You have fought and triumphed together. Where is lord cornwallace . He is under the weather, sir. General lincoln here will accept the sword. [ shouting ] open the door what is this . Gentlemen, our nation is on the verge of collapse because we are not truly one nation. Our Current Congress can achieve nothing because every state, no matter how small, has an equal vote. We must have a Congress Whose members are proportional and elected by direct vote. Yes. Yes of course, virginia would propose such a plan. The larger states will hold all the power. We fought to preserve the sovereignty of the various states. Congress must remain as a single body with one representative per state. Yes. I would rather have a monarch again than a tyranny of the states. Open the damn door [ shouting ] my country tis of thee sweet land of liberty land where my fathers died land of the pilgrims pride from every mountainside let freedom ring pushed to their limits by an oppressive empire, a determined group o