There's Nothing Left . . . But

I Can Express No Better Hope For My Country Than That The Kind Providence Which Smiled Upon Our Fathers May Enable Their Children To Preserve The Blessings They Have Inherited.

Readily And, I Trust, Feelingly Acknowledge The Duty Incumbent On Us All . . . To Provide For Those Who, In The Mysterious Order Of Providence, Are Subject To Want And To Disease Of Body Or Mind; But I Cannot Find Any Authority In The Constitution For Making The Federal Government The Great Almoner Of Public Charity Throughout The United States . . . .

I Never Justify, Sustain, Or In Any Way Or To Any Extent Uphold This Cruel, Heartless, Aimless Unnecessary War.

With The Union My Best And Dearest Earthly Hopes Are Entwined.

If Your Past Is Limited, Your Future Is Boundless.