National Republican., 1875-07-22
BEATIFICATI0N OF COLUMBUS.
The Catholic Church Preparing to Glorify
the Discoverer Of Ameries-rhe Ambassador
Of God and Of Plus TX. e.

ROME, July 5, 1874.
The time Is not yet fixed on for the assemblsge
Of the Consistory, at which the beatihcation Of
Christopher Columbus Is to be promulgated. The
following details, taken from the URitG Cdtolica,
will be interesting:
Among the satisfactory results of the travels in
South America Of Plus TX. We may safely reckon
the vindication of the memory Of Christopher Co.
lumbus, man hithertos SO entirely misrepresented
and uncomprehended by Protestant historians.
The history written under the auspices Of His Ho-
illness, by Count Rosselly de Lorgues, publishes
the heroic virtue and religious motives Of the i'm
mortal discoverer, who had been treated as an ad-
yenturer, showing that he was even more Of q good
Christian than great navigator.
In 1866 Cardinal Donnet, Archbishop Of Bor-
deaux, proposed to the Holy Father the bestifca-
and the Cardinal Archbishop Of Burgos, and many
other members Of the hierarchy, expressed them
selves anxious that this distinction should be
awarded him. In 1870, during the sIttings OF the
Ecumenical Council, the topic was frequently dis-
cussed, and its final confederation was postponed
until after the taking Of the votes on the infalli-
when the invasion Of Rome rendered 0 reunion Of
the Vatican Council impossible.
The lcTns e 0assna RSpRss Re-
and the history Of Christopher Columbus was
published under the title Of
"THE AMBASSADOR OF COP AND OF Plus Ix.D
The profound arguments that precede this COM
pendulum Of great career are Of sufncient impor-
tance to prove that even without entering into
the examination Of the principle acts Of his life,
this reyesier Of new world must necessarily be-
long to the communion Of saints. The author de-
cides that the vocation Of Columbus was truly
marvellous; that his mission had been frequently
foretold; that he was looked upon by the Holy
See as It's natural Legate to this new world,
where he became It's rst missionary, was the first
TO plant the cross, 70 proclaim the Divine Word,
to make known the Roman Liturgy and teach the
natives the names Of Jesus and Mary, the Lords
Prayer, the veneration OF the sign Of the cross,
and to lead them TO become tho true sons Of God
and His Church.
Count de Lorgues shows that the real aim OF
Christopher Columbus was the ransom Of the
Holy Sepulchre By means OF the riches TO be found
In the new region; that his heart burned with
apostolic real, and that while holding the Offices
Of admiral and yiceroy his life was rather that Of
dained the foundation Of college for foreign mis-
sions l25 years before the Propaganda was insti-
tuted, and openly professed the dogma Of the In
macuiate Oonceptfon before Its definition.
The s1shSr ssvss .s Points SI: sSss
ried the cross into the New World and the nrst
Pope (Pius TX. that ever Waited the land Of the
future. He offers proofs Of the fact that Oolum-
bus practiced, to . special degree, every theo.
logical and cardinal virtue.
He Aihrms that he did not owe his great CO.
lebrity 20 bis genius OF science, but only to bis
vocation TO his tAith, and 10 the divine grace. As
sailor he Was 10 nowise superior 10 others Of his
own time; In fact, the professors OF Berlin and
Psri. laughed =. n, ignosanoe q gscgrsphy and
man, the chosen Of God, Uncovered, besides the
Now world, seven principal laws OF the globe,
and was, notulth standing the progress made By
science, unrivalsd In eosmography.