We had passed a homestead law during the Civil War and opened our :great Northwest to actual settlers and we had built the Pacific railroads. The result was that. with the confidence inspired by the restoration of the Union. capital was released rand found investment In railroad construction and equipment to such an extent that during a period Tof 20 years succeeding the close of the Civil War no week :day .passed without witmessing -the expenditure of a million .dollars -in such work. It was the lure of the land. the attraction which the -enterprises of America held out that invited this immigration -from Germany. from Great Britain. and from the Scandinavian States. and they came with the full Intention to become citizens of the United States. to take upon themselves the responsibilities of government as well as the privileges to be found under our institutions. They -brought their wives. they brought their children. and they found permanent residences in the great new West. It was easy for them to acquire the English language.
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