Abraham Lincoln: “By virtue of the authority vested by act of Congress, the President takes military possession of all the railroads in…”

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

He said, with a great deal of emphasis, and with an expression of countenance I shall never forget: "When a man is sincerely penitent for his misdeeds, and gives satisfactory evidence of the same, he can safely be pardoned, and there is no…

The question is, will it be wiser to take it as it is and help to improve it, or to reject and disperse it?

As a general rule I abstain from reading the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.