Abraham Lincoln said...

Be pleased to signify this to the respective Houses of Congress.

the object of the war being to restore and maintain the blessings of peace and good government, I desire you to help, an...

With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the...

In his own view, however, the two Houses of Congress, convened under the twelfth article of the Constitution, have compl...