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


own! DO you know TINT there are more than 2,OoO.-
ono highly educated men In that country! Do you
know that Of that population, 400, WOO. N0 PEOPLE, there
are scarcely any that cannt rrnd and writer DO you
know that In good manners-for which there ia on
ample market In this land they lead tho world 7
Do you know that they have = power that has made
them In the Eastern world what the Jews were In the
medieval nrId-mas Of banking! VIC have in
sis:ed that they should cOmc out aud they are COM
Ing out: and II ynu match the mercufial, m0b.lOving
ep,ig rants xgainst tho keen, calm. steady working,
patiently industrious Chimalnsn, thu 70. Is no doubt
which. In the long run, will surpsus bit 1 eau tol:
you that out OF China and Japan there yet are TO cO:ne
swnrms that Are to produce al Influence ON this world
OF which Occidental nations do not dream.
Now, vOn may be wise in time, and have frendly
relations with them, or you inny he foolish to-day aud
by and by have relations " ith them that Hrc lar frnin
friendly but that they ae to be q power IN The world
such rs has nut been suspected | have no more qIes-
ti"n thai that stand here tO-luy; and our Western
cohst, In the rroyidcncs Of God, is now placed in q
pos ton IN which 1t can COMMAND the Orient with
reciprocal interests. 1t can, by reciprocal interests,
tie tugclhrr the world on that side ss We by recipro-
side.
The %questlons OF law, Of government, of policy and
Of our Institutions arc throughout lhi. great nation to
be powerfully affected by these vast Prcinc States. 1t
Is Of Interest to Maine to know what California does
but some Of her statesmen do not know how to find
It out yet! 1t Is OF interest To Vermont, aud New
Hampshire, and Massachusetts, and Connecticut, aud
Rhode Island, To know what 10 gUing TN In those grent
mountainous states Of the West The time Is coming
when what they think and will is going to shake the
whole land and your luws and policy are to Le deter.
miaed, not altogether by your own wit and Will, but by
tho prrpondcrnting influence Of the mil ions that are
nlrcudy Casting "a their clmld's clothing and coming TO
the DISSENT hills but 1t will b. thunder In 0nr capital
before many yeats roll away. 1t Is the interest OF
srcry rnrt OF this land that that great Western bulk
states thOu!d have the same restraints md inspira.
ti,nn yiiNb IN - loan n, ira m and rnanartt
Tint which these empire States need l., first, b-gin.
ming Mt the bottom, a countrrp"ise to mining, Al
ready the process Is going on. In ten mining cOun-
ties In California, within tco years, the decrease In
population has been %furty-two per cent. 1t might
seem rs though that were m Indication of tho State;
but 1t Is merely an Indication Of tho transfer Of indus.
try from the mere mining counties to the agricultural!
counties. Small. farms and small farmrrs are what's
nred. The old plantation system exists In California
In exaggerated degree, ST. far magnitude Is concerned.
Conceive Of one rancho, owned by two brothers, In
whichyou may travel all day upon h fleet horse and
not yel have nude m"asure Of one sILrI From this
gigantic farm, possessed by two brothers who live In
SIM Francisco, the income r. n, wheat is three hun.
dred thousand dollars. Consider how largo q tract VI
land isiunder one Jurisdiction. A rancho ii two hun.
bred thousand acres in ksrn County 4, held by one
iuau.
These farms resemble the gigantic men thet existed
before the FloOd, TINT were thrce hundred years old
belure they were ripe enough to marry, thnt were
eight or nine hundred years Old when they died, and
whose whole life MAS no inore tbnn atty rcsrs OF the
life Of any common man To- day: and these vnst, clu,n-
~ farms must be broken TO pieces. We must rec.dc
from THE old Spanish nsti"n. We are rrced-
ing from It; and iaruls from fifty to one hundred and
fifty acres IRE multiplying; and when these States are
held by MEN Competent to manage 50 much, but
not competent 10 nanngs more !; when the
industry Of these States shall have hcen settled aud
assured upon a basis Of wise political ecunomy-then
many OF The mischirfs TINT we now dcplors, md that
seem ominOls, will pass away. The G spell at tho top
Y. d right industry " the bottom will save Iny State.
Not lower VAST I" gnnizations Of capital, perhaps, ne
needed for combined capital Is one Of the great ele.
mohts OF hunmi s"cirty tAat arc q blrssing. II basi,s
liabi lilies to danger; and So has every thing elcs that is
worthy Of rI s'enc-. Danger 10 In proportion to pow
or, just as the shadow is In proportion to tho magai-
ing Institutions, not fewer industrial organizations by
which the pluck and power Of the many 10 put In The
hands VI = few, are %nc.dful; but a greater increase Of
minor Industries and su,ull capitalists is necessary
In tho west and this necessity Is being met raI-
idly.
Ignorant men and ignorant stntcs are like the blind
with II body but no cyes. Education Is required In all
these Territories; and II as q matter Of surprise and
peculiar qualification tn me In my recent trip through
this region to preceivs that there VAS every where the
point in which oil nationnilies, all sects, all men,
pg,crd. Whether they cared Tor churches or not, they
were enthusiastic IL rrxnid tn eclunls. Even IN that
uule r%errituly Of Wyon,inS-vsst In extent, but
small IN l'opu alton, and Very rrcen IN Organization
enthusiasm fur the public rcionl systrin was almost
like Il rev. val in its uvertio"i"g vitality. Men the. Z
wlo were Indifferent ~ churches urc enthusiastic for
schools.
The e~xaltation Of morality and religions influence.
AMY. on "u l ~" ,mJ u w, t.., W. " a.. 1890 1851
Home Missionary society is presented u ,0i; namely
that it support, throughout all this vast territory,
m'n'sr ~ 81. $50. ,h "" a, ~" Nv rna an"",
luborrls In the East-ynuEg nni rnIerrrisinc man-
and scnds them out through all the length and bred !
W ~ .H my t, r :" NJ nan...;,w ,r go
.nt Community ,.liriuu. anL ,n,r,l inhH.n,,..
~ :" IT, t"n. ~ ,Ln imam ., ,ho w.,f,r. ,r ia,
whole country is worthy Of u moments consideration
wn''t uU.m", -, 1 "!n. oIir,.I ,h,, ,wimt.i.rs mr.,
.'n"", , ,h - .Irc,t.d md mn I'm rmuG,rt,llr rlucr,
y, - .o,l. sn, ,hn, m, chu,cb In liz. NnuI'. Ark
. .. n.,., Ill. ,broroL mi. III. and I,nd th.r
,afsIy on the other Ride Of ti,r iood and IL yuu judxe
tait, ~ !, :. v,m .s th,n, in cit,c. anil h.
~, .,,.er nI may mini .irr, who mr. far more en-.
' =" d in IublIc inhnr th.n in unrocLini md house
w,rt ncr,,,rs That may hny, SONG color Of tru,h In II
"Wn. = n,;,i.,rr at I,rn. /, "a a vary a;E.r.nI
49, !. " .r"n - 'n", ..viv, instr y,n.n,.iitv +, inr;ndr,
,ha': y, , =, ,m.. man ,Ge tI.,rx ,h,i w., ,n,I 4. s.x.f
h hsn,,,h nv. cr,r. rf IN. nd .I:su, Christ br n c,r,rs,
:. ~ s,'iri, mI S,rIarn,ion. and thu, II is tlIrnIrh cnnca.
,ii,r and ,irv, InnI,rrt. tLr uriI n,u,uliz np aid rrlir
4 inny !, Gn.lrr, that ,h. soul is Lruucl,, into a saliva.
|. hi, STAT.
'rl,rr,. nrs two thculic, prcyaient in rcs;cct TO thi,
. rn,IJ I'm. {. RIM, Il 1. :, w,rIl u hirl, bxs been rura
I Mmj" o,J ,hhrn c.n nnv.r rr,,,v.r rro,m tho ,hnck
,nJ thnt .c IN gather or + an, the sur,ac. of Il
;"I =. :. many ,u.n n, wc ~ and say, nh, m, and lei
VIC { so' 4" N"'' ~ WI '"l "
'en T,o o,h.- ,,.o-,. :. Tim, tbs wall I, a ,c.l iba, ba,
, u a -, t" n,J ~ % =, ~, W., m dcv.II,I, na,io,.I II p
yui ol r"r,us nr c;viiity: and thal IL 8 In. "fic--w"rl
"r H." cbnrcb and tle uni,I,Irv In cast in their i,tlu
: ence for the suk. # the ever. increasing future.
s In this last point Of view the ministry and the churcl
have Eot an ignu.,.. position, bu' y subliimc function
= Ii Ia Tor tEeni 10 minister t. growing communities, t
= indu. try. 10 society, to legislation, t1 ull the great In
trr.s,. Of the commonwealth. 1t Is for them to per
:. actually generate and ditfus. that moral Influence,
+ which /, INDISPENSABLE TO The highest fol ms Of civil
z,iinn { I'm Gaze, mr. ,hr only crntcrs who's. very bus
4. in..s I, I. IN dcv,lnI, murolity. Inry arc engines thu
I nrs Iuilt rynr...Iv E,r That end. m, news,arer #
, Wv, To- L.mr, a.. orI il, 81, cI,l ,nuditi,n, nj soci
h . ~" ch"rchs. mn, h. mi 81 Iu.n OF nisconJuct-ant
|; thyv 49, CIurch members have been breaking dow
I in N,inr In Na,s,rhusr..s din Connecticut ind rv-I
n IN Srw Ynrl anal muny critic SINS huy. been mad,
r IN r.,,.cI p, ,,c r,rt iLui cI,urchcs DO not uny lpnge,
answer the end Of their existence, and that they full t.
, WIZ III, lrst agricultural industry In tie world
:. .r,n ,,,v.,,, Ads ~ LrrIoht. n,r inset ,unr
= ""nno, XIII, n"r n,r-oir . hnt II dine, mt follow
4 ,h., ,hn ch"rch i. nIrnr.thrr had b,colls. men brcal
', J". 49,, .mnh ,xt,ins; IrtImruc, 8 n, bsy. been NJ
- u um u" "a, nv Wh.n cr.,t wsr. Nv di,,ointet
n"'n ""'1ns u" - 81" -, - ,r,ss ;r,rn
tue n","l'i! :" "''ne :, |" I'll. ;nn,,
hat'on +" neehtla.'.a, 20 nu y" ~. " 'Mhrr ,nsf .nsu.
. eunren nss hu pai. mot a., ~. :" r - ~ .i,it,ics nj m.r
" y. -, .ca,,hu ~ ,h.ir coIIiny and th.t DO brenb
" th't w y. I'll ~ q !. s.nc.. v.t H. foct rr,nuins Thai
L e"M u"at : "r ,hnss s.lani.. IN this vrry hnur
m""t =. ~" - iii. nn.n,ryNond Thar wi,hout mn,
: .ue cnu,"nIom W s" 10, ,nina;Lon.wbr hr,n the cen
,rsf r"o,". 81 ,Ia N"hlic sn;rir that ha, Wrought to
' uul :" W ~ luo.t ~. rnI,a;cn
"nfa n'"ra''ty 10 "enA' va ~ t.t,r. ,,-o,v a,
Z preachers; 'hey W t1A " y" m.se p m;, shicI
only lint, by reason .! Inc ItSullhT c'huitI"ho "pe'