Lincoln's Gamble: The Tumultuous Six Months that Gave America the Emancipation

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Abraham Lincoln's reply ("I am under orders, I cannot do otherwise") to me implies he himself was opposed to what he was doing and just acting against his will due to "orders".

If there is any truth to this quote, it sounds to me as if AL is tired of being argued with, and if MTL wants to continue the contest she should take it up with God.