Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"I transmit herewith, for the constitutional action of the Senate thereon, a treaty concluded at Paola, Kans., on the 18th day of August."

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

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

"If the proposition contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of Congress and the country, there is the end; but if it does command such approval, I deem it of importance that the States a..."