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Story of an Emigrant.
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on the land, a gallant descendant of the Swedes, Gen. Robert
Anderson, met its first shock at Fort Sumter, and,
during the bitter struggle of four years which followed, the
Scandinavian-Americans were as true and loyal to their
adopted country as their native-born neighbors, giving their
unanimous support to the cause of the Union and fighting
valiantly for it; nor should it be forgotten that it was the
Swede Jolm Ericson, who, by his inventive genius, saved the
navy and the great seaports of the United States, and that
it was another Swede by descent, Admiral Dahlgren, who
furnished the model for the heavy guns of our artillery.
Surely love of freedom, valor, genius, patriotism and
religious fervor was not planted in America by the seeds brought
over in the Mayflower alone.
Yes, it is verily true that the Scandinavian immigrants,
from the early colonists of 1638 to the present time, have
furnished strong hands, clear heads and loyal hearts to
the republic. They have caused the wilderness to blossom
like the rose; they have planted schools and churches on
the hills and in the valleys; they have honestly and ably
administered the public affairs of town, county and state;
they have helped to make wise laws for their respective
commonwealths and in the halls of congress; they have,
with honor and ability, represented their adopted country
abroad; they have sanctified the American soil by their
blood, shed in freedom’s cause on the battle-fields of the
revolution and the civil war; and though proud of their
Scandinavian ancestry, they love America and American
institutions as deeply and as truly as do the descendants
of the Pilgrims, the starry emblem of liberty meaning
as much to them as to any other citizen.
Therefore, the Scandinavian-American feels a certain sense
of ownership in the glorious heritage of American soil, with
its rivers, lakes, mountains, valleys, woods and prairies, and
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