"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew."
"The immense mineral resources of some of those Territories ought to be developed as rapidly as possible."
"We must think anew, act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves from the past, and then we shall save our country."
"Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history."
"I deem it my duty to recommend an appropriation in behalf of the owners of the Norwegian bark Admiral P. Tordenskiold."
"In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve."
"Ordered, That no arms ammunition, or munitions of war be cleared or allowed to be exported from the United States until further order"
"The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country."
"At this time of public distress, men may find enough to do in the service of God and their country without abandoning themselves to vice and immorality."
"The discipline and character of the national forces should not suffer nor the cause they defend be imperiled by the profanation of the day or name of the Most High."
"All such commanding officers are required promptly to obey such call, and to render the necessary service as far as may be in their power consistently with their other duties."