Andrew Johnson actually said...

"Resting and refraining from secular labors on that day, let us reverently and devoutly give thanks to our Heavenly Father for the mercies and blessings with which He has crowned the now closing year."

"In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed."

"I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do hereby declare and proclaim that the said words '13th of June, 1855,' are to be regarded as erroneous in the paragraph adverted to, and that the w..."

"I call upon all good and well-disposed citizens of the United States to remember that upon the said Constitution and laws, and upon the judgments, decrees, and processes of the courts made in accordan..."