Orderly Monologue from Tecumseh : a Drama

From Tecumseh : a Drama by Charles Mair

male · defiant · 1:09 min

Tecumseh says: "Houses are built for whites-- the red man's house, Leaf-roofed, and walled with living oak, is there-- (Pointing to the grove.) Let our white brother meet us in it!" 2ND OFFICER. Oh! White brother! So he levels to your height, And strips your office of its dignity. 3RD OFFICER. 'Tis plain he cares not for your dignity, And touchingly reminds us of our tenets. Our nation spurns the outward shows of state, And ceremony dies for lack of service. Pomp is discrowned, and throned regality Dissolved away in our new land and laws. Man is the Presence here! 1ST OFFICER. Well, for my part, I like not that one in particular. (Pointing toward TECUMSEH.) 3RD OFFICER. No more do I! I wish I were a crab, And had its courtly fashion of advancing.

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