Abraham Lincoln: “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and direct that all persons detected in that nefarious traffic shall be arrested and tried by court-martial at the nearest…

All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.

Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.

but whereas information has recently been received which affords reasonable grounds to expect that Her Britannic Majesty's Government and the executive and legislative branches of the government of Canada have taken and will continue to…