Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"This is understood to be the only information on the subject of the resolution recently received which has not been made public."

"To assume and exercise control over the police of the city of Baltimore; to supersede and remove the civil police or any part thereof and establish a military police in said city."

"To arrest and imprison disloyal persons, declare martial law, and suspend the writ of habeas corpus in the city of Baltimore or any part of his command, and to exercise and perform all military power,..."

"This renders it desirable that the Senate should decide in regard to it as soon as this may be convenient"