Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"For obvious reasons connected with our internal affairs, the subject has not sooner been submitted to the Senate."

"That amendment is of so much importance that the adoption or rejection of it by the Government of Nicaragua should not be left to construction or inference."

"I recommend, therefore, the passage of a resolution at the earliest practicable moment extending the time specified in the eighth article of the extradition treaty and in the twelfth article of the po..."

"I transmit herewith, for the consideration and such constitutional action as the Senate may deem proper to take, a treaty negotiated on the 6th March, 1861, between late Agent Vanderslice, on the part..."