11/09/1864
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"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."
"But there is a task yet before us---to go forward and consummate by the votes of the States that which Congress so nobly began yesterday."
"I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of War, covering papers bearing on the arrest and imprisonment of Colonel Richard T. Jacobs, lieutenant-governor of the State of Kentucky, and Co..."