Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-04
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| was the companion of Bishop Laval, lately ap
pointed bishop of Quebec. 1t was under hi
| jurisdiction that Hennepin was to labor In THU
country Bishop Laval had been previousl!
bishop for twenty years OF Petrea. Now TIT
! compiler of the second volume says that at the
time of Hennepin's voyage toAmerica, he hat
been lately appointed bishop of Petrea!
Again, one of the missionaries in Canadf
| was Fenelon. Now any Frenchman of an,
sense whatsoever, who had ever been in France
| could not have dreamed that this Fenelon wa
| the famous archbishop of Cambria; and ye
this volume says that this was the Fenelon tina
| afterwards became the archbishop OF Cam bral
Again, Hennepin was n scholar. He knew
geography too well to give himself only few
| DAYS II do not now remember the exact numbel
of Gays this second volume takes for the voyage
| but something less than a monthly to go down K
| the gulf of Mexico and return Something ye
more to the ,int-Shea remarks. that 1t Ii
evident, whatever we may think of the remain
/ der of the book, that the ten pages containing
| the so-called voyage on the lower Mississippi
| we're an Interpolation in the volume after Il
had been issued from the press.
The volume is numbered to page 3l3, Their
these ten pages, differing in type, in the spac
| ing of the lines, from the balance OF the book
| are all inherited in the volume under the same
| paging with star after the number OF the
| page 1887 showing plainly that these ter
pages were added to the book after it had CONF
| fol- tn from the hands of the printer.
| Now what is the conclusion OF all this!
| Simply that it cannot be proved that Father
| Hennepin was ever the author or publisher OF
| this Utrecht volume.
| In those days literature was not governed by
| the same rules and customs az now. There
were then no international laws protecting the
rights of publishers. Those were not the days
of railroads or telegraphs, or literary reviews
and it was no unusual thing when book had
a great run" in one part Of the world to bri, q
| l. ont under the same name IN another part.
Thus another of La Salle's companions, Tonty,
| wrote three volumes which were published
under his name, being his genuine works; and
afterwards, as Psrkman tells us, fourth one
was put forth under the same name of Tonty,
| which never had come from Tonyt's pen.
Hennepin's book bad made much noise in
France. Utrecht was great literary centre.
1t is very easy to suppose, then, oaslng our
verdict upon the facts which l have put be-
fore YOU, that the second volume, the one pub
lished at Utrecht, was made up and published,
not by Hennepin, but by some stranger-some
one who adopted the principal parts OF the
Paris edition, adding on certain rotations
| which he got from LeClerq's Establishment
of Christianity in the New World, " to bring it
up, SO to speak, to date.
About that time much was being said in
Europe about the discovery along the Gulf of
Mexico and it is Quite natural to suppose that
these ten pages we're interpolated after this
book had been issued, to give to the curious
public all that would be desired by them.
The very matter of these ten pages shows
that they were interpolated. The pagesatell Us
that Henpepin was at the mouth OF the Aarkan-
sas Oh the 24th day of April and yet in the fol-
lowing pages he is said to have been captured
near the Wisconsin on the 18th day of April.
the date according to the Paris volume! Be-
Sides in these ten pages, it is stated that Easter
Sunday occurred on the 23d OF March
Now Hennepin never could have made
such an error; in 1860, Easter Sunday occurred
on the first of April and it is so stated IN Hen
nepin's first volume. There are very ssignifi-
cant facts which cannot be overlooked, and
when we take them all into consideration to-
gether with the general appearance of this sec
ond volume, when we remember him as the
scholar and the close observer which the Paris
volume shows him TO have been. when we re-
call the habits of literary piracy that were then
comm n in Europe, have we not solid founda-
tion for saying that it cannot be proven that
Father Louis Hennepiu wrote and Published
himself the second volume? This Utrecht
volume is the one upon which all the accusa-
tious against him have been based, and once
take away from it Hennepin's name, there is
no ground whatsoever to impeach.
1t affords me much pleasure on this day TO
be able to say few words in defence of the
old hero,-to be able to advance few argu-
ments by which to attempt to wipe from his
venerable brow the stain which historians have
placed upon it. (Great applause.
One thing is certain, Hennepin loved the
northwest. In the first volume he describes it
as most fertile snd beautiful country. Il
WISH" be says, THAT the day would come
when large and enterprising colonies from the
over. populated countries of Europe would come
and possess this rich land" We can, without
much effort, fancy the spirit OF Hennepin hover
ing over this multitude to-day and rejoicingthat
the desire of his heart has more than bee n
fulfilled. Great applause) Fer however
great or sxtravsgant might have been his
dreams two hundred years a. o, never could he
have fancied that on this DAY of July, 1880,
such spectacle would be witnessed as the one
which this assembled multitude now offers.
(Applause). Hennepin, 200 years ago, offered
prayers for the rapid development of the coan-
try While congratulating ourselves on the past
desire of our hearts that this development may
be proportioua,ely greater in the future than
whatever it has. been in the past, and when in
1880 our own spirits with that of Old Reune-
pin will hover over this campus, amid the
throngs concentrating the three hundredth
anniversary, we will rejoice, we do to-day,
that the Creator has given to the children of
men land as 4autiful and richly teeming
with treasures as our b loved Minnesota.
Following Bishop Ireland's address, Gen
Sibley introduced DR.. Davis as wishing to
say few words. His remarks were few. but
not well understood by the reporter.