Hamilton

epub:type="z3998:persona">Monroe Coming forward and taking his hand. Their admiration for your courage has overwhelmed their knowledge of your indiscretion. You need have no fear for your Bill now, Colonel Hamilton; your action will swing the whole country. I trust I know how to appreciate courage and how to acknowledge defeat. Retires to L. Enter at back from L. two military aides. They remain in outer room and salute Hamilton. Colonel Lear follows them and comes down C. Jay Here is Colonel Lear. Hamilton Colonel Lear. You come from President Washington? Lear Saluting. Colonel Hamilton, I have the honor to announce that President Washington has left the executive mansion and is now on his way here to express to you in person the high opinion he holds of your integrity. Salutes and retires to Jay. Jefferson Citizen Hamilton, our political opinions may differ in the future as in the past, but my impression of your conduct in this matter will remain glowing and unchangeable. It is the bravest thing a man ever did. Your vindication of the honor of the Secretary of the Treasury, the servant of the Nation, at the expense of the honor of Alexander Hamilton, the man, is a display of personal courage that will rouse the admiration of the world. Citizen Hamilton, I am proud to take your hand. Shakes him by the hand. There is a buzz of approval. Hamilton Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Monroe, gentlemen. I am deeply moved by the expression of your sentiment toward me, but your decision to support this bill has stirred within me a still deeper feeling. By that decision you have established the credit and the honor of the United States. You have opened the floodgates of prosperity, a prosperity that will reach far beyond our present vision, a prosperity that will one day make America the market of the world. This is what I have striven for, and so, gentlemen, I tender you my felicitations and my thanks. Turns to Betsy. Curtain.

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Hamilton
was published in 1917 by
Mary P. Hamlin and George Arliss.

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