So that any act, any order intended to change the existing status quo at any vital point, especially where an armistice exists, by strengthening, or arranging to strengthen, such a place, thus making force necessary, is a treacherous act of war. Yet, you say that the United States Government, and Abraham Lincoln, ordered, and secretly organized and sent, armed expeditions, under “secret” instructions, to commit acts in violation of existing “armistices.”
