It appears that, according to Lincoln himself, he need not have said anything at all.
" In his defense of his actions Lincoln stated that ...the public safety does require the suspension. Arrests by process of courts and arrests in cases of rebellion do not proceed altogether upon the same basis....In the latter case the arrests are made not so much for what has been done, as for what probably would be done.
The One probably will not have to actually do anything. The Cobamunists will handle it for The One. The One will merely speak high praise of someone while invoking the Holy Hand Signal.
“It appears that, according to Lincoln himself, he need not have said anything at all.”
Agreed.
But in this case, he probably did write something.
He was after all a newspaper editor, apparently with Southern sympathies or at least anti-Lincoln sympathies.
Found two reports that he did write a critical article with regards to Lincoln’s arrests of citizens.
It also appears that to get out, they only had to swear an oath of allegiance to the Union.