Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"My approval is given in order that every possible facility may be afforded for the prompt discharge of all arrears of pay due to our soldiers and our sailors."

"I have not received any representative from the revolutionary Government, which has not yet been recognized, because such a proceeding would in itself be an act of recognition."

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

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