All honor to President Lincoln and his constitutional advisers!

They have done their whole duty to the American people.  Now, while we are rejoicing over the triumphs of the army and navy, let us not forget the enormous and unprecedented responsibilities and labors of the officers who have had to bear the burdens devolved upon the several departments of the Government.  When they came into power, they found a vast ruin to restore, to rebuild and to reanimate, and within a year they have not only done this great work, but have put a vast army in the field, created a mighty navy, and astonished the civilized world by their wisdom, their forbearance, their vigor, and patriotism. – Phila. Press.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, May 14, 1862, p. 2