Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-28
If MOI Columbus Who ?

If MOI Columbus Who
a. SIC qaadrennisl cf TIA Columbian aga
o. this conutfy draws near, We ere led 10 ex
em as moyo critically to whom really be-
long. Lhe mr;it of It's 6fs. discovery. Ine
number nf faeTrr ed claimants for tbs bon
or remi4As Us cf Ehe coup!et:
'.even cities claimed Homer dead,
In which the living Homer beggoi his b:ea9."
Recently, Rev. r R Hnaisop hae very
eisarly settled the question with regard to
th.es OF these so-caiisd discoveries, out
there are more 10 follow who T7il noe deem.
Il readioR history, ii Ia veil TO glance st
the side lights thst now and then 6't acrosS
the page. Seme coming ihrougi! ths cypress
for.s of Central America vhere the gray
moss drspes those wonderful 0ssd cities OF 8
lost age. Sacae fall feom the Tsocslis Of
Mexico, equally mJsteriorsin IN ,bsir builders.
Some arise from traces of the mcurd build
efs as 9eu 10 the Grave crssk ssone OF Vlr-
g.nis, @bile get others are mere plainly
read in tbe unpublished Latin Dauuscrlpts
of Frsnce, Germeuy, Iialy, Spain and Ire
land, whcse treasu.es ara noS being revealed
10 ihe rYo.id ct large
Among the various aar ativss of iong-gone
explorers ghoee sdveutures are recorded in
these European libraries. we 6od an Irist-
man Gi;S, st least, G foir Claim 70 coneiterG-
.ion-st. BrendaD, "tAe Navigator"
Nsarly iwo years ago, q Daragsanh In r
Nsw York paper asked sttentiou TO tDi,
missionary a.id referred any oae n:erested
In tho subject TO the archives of County Ker'
rv, Ireland More isesaily. Mr Dcminick
DAly gave p most interesting accounts in
The american Antiquarian of bis nves.iga-
lion CT these Latin manuscripts. His posi-
tion s, ttat s.. BrsnGan aad Qneizaccratl,
the Mexican Air-god, ere one and tts 5sme.
The article is too long to be more than
touched upon here, but IL is very ingenious.
if we may not say, instructive, aud would
we'll repay perusal by III So who are ir-
terested in prehistoric thence When
Cottes reached Mexico. his followers were
astouiahed by the religious beliefs ard
custous tbal seemed SO similar 10 Christi
anity.
They were told that Q1e:zatcoatl gave
the mild and gentle p0rtioDs oftheir worship
to the Totecs, o peopls who ruled Mexlco
several centuries before; while the pagan
oar5arities were added by the Az ec5 who
succeeded them in the country.
There was the belief in the Trinity, the
Iucarrat;on aud Redemption. Crosses were
ABUNDANT; indeed their "Air-god" wore q
mantle covered with crosses. and one, near
Vera Cruz, w5s surm united by a golden
crown, for they said "One more glorious than
the Sun died on 8 cross,"
TIE ra.ives also believed in Supreme
God-in common mother through whom
sin c7ms into the world, in oIiaiusl sin,
and practiced infant bsptism. Mr. DslY
considers three points established abaut this
god with hsrc nams to proocunce.
Il Hs was a white man from across the
Atlantic. IT, He laugh. their r llgIon To
the Mex;cens. 81 This religion, after the
apss of ages. wss strangely like that OF tie
Christian Why was he not CHRISTIAN
missionary from Europe?
A D 500 TO a. D SEQ was the most il
tense m!ssion sge In Europe, and Ireland
sss il the IrcEt rank In missionary epiri;
and efforta, having even SAINT TO Icela d be-
fore she Norwsg'aDs weat there.
Again, Q1slZ,tcostl ncd Sc. Breudaa may
have been identicsl. for beth were white
men, both advanced in years. both crossed
be Atlantic ftom Europe, both prac'iced
the Christian graces, both returned to
Holy Island home; both promised to come
rack. both failsd to % 80. These are remark
able condolences II accidental. Thus far,
Mr.. Daily.
The story of 81. Bfendan'a voyage was
written aud forgotten before Mexico was
heard o.. BE was Bishop CT a monastery n
Kerry about $50 a. D.. whose zssl for the
glory of God sent him to preach the gosDel
on the mystic. green Isles OF the Wesr'--
the Atlantis ofromance aud song.
Charles Da Kay. writing ofthe Druds and
fairies Of Ireland, states that the peope be-
lieved there was Lend of the yeang, Isles
OF the blessed, tie paradise of the Kelts,
where pigs ran about roasted and stresms
flowed With bser."
Such faith wculd easily supply all the
sailors needed for even greater uncertainties
thau q voyage across The Atlantic. Morere'
Gently stranger statement has been mace
bv Prof Goodyear, 10 the New York Herald
of July q He ssseris that this new world
was kuowa 20 the Pte 1icsns at least 60C
B. O., il poa before that line
This conclusion is reached by finding the
inscription oG he Virginia Grave-crees
stone to be identical wi o the Carien slphn'
be-! and the Carians were sailors Oh PE9
piciGu ve,seis
Such an Ac;aority carries CREST weight
and could not easily be overthrow.
II these things be so. We csn readily be-
lieve bat this land Of ours was oncs the
home Of - race that long since Das passed
away, disciplined aad popnous race" aD
old and for2otteu nation 5eiore the Saxon
temples Of Apollo and Dians were reconee'
Grated by ST. Augu,tire, thus becoming The
Westminster abbey sod St. Pani's of our
own time.-Christian Observer.