Let us. for a moment. look back over the wide range of his life. his youth in Germany and the courageous part he took in the struggle for political freedom and unity of the people over there. Let us then visualize his amazing career in this country. From an unknown immigrant he rose. within 5 years. to be the unanimous choice of his party for the office of lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. losing the election by only a small margin of votes. Today. we also remember him as an American Minister to Spain. as a major general of the Union Army and commander of the XI Corps in the Battle of Gettysburg. as a United States Senator from Missouri. as President Hayes Secretary of the Interior. as an eminent editor and author. a sturdily independent. publicspirited citizen. and an outstanding political leader. In the whole history of this Nation. there was perhaps no other man of foreign birth so perfectly welded into the life and fabric of his adopted country who played an equally important role.
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