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Washington, DC. Heach 26.17/14

Her the undersigned hereby certify that the firegoing statement is in the hands conting of Abraham Lincsen.

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Lyman Frumbull.

Charles Sumner

VIRGINIA A. FRAZER.

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1861-1865.

HE cry for "Freedom" or for "Death" resounds,
From frozen lake to Mississippi's mouth
The rugged mind of Lincoln guides the North,
The gray-eyed eagle Davis leads the South.

On! on! they come ! the while the scythe of gray
Sweeps low the lines of blue, like autumn leaves;
The eager mouths of earth quaff deep of gore;

The granaries of Death heap high with sheaves.

Steel clashes steel! and now the twofold cry

Bursts from the stern lips of the nation's head, The patriot's cry for "Union," "Freedom" rings Through all the land, and echoes mid the dead.

And patriotism swells the surging tide,

With mighty hosts unnumbered as the stars-
One country," stirs the patriot of the North,
And nerves his sinews for the "War of Wars!"

On! on! and now the banners of the South

Bend low to meet the kiss the dying give;
The South yields to the hosts-her cause is lost-
Yet, though subdued, her Truth and Honor lives!

Now Lincoln's hand has caught the Union flag,
And firmly nailed it to the ship of State;
He stands to pilot her into the port-

To sternly meet the stern decree of fate.

And now a horror falls upon the land,

The pulses of the North beat wild and high; The weary Southland sees her last hope fade,

And, with the dream of Lincoln, droop and die.

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