Abraham Lincoln actually said...

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

It winds the whole thing up.

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.

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