Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"Believing that no occasion could arise which would more fully correspond with the intention of the law or be more pregnant with happy influence as an example, I cordially recommend that Captain Louis ..."

"Extraordinary arrests will hereafter be made under the direction of the military authorities alone."

"The capital was besieged and its connection with all the States cut off."

"Foreign intervention, openly invited and industriously instigated by the abettors of the insurrection, became imminent."