New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-04

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| t1e.T t0thjsnce n Lhei- CAu.e.
Yet, through al DE age D: :hs ecmea' :he Il .
tess, beloved as With human aee,ion-of ~oom pee
sing oT gbom heroes d.-is s a1ss en- and ae- voice
anheard. But, IL some lsppy Aou Of hi7ousc RE
nusDg s9die: heaIs hun Of cit:ss and aland mile
sees golden haIves.s waving OF. Of sige:-esss men
and women walking and working, parents aad teii-
OF the Summer sky; and the ususing soldier Of tha.
great army, IN he ha-vvs. ard murmur knors tbs:
he and hears, az they only IN b seen sp basr
the face aid the voice Of the mstress be l.ves sni
wOrships.
IL Ii such Is Patriotism IN general. what 10 :. 10 par.
tcular How can you, as educated yong Ame-cs 1s
be-. serve the great cause IT humsn develJpmen. -
which all nationali.ies are subeery;ent
In the Life OF Columbus We read hat sfter
being many weeks q. sea the great navigate wa a.
open defiance with bis crew; bu. one cav after he
ve,per.bymn to the Virgin had been sung, Columbus
nopsd on. 10 the sailors the goodness Of q III in Tsf
ing them over tranquil ocean, and holding Gu. 70
them promises 81 land;
Gas the evening darkened," says he charming
chronieler, who, himsef the patriarch OF Ansh;sn
Literature, has written with tender fidelity he lives
of the two most famous associated with the his
tory of America Columbus, who discovered The tbs
a,eY Of the historical experiment. and Washington
who secured it, honest trial-and has thereby linked
TO those great names another which do no: need %
mention for your hearts 90 before my lips :, name
Washington living" a. the evening dsrke,ed, Co.
umbus took bic station on the top OF the castle
"csbiu, on the high poop Of his vessel ranging his
in,ens. and unIemittlpg watch. About 10 o'clock,
Z" be thought he beheld light gGmuaerng at CREST
" distance. Fearing his eager hopes might deceive
" him be called 10 Pedro Gutierrez Gentleman of the
r"Kibg's b. dchamber, and inquired whether he saw
"such light; the latter replied in the affirmative.
Doubtful whether i might not yet be some delusion
" of the fancy, Columbus called X ldrgo S4ncheI OF
| " 81 govia and made the inquiry. BY the time
"the latter had descended the round house, the Light
" bad disappeared. They saw i: once or twice alter
ward, in sudden and passing CLEANS, as if i were
"torch in the bark OF fisherman, rising and sinking
- in the waves in the hand Of scme person OF
shore, borne up and down as he walked from house
"to house. so transient and uncertain were these
CLEANS, that few attached sry Importance 20 them;
columbus, however, considered them as certain
"sigps of land; and, moreover that the land was in
"hsbited'
So, ont Of dancing waves, trembling sad uncertain
rose the natal star OF our continents So az in tbs Old
purity emerged world into history; So az tina:
world was destined to light the wandering nations TO
Liberty it first appeared harbinger of hope weary
mainer.-a light upon the shores ray in the DARK
pess--msy not say without irreverence, that since
the Shepherds followed the heavenly beacon TO the
marger " here the infant lay, star sscred has
risen in the Ky as the elimmering light that showed
Columbus he bad reached the continent in which the
future Of the world reposed.
The collected civilization Of the world before the
fifteenth century was but various development of
the principle Of absOlutism in human affairs. The
safe was the coroary Of the Church. Inc new con-
virgin seclusion for the development OF the other
or, a. principle Of freedom, human liberty. Man.
kind bad begun TO oufgrow the idea OF potcai and
religious slavery, and a revolution was breeding, a.
deep as the human SOUL and dear ts interest,".
A century before the discovery OF America, WICK
life had declared thGt bad man could not be a
good spiritual guide merely because he was priest
and that bad men might not be the sole interpreters
Of The Good Book he translated the Bible into the
Ian puaee Of the common people; and 80 seemingly
rpe were the people, that it was said you could not
M et two me talking in the street, bit one was
Half century after WckEfe came the invention
al nrttpg which was TO make his translation acces-
ibie to the people; and nearly half century later
Columbus discovered America, ard MARTIN Luther
was nine years OLD.
Rut the new continent was not TO become at once
III tbeater of the new principle. On the contrary, 1t
is curious 10 observe that Columbus sailed only Tor
shorter way to the Indies, and hoped perhaps thet
IN. LIGHT be raw Pickering across the waves might
prove at morning to have shone from come stately
palace of Cabsy. In the spirit OF his voyage came
those who followed him The enterprise had been
the Spaliards, who benefited by the discovery,
sou ght Only the same object. -
II IA curious, also 10 ob.erve that the part OF the
contpt pt first touched the most tropical and lux
uebt requiring the least labor to cultivate end hid
inc The nc st precious metals. Alured by the charm
of climate and the promise OF wealth, swarms OF al
vertuiers crossed the sea Inc lust 81 g9a neve:
bepo so sckeninga spectacle as that OF the American
Indes in those earlier days Outragng all divine and
human laws, the life Of those Adventures was an
orgie, fierce debauch.
against the inoensve Indians and stupeted with the
orhis.ry OF church that has always had that hall
of the apostolic character which consists 10 the WIS
dom Of The serpent advised the eneaving OF negroes,
who ere q stronger race and might by compulsory
Slavery be won 10 the service of God who Is Love
ano Liberty This was the elimination OF the crimes
against humanity which marked the early settlements
in America. Ard il is dIeadf! TO remember maj Iae
~; oh bsa wherpd millOns fellow men
upop this continent and which a. this moment seems
70 be the chief serious Obstacle to the triumph OF the
projects for which the continent was reserved can De
Traced back to the suggestion OF one man. ana he
Christian Bishop.
But le. us never forget, in exenuscI Of this enor-
| NOUS crime that Lss Casas was a Spanish Roman
Catholic living than three centuries ago, IN the
na,t of the horrors of the early West lndan$rugSle
fer gold and that he lived 10 deplore bitterly the
couI be had advised having learned IS three CEN
tuies have continued 10 learn tina: TO do great ana
evident wIoDg for the sake OF posslple soGu oIS
10 axe sure of committing the sin and to leave the
good worse than uhtone. Ard am sure no canud
yourg mind will hear without ncreduli,y ana shame
that The repented cor of Las Casas, three hundred
wears ago is the last desperate defense OF system 10
The LAID where be planted IT, which the holy indiSna
ton of humanity = slowly but surely whitening; Tor,
we onnt with reverence that I'D brings good out OF
evil, shall We iherefsre, with Jesuticai sopMsy con-
sent 10 do the evil .,.,u
Nseeroed certainly st the beginning OF the seven
tteuL century as il the discovery OF tne ne" CONT
rent had only made the world richer 70 make "oise.
Tie new settlements merely repeated in more hideous
forms the vices OF the old European civilization. BUT
the Kind climate the quick soil and "a rare msF Tb
| BY attracting adyenurers had done Their Work ne
i:,i Atlsns had been found again. Sebastian Cabot,
Cabral Corteres Verazzani, Cartier, IN mary Ian,
tudes under every arspice, had touched the remote
aid fabulous shores. Among the sunse! couaI Jew
crtrent Law faow for the future, waiting to DC pos
se.std and Inhabited by any people who had sufficient
cause and heat ard hope enough 10 suodue II. ho
|. he movement for whose ultimate P9rp ise7 .ne
scene was thus preparing, stlll Went on ~