Jan 1, 1863
I submit to Congress the expediency of extending to other Departments of the Government the authority conferred on the President by the eighth section of the act of the 8th of May, 1792.
Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. A member of the Republican Party, he is best known for leading the nation through the Civil War and for his efforts to abolish slavery, notably through the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. Lincoln's leadership during this tumultuous period helped to preserve the Union and set the stage for the eventual passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States.
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Dec 31, 1862
All persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free;
Dec 31, 1862
And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Dec 31, 1862
And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense;
Dec 31, 1862
I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free,
Dec 31, 1862
And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said…
Dec 23, 1862
To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit, for the consideration of Congress, a report from the Secretary of State on the subject of consular pupils.
Dec 22, 1862
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it often comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You cannot now realize that you will ever feel better.
Dec 21, 1862
The courage with which you, in an open field, maintained the contest against an intrenched foe, shows that you possess all the qualities of a great army.
Dec 21, 1862
The courage with which you in an open field maintained the contest against an intrenched foe and the consummate skill and success with which you crossed and recrossed the river in face of the enemy show that you possess all the qualities…
Dec 17, 1862
I transmit a copy of a dispatch to the Secretary of State from Mr. Adams, United States minister at London, and of the correspondence to which it refers, between that gentleman and Mr. Panizzi, the principal librarian of the British…
Dec 12, 1862
It is due to this officer to state that at the period of the passage of the law of December, 1861, he was and still is absent on duty on a foreign station, and the certificate of his age required by the Navy Department was only received a…
Dec 11, 1862
I have in my possession three valuable swords, formerly the property of General David E. Twiggs, which I now place at the disposal of Congress.
Dec 11, 1862
If they or any of them shall be by Congress disposed of in reward or compliment of military service, I think General Butler is entitled to the first consideration.
Dec 10, 1862
I have ordered the other thirty-nine to be executed on Friday, the 19th instant.
Dec 10, 1862
Anxious to not act with so much clemency as to encourage another outbreak on the one hand, nor with so much severity as to be real cruelty on the other, I caused a careful examination of the records of trials to be made.
Dec 10, 1862
This is as full and complete a response to the resolution as it is in my power to make.
Dec 10, 1862
I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty between the United States and the Republic of Liberia, signed at London by the plenipotentiaries of the parties on the 21st of October last.
Dec 9, 1862
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th of July last, requesting the communication of correspondence relating to the arrest of a part of the crew of the brig Sumter at Tangier, Morocco, I herewith transmit a…
Dec 9, 1862
I most cordially recommend that Lieutenant-Commander George U. Morris, United States Navy, receive a vote of thanks of Congress for the determined valor and heroism displayed in his defense of the United States ship of war Cumberland.
Dec 8, 1862
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the United States of the 13th of March last, requesting a copy of the correspondence relative to the attempted seizure of Mr. Fauchet by the commander of the Africa within the waters of…
Dec 7, 1862
I most cordially recommend that Commander John L. Worden, United States Navy, receive a vote of thanks of Congress for the eminent skill and gallantry exhibited by him in the late remarkable battle between the United States ironclad…
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