Abraham Lincoln actually said...

To arrest and imprison disloyal persons, declare martial law, and suspend the writ of habeas corpus in the city of Baltimore or any part of ...

This renders it desirable that the Senate should decide in regard to it as soon as this may be convenient

I transmit a copy of a communication* of the 21st of December last addressed to the Secretary of State by the governor of the Territory of N...

I commend to the particular attention of Congress those parts of it which show that further legislation is desirable for the public welfare ...