“You think I'm ignorant of what you're up to because you haven't...”

[to Abraham Lincoln]

You think I'm ignorant of what you're up to because you haven't discussed this scheme with me as you ought to have done? When have I ever been so easily bamboozled? I believe you when you insist that amending the Constitution and abolishing slavery will end this war. And since you're sending my son into the war, woe to you if you fail to pass the amendment.

More from Lincoln

But all that was not enough for this dictator, who now seeks to insinuate his miscegenist pollution into the Constitution itself! We are once again asked - nay, commanded - to consider a proposed thirteenth amendment which, if passed, shall set at immediate liberty four million coloreds while manacling the limbs of the white race in America. If it is passed - but it shall not pass! Every member of the House loyal to the Democratic Party and the constituents it serves shall oppose!