Political Quotes

The Secretary of War shall assign to the said commissioners such aid and assistance as may be required for the performance of their duties, and make such just and reasonable allowances and compensation for the said commissioners and for the persons employed by them as he may deem proper.

But there is a task yet before us---to go forward and consummate by the votes of the States that which Congress so nobly began yesterday.

He thought this measure was a very fitting if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the great difficulty.

In his own view, however, the two Houses of Congress, convened under the twelfth article of the Constitution, have complete power to exclude from counting all electoral votes deemed by them to be illegal, and it is not competent for the Executive to defeat or obstruct that power by a veto, as would be the case if his action were at all essential in the matter.