Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"I feel that I should not perform my duty by a simple announcement of my approval of the joint resolution, without expressing my earnest desire that measures such in substance as those I have just refe..."

"No definitive measure or proceeding has resulted from these communications."

"I have not received any representative from the revolutionary Government, which has not yet been recognized, because such a proceeding would in itself be an act of recognition."

"The Secretary of State has submitted to me a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant."