The morning call., 1890-09-10

to politics. to society, to Government. to all the
important interests of the race.
But believe me, fellow-citizens. you may ac-
cumulate facts until they are as numerous as the
sands on the sea-shOre; you may theoriZe and
speculate until your minds-perhapS unconscious
OF the limits within which they are provdentaiy
circumscribed-are dissolved In doubt, uncer-
tainty and indefniteDess; and after all sou will
find that The principles, which come from above
fixed and interchangeable. You will never escape
from the personal God. You will never oyertuIn
or alter the moral law. You Will never funda-
mentally change or mend American institutions
as constructed by your ancestors or predecessors
You may pare. you may prune, you may even
graft, and perhaps you may improve the out
ward appearance OF the structure In which you
were born or into which you were adopted.
but you will never widen or strengthen its
foundation. And II L were conceivable that a
pandemoninm should temporarily p0llute its con-
secrated wallis the structure would yet stand,
ready to be occupied, swept and garnlshed. by
less degenerate children OF the American Re-
public.
THE YEARS TO COME.
Apart from the excellent materials and In.
ducements we already possess, In the uDequaled
possibilities which lie before California, there is
every incentive 10 good citizenship. If You Will
study the map Of The world and abstract your.
from former times you will attain almost, II not
quite, to surprising revelation. Observe
closely the relative situations OF oceans, con-
tinents and populations; trace the currents OF
trade and commerce. with constant reference to
the changes of the present century; consider the
historical fac. facts Of the century; including the
and communication through railroads, tele-
graphs. ocean canals, and the many recent
applications OF electricity. and you Will easily
perceive that the scepter must be trans
ferred from Europe to America. And, within
the United States, the centers OF population, of
political and commercial Influence are steadily
moving toward the West. Observation and eX.
perence demonstrate that, in many respects,
five modern years are more fruitful than a
ronf Il n astlv mad fhof
California Is to become the most densely p0pu-
lated State In the Union. With her internal re-
sources she can support ,, az least twenty millions n
railroads, with ship canals across the IsrhInus Of
Nicaragua and the Isthmus Of Darien, and with
ocean cables beneath the Pacific, she would oc-
Hemisphere-t0ward Central and South America,
toward Asia, toward Polynesia, toward Austria
poses, toward Europe. The character of her
productions will render her an enormous export
er, for she produces what the world requires
and her resources are scarcely opened and are
practically inexhaustlble.
WHAT is WANTED.
San Francisco, virtually the geographical CEN
ter OF the Union, occupies nearly as command
ing place in the world OF traffic and consump-
tion, and. however lightly the prediction may be
regarded, she Is destined 10 become a center of
commerce and OF exchange. All We lack to-day
is competition from without and cOsmop0litanism
within. We must comprehend our destiny aud
grow to a higher standard Of energy, OF duty and
Of obligation. We must improve ourselves, and,
through ourselves, our State. We must protect
capital, and to do this we must protect and en-
courage labor. Capital Is but the product OF
labor. directed to specific ends. The value Of
property. the conservation of organized society,
depends upon labor. Without labor production
would cease and II all men should become ener-
waited, diseased, incapable OF mental concentra-
ton and OF muscular effort, the human race
would perish. Our American system Of govern
ment recognizes this truth and ultimately rests
upon labor In all its FORMS Those who are not
producers, who add nothing to that which is pro-
duced, who are merely consumers with money
they have Inherited or not earned, are not only
useless but they are parasites, feeding on the
state and saDping Its vitality.
In closing he said:
And now, Pioneers, my last words must be ad-
dressed TO you. This celebration, in its striking
local features. Is distinctive. and it has harmoni
Ousiy united the organization of which you were
so justly proud and the Native Sons of the Gold