Abraham Lincoln said...

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

I recommend an appropriation to carry into effect the provisions thereof relative to the payment of the proportion of th...

The attention of the proper committee of the House has, I am informed, been already directed to the preparation of a bil...

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