Abraham Lincoln said...

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

Its observance will be strictly enforced by all officers, civil, military, and naval in the service of the United States...

It is expected, however, that no immigrant passenger coming in manner aforesaid will be obstructed, or any other persons...

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