The Constitution. following the Declaration of Independence. had recognized the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence. no titles of nobility were allowed. and the whole spirit of our system tended to the doctrine that so far as the General Government was concerned every child oftheRepublic should have an equal chance. Made by that condition. out of that condition came this great historic character. The son of a poor Irish emigrant. inspired by the principles of our system. educated by the Republic. becomes. perhaps. the mostinteresting military character in our history. The character acquired that reputation in a war which resulted from an effort of the American people by legal means to make our system more truly republican in its theories and practices. and was won in a triumph ovet those who were desirous. we believed. to create a new system in which social eminence and caste would be in ascendency as controlling factors in government. That success was only possible because in the estimation of the heroic men who fought in the ranks as well as their trusted leaders the perpetuity of government by the people and for the people was involved.
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