Well, who would you put in my place?
[He faces Raymond and Stevens, and dead silence follows.]
Come on—out with his name——!
[They remain silent.]
You can't name him? Let me try to nominate him for you—— On a platform of proscription and revenge, the hanging of rebel leaders, the confiscation of the property of the white people of the South and its bestowment upon the negroes, the taking of the ballot from the whites and setting their slaves to rule over them—on this program I resign as your candidate and nominate for President, the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens——
The Committee
[In a wild uproar.]
No! No! No! Not by a damn sight! To hell with Stevens!
[Lincoln quietly laughs and Stevens angrily lifts his hand to quiet them.]
Stevens