Abraham Lincoln said...

The attention of the proper committee of the House has, I am informed, been already directed to the preparation of a bil...

He wished the reunion of all the States perfected and so effected as to remove all causes of disturbance in the future;

He could not but congratulate all present, himself, the country and the whole world upon this great moral victory.

My reason for so doing is that I am informed that this joint resolution was prepared during the last moments of the last...