Abraham Lincoln said...

of your military necessities you must judge and execute, but please do so in the spirit and with the purpose above indic...

And this result, so far from being bad faith to Vermont, is indispensable to keeping good faith with New Hampshire.

But there is a task yet before us---to go forward and consummate by the votes of the States that which Congress so nobly...

The expediency of any legislation upon the subject is submitted for your consideration.