The Scandinavians have never been serfs and they know neither extreme wealth nor extreme poverty. Those who came to these shores have contributed their full share toward the development of the great country we all love and whose integrity we would die to preserve. The gentleman from Pennsylvania may not be aware that the early Scandinavian immigrants in the Northwest voluntarily organized a brigade that fought for the preservation of the Union back in the sixties. and it is a historical fact that so many of the soldiers were so unfamiliar with the English language that it was necessary to give the orders in Scandinavian. They were willing to fight for the preservation of the Union and to do away with slavery. That a large number of Americans of Scandinavian ancestry do not approve of a policy that is rapidly drawing us into a war 3.000 miles away is to their credit.
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