Abraham Lincoln said...

Since the adjournment of the last session of Congress other errors of a kind similar to those which this resolution was ...

Ordered, first. That Major-General William F. Smith and the Hon. Henry Stanbery be, and they are hereby, appointed speci...

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

I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of War, covering papers bearing on the arrest and imprisonment of...