"With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the duty required under the most favorable circumstances, and now rendered doubly difficult by existing national perils; yet with a firm reliance on the strength of our free governmen..."
"It is impossible to concede what Vermont asks without coming out short of three hundred thousand men, or making other localities pay for the partiality shown her."
"By no other result can the six thousand men be obtained from the two States, and, at the same time deal justly and keep faith with both, and we do but confuse ourselves in questioning the process by w..."
"In his own view, however, the two Houses of Congress, convened under the twelfth article of the Constitution, have complete power to exclude from counting all electoral votes deemed by them to be ille..."
"Complaint is made to me, by Vermont, that the assignment of her quota for the draft on the pending call is intrinsically unjust, and also in bad faith of the Government's promise to fairly allow credi..."
"The expediency of sanctioning the acceptance of the gift is submitted to your consideration."
"These three thousand five hundred and two thousand five hundred make precisely six thousand, which the supposed case requires from the two States, and it is just equal for Vermont to furnish one thous..."
"The pending call is not for three hundred thousand men subject to fair credits, but is for three hundred thousand remaining after all fair credits have been deducted."
"And this result, so far from being bad faith to Vermont, is indispensable to keeping good faith with New Hampshire."
"He disclaims all right of the Executive to interfere in any way in the matter of canvassing or counting electoral votes."
"The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done after the 15th of this month."