First Negro
We will, sir——!
Lincoln
The practical thing I want to ascertain is whether I can get a number of able-bodied men with their wives and children to go at once—men who "can cut their own fodder" so to speak——? Take this plan, show it to your people——
[Hands the document to the First Negro.]
—and find this out for me——
First Negro
We'll do our best——
Third Negro
[Bowing out with religious ecstasy.]