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for us ordinary people.

Why the lady folk of this town

would not have the vote

If it hadn't been for you fighting

To give them all that suffrage.

Mr. President Wilson would not have

got to the white house

and won the war

If it hadn't been for you supporting him

and being his secretary of state

In conclusion, the governor of our

glorious state

has vested in me the authority

to confer upon you a commission

as honorary colonel in the state militia.

If it's good enough for Brady...

If it's good enough for Brady

then it's good enough for me

Col. Brady...

I like the sound of that.

Friends, Mrs. Brady and I are delighted

to be among you.

We all voted for you... 3 times!

I trust it was in 3 separate elections.

I could only wish for one thing...

that you had not given us quite so

warm a welcome.

Mr. Brady

Mr. Brady

Yes

Here you are.

Oh, bless you, bless you.

And Mrs. Brady.

Thank you.

And now then,

Who, may I ask, is the, uh, spiritual

leader of the community

The Rev.

Jeremiah Brown

Go on,

Reverend.

How are you, Reverend

Will you stand here at my side thank you.

Ahem.

My friends of Hillsboro,

You know why I have come here.

It is not merely to prosecute a lawbreaker,

a young man who has spoken out

against the revealed word.

I have come here

because what has happened

in a schoolroom in your town

has unloosed a wicked attack

from the big cities of the north.

We did not seek this struggle.

We are simple folk,

who seek only to live in brotherhood

and peace,

to cherish our loved ones,

to teach our children

the ways of righteousness

and of the lord.

But what would they teach them,

these idolaters,

these priests of "evil-ution"

what would they have them do

they would have them measure

the distance between the stars

and forget him who holds the

stars in his hands.

they are lost, my friends.

For, I tell you, if man believes

he is descended from the beasts,

he must remain a beast!

and as the young wolf turns upon the old,

these innocent ones, corrupted

and despairing of salvation,

will turn upon their fathers,

and our land will become a land of

sodom and gomorrah

of pestilence, of fire,

of hatred and of death.

I disagree.

Who are you

Uh, Hornbeck.

E.K. Hornbeck of the Baltimore Herald.

Oh, yeah.

Yes, I know your paper...

and your writings, Sir.

Ladies and gentlemen

my paper is happy to announce

that it is sending two representatives

to, uh, "Heavenly Hillsboro"...

the most gifted reporter in America today...

Myself...

and the most agile legal mind

of the 20th century...

Henry Drummond.

who's Henry Drummond

We'll send him back to hell!

ride him out on a rail!

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