The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-09-05
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Correspondence Of the Ohio s.atatesman.l
Some Anticipations about Peru
Harbor at Havana described,
&c.
STEINER "EAPIRE J1rY,1l
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HAVANA, tuig 70, 1902
DEAR Coz: Cheerfully comply with your
request to write something for your readers,
not only because you make it, but because
shall, in some sort, keep up connection
with many friends in ohio-readers of the
Statesman-with whom epistolarily and ed
itorially have in times bye gone commun-
ed.
In this voyage I am completely isolated.
Not having, as in former travels, compan-
ions to turn to for sympathy in observation,
can mentally turn to the Buckeye reader,
and say--"L,l here and Lo! thereP' as
each object Of interest appears in view.
You that remember my lugubrious jer.
emiads when last | tried sea yoyaging, may
wonder what incitement induces me to take
this long and tedious journey, in the taking
Of which shall be, to scripturalige it, 'sal-
ways a.bounding" g"-and that too, in hot
weather, to and through tropical latitudes
/ would wonder at it myself, did not know,
what is a common remark, how soou one
forgets the horrors Of the sea, after even
few months ventilation on land Believe
me there is nothing in the honors. (?) much
less the emoluments (??) Of the post to
which | 60, which could aid oblivion in
covering up the misories Of the restless main,
as | once experienced them. Although
would not underyalue the consequence Of
Secretaries Of Legation since Mr., Perry :
coup de soui..il, yeti would rather this mo-
ment be free to travel without any re :
straint, such as an official appointment i'm
poses. Here have before me a sea pros
psct Of a months duration; { Great Saturn!
scvthe down the hours with your biggest
swalhl and the prospect Of horrible hor-
izontol position, judging by former expe
rence, Of twenty days out Of that period.
Is there any honorary quantity Of lacre
that can compensate for this unutterable
protection of agony? Iieelingly answer
none.
What, then, has sent nae Of to cru? !
believe t!sat | am blessed s,or cur sed wltl
that same curiosity which led our 'suniyer.
sal mother" to sink her teeth into rind o
the first apple--a desire to know, and 10
know by seeing for myself. When | heard
of my appointmsnt4to Peru, | was as much
surprised, AS if it had been 70 the Georgi-
I'm Sidus. Ny first inclination without
any regard to Gteiner's story ofthe enhanc-
led price Of butter al Lima, by reason Of the
Castillo revolutions was to decline. But Is
4 refreshed my knowledge Of Peru by read
ing Prescott; as I read Humboldt's vivid de-
scription CT plateaux between the Carliller-
as, rs I traced the wonderful origin Of the
ancient Peruvians; children Of the sun, led
out of the darkness Of barb lrism by the
light Of the stately lncas, when | recalled
the superb magnifcence this strange race,
supported by a wealth which could offer 1
hall filed with gold as ransom; when
remembered those Spanish conquerors, con.
querors, scarcely two hundred, who sub
dued nation having a standing army o.
two hundred thousand conquerors it
whose views mingled the romance Of the
Moor, the chiyalry Of the Cid, the hardness
OF tile ancient Roman, and the zealotry O
the early Christians fora faith which they
everywhere dishonored while they perse
yeringly propagated it; when I perused the
history Of those more thanregal Spanisl
Viceroys, in later days, who on public oc-
casions walked on payements ofsolid silver,
Eemulating the state Of the conquered ILcas
who were borne about their realms from
Cuzco to Qaito,from the Pacific to the Anna
zon, III palanquins ofsolid gold; when | re.
membered the richly fraighted argosies,
which, in their PALMER days, these yiceroys
transported to their great master in Spain
desroiling these treasures from temple.
whose roofs and cornices were Of the sole
/ precious metals from gardens, whose an
ltiiicial trees, leaves and fruits were Of Til
same tempting material--and from neun
ltains, like those Of Potosi and Gaalgayoc
whose hearts sent out their rich veins Of sill
yer and gold; when / remembered upol
what roads these riches were borne !; an,
over what deep de6les and raging torrent
I these roadsran for thousands Of miles, some
times ascending to The height Of Mont Blan
roads, the remains Of which, when Hum
boldt saw them at the beginning Of thi
century, were far more imposing than tn,
Eramains Of the Roman road ia Italy. (
those ID the South Of France and Spain
could !. help feeling an ardor Of curiosity /
Zee this land Of rnaryellous wealth an
.bstrange sicissitude Of history.
Had Peru no history; were we linite
Eonly tothe attractions of its physical boaul
and sublmity, II would be enough to quicl
Ell ones enthusiasm. Here all The rcmara
( able features which make South Americ
far superior to any oher continent g@lhe
Tllfleae Is no climate which is not embrace
aiby ie;no lrnit which lis soil does not yielc
Il flo mineral with which ii does not abount
y No aspect of nature which II does not ia
u AN i & These are sueepino assertions,