Wikisource:WikiProject Film/Drafts/Archives/The Crisis (film)
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User: PseudoSkull
File: The Crisis (1916).webm
Author: James Colin Campbell
Publisher: Selig Polyscope Company
Year: 1916
PD: PD/US|1947|film=yes
Note:
Cat: Drama film, Films based on books, Films with historical settings, War film
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00:06
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{{c|
{{xxx-larger|THE CRISIS}}
<br>
{{smaller|A PLAY IN THREE ATS}}
{{hr|5em}}
{{x-smaller|FROM [[The Crisis (Churchill)|THE BOOK]] BY {{uc|[[Author:Winston Churchill|Winston Churchill]]}}}}
{{hr|5em}}
{{xx-smaller|DIRECTION OF [[Author:James Colin Campbell|COLIN CAMPBELL]]}}
<br>
{{xx-smaller|PRODUCED BY}}
<br>
{{smaller|THE SELIG POLYSCOPE CO.}}
<br>
{{xx-smaller|COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY THE SELIG POLYSCOPE CO.}}
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01:08
{{ft/s|
The South wind bore to the ears of the world the wail of the slave.
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01:18
{{ft/s|
And the North wind raged with the protest against the barter of mankind.
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01:26
{{ft/i|
{{c|{{smaller|ABOLISH SLAVERY}}}}
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01:40
{{ft/s|
—and borne on the wings of the West wind the ceaseless query: "Shall the new states be slave or free?"
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02:07
{{ft/s|
Colonel Carvel of St. Louis, his daughter, Virginia, and Judge Silas Whipple.
{{xx-smaller block|
{{TOC begin}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1|Colonel Carvel|Matt Snyder}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1|Virginia Carvel|Bessie Eyton}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1|Silas Whipple|George Fawcett}}
{{TOC end}}
}}
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03:04
{{ft/d|
''"Play my favorite, Jinny."''
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03:29
{{ft/d|
{{blb|
{{ppoem|
[[Lead, Kindly Light]], amid th' encircling gleam,
:Lead Thou me on;
The night is dark, and I am far from home,
:Lead Thou me on;
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
:The distant scene; one step enough for me.
}}
}}
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03:46
{{ft/s|
The music carries him back.
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03:58
{{ft/d|
{{blb|
{{ppoem|
Lead, Kindly Light, amid th' encircling gleam,
:Lead Thou me on;
The night is dark, and I am far from home,
:Lead Thou me on;
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
:The distant scene; one step enough for me.
}}
}}
}}
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05:49
{{ft/s|
Eliphalet Hopper, of Massachusetts, arrives in St. Louis in search of his fortune.
{{xx-smaller block|
{{TOC begin}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1|Eliphalet Hopper|Frank Weed}}
{{TOC end}}
}}
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06:10
{{ft/d|
{{ib|
"You're a fine specimen of a Yankee."
{{xx-smaller block|
{{TOC begin}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1|Capt. Lige Brent|Will Machin}}
{{TOC end}}
}}
}}
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06:23
{{ft/i|
{{c|{{smaller|PRIVATE<br>OFFICE}}}}
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06:31
{{ft/i|
{{cb|
{{right|offset=2em|Boston, Mass}}
My Dear Judge Whipple,
>/b
{{gap}}We gratefully accept your kind offer to take Stephen into your office.
>/b
{{gap}}Your friendship for my dear gone husband is very precious to me and does much to alleviate our grief, as soon as our affairs will permit we will come South.
{{right|offset=2em|Thanking you sincerely<br>I am yours very truly<br>Elizabeth B[...]}}
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07:19
{{ft/d|
''"Engage rooms for young Brice and his mother at the Crane boarding house."''
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07:30
{{ft/i|
{{c|
GARVEL<br>{{larger|&}}<br>COMPANY<br>{{xx-larger|{{sc|Importers}}}}
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08:08
{{ft/d|
''"Tell Mr. Hood to put this boy to work."''
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08:22
{{ft/i|
{{c|{{smaller|JOHN HOOD}}<br>{{xx-smaller|MANAGER}}}}
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08:29
{{ft/s|
The old friends have their daily quarrel over slavery.
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08:34
{{ft/i|
{{c|SILAS<br>WHIPPLE}}
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09:24
{{ft/s|
Virginia visits her father's office.
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09:27
{{ft/i|
{{c|{{sc|Private}}}}
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09:55
{{ft/d|
''"Do you work here?"''
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10:01
{{ft/d|
''"Find my father and tell him Miss Carvel is here."''
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10:08
{{ft/d|
''"I ain't no servant."''
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10:25
{{ft/s|
Clarence Colfax, Virginia's cousin and ardent suitor.
{{xx-smaller block|
{{TOC begin}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1|Clarence Colfax|Marshall Neilan}}
{{TOC end}}
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11:16
{{ft/d|
''"It's only Clarence, he is always wanting to fight with someone."''
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12:00
{{ft/s|
The Brices arrive at Mrs. Crane's "New England Boarding House."
{{xx-smaller block|
{{TOC begin}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1|Stephen Brice|Thomas Santschi}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1|Mrs. Brice|Eugenie Besserer}}
{{TOC end}}
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12:11
{{ft/d|
''"This, mother, is our all---a trifle over nine hundred dollars----I'll bank it on the way to Judge Whipple's."''
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12:44
{{ft/i|
{{c|
Hodge's Dry Goods Store
{{hr}}
{{xx-larger|'''SLAVE AUCTION'''}}
{{hr}}{{hr}}{{hr}}
THIS MORNING AT 11 O'CLOCK<br>FROM THE COURT HOUSE STEPS
{{hr}}{{hr}}{{hr}}
All property of the late G. W. Scales
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12:50
{{ft/d|
''"Father, please buy Betty Scales' quadroon, Hester, for me."''
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13:01
{{ft/s|
The horrors of slavery are borne in upon Stephen at the slave auction.
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13:35
{{ft/d|
''"I'll buy her for you, Jinny. Mother promised you a present and you shall have her."''
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13:46
{{ft/d|
''"Oh, mistah, is you gwineter stan' heah an' see ma chile sol' down de river?"''
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14:53
{{ft/d|
''"How dare that Yankee bid against Clarence."''
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14:55
{{ft/s|
Some weeks later the Brices rent one of Mr. Brinsmade's cottages.
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15:21
{{ft/i|
{{cb|
Mr Stephen Brice,<br>
of{{gap}}33 Olive St.
{{right|Miss Crane's Boarding House,}}
{{right|offset=2em|Lucas Road,}}
{{right|offset=2em|City.}}
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15:41
{{ft/i|
{{cb|
{{gap}}Miss Virginia Carvel requests the pleasure of Mr Stephen Brice's presence at her birthday party Thursday evening the 10<sup><u>th</u></sup> inst. at
{{c|Carvel House}}
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16:22
{{ft/s|
The night of the party.
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17:16
{{ft/d|
''"Honey, I was thinking of your mother."''
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17:29
{{ft/s|
The Party.
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18:28
{{ft/d|
''"Why did you bring that damned Yankee here?"''
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20:29
{{ft/s|
When the guests had gone.
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20:39
{{ft/s|
Summer, intolerable summer, is upon the city.
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20:43
{{ft/s|
Judge Whipple broadens Stephen's education.
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20:55
{{ft/d|
''"Take tonight's train for Freeport, find [[Author:Abe Lincoln|Abe Lincoln]], and give him this."''
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21:28
{{ft/s|
Freeport, Illinois. The night of the great [[Lincoln-Douglas debate]].
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22:15
{{ft/i|
{{cb|
{{right|St. Louis, Mo.}}
Dear Abe—
>/b
I want my young friend to meet and know you. I like him, send him back to me a good Republican.
{{right|offset=2em|Sincerely,}}
{{right|Silas Whipple}}
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22:57
{{ft/i|
{{c|DOUGLAS.
<br><br>
{{smaller|DOUGLAS}}
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23:44
{{ft/s|
''The great question.''
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23:47
{{ft/i|
{{c|{{smaller|LINCOLN{{gap}}DOUGLAS}}}}
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24:29
{{ft/s|
[[Author:Stephen A. Douglas|Stephen A. Douglas]].
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24:47
{{ft/d|
''"Can the people of a United States Territory in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States exclude slavery from its limits, prior to the formation of a State Constitution?"''
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25:12
{{ft/d|
''"This nation cannot exist half slave and half free. Now, let Mr. Douglas explain away the crisis if he can."''
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25:45
{{ft/s|
Stephen A. Douglas—states rights—fails to convince.
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26:50
{{ft/s|
Steve parts with Lincoln.
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27:01
{{ft/d|
''"Tell me, Steve---weren't you sorry for me last night?"''
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27:09
{{ft/d|
''"I never shall be again, sir."''
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27:18
{{ft/d|
''"Pray God that you may feel sorry for me again. Goodbye, Steve, don't forget me."''
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27:35
{{ft/s|
Meanwhile, at Glencoe, Col. Carvel's summer home.
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27:56
{{ft/i|
{{cb|
Col. Comyn Carvel,
>/b
{{gap}}Gloscoe,
>/b
{{gap|1.5em}}Dear Sir:
>/b
{{gap|2em}}[...] is my duty to inform you that Judge Whipple is quite ill. Doctors says the host in the city will kill him if he stays. He calls constantly for Miss Carvel.
{{right|offset=3em|Respectfully,}}
{{right|offset=1em|Carl Richter.}}
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28:25
{{ft/s|
The Judge yields.
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29:53
{{ft/i|
{{c|LAW<br>OFFICES}}
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30:12
{{ft/i|
{{cb|
{{right|Glencoe<br>Aug 20<sup><u>th</u></sup>}}
My dear Mr. Brice,
>/b
{{gap}}I take pleasure in extending you an invitation to spend the {{SIC|weeks end|week's end}} at {{SIC|glencoe|Glencoe}}.
>/b
{{gap}}Please bring Judge Whipple's mail.
{{right|offset=2em|Sincerely,}}
{{right|Comyn Carvel}}
}}
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30:45
{{ft/d|
''"Mr. Brice is coming this morning, Jinny."''
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31:52
{{ft/d|
''"Now tell me what you think of this fellow, Lincoln."''
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32:37
{{ft/d|
''"And here is the article I wrote for the '[[Missouri Gazette]]' on the debate."''
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32:48
{{ft/d|
''"Juleps."''
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34:00
{{ft/d|
''"A house divided against itself must fall!"''
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34:39
{{ft/d|
''"I'm sorry but I must go back to town tonight."''
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35:57
{{ft/d|
''"I should like to remain, sir, but mother is all alone."''
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36:15
{{ft/d|
''"I asked him to stay, but he spurned the privilege."''
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36:31
{{ft/d|
''"He went back because his mother was all alone."''
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36:45
{{ft/s|
The weeks pass quietly in old St. Louis.
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37:00
{{ft/i|
{{c|
Naming of Candidates.
{{hr|5em}}
INTENSE ENTHUSIASM.
{{hr|5em}}
{{smaller|The Struggle between [[Author:William Henry Seward|Seward]] and Lincoln.}}
{{hr|5em}}
{{larger|'''LINCOLN NOMINATED.'''}}
{{hr|5em}}
{{smaller|ONLY THREE BALLOTINGS HAD.}}
{{hr|5em}}
THE VICE-PRESIDENCY.
{{hr|5em}}
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin Nominated.
{{hr|5em}}
{{smaller|HOW THE NOMINATIONS ARE RECEIVED.}}
{{hr|5em}}
}}
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37:20
{{ft/d|
''"I'm through with fooling now, Jinny, I'm going to be a man."''
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37:32
{{ft/s|
The old friendship bears a heavy strain.
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38:13
{{ft/d|
''"Lige, you're going to vote for Lincoln, aren't you?"''
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38:22
{{ft/d|
''"If Lincoln is elected, the South leaves the Union."''
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38:46
{{ft/d|
''"Silas, if you won't drink it for me perhaps you will drink it for---Abraham Lincoln."''
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38:56
{{ft/d|
''"I reckon I wouldn't be much use to Abe if I took that."''
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39:49
{{ft/s|
Anne Brinsmade plans a costume ball.
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40:07
{{ft/i|
{{cb|
Virginia Carvel<br>
Stephen Brice<br>
Maud Catherwood<br>
Spencer Catherwood
}}
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40:12
{{ft/d|
''"If that man comes, I won't. He's a Black Republican."''
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40:25
{{ft/d|
''"I don't think he can."''
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40:38
{{ft/s|
The Costume Ball.
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42:05
{{ft/i|
{{cb|
My dear Miss Brinsmade
>/b
{{gap}}I might be delayed a bit tonight but will try and be there as soon as I can leave the meeting. I will race my grandfather's uniform as you suggested.
{{right|offset=2em|Peacefully,}}
{{right|Stephen Brice}}
Miss Anne Brinsmade<br>
{{gap}}St. Louis, Mo.
}}
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42:38
{{ft/i|
{{cb|
My dear Colfax
>/b
{{gap}}Please come to my office at once + sign the deed to the [...] property. It must be done tonight + will keep you only a moment.
{{right|offset=2em|Yours}}
{{right|[...]}}
Mr. Clarence Colfax
}}
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43:06
{{ft/s|
Under the spell of the night.
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43:26
{{ft/d|
''"I---I thought you were my cousin---what must you think of me?"''
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43:37
{{ft/d|
''"I hope you will forgive me---Virginia. I meet you only to anger you---good night, Miss Carvel."''
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44:35
{{ft/i|
{{c|LINCOLN<br>ELECTED}}
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45:00
{{ft/i|
{{cb|
Dear Jack
>/b
Lincoln is elected.
{{right|E. E. [...]}}
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46:07
{{ft/s|
The Auction.
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46:24
{{ft/s|
Judge Whipple buys Col. Carvel's furniture but keeps only one piece.
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46:46
{{ft/d|
''"Where's my piano?"''
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47:55
{{ft/d|
''"Jinny's!"''
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48:01
{{ft/i|
{{cb|
{{right|Jefferson City<br>May 10, 1861}}
Comyn Carvel, Esq.,
>/b
Dear sir
>/b
Come to Jefferson City at once. Important to the cause.
{{right|offset=3em|Sincerely,}}
{{right|offset=2em|Jackson,}}
{{right|offset=1em|Governor.}}
}}
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48:47
{{ft/d|
''"Did I ever strike you as a marryin' man?"''
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48:59
{{ft/d|
''"The lady is YOU."''
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49:09
{{ft/d|
''"Your father's a beggar but for me. I am Carvel and Co. Go and ask him if I'm lying."''
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49:44
{{ft/d|
''"Is it true you have borrowed money from this man?"''
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49:54
{{ft/d|
''"It takes just a minute to walk to that fence, sir. If you are longer I reckon you'll never get past it."''
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50:23
{{ft/d|
''"Honey, I reckon we're just as poor as white trash."''
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50:53
{{ft/s|
Stephen goes too.
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51:48
{{ft/d|
''"My country needs me, honey."''
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52:35
{{ft/s|
{{c|On June 22nd, the Seventh Missouri Regiment starts to dig a tunnel under Ft. Jackson.}}
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53:06
{{ft/s|
{{c|3 P. M., June 25th, a deathlike stillness pervades the whole command, then---the mine beneath Ft. Jackson lets go.}}
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54:44
{{ft/d|
''"General, we are out of percussion caps. I know where some are stored in a shack across the river, can I get them?"''
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55:47
{{ft/s|
Night falls.
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57:05
{{ft/s|
{{c|Another day of carnage dawns.}}
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57:35
{{ft/s|
{{c|The men in the lines leap from their places and charge in the face of a murderous fire.}}
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58:29
{{ft/s|
{{c|On July 3rd, gallant Vicksburg falls.}}
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58:33
{{ft/s|
{{c|The lurid flames of bursting shells from Admiral Porter's fleet light up the city.}}
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59:14
{{ft/s|
Brice's influence with [[Author:William Tecumseh Sherman|Sherman]] secures a safe passage home for Colfax.
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59:39
{{ft/d|
''"Miss Jinny, they done brought Massa Clarence home."''
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1:00:28
{{ft/i|
{{c|{{smaller|WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.}}}}
{{cb|
{{xx-smaller|To}} <u>St Louis Mo</u>{{gap}}{{xx-smaller|Telegraph from}} <u>Vicksbg Miss</u>
>/b
Mrs. S. A. Brice—
>/b
{{gap}}Your son slightly wounded invalided house should arrive Wednesday
{{right|offset=2em|Sherman}}
}}
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1:01:05
{{ft/s|
Convalescent.
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1:01:10
{{ft/d|
''"Do you love Brice, Jinny?"''
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1:01:22
{{ft/d|
''"I hate him, Jinny, but he saved my life. He loves you, yet he sent me home to you."''
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1:01:33
{{ft/d|
''"Love a Yankee? Never!"''
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1:01:52
{{ft/s|
Home again.
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1:02:11
{{ft/s|
Elsewhere in the field, the Colonel fights and starves.
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1:02:19
{{ft/i|
{{c|{{larger|'''JUDGE WHIPPLE SERIOUSLY ILL'''}}}}
{{hr|5em}}
Judge Silas Whipple is sinking fast. He continually talks of his friends of other days. He suffered a relapse during the night and there is little or no hope for his recovery, although [...]
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1:03:08
{{ft/d|
''"Jinny, I'm exchanged and am going back to the front."''
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1:03:17
{{ft/d|
''"Will you be my wife at the end of the war?"''
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1:03:36
{{ft/i|
{{c|
{{smaller block|
J. J. COWAN
{{hr}}
COTTON<br>BUYER.<br>
UP ☜
STAIRS
{{hr}}
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1:04:55
{{ft/d|
''"Comyn, you are a man of unstained honor. I ask no questions. You are safe with me."''
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1:07:03
{{ft/d|
''"His Desk!"''
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1:07:25
{{ft/i|
{{cb|
Stephen Brice
{{right|St. Louis, Mo—}}
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1:08:18
{{ft/d|
''"I thank you, Capt. Brice, for saving my life."''
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1:08:28
{{ft/d|
''"It is to her your thanks are due. I believe I am not going too far when I congratulate you both."''
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1:08:49
{{ft/d|
''"My father is in that room."''
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1:09:01
{{ft/d|
''"What Dr. Polk sanctions is not for me to question."''
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1:09:39
{{ft/d|
''"You were my friend when I had no other. May God spare your life for Jinny."''
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1:09:54
{{ft/d|
''"Would you like to see a clergyman?"''
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1:10:03
{{ft/d|
''"No, madam, you are near enough to God for me."''
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1:10:09
{{ft/d|
''"I was sick and ye visited me."''
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1:10:29
{{ft/d|
''"Goodbye, Stephen. Hold the image of Abraham Lincoln in front of you. You are a man after his own heart, and----and mine."''
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1:11:25
{{ft/d|
''"Will you play my hymn, my dear, once more----once more?"''
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1:12:21
{{ft/d|
{{blb|
{{ppoem|
Lead, Kindly Light, amid th' encircling gleam,
:Lead Thou me on;
The night is dark, and I am far from home,
:Lead Thou me on;
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
:The distant scene; one step enough for me.
}}
}}
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1:14:05
{{ft/d|
''"You'll marry me now, I call'ate, or I'll have your father hung."''
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1:14:34
{{ft/d|
''"I don't want to see you hung, but there's just one consideration that will stop me, that's your gal."''
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1:14:48
{{ft/d|
''"Hopper, I know you! I can prove that you have had traitorous dealings with the confederacy. If General Sherman learns it you go to government prison. Now go!"''
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1:15:49
{{ft/s|
Clarence Colfax is court-martialed as a spy.
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1:16:05
{{ft/s|
The field of war again.
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1:16:36
{{ft/d|
''"Send word to Jinny, my Jinny."''
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1:18:14
{{ft/s|
Three days later Stephen sees Lincoln again.
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1:18:38
{{ft/d|
''"Mr. President, I want to ask you to save the life of an officer who is being held as a spy. Colonel Colfax of St. Louis."''
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1:18:54
{{ft/d|
''"He's the young chap who is going to marry Virginia Carvel, isn't he?"''
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1:19:09
{{ft/d|
''"You wait in the other room, Steve."''
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1:19:28
{{ft/d|
''"It's a matter of life and death. I thought your president would see anyone."''
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1:20:23
{{ft/d|
''"Sit down, Virginia."''
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1:20:46
{{ft/d|
''"Tell me about your cousin. Are you going to marry him?"''
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1:20:57
{{ft/d|
''"No, Mr. Lincoln. I was, but I don't love him."''
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1:21:38
{{ft/d|
''"The officer who saw Colonel Colfax captured is here. He too defended him and asked me to pardon him."''
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1:22:13
{{ft/d|
''"I am sparing his life, because the time for which we have been waiting and longing is now at hand. The time to be merciful. Let us all thank God for it."''
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1:22:25
{{ft/d|
''"How I wish that all my people in the South might see you as I have seen you today."''
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1:22:38
{{ft/d|
''"Virginia, I have not suffered by the South, I have suffered <u>with</u> the South. Your sorrow has been my sorrow, and your pain has been my pain."''
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1:23:44
{{ft/d|
''"You loved that flag, Virginia, may you always love it. May the day come when this nation, North and South, may look back upon it with reverence."''
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1:24:00
{{ft/d|
''"We're not going to hang the rebels, Steve, we're going to hang on to 'em."''
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1:24:15
{{ft/d|
''"And if you have the sense I think you have, you'll hang on too."''
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1:25:09
{{ft/d|
''"Do you love me, Jinny?"''
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1:25:19
{{ft/d|
''"I have loved you always. I fought against it but it was in vain."''
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1:25:34
{{ft/s|
At Glencoe again.
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In the hush of the last night two united hearts, symbols of the reunited nation, bow down to the man of sorrows.
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