Abraham Lincoln: “But that proclamation falls far short of what the amendment will be when fully consummated.”

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued favor of Almighty God.

Provost-marshals and marshals of the United States will arrest and commit to military custody all such offenders as shall disregard this order, whether they have passports or not, and they will be detained in such custody until the end of…

Or, if one out of four will, for his own freedom fight to keep the other three in slavery, he ought to be a slave for his selfish meanness.