Abraham Lincoln actually said...

In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 13th ultimo, requesting information upon the present condition of Mexico and the case...

He thought this measure was a very fitting if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the great difficulty.

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

He wished the reunion of all the States perfected and so effected as to remove all causes of disturbance in the future;