The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI (Chap. 1.150) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
Telegram To Governor Ramsey.
Executive Mansion, August 27, 1862
GOVERNOR RAMSEY, St. Paul, Minnesota:
Yours received. Attend to the Indians. If the draft cannot proceed, of course it will not proceed. Necessity knows no law. The government cannot extend the time.
A. LINCOLN.