There's Nothing Left . . . But

There Is Nothing Left To Do But Get Drunk.

A Republic Without Parties Is A Complete Anomaly. The Histories Of All Popular Governments Show Absurd Is The Idea Of Their Attempting To Exist Without Parties.

There's Nothing Left . . . But To Get Drunk.

Frequently The More Trifling The Subject, The More Animated And Protracted The Discussion.

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.