"Or will the President call a special session of Congress to do what the last unwisely failed to do—to abolish all ports of entry in the seceding states?" This sentence suggests the article was by someone at the Post, possibly without attribution, who was stating the President might need to call a special session of Congress to shore up revenue sources. This would suggest that Lincoln did not make the statement unless, as has been suggested, he did so informally, and not publicly. Stan