Abraham Lincoln said...

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, requesting information concerning recent conversations or ...

By no other result can the six thousand men be obtained from the two States, and, at the same time deal justly and keep ...

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

The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done...