Abraham Lincoln actually said...

I am not without anxiety lest I appear to be importunate in thus recalling your attention to a subject upon which you have so recently acted...

The Executive approval was given by me to the resolution mentioned, and it is now by a closer attention and a fuller knowledge of facts that...

I earnestly recommend that the law be so modified as to allow bounties to be paid as they now are, at least until the ensuing 1st day of Feb...

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.