Abraham Lincoln actually said...

He was arrested and imprisoned under my general authority, and upon evidence which, whether he be guilty, or innocent, required, as appears to me, such proceedings to be had against him for the public safety.

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Message to the Senate on the Arrest and Imprisonment of Brigadier-General Stone

04/30/1862

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