Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"Volunteers will be accepted under this call for one, two, or three years, as they may elect, and will be entitled to the bounty provided by the law for the period of service for which they enlist."

"I do hereby further invite and request the heads of the Executive Departments of this Government, together with all legislators, all judges and magistrates, and all other persons exercising authority ..."

"I do hereby appoint the first Thursday of August next to be observed by the people of the United States as a day of national humiliation and prayer."

"I do therefore hereby require of the military officers in the said State that the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus be effectually suspended within the said State, according to the aforesaid pro..."