Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-14
The. American Tract naaiaar-Wash-
inEtsn Annual Mesafae,

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The Washington annual miatinr Of the
friends OF the AMERICAN Tract -soolsty tool
place last evening at the fOaigafJ BkbuR
church, and was wen attended. Hon. ~.
A. Buckingham, Senator from Connertlent,
one Of the ylee presidents Of the society,
presided, and, after devotional exerci9es
conducted by the Rev. DR.. Parker, made the
opening address. In the course OF hls re-
marks Senator buckingham aald that the
American Tract Society was organised about
IS years ago; J. vas not UNCONVENTIONAL or
sectarlan9T II dissoulpated truth ever.
wheIe. NtoaeheAthe fnndameptaltTptli1o o.
Cots VnIl 30 a nfrlnal q, Ma M a.
ffaSitJ 81 mons muir. TheIr work has
been extended Into every street aud lane In
our cities and every village, and reached
every hamlet on the hill-side, and had be-
aide gone 10 dlstant lands. These truths
have been ~ seed sownt and although some
had BEEN crowded out By lha cares Of the
world, yet the seed has taken root and
brought forth much fruit. ~ =. ~ =.
Enorta have been made 70 draw the 90
clety from lie original design, and Induce Il
to publlah truths which would have not been
deemed advisable, but the board Of directors
had prevented this. The good Il has done
commende II 70 your care and aid. Id -
Rev. @. l.. Bhesrcr, esaiatant secretary,
was the next speaker. He oald the aoclaty
was uusoctarian, and la business ueifsuS-
talnlug, aud that Donations were needed only
for itS benevolent work. Last year lie ~
celpts were el2I, S29. Rxpeoded 10 eolpor-
tage, $50, 9ooi grants 70 tho destltule, Sell
oOOi foreign esah apPcopriatlons for me
has Issued moro than 'leo ,00O, 900 copies Of
publications In one hundred aud forty-oue
languages, thus Its innuence IL world Wide.
In tho home deld Il labcrs among the
needy, aud Last year employed two hundred
and nlnety.one Union missionary colpor-
tours, Of whom one hundred and ave labored
In the South amunk the destituta, Organising
there eight hundred and slKty sabbath or
secular schools. In connection with those
labors two thousand hopsful conventions
had been reported. Tho assistant secretary
stated that IN recent tour on the Pacific
coast he had travelled over twelve thousand
miies, aud while surprised at the Immense
material resources Of that region, he was
appalled, at lts spiritual destituilou. While
the proportion Of evangelical church mem
bers 10 seventeen per cent, In the Pacific
slope IL II only three and q half per cent,
and 10 many localities Il Ia only two Dor
cent In ons state, With aApopulAtlop of
elgblJ ltnneands thsre are i6ss than ,fSs
hundred church members. Large town. were
destitute Of Christian instruction.
The miners ware 80 migratory that Il was
insKpedlent 10 erect churches. Thoy were
accessible 10 penonAl effort, aud whom con.
yerted were efficient and aggressive Chris
tlans.s The miners wcro men Of en6fgy ana
enterprise far beyond the men Of the Eastern
States. They ala not carry with them the
influences Of home, but spent their leisure
hours In saloons, and thus were exposed to
immoral in1nencaAl Cho oVAnEeli1Al men
Of California told me that they needed
nothing more than an honest colporteur to
operate among the minerss This being true
Of the American element, II IL much more
90 Of the heather element. There are sc, 900
Cinnamon there. About iln every hA
Chinauan. They nre very anxioua 70 learn
kngllsh, but not TO learn about Christ.
About 1900 are under Instruction 10 the
Sunday school, and hero and there one Ia
brought 70 ChristJ He stated lha, he had
Organized a corps Of coiporsun 70 operate
In California, WAshlngton and Nevada, and
one Of these h a Chiudman, f. J - ~
The speaker exhibited a specimen Of q
tract dlstEibuted By this Cinnamon. There
i moro facility 10 gathering ChinAuieu 10 Do
Instructed than IN finding soms one 70
ihHtTuct them. Tho minerl aro accessible,
and although Bonetlfaes they seof they are
RppToachAble. The speaker related several
Instances ofeonVeTSlons In which men became
earnest and energetic Christian workers.
Senator PatteTsop, of New Hampshire, noxt
spoke. He said he hardly knew why he wa
asked TO speak upon the Chinese, except
beeause he made trip to California laAt
Beyond Promontpry Point, they irst met
EauadA Of ChihGrhSaf They present . sins
gular appeannce.I They wear q long ply
tall Of hair which reaches their anklee.
They have a stoieal appearances nothing
confules OF surprises them, but they see all
that u DONE. They are q singnlaf people.
In California he met them In large numbers,
particularly In the large cities. They are
$4,000 on the Pacific slope-they are mostly
males. We ought TO dlyest ourselves Of all
prejudice against them on account Of their
appearance. They arc no more singular 10
their appearance than lady would appear
new, dressed In the costume Of 20 years ago.
The Chinese Government and modea OF
thought have como down 70 Us from q period
which antedates the middle ages. Their
form Of government has existed while the
Gpverppeuis Of Rutope hREe grown up and
crnmblcd. We oHn learn something from
the Chinese. The highest ofiices are open
TO the most deserving.
h The habits Of the Ghlpesp hRIe perhaps
Crowd up from their fdetsb bop1latIon.
They have 500, 0o0, 900 people, while we with
large country have only 40, 000, O00.,, Il 10
with tho greater part Of the population q
.ldlifai else b0m6 obs elss Supplauls him.
30 they learn to be obedlent, a ChInamap
docs not DARE olasseft hi ihdcptndehce, for
Cblnaman's grave you 6eA Q boafd MAJ hiS
name upon It perpendleularly and q pitched
Of water by Il. Tho only men who wash
gold In ttIeNkiIa5k are 0hiShmSn! n does
NOT pay for Americans, but Cinnamon will
WaAh the dirt over two Of three tlmei, 90