The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-10-20

promise for tn. future but, Ike Rlkalies and acids, !
foans in the lrst mixture. The digesti"n which zoe
en- easily In the Eastern States goes on very imperfect
ly IN the IA r West: and California to-day IS sui, rim:
from dyspepsia by reason Of undirested nstinnnlities
Tho disturbances and wrongs which have been record
cd for the at ten or tiftren years Indicate Tho cOnnic
OF races In u society that Is not yeti strong onogh to
control. its members or to develop o wholesome mora
public sentiment 1t Is the want Of sense OF pnbf'
Justice, 1t 10 the want O. u sense OF universal morality
1t 10 the want Of II religious sense OF the brotherhood
Of man thLt ais California to-day. Men say that 1t ]!
chem, labor, and tint Is IN immoral population Blu
It is tho wart Of n Gospel spirit In the public scnti
ucnt in the West, to-day. that nils the Pacific States.
The de,elopsment of society, OF institutions, OF
newspapers, of schools and Of churches, there, 10 some
thing almost miraculous. Sitting here, md judging o.
things by our almost insular notions, We can form M
~cdovunte conception Of the scale on which life exist!
and affairs are carried ont In that distant land. The
towns and cities that arc s%prlnging up thcre are q per
petual surprise. Where are there, in sl New England
more bean, iful cities than Denver, and Oakland, Ant
San Jose, and Stockton. and places nil along eastward
till you strike Kansas, which Is simply a miracle o
beautiful towns and cities! The West swarms with
them. How there should have been the ability &c
develop thom how Of taste there should have beer
not so little, but SO much; how, being obliged to worl
at tho bottom, on the very soil, and TO give go much
attention to ~lhyscal and material interests, tho PEG.
pie should have been able to build up so much oil
society, such beautiful homes, such households, such
n. wspnpers, 80 able and 30 many Of them, such
churches, though not often full-how these Thing.
SnOulu uuNe Uetu u Hlal Z w MY Ouc WIZ juuSe6 Uy
tie ordinary rules Of performance.
The future OF these great empire states concerns
not themselves alone, but us, and humanity. They
ae to hold a prepondering population, AS yet, VI
have scarcely touched the hem Of tho garnent o.
those great continental States. There are but a hand
full Of people where there is tho competence " sup.
mort tens Of millions Of Inrn. There are Il iow cattle.
herders, u few thrifty farmers, lerc and there. in tho
great State of Wyoming, that yet will swarm with
tens and scores Of millions OF human beigs. The
valleys, the prairie lands and tho wales that
run along tho coast have q capacity OF which there il
very little conception. The Imagination Ia wearled In
attempting to Ny through the possibilities that arc
pressing upon III in the near future. The vast Pacific
empire, dealing commercially with all the Eastern
is rising up.
The American Christians do not know what arc the
that in the providence Of God are being
solved, You may smile as you see the hoodlums OF
San Fraecisco chasing the piynail Mongols aroundithe
streets, and shy, ut Is only u ChInan'an;' hut do you
know what China is and what Japan is? DO you
know that In the single. Empire Of China are 400. 100000
people? You talk OF Its being q bnrbarous Empire {;
but do You know that this Empirc had IN existence
pefore civilization was known in tho East DO you
know that In the single Empire Of China th"re Rrc
more than 1000 colleges! DO you know that tho
Of tho Chinese outnumber, ten TO one, our