- [first lines]
- Taggart: [shouting to be heard at town council meeting] I tell you that slavery is not against the law!
- Daniel Boone: [calmly] Well, some places it is, some places it isn't, and we've agreed - in this settlement, slavery is not welcome.
- Taggart: [scoffing] You've agreed? Is this agreement written down? Is it a law?
- Daniel Boone: It doesn't need writin'. Enough handshakes and it *is* the law in these parts.
- Taggart: [giving in] Alright, alright. If that's what the council wants, I'll abide - but let me point out that your agreement will keep us all poor for the rest of our lives.