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Orange Jacobs: “Patriots in this mournful hour can brook no sympathy for the damning deed--can bear no manifestation of joy for the…”

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Patriots in this mournful hour can brook no sympathy for the damning deed--can bear no manifestation of joy for the bloody work of the assassin.
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Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

Editor's note · Context

In this passage, Jacobs emphasizes the outrage and grief felt by patriots in response to the assassination.

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