Abraham Lincoln said...

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

He thought this measure was a very fitting if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the great difficulty.

He wished the reunion of all the States perfected and so effected as to remove all causes of disturbance in the future;

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