New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-11

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Sir. The rcnar, Of The Tribune that the World +
Fair enterprise VIII not D" affected by TIE question
whether ar mot Qucru Isabella - CASTLE pawncd her
Jewels in aid 81 Coumhu, is true 10 the letter me
World, Fair viii De held iu 1-92. aad held In tine
city Il Ncw-lorh. The immortal enterprise OF co
u,nlu, VIII De- celebrated a., il should De-. Although
that ycrtur,,omc navigator, SHIPS were, In fact
ftci out with money, furnished iy the ecclesiastical
treasurer II Arasln they did quite a' good service
under his cul shtcucd and rcsolutc command a.
though they had really been furnished out Of the
proceeds II Queen l,abclld's Jewels. And the
worlds Fair should not ful II set up here In the
metropolis # the continent which he revealed t.
Europ, a s,atu. OF Christopher Columbus worthy oi
the man lie gave Lew world. not only to CASTLE
and Arragon C, the spanish ina,r pt on boa'iN b"t
O., human civilization. America owes II To hcr'ch
10 honor hlm a. hc should bee honorcd Hut nr!'"'f
America nor civilization owes any honor 10 Isabella
There !, today no statue OF any hing cor queen.
nelcvc. on tie continent of America. We Now
Workers. ta.c pride IN tat some" hat unrAN ~
.cmba., If orr ancestors tore down the statue Of
King George III at our Bowling Green at the open
Ing II the Revolution. The statue, We are "''u'hu
atins IN oar public halls and places arr OF states
men. poets. philanthropst, and lovers of humanity
n American, Ar, .sncI t. cIo,t upon American NJi
.t,fue Ia a queen they should understand perfectly
the claim, winch the recipient of lie hohor has
upou them. These are The ctim' 81 lN"ueH" OF
i.nhcll, u,urpcd the t.rJuc Of Ca-t,c al her
mr. err death mlr spuinS her niece The u'lF u u .
.Iuaua the true her. lh convent. me h"iI.vu
rcrliuand, bus rciEucd pendent %, her ,aI1a"q
from spain and robbed them at their property the
greatest cN odus the world Aa, ever seen. majority
~ Them prrishcd Of starvation and 10y epidcnic>.
-nmr 81 mi, ,cuuc,tcrcd property was used To iii
nlt shin, for Coumhu,- second voyage.
= She and Ferdinand violated the solemn treaty
thrv made with the Moor, of spain, and drove
millions Of the latter to Africa, forever after rrcconch
able curmc, Of Chris cndou
md I.r. IS
mon, collection Of iuc~timablc books. manuscripts
and charts captured from the M"orN-the most de
ulorablc loss known 10 written history.
She and Ferdinand established the spanish
p"pc NlcNandc j. protected The Pope finally
ohl.c.d TO deprive chief lnQusitor, rorquemaia.
g. She and Ferdinand rewarded the great services
Of Coumhu, with bad faith, breach OF covenants.
persecution and neglect.
She and Ferdinand reduced the American In
dim, to ,rur slavery and allowed them To be treated
vth harharity hy the spanish colou~t, 80 that they
,,rr vnntouly murdered by whole tribes hunted with
boIhouud- and the race all but cNtrpatcd I'm spanish
America Columbus complained, lu 1901. that SIN
seventh, Of the native, of lI,paniola had persisted
s. She and Ferdinand began the importation OF
negro slave, from Africa 10 America 90 replace the
murdered natives. and thereby planted black slavery
iu the Sew World.
respect and affection Of American women OF the
nineteenth century 70 whom an appeal ha, been made
hN certain ladies of Chicago ON behalf of the proposed
statue. Do they cuttlc her t. honor
New York Jan /, l-gO GIDEON j. lCKER.
WHO WROTE THIS PROPHECYl
To Me Ed ttOr OF The Tribune.
SIP: I'm your issue of January l. referring 60 the