"It was the fact that our Declara
tion of Independence containing these
immortal truths was the political ac
tion of a duly authorized and consti
tuted representative public body In its
sovereign capacity, supported by the
force of general opinion and by the
armies of Washington already in the
field, which makes it the most impor
tant civil document in the world. It
was not only the principles declared,
hut the fact that therewith a new
Nation was born which was to be
founded upon those principles, and
which from that time forth in its de
velopment has actually maintained
those principles, that makes this pro
nouncement an incomparable event in
the history of government. It was an
assertion that a people had arisen de
termined to make every necessary
sacrifice for the support of these
truths, and by their practical applica
tion bring the War of Independence
to a successful conclusion and adopt
the Constitution of the United States,
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