Abraham Lincoln said...

But there is a task yet before us---to go forward and consummate by the votes of the States that which Congress so nobly...

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

By no other result can the six thousand men be obtained from the two States, and, at the same time deal justly and keep ...

Whereas complaints are made in some localities respecting the assignments of quotas and credits allowed for the pending ...