Tennessee Johnson (1942)

George M. Carleton: Minor Role

Quotes 

• Andrew Johnson : We of the south have lost the election, very well. Mr. Lincoln will be inaugurated in six weeks. The people have spoken. Let the will of the people be done. We can vote Mr. Lincoln out of office in four years and I hope and believe we shall do so. Meanwhile, we southerners should remain here and prevent him from carrying out policies that will ruin this country, our one country.

  Kirby : Enough of this yankee cackle, you renegade to the south.

  Andrew Johnson : I repeat, our one country - does any senator dare to challenge that? Let us keep in our hearts that immortal great Democrat, Andrew Jackson. Our federal union it must be preserved. In the noble words of Daniel Webster, 'liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable.'

  Minor Role : The senator has been makin' that same speech here day after day for the past two months, like a parrot.

  Kirby : What can you expect from a mudsill tailor elected by the rabble to sit here among the gentlemen of the south?

  Andrew Johnson : I'm proud of having been a tailor and I'd rather sit among the rabble than some of you self-appointed gentlemen of the south.

  Kirby : I demand an apology!

  Andrew Johnson : An apology? For what?

  [some of the Senators boo and Mr. Secretary bangs his gavel]