Complaint is made to me, by Vermont, that the assignment of her quota for the draft on the pending call is intrinsically...
By no other result can the six thousand men be obtained from the two States, and, at the same time deal justly and keep ...
It is impossible to concede what Vermont asks without coming out short of three hundred thousand men, or making other lo...
And this result, so far from being bad faith to Vermont, is indispensable to keeping good faith with New Hampshire.
In his own view, however, the two Houses of Congress, convened under the twelfth article of the Constitution, have compl...
The pending call is not for three hundred thousand men subject to fair credits, but is for three hundred thousand remain...
The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done...
Now, in order to determine all controversies in respect thereto and to avoid any delay in filling up the armies, it is o...
Whereas complaints are made in some localities respecting the assignments of quotas and credits allowed for the pending ...
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 13th ultimo, requesting information upon the present condition of...
He could not but congratulate all present, himself, the country and the whole world upon this great moral victory.
But there is a task yet before us---to go forward and consummate by the votes of the States that which Congress so nobly...
He wished the reunion of all the States perfected and so effected as to remove all causes of disturbance in the future;
It winds the whole thing up.
He thought this measure was a very fitting if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the great difficulty.
But that proclamation falls far short of what the amendment will be when fully consummated.
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of War, covering papers bearing on the arrest and imprisonment of...
Ordered, That no clearances for the exportation of hay from the United States be granted until further orders, unless th...