Abraham Lincoln said...

He wished the reunion of all the States perfected and so effected as to remove all causes of disturbance in the future;

He thought this measure was a very fitting if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the great difficulty.

I herewith lay before the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a treaty concluded at the Isabella Indian Reser...

And this result, so far from being bad faith to Vermont, is indispensable to keeping good faith with New Hampshire.