Chapter 5 Act 3 The Trial of Jefferson

The scene is the same as Act 1. God Lee: (Stands up, hits the gavel) Now announce the opening of the third court of the "Last Judgment" (sit down).Biography of the defendant Thomas Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson), the third president of the United States. (Jefferson stands up.) God Lee: You are Jefferson, you were born in 1743, you are 11 years younger than Washington, and you are the third president of the United States. JEFFERSON: Let me protest to God Lee first, because there was a court hearing that we were copying something from the Dutch, I clearly remember that when I drafted the Declaration of Independence, I "deliberately avoided plagiarism", my memory is correct.

God Lee: But, Jefferson, please don't trust your memory so much. In your letter to Madison in 1823, you said that when writing the Declaration of Independence, Franklin and Adams only changed two or three places. However, judging from the original document preserved in the Library of Congress, there are a total of 26 revisions, among which Franklin’s Five by hand, two by Adams, your letter to Madison said that Adams' memory was inaccurate, and now, it is proved that your memory is also faulty.Your original "We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable", changed to "self-evident".The truth may be "self-evident", but the evidence has to be proved, unfortunately, it is there, you are wrong.

Jefferson: Well, since God Lee is so documented, I might give up my testimony.However, there are too many things in the world that need to rely on witnesses, not diplomas. God Lee: I agree with you, and I have confirmed your relationship with your black female slaves on your black descendants witness card. (The whole hall is amazed and whispers.) Jefferson: (blushing) I'm sorry. God Lee: Maybe you don't have to regret it, at least prove that in bed, you practiced the equality clause of the Declaration of Independence.And, you are not racist. JEFFERSON: What God Lee talked about about my relationship with black slave girls is an exception.

God Lee: You, the United States, have a problem. Since the founding of your country, you have announced benevolence and morality from time to time. Such announcements, from the "Declaration of Independence" to the "Atlantic Charter" (Atlantic Charter), emerge in endlessly.This problem is called "American exceptionalism", that is, "American particularism" and "American privilegeism".Why special, privileged?Because the relationship between countries is about fists, how can we talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality?If you have achieved benevolence, righteousness and morality, it is a different matter. The problem is that you not only failed to do it, but also made eternal strange stories and exceptions, which were vividly written in your "Declaration of Independence".

Jefferson: What is the legend of the ages?Eternal exception? God Li: Your "Declaration of Independence" clearly states that "all men are created equal" (all men are created equal), and thus derives that people have "unalienable Rights" (unalienable Rights), which are "indefeasible" (indefeasible) , "inviolable", cannot be restricted by congressional legislation (Article 1 of the U.S. "Constitutional Amendment"), and cannot be sold by voluntary contracts (Article 1 of the U.S. Virginia Bill of Rights) ).For these rights are "rights of all powers," "antecedent and superior" to any government and law.Without these, people are not people, they are slaves.Yes or no?

Jefferson: Yes. God Lee: However, 11 years after the Declaration of Independence, your Constitution came out. Not only did it not mention human rights issues at all, but it also publicly recognized the slavery system. In Article 1, Section 2, it is (take out A paper): Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. , but excluding Indians who are not taxed—to that number, add 3/5 of all other populations.)

What is "3/5 of all other populations"? "All other populations" refers to nothing but blacks.Black people are not counted as a person, but only "3/5" people. What kind of "all men are created equal" is this? Jefferson: Oh. God Lee: Now, do you understand what's wrong with you in the United States?Your "American exception" is actually an exceptional hypocrite. You talk about benevolence and morality, but what you do is actually disgusting.There are many countries with hegemony in ancient and modern times, but call a spade a spade, everyone admits that spade is a shovel, even the spade (black heart) in cards, but it is by no means the heart (heart) in cards, a black heart is a black heart, no red heart.Now you in the United States are red-hearted in beautifying yourself. We can't help but feel that you bully and deceive the world, beat him and lie to him.Hitting him is considered a villain, but lying to him is a hypocrite.Maybe the world can't beat you for a while, but no matter what, you must not be deceived by you, and you must be exposed, you are a hypocrite who is full of benevolence and morality, you Americans!Your "all men are created equal", regardless of skin color, turned out to be in bed.

Jefferson: Notice the 10 amendments to the Constitution we passed in 1791. God Lee: So what, who enjoyed it?Just white men in America.Do women have it?No.Do Indians have it?No.Do blacks have it?No.Negroes are slaves, and Indians don't even want to be slaves. Jefferson: Slavery does shame us, but look at America, and look at what we've done peacefully. God Lee: Like? Jefferson: Like the land I bought from Napoleon. God Lee: The white people’s acquisition of American territory started with defrauding Manhattan at a price of 24 yuan. It was a series of despicable things. After stealing the land of the Indians, in form, there was also a part of buying it with money. You bought it from Napoleon Louisiana, a place of 2.1 million square kilometers, is equivalent to the original 13 states of the United States, and it is worth buying.But this piece of land was cheated by Napoleon from Spain, and it looks like selling stolen goods, so this is a black-and-white deal. On November 30, 1803, Napoleon acquired Louisiana, and three weeks later, on December 20, it was given to the United States.What I'm curious about is that the American land was originally owned by the Indians, and you took it for yourself, but did you spend a dollar?

Jefferson: (shaking head, wry smile) I don't think so. God Lee: You are not even as good as the Dutch.The Dutch cheated to Manhattan, New York, and it cost 24 yuan.I think you are not as good as the Dutch. Jefferson: (shaking his head, smiling wryly) I don't think so. God Li: In addition to engaging in land from the standpoint of the state, your new aristocrats will not be soft on land. Jefferson: The new aristocracy? God Lee: The so-called American Revolution was not created by your new aristocracy?You founding fathers, you are all landlord class, wealthy class, right?You remind me of the "Domesday Book", the cadastre of England during the Norman Conquest, which records how the British land was divided up by the nobles.You Americans think you are revolutionized, but in fact you are still ruled by aristocracy in the Western Hemisphere. What of the people and what by the people are all ridiculous. Tell me, how much land do you have?How many slaves?

Jefferson: (Wry smile.) God Lee: I've read all of your statements, and I've checked all of your history.What amazes me most about you is your dual personality.I'm curious how your dual personality is adjusted. You wrote in Notes on Virginia in 1781: Allow half the citizens to trample on the rights of the other half, the former as tyrants and the latter as enemies.The phenomenon you mentioned should have happened in your home, right?Don't you think you have a split personality? Jefferson: If we were self-reflective, we would be divided.So, to avoid division, we sometimes have to forget our own words.

God Li: It seems that forgetting is not enough, you can still sleep with "enemies" as a "tyrant", right? Jefferson: What does God Lee mean? God Lee: I mean the thing about you sleeping with your black slave. Jefferson: (embarrassed) I am surprised that the matter of private history is brought up and widely publicized after 200 years. God Lee: This is not a purely private historical story, is it?From 1789 to 1805, you, a black slave, bore you 7 children, 3 girls and 4 boys, of which 2 died.For the remaining 5, you promise that they will not be slaves when they grow up, and you will set them free.Then there was a cloud of fog, as if there were missing persons in the family. There were 2 people clearly stated as "run away" on the record. You are very lenient and did not report to arrest them, and the method of arresting them in the newspaper was originally your usual technique. .Even more strange, after 1789, the name of your black slave disappeared from the record. In 1789, you were 37 years old, but you lived to be 83 years old. According to the long record, you had 6 white children, 1 boy and 5 girls , but the other five black children disappeared, along with their mother, from the records.It was not until the 20th century that there was a picture of your black and white descendants getting together.At that time, the blacks were already free, and the reunion of the offspring became a good story.Your example is too special, it presents too many colorful struggles, too many joys and sorrows, and of course too many contradictions, truth and hypocrisy. On May 16, 1792, you wrote to Washington, you said: "Delay is preferable to error." In your so-called purely private history story, "delay" can be thought of Has it become a kind of "correctness"? JEFFERSON: My own offspring, black and white, would be reunited in 200 years, I really can't imagine. God Li: There is a lot of noise in the media.You said you would rather have a newspaper than anything else, so go read the newspaper.Retire from the court (beat the mallet and stand up). (The curtain falls.)