Abraham Lincoln said...

of which all who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice

while I can not order as within requested, allow me to say that it is my wish for you to relieve the people from all bur...

Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.

He thought this measure was a very fitting if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the great difficulty.