Jefferson.
[Points to cap over mantel.] Ask your own countrymen, Citizen Tallyrand. There you behold the symbol of the liberty of your great land of France. To us in America, that crimson cap stands as a symbol of freedom—a symbol
Tallyrand.
You call that dirty rag a symbol of Liberty? I call it a symbol of license, of lawlessness, of murder. What say you, Thomas Jefferson, to the murder of my king, Louis of France? Is that, too, a symbol of Liberty, of Fraternity?
Jefferson.
It is the will of the people. The time is not far distant, Citizen Tallyrand, when every king in Europe will have been swept into the dust heap of history.
Monroe.
Louis the Sixteenth was an oppressor of the people.
Jefferson.
A tyrant.
Giles.
Yes, sir.
Tallyrand.
[To Jefferson.] You say that—you who for five years were Minister to France and enjoyed his friendship? You, who have sat at his table?
Jefferson.
It was necessary to use the arm of the people.
