Andrew Johnson actually said...

"To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 20th instant, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents."

"A military republic, a government rounded on mock elections and supported only by the sword, was nearly a quarter of a century since pronounced by Daniel Webster, when speaking of the South American S..."

"If ever the American citizen should be left to the free exercise of his own judgment it is when he is engaged in the work of forming the fundamental law under which he is to live."

"No consideration could induce me to give my approval to such an election law for any purpose, and especially for the great purpose of framing the constitution of a State."