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...

But that proclamation falls far short of what the amendment will be when fully consummated.

Whereas complaints are made in some localities respecting the assignments of quotas and credits allowed for the pending ...

I herewith lay before the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a treaty concluded at the Isabella Indian Reser...