In A Body [like Congress] Where There

I Speak Of The War As Fruitless; For It Is Clear That, Prosecuted Upon The Basis Of The Proclamations Of September 22d And September 24th, 1862, Prosecuted, As I Must Understand These Proclamations, To Say Nothing Of The Kindred Blood Which Has Followed, Upon The Theory Of Emancipation, Devastation, Subjugation, It Cannot Fail To Be Fruitless In Every Thing Except The Harvest Of Woe Which It Is Ripening For What Was Once The Peerless Republic.

The Revenue Of The Country, Levied Almost Insensibly To The Taxpayer, Goes On From Year To Year, Increasing Beyond Either The Interests Or The Prospective Wants Of The Government.

I Find The Remark, "tis Distance Lends Enchantment To The View" Is No Less True Of The Political Than Of The Natural World.

In A Body [like Congress] Where There Are More Than One Hundred Talking Lawyers, You Can Make No Calculation Upon The Termination Of Any Debate.

I Cannot Find Any Authority In The Constitution For Public Charity.