Remarks in Response to a Serenade
07/06/1863
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The pending call is not for three hundred thousand men subject to fair credits, but is for three hundred thousand remain...
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The expediency of any legislation upon the subject is submitted for your consideration.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.