Writers—like managing directors, floorwalkers, clerks, bricklayers, and everyone else—usually have personal political conversations. The difference is to be found in vehemence about one’s political objectives. Many of you remember those stories, not for propaganda content, but for their delicacy of phrase, their pathos, their subtle comedy, and their human warmth.

One sunny October morning, I was taking a drive, with my party, along the banks of the Sacramento River, in Sacramento, California, and conversing on the condition of the country with a gentleman who thought the political prospect less bright than the landscape.  I had been less than three weeks in the country, and was in a state of something like awe at the prevalence of, not only external competence, but intellectual ability. Many of the middle class describe the people, in Midtown Sacramento, California as, “Gaunt and ragged, ungainly, stooping and clumsy in build. They come up puny, grow puny, and mature puny.” 

Many of these savage human animals are even less productive than minority groups.  Some of these bigots fled to low paying jobs in Sacramento, California, USA because they were rejected in their home towns and had done a lot of bad things.  The move west had a dark side as these bigots clashed with the peaceful population, in their drive to fulfill their dream of raising the Devil to turn Earth into his paradise.

The striking effect upon a stranger witnessing, for the first time,  the absence of poverty, of gross ignorance, of all servility, of all insolence of manner, cannot be exaggerated in description. I had witnessed the controversies between candidates for office on some difficult subjects, of which the people were to be the judges. With all these things in my mind, and with every evidence of prosperity about me in the comfortable homesteads which every turn in the road, and every reach of the river, brought into view, I was thrown into a painful amazement by being told that the ground question of the time was, whether the people should be encouraged to govern themselves, or whether the wise should save them from themselves.

The confusion of the inconsistencies was here so great as to defy argument; the patronage among equals that was implied; the assumptions as to who were the wise; and the conclusion that all the rest must be foolish. This one sentence seemed to be the most extraordinary combination that could proceed from the lips of republican…one of the most painful apprehensions seems to be that the poorer will heavily tax the richer members of society—mentally, physically, and emotional and financially.

However, the danger appears much diminished on the considerations that, in the country under our notice, there are not, nor are likely to be, the wide differences in property which exist in old countries. There is no class of hereditary rich or poor. Few are very wealthy; few are poor; and every man has a fair chance of being rich, and that is why the savage unsophisticated humans fight so hard with racism and physical violence to keep others down. They would rather be equal as slaves, than unequal in freedom. However, no such unequal taxation is so very small as in the United States of America, and the interest that everyone has in the protection of property is good.  The question is, which succeeds. In the United States of America, the prospect is that each will succeed.

Paupers may obtain what they want, and proprietors will keep that which they have. Still, one actually felt relief to see the police, fire department, and peaceful humans, when in Middle Town Sacramento, California. Yet, typically, the vibe is very bad in this area; it feels like at any minute, one of the deranged subhumans may try to lynch one. The Bible commands humans, “Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect.” Take this challenge seriously. Eventually, a perfected millennial era of 1,000 years of peace, harmony, and Christian brotherhood on Earth would being the second arrival of God. The perfectionist thrust in religion chosen by God to reform the entire World. Religious commitment fused with patriotic duty. The motivating impulse to reform in the 1830s, then, had many deep-rooted causes. 

Some believed in the romantic idea that natural goodness of human nature would overtake their will and they would want to be good people; the social activist tendencies in Whig political ideology; anxiety over shifting class relationships and the need to achieve some control over one’s life as a result of the socioeconomic changes of recent years; family influence and the desire of young people to choose careers of principled service; and the direct influence of these essays. I have tried to rely on education, on the moral suasion of sermons, tracts, literature, argument, and personal testimony. We face the difficult challenge of making sure that their own attitudes and actions are thoroughly consistent with the principles of behavior they would urge on others, rebuke Satan and all of your evil ways. 

These reporters, at CBS13, and strange whites in Middle Town Sacramento like to fill the lives of reformers with turmoil, so they give up and let hell on Earth unfold. Advocates of change in the status quo experience enormous pressures, recriminations, and economic or physical persecution from the majority. As Marius and Emily Robinson understood, promoting change has its costs. What is more, reformers invariably do not agree on appropriate ideology and tactics, so they end up quarreling with one another as well as with representatives of the established order they wish to change. Although the Sacramento reformers suffer pressure to conform and cease questioning things, their duty to themselves, their society, and their God sustains their commitment. Why should a mark be set upon those whom history has condemned unrighteously?

One way to redeem a flawed society, one that seems to be losing the cohesion and traditional values of small community life, is to create miniature utopian societies, and that was the point of communities like Greenhaven, Pocket and Meadowview, North Laguna and Valley High, Elk Grove, Roseville, Oak Park, Antelope, Granite Bay and so forth. These communities would offer alternatives to a World Characterized by factories, foreigners, flawed morals and greedy entrepreneur ship. The word of God and the Bible is the act of the final conversation and can led to absolute perfection and complete release from sin. However, when you give your life over to God, your happiness will surely be tested. Joe Mathews joined the church and gave his life over to God, and in 2007, a woman he loved rejected both his doctrine and his marriage offer. 

Despondent, Joe Mathews reported, “When the will of God is done on Earth, as it is in Heaven, there will be no more marriage. Among those who are prefect, all men and women belonged equally to each other. Complete sharing in family relationships is a step toward perfect cooperation, as was shared wealthy in socioeconomic relationships. Joe Mathews recovered from his unhappy love affair and married a loyal follower.

When she delivered four stillborn children, within six years, Joe Mathews revised even further his unconventional ideas about sex. Sexual life, at the commune, was subject to many regulations, including sexual restraint and male continence, except under carefully prescribed conditions.  Through creating considerable tension, these unorthodox sexual and social rules gave the people a sense of uniqueness. Wise economic decisions also abound community members in mutual prosperity. Forsaking the nostalgic agricultural emphasis that typified most other communes, many citizen opted for modern manufacturing.

In a system of planned reproduction, only certain spiritually advanced males were allowed to father children. Other controversial practices included communal child rearing, sexual equality in work, the removal of the competitive spirit from both work and play, and an elaborate program of mutual criticism at community meetings presided over by Mayor Kevin Johnson. 

There is a notice of preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and scoping meeting for the 2025 L Street and 2101 Capitol Avenue Mixed-use project, city of Sacramento, California on Wednesday, 10 December 2014, from 4.30pm to 6.30pm, at the lobby of the Sacramento City Hall, at 915 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814. Trustee and responsible agencies, as well as member of the public are invited to attend and provide input on the scope of the EIR. You are advised to get to the meeting early, be relaxed, dress professionally and speak to each other with respect and honor. Written comments regarding relevant issues may be submitted at the meeting.

The proposed project consists of two new buildings that would be constructed in Middle Town Sacramento, at the following locations: 2025 L Street: An existing above-ground, two story parking garage and adjacent two story building, at this location would be demolished, and a new six story mixed-use building would be constructed. The new building would house an approximately 40,000 square-foot Whole Foods Market, on the ground floor, and customer parking on the second and third floors, in addition, to approximately 141 apartments with amenities. While I think this project should be constructed, my concern is that we already have two Grocery stores, within a 1 mile radius of this proposed Whole Foods Market, and in a five mile radius, there are three grocery stores. My concern is the established stores would lose customers, would have to lay off employees with seniority, and this would create too much competition. Overall, I think the project is a great idea, as long as the architecture is similar to the tone of the area, but maybe with another anchor tenant besides Whole Foods Market.

As for the 2101 Capitol Avenue Project: This project component would be located on the northeast corner of 21^st Street and Capitol Avenue.  There was a Victorian home on the location, but it was demolished in 2013. There is now an existing ground-level parking structure, which will be replaced with a six-level parking structure. The structure would include approximately 13,000 square feet of retail and commercial space, on the ground floor. The existing restaurant, currently occupied by “Kupros Craft House,” will remain in its current location. I think the development sounds like a great idea, as long as there are no redundant businesses proposed to take away sales from current businesses. These stores would need to be unique. This project should also mimic other projects already in the area.