Abraham Lincoln said...

while I can not order as within requested, allow me to say that it is my wish for you to relieve the people from all bur...

I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, have considered it to be my duty to issue this my proclamation, decl...

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us striv...