend, and
Susan B. Anthony. Others whocompleted tonight's cast were Ray Collins, Frank
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Reddick, Everett Sloane, Agnes Moorehead, Howard Smith, Kenneth Delmar, Kingsley
Couldron named William Halligan. The musicfor the Campbell Playhouse is arranged and conducted
by Bernard Hermann. And now Iknow you want to hear from our two
sides. Artnwell, ladies and gentlemen. It was a great pleasure that I
introduced to you a lady who hasbeen variously described as a one woman theater,
a top notched sorceress, and oneof the greatest single attractions on the
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American stage. It's Cornelio to Skinner. Thank you. I think I should
explain for those few of you whodon't already know it, that miss Skinner
is that rare and remarkable artist inthe theater. A solo actress, quite
alone and without scenery of properties ofany kind, She's created the complete conviction
of hundreds of thousands of people,such characters as, among others, as
the Hampress, Eugenie Nell Gwynn,and I believe all six wives of Hennity
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eight. Not satisfied with this lastseason, Mitts Skinner did an even more
remarkable thing. She successfully toured thecountry and her own adaptation of Margaret AYR.
Barnes's famous novel Edna His Wife.In this full length play, Miss
Skinner, I believe you played thepart of Edna, Yes, Edna's sister,
Yes, Edna's mother, Yes,family friends, and five other women.
In addition to this, According toa New York critic, you created
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in your audience's mind the pictures ofa large number of men who never appeared.
Must have been quite a frantic littleevening, Misskin. No more friendly
guys, sure you than being herewith you tonight at the Campbell Playhouse.
Oh. I don't know whether totake that as a compliment or not.
I can assure you what your compliment. I've had a wonderful time. Hey,
it's five different Thank you, missSkinner. It's been a great pleasure
to have you with us. Goodnight, good night, And now a
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few words about next week's announcement,ladies and gentlemen, Friday night. At
the same time we bring you thegreatest events in this year of radio broadcasting.
I say this unblushingly. Next weekthe marquis on the front of the
Campbell Playhouse Blazers were the most magicalword known to this decade of theatrical entertainment.
Helen Hayes and Victoria Resina. Tillthat time, my sponsors, the
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makers of Campbell Soups, and allof us on the Campbell Playhouse remain obediently
yours. The makers of Campbell's Soupsjoin orson Wells in inviting you to be
with us at the Campbell Playoffs againnext Friday evening, when that startup stars,
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Miss Helen Hayes stays us the secondvisit our play will be Miss Hayes's
latest and greatest stage hits, thephenomenally successful Victoria Designer. This will be
its first presentation on the air.Meanwhile, if you have enjoyed Tonight's Campbell
Playoffs presentation, won't you take yourgrocery so tomorrow when you order Campbell's Chicken
Soup, This is Ernest Chapple sayingthank you and good night. This is
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