Abraham Lincoln said...

But that proclamation falls far short of what the amendment will be when fully consummated.

I transmit herewith the letter of the Secretary of War, with accompanying report of the Adjutant-General, in reply to th...

He could not but congratulate all present, himself, the country and the whole world upon this great moral victory.

In his own view, however, the two Houses of Congress, convened under the twelfth article of the Constitution, have compl...