Civil War and Reconstruction
Lincoln Note
I am now told that the Military were not in possession of the building; and yet that in pretended execution of the above they, the Military, put one set of men out of and another set into the building. This, if true, is most extraordinary. I say again, if there be no military need for the building, leave it alone, neither putting any one in or out, of it, except on finding some one preaching or practicing treason, in which case lay hands upon him just as if he were doing the same thing in any other building, or in the streets or highways.
A. LINCOLN
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