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...

It is impossible to concede what Vermont asks without coming out short of three hundred thousand men, or making other lo...

But there is a task yet before us---to go forward and consummate by the votes of the States that which Congress so nobly...

The expediency of sanctioning the acceptance of the gift is submitted to your consideration.