Remarks in Response to a Serenade
10/18/1864
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But there is a task yet before us---to go forward and consummate by the votes of the States that which Congress so nobly...
He disclaims all right of the Executive to interfere in any way in the matter of canvassing or counting electoral votes.
The pending call is not for three hundred thousand men subject to fair credits, but is for three hundred thousand remain...
Its observance will be strictly enforced by all officers, civil, military, and naval in the service of the United States...