Abraham Lincoln said...

In his own view, however, the two Houses of Congress, convened under the twelfth article of the Constitution, have compl...

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do issue this my proclamation, as r...

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it...

To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan, is our duty.