Abraham Lincoln actually said...

Such amendment of the Constitution as now proposed became a fitting and necessary conclusion to the final success of the Union cause.

Now, without detaining you any longer, I propose that you help me to close up what I am now saying with three rousing cheers for Gen. Grant ...

I know no reason to doubt that I shall accept the nomination tendered; and yet perhaps I should not declare definitely before reading and co...

I propose that you constantly bear in mind that the support you owe to the brave officers and soldiers in the field is of the very first imp...