As the former Assistant Vice Comptroller of the Treasury, I... well... I don't really understand why I was chosen to speak after President Lincoln. I mean... wow. That speech was... um... really good.
Really good. I didn't even know I was giving a speech today. I just came here to loot gold teeth from the wounded and hit on grieving war widows. Still, if some hick in a stovepipe hat can move you all to tears, I'm sure I can drop a few pearls of wisdom.
(
Pulls out a crumpled napkin with writing on it.) Okay. (
Reads.) So this war is like, so messed up, you know what I'm saying? But we must... um... keep fighting. It won't be an easy victory, of course. I mean did you
see that battle yesterday? Oh man! There was blood
everywhere! The confederates were all like, "We love slaves!" And we were all like, "No way!
We love slaves. But in a different sense than the way you love them!" And then they pulled out their rifles and were all like, "Pchooooooshhhhm!" And we were all like "Arggggggg...! Our legs! Dysentery!" I've never seen so many severed arms. It was so gnar'. (
Points to grieving widow in the front row.) She knows what I'm talking about.>