The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-03-24
The CllincNc N:i.n!iun.

The following extracts from the
very able speech Of Senator Miller, OF
California, delivered in the Senate
recently, will be road with interest;
1t has sometimes happened in deal
Ing wi.h great questions OF govern
mental policy that sentiment, or q
sort OF emotional inspiration, has
seized tho minds OF those engaged in
tho solution OF great problems, by
which they havo boon lifted up into
the ETHEREAL heights Of moral nbstrac-
ton. trust that willis We attempt
the path OF inquiry in this instance
we shall keep our feet firmly upon
the earth. This question relates to
this planet and tho temporal govern.
,nent OF some OF it's Inhabitants; it is
of the earth earthly; it involves prin-
ciples OF economic, social, md politi-
Gil science, rather than o question of
morals; it lisa question OF national
policy, and should be subjected to
philosophical analysis. Moreover,
the question is Of to-day. The con-
t'i,ions Of the world Of mankind at
tho present moment are those with
which we have to deal. II mankiud
existed now in one grand co-opera-
tive society, in one universal union,
under one system OF laws, in q vast
homogeneous brotherhood, screncly
beauliticd, inpocont OF all selfish aims
and unholy doaires, with one visible
temporal ruler, whoGe Judgments
should be justice and whose sway
should be eternal, then there would
be no propriety in this measure.
But the millennium has not yet be-
gnn, and man exists now, as he has
existed nlwnys--in the economy oil
Provilence-in societies called ma
tions, separated by tho pecu!iari'ies
If Tot the an.ipa,hies OF race. In
truth the hittor! Of mankind is for
the mos; part Descriptive Of radical
conflicts aud the struggles between
nations for existence. By perfect
~ natural process these nations have
evolved distinct civilizations, as di.
verse iu their characteristics ~ the
races OF men from which they have
sprung. These may be properly
grouped into Two grand divisions,
the civiliz ,tion OF the East and the
civilization OF the Wost. These two
groat and diverse civilizations have
finally met on the American shore oi
the Pacific OCEAN. The history OF
the human race describes westward
march from tho plains Of Asia, where
man began his career many centuries
ag,, as steady and persistent as tho
stars in their course. Nations have
been planted ~ new aoi, and alter
wards surplan,od, aud the grand
progressive movement has been west
wmd, passing every barrier, over
coming every obstacle, until on tho
California shorc of tho Pacific the
man OF tho West has met tho man OF
the Orient.
The two civilizations which have
here met are OF diversc elements aud
character, both the result OF evolu.
ton under different conditions, radi-
cally antagonis,ic, and AZ impossi-
bls Of amalgama.ions as are the two
great races who have produced them.
Tho attempt TO merge them must re-
suit, as both reason and experience
teaches, in tho displacement OF ono
or the other. Like the mixing OF
oil and water. Mother will absorb
the other. Tho Chinese have been
established on the Pacific coast for
moro than q quarter Of q ccntuty,and
hare displayed every phase and char
actcristic of their ancient civilization,
all this time under the pressure OF
American laws and the example OF
american methods, brought in direct
co, tact with Western civilization and
subjected to 'ho powerful influences