Abraham Lincoln: “Ordered, That D.C. McCallum be, and he is hereby, appointed military director and superintendent of railroads in the…”

Unlike a case of war between independent nations, there is no organized organ for us to treat with,--no one man has authority to give up the rebellion for any other man.

If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

I am considering, and shall not fail to act when satisfied that action will be proper.

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