Abraham Lincoln actually said...

The advices which have been received from him have not hitherto been sufficiently conclusive to determine me to recognize the revolutionary ...

The Secretary of State has submitted to me a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant.

No definitive measure or proceeding has resulted from these communications.

I transmit for the consideration of Congress, and with a view to the adoption of such measures in relation to the subject of it as may be de...