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reasonable ground to fear any forcible resistance to them in the

discharge of their respective duties in this behalf; to call upon any

military officer in command of the forces of the United States to

give to them such aid; protection; and support as may be necessary to

enable them safely and efficiently to discharge their respective

duties; and 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。



ABRAHAM LINCOLN。



By the President:

EDWARD BATES; Attorney…General









TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON。



WAR DEPARTMENT; November 14; 1862。



GOV。 ANDREW JOHNSON; Nashville; Tennessee:



Your despatch of the 4th; about returning troops from western

Virginia to Tennessee; is just received; and I have been to General

Halleck with it。  He says an order has already been made by which

those troops have already moved; or soon will move; to Tennessee。



A。 LINCOLN。









GENERAL ORDER RESPECTING THE OBSERVANCE OF

THE SABBATH DAY IN THE ARMY AND NAVY。



EXECUTIVE MANSION; WASHINGTON;

November 15; 1862。





The President; Commander…in…Chief of the Army and Navy; desires and

enjoins the orderly observance of the Sabbath by the officers and men

in the military and naval service。  The importance for man and beast

of the prescribed weekly rest; the sacred rights of Christian

soldiers and sailors; a becoming deference to the best sentiment of a

Christian people; and a due regard for the divine will demand that

Sunday labor in the army and navy be reduced to the measure of strict

necessity。



The discipline and character of the national forces should not suffer

nor the cause they defend be imperilled by the profanation of the day

or name of the Most High。  〃At this time of public distress;〃

adopting the words of Washington in 1776; 〃men may find enough to do

in the service of God and their country without abandoning themselves

to vice and immorality。〃 The first general order issued by the Father

of his Country after the Declaration of Independence indicates the

spirit in which our institutions were founded and should ever be

defended:



〃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。〃



ABRAHAM LINCOLN。









TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BLAIR



EXECUTIVE MANSION; WASHINGTON; November 17;1862。



HON。 F。 P。 BLAIR:



Your brother says you are solicitous to be ordered to join General

McLernand。  I suppose you are ordered to Helena; this means that you

are to form part of McLernand's expedition as it moves down the

river; and General McLernand is so informed。  I will see General

Halleck as to whether the additional force you mention can go with

you。



A。 LINCOLN。









TELEGRAM TO GENERAL J。 A。 DIX。



WASHINGTON; D。 C。; November 18; 1861。



MAJOR…GENERAL Dix; Fort Monroe:



Please give me your best opinion as to the number of the enemy now at

Richmond and also at Petersburg。



A。 LINCOLN。









TO GOVERNOR SHEPLEY。



EXECUTIVE MANSION; WASHINGTON;

November 21; 1862。



HON。 G。 F。 SHEPLEY。



DEAR SIR:Dr。 Kennedy; bearer of this; has some apprehension that

Federal officers not citizens of Louisiana may be set up as

candidates for Congress in that State。  In my view there could be no

possible object in such an election。  We do not particularly need

members of Congress from there to enable us to get along with

legislation here。  What we do want is the conclusive evidence that

respectable citizens of Louisiana are willing to be members of

Congress and to swear support to the Constitution; and that other

respectable citizens there are willing to vote for them and send

them。  To send a parcel of Northern men here as representatives;

elected; as would be  understood (and perhaps really so); at the

point of the bayonet; would be disgusting and outrageous; and were I

a member of Congress here; I would vote against admitting any such

man to a seat。



Yours very truly;



A。 LINCOLN;









ORDER PROHIBITING THE EXPORT OF ARMS AND

MUNITIONS OF WAR。



EXECUTIVE MANSION; WASHINGTON;



November 21; 1862。



Ordered; That no arms; ammunition; or munitions of war be cleared or

allowed to be exported from the United States until further orders。

That any clearance for arms; ammunition; or munitions of war issued

heretofore by the Treasury Department be vacated; if the articles

have not passed without the United States; and the articles stopped。

That the Secretary of War hold possession of the arms; etc。; recently

seized by his order at Rouse's Point; bound for Canada。



ABRAHAM LINCOLN。









DELAYING TACTICS OF GENERALS



TO GENERAL N。 P。 BANKS。



EXECUTIVE MANSION; WASHINGTON;

November 22; 1862。



MY DEAR GENERAL BANKS:Early last week you left me in high hope with

your assurance that you would be off with your expedition at the end

of that week; or early in this。  It is now the end of this; and I

have just been overwhelmed and confounded with the sight of a

requisition made by you which; I am assured; cannot be filled and got

off within an hour short of two months。  I enclose you a copy of the

requisition; in some hope that it is not genuinethat you have never

seen it。  My dear General; this expanding and piling up of

impedimenta has been; so far; almost our ruin; and will be our final

ruin if it is not abandoned。  If you had the articles of this

requisition upon the wharf; with the necessary animals to make them

of any use; and forage for the animals; you could not get vessels

together in two weeks to carry the whole; to say nothing of your

twenty thousand men; and; having the vessels; you could not put the

cargoes aboard in two weeks more。  And; after all; where you are

going you have no use for them。  When you parted with me you had no

such ideas in your mind。  I know you had not; or you could not have

expected to be off so soon as you said。  You must get back to

something like the plan you had then; or your expedition is a failure

before you start。  You must be off before Congress meets。   You would

be better off anywhere; and especially where you are going; for not

having a thousand wagons doing nothing but hauling forage to feed the

animals that draw them; and taking at least two thousand men to care

for the wagons and animals; who otherwise might be two thousand good

soldiers。   Now; dear General; do not think this is an ill…natured

letter; it is the very reverse。   The simple publication of this

requisition would ruin you。



Very truly your friend;



A。 LINCOLN。









TO CARL SCHURZ。



EXECUTIVE MANSION; WASHINGTON;

November 24; 1862。



GENERAL CARL SCHURZ。



MY DEAR SIR …I have just received and read your letter of the 20th。

The purport of it is that we lost the late elections and the

administration is failing because the war is unsuccessful; and that I

must not flatter myself that I am not justly to blame for it。  I

certainly know that if the war fails the administration fails; and

that I will be blamed for it; whether I deserve it or not。  And I

ought to be blamed if I could do better。  You think I could do

better; therefore you blame me already。  I think I could not do

better; therefore I blame you for blaming me。  I understand you now

to be willing to accept the help of men who are not Republicans;

provided they have 〃heart in it。〃 Agreed。  I want no others。  But who

is to be the judge of hearts; or of 〃heart in it〃?  If I must discard

my own judgment and take yours; I must also take that of others and

by the time I should reject all I should be advised to reject; I

should have none left; Republicans or others not even yourself。  For

be assured; my d

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