Abraham Lincoln said...

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

He wished the reunion of all the States perfected and so effected as to remove all causes of disturbance in the future;

The pending call is not for three hundred thousand men subject to fair credits, but is for three hundred thousand remain...

Whereas complaints are made in some localities respecting the assignments of quotas and credits allowed for the pending ...