Abraham Lincoln: “In order to raise money by way of loans most easily and cheaply, it is clearly necessary to give every possible support…”

Unlike a case of war between independent nations, there is no organized organ for us to treat with,--no one man has authority to give up the rebellion for any other man.

The question is, will it be wiser to take it as it is and help to improve it, or to reject and disperse it?

As a general rule I abstain from reading the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.