Abraham Lincoln actually said...

War has been made and continues to be an indispensable means to this end.

In the annual message last December I thought fit to say 'the Union must be preserved, and hence all indispensable means must be employed.'

I say 'initiation' because, in my judgment, gradual and not sudden emancipation is better for all.

In the mere financial or pecuniary view any member of Congress with the census tables and Treasury reports before him can readily see for hi...