Abraham Lincoln actually said...

I hereby enjoin upon all district attorneys, marshals, and officers of the revenue and of the military and naval forces of the United States...

that all commercial intercourse between the same and the inhabitants thereof, with the exceptions aforesaid, and the citizens of other State...

it is peculiarly fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this terrible visitation.

to pray that we may be spared further punishment, though most justly deserved.