Abraham Lincoln said...

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

He disclaims all right of the Executive to interfere in any way in the matter of canvassing or counting electoral votes.

Its observance will be strictly enforced by all officers, civil, military, and naval in the service of the United States...

He could not but congratulate all present, himself, the country and the whole world upon this great moral victory.