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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Nov 4, 1861

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 Department of the West; and in case the…

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Oct 31, 1861

The American people will hear with sadness and deep emotion that General Scott has withdrawn from the active control of the Army.

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Oct 13, 1861

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.

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Oct 3, 1861

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.

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Sep 14, 1861

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Aug 15, 1861

leaving any party who may think himself aggrieved thereby to his application to the Secretary of the Treasury for the remission of any penalty or forfeiture, which the said Secretary is authorized by law to grant if in his judgment the…

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Aug 15, 1861

I hereby enjoin upon all district attorneys, marshals, and officers of the revenue and of the military and naval forces of the United States to be vigilant in the execution of said act and in the enforcement of the penalties and…

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Aug 15, 1861

all ships and vessels belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of any of said States, with said exceptions, found at sea or in any port of the United States will be forfeited to the United States

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Aug 15, 1861

that all commercial intercourse between the same and the inhabitants thereof, with the exceptions aforesaid, and the citizens of other States and other parts of the United States is unlawful, and will remain unlawful until such…

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Aug 11, 1861

Whereas it is fit and becoming in all people at all times to acknowledge and revere the supreme government of God.

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Aug 11, 1861

that the inestimable boon of civil and religious liberty, earned under His guidance and blessing by the labors and sufferings of our fathers, may be restored in all its original excellence.

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Aug 11, 1861

it is peculiarly fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this terrible visitation.

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Aug 11, 1861

to pray with all fervency and contrition for the pardon of their past offenses and for a blessing upon their present and prospective action.

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Aug 11, 1861

to bow in humble submission to His chastisements, to confess and deplore their sins and transgressions in the full conviction that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

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