. Gems of the campaign of 1880. lution, and American unionagainst the un-American loyalty to monarchy of hiscollege president and professors. By-and-by he wentinto the patriot army, was placed on the staff ofWashington to fight the battles of his country, andwhile in camp, before he was twenty-one years old,upon a drum-head he wrote a letter which containedevery germ of the Constitution of the United student, soldier, statesman and great leader ofthought, Alexander Hamilton, of New York, madethis Republic glorious by his thinking, and left hislasting impress upon New York, the fore
. Gems of the campaign of 1880. lution, and American unionagainst the un-American loyalty to monarchy of hiscollege president and professors. By-and-by he wentinto the patriot army, was placed on the staff ofWashington to fight the battles of his country, andwhile in camp, before he was twenty-one years old,upon a drum-head he wrote a letter which containedevery germ of the Constitution of the United student, soldier, statesman and great leader ofthought, Alexander Hamilton, of New York, madethis Republic glorious by his thinking, and left hislasting impress upon New York, the foremost State ofthe Union. And here on this island, the scene of hisearly triumphs, we gather to-night, soldiers of the newwar, representing the same ideas of union and glory,and adding to the column of the monument thatHamilton and Washington and the heroes of the Revo-lution reared. Gentlemen, ideas outlive men. Ideas outlive allearthly things, and you who fought in the War for theon fought for immortal ideas, and by their might.
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