"The struggle of to-day is not altogether for to-day; it is for a vast future also."
"If it were just to suppose, as the insurgents have seemed to assume, that foreign nations in this case, discarding all moral, social, and treaty obligations, would act solely and selfishly for the mos..."
"We should not be in haste to determine that radical and extreme measures, which may reach the loyal as well as the disloyal, are indispensable."
"The war continues."
"The revenue from all sources, including loans, for the financial year ending on the 30th of June, 1861, was $86,835,900.27."
"The municipal authorities of Washington and Georgetown, in this District, having appointed to-morrow, the 28th instant, as a day of thanksgiving, the several Departments will on that occasion be close..."
"Complaint has been made to the President of the United States that certain persons within the State of Virginia, in places occupied by the forces of the United States, claim to be incumbents of civil ..."
"It is therefore ordered, by direction of the President, that if any person shall hereafter attempt within the State of Virginia, under the alleged authority of said Commonwealth, to exercise any offic..."
"They shall be considered as disbanded from the service of the United States whenever the President may so direct."
"When officers of the said State forces shall act in conjunction with officers of the United States Army of the same grade, the latter shall command the combined force."
"Authority to raise a force of State militia, to serve during the war, is granted, by direction of the President, to the governor of Missouri."
"This force is to cooperate with the troops in the service of the United States in repelling the invasion of the State of Missouri and in suppressing rebellion therein."
"It is to be held, in camp and in the field, drilled, disciplined, and governed according to the Regulations of the United States Army and subject to the Articles of War; but it is not to be ordered ou..."
"This plan approved, with the modification that the governor stipulates that when he commissions a major-general of militia it shall be the same person at the time in command of the United States Depar..."
"The American people will hear with sadness and deep emotion that General Scott has withdrawn from the active control of the Army."
"You and any officer acting under your authority are hereby authorized to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in any place between that place and the city of Washington."
"Flag-officers of the United States Navy authorized to wear a square flag at the mizzenmast head will take rank with major-generals of the United States Army."
"Let the reservation be established, as recommended by the Secretary of the Interior."
