Abraham Lincoln actually said...

Ordered, first. That Major-General William F. Smith and the Hon. Henry Stanbery be, and they are hereby, appointed special commissioners to ...

To the Senate of the United States: In answer to the Senate's resolution of yesterday, requesting information in regard to aid furnished to ...

I believe I shall never be old enough to speak without embarrassment when I have anything [nothing?] to talk about.

We have talked of elections until there is nothing more to say about them.