Remarks in Response to a Serenade
11/09/1864
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Be pleased to signify this to the respective Houses of Congress.
I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of...
He disclaims all right of the Executive to interfere in any way in the matter of canvassing or counting electoral votes.
But there is a task yet before us---to go forward and consummate by the votes of the States that which Congress so nobly...