In the final scene, Smith comes to the Senate eager and prepared after a long night with Saunders; he had to equip himself to prove his integrity and the wicked agenda of Taylor and Paine. When Smith decided to do a filibuster he knew that he had to continue talking, couldn't yield the floor, and he couldn't sit but came in with a purpose. Smith was a leader of lost causes and selflessly helping others in time of need while Paine at one time believed that lost causes were the only things worth fighting for; Paine was merely brought up to do quite the contrary, even if it involved swindling others for his personal profit. Smith's filibuster was the needle that broke the camels back for Payne and Taylor's scheme. Smith fought against the bureaucratic…show more content… That is where foreshadowing up to this point showed that Washington needed a man like him. Smith's filibuster portrays American democracy at work, and the government in action by showing that good virtue in politics is rare and above the melancholy and corrupt deeds of the Senate. The purpose that Smith's filibuster had was that he gave a voice to the American people and the young boys, and it truly distinguished him amongst his peers and rivals. Many of his fellow lawmakers furiously argued and made him appear as the fraud to cover their own case but that also obtained the filibuster exceedingly stalwart. Seeing the genuine pain and fall of Smith made Peyton sympathize with him and admit to his faults in spite of fearing to lose his position. Regardless of the repercussions he could face, Smith was willing to give his all to exploit the cruelty and perverse nature in his filibuster, and his rivals were fighting back hard by bringing in baskets on baskets of hate letters from the Taylor machine which only made the scene more
