Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"I herewith communicate to the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, the articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the city of Washington on the 15th instant between the Unite..."

"I transmit a copy of a dispatch of the 10th instant to the Secretary of State from the acting consul of the United States at Havana."

"In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 4th of March, 1864, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War in the case of William Yokum, with accompanying papers."

"To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith, for consideration with a view to ratification, a convention between the United States of America and the United Colombian States, signed by the..."