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A Womati’s Tribute. |In a ictti r to the Spr ngfield Republican fiom I New York, Mn. Marv (Mourner Arnes m \ kos 1* * i■the following toudr.ug re fere no to Dm^Ih j aiul his list rest.tig plaoc.“The llig-iof the city have just ascended to the top of their stalls for the lmt t mo m a week. Scared v a day for the hut mo itit hut ; the}'have been lowered fursomohodv. How much more deep and earnest the sorrow for Douglas now, than it would have been had he died one }ear ago. Then, Ins disuplcs would have bowept a great partisan, now the counttv mourns a patriot fallen in the hour when lie proved himself most worthy to h\e 1 ‘^[Sor than all his ambition must have been his lo\ej for Ins couutrv to have made it the all ub-orh- ' ing thought amid the agony of death. llu ! magnanimity towards Mr. Lincoln, lus political * foe and triumphant rival, his prompt n I generous support ot' the administration m the hour of its extremitv prove how superior ho was to all littleness; tlrs atoned for main errors, and cntitled him to the new honor and love whuh he has won from the hearts of the people None but the kindest sympathy can go out to the beautiful, gifted and loving woman '• hom i his dq,ith has bereft. She ad hd a grace aid j glory to his life, which itcouid never have had without her. Her mlluence over him was as
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Marshall Flag Of Our Union
Marshall, Illinois, US
Thu, Jul 18, 1861
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