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CHAPTER VIII.
My Reason for Taking Part in the Civil War — The Dignity of Labor —
The-Firm Mattson & Webster — Svcnska Amerikanaren, its Program and
Reception — The State Emigration Bureau of Minnesota — Its Aim,
Plan and Work.
The war which closed with the events narrated in the last
chapter was one of the most important of modern times,
and proved the greatness and the resources of the American
people never properly appreciated before. But it revealed a
still greater nobility of character when our immense army,
after four years’ service, suddenly disbanded, its
soldiers-quietly and peacefully returning to their common daily toil
without the least disorder or disturbance of any kind. The
swords were turned into plowshares asquietlvand naturally
as if they never had been steeped in blood.
For my own part — and that was undoubtedly the case
with most of our volunteers—I entered the service because
I considered it to be mv duty to do my little part in
defending the country which had adopted me as a citizen, and not,
as many have supposed, on account of ambition or for the
sake of gain; in fact, as has been shown already, I resigned
a more important and remunerative position in the civil
service than the one I first accepted in the army; hence it
was quite easy for me to exchange the uniform for the plain
garb of the citizen and hang my sword among the
reminiscences of the past.
94.
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