"No human power can subdue this rebellion without the use of the emancipation policy."
"There is no program offered by any wing of the Democratic party but that must result in the permanent destruction of the Union."
"And I hereby proclaim, order, and direct that immediately after the 5th day of September, 1864, being fifty days from the date of this call, a draft for troops to serve for one year shall be had in ev..."
"I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do issue this my call for 500,000 volunteers for the military service"
"To whom it may concern: Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can con..."
"Volunteers will be accepted under this call for one, two, or three years, as they may elect, and will be entitled to the bounty provided by the law for the period of service for which they enlist."
"I do hereby further invite and request the heads of the Executive Departments of this Government, together with all legislators, all judges and magistrates, and all other persons exercising authority ..."
"I do hereby appoint the first Thursday of August next to be observed by the people of the United States as a day of national humiliation and prayer."
"the public safety especially requires that the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, so proclaimed in the said proclamation of the 15th of September, 1863, be made effectual and be..."
"I do therefore hereby require of the military officers in the said State that the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus be effectually suspended within the said State, according to the aforesaid pro..."
"I do hereby require and command as well all military officers as all civil officers and authorities existing or found within the said State of Kentucky to take notice of this proclamation and to give ..."