Abraham Lincoln said...

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do issue this my proclamation, as r...

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...

I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, have considered it to be my duty to issue this my proclamation, decl...

but whereas information has recently been received which affords reasonable grounds to expect that Her Britannic Majesty...