Abraham Lincoln: “Is the army secure in its present position?”

Grant that he desires the elective franchise, will he not attain it sooner by saving the already advanced steps towards it, than by running backward over them?

The question is, will it be wiser to take it as it is and help to improve it, or to reject and disperse it?

If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything.

I do the very best I know how--the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end.