New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-22

and the Puritan, the types rom wnich VIC may
select hero We dismiss the painter and piercing
with the clarified vision OF the dawn OF the twentieth
century the veil Of four hundred years. we construct
Columbus.
The perils of the sea In his youth upon the rich
argosies of Genoa In the service OF the licensed
rovers who made them thcir prey, had developed n
skillful navigator and intrepid mariner. They had
given him Il glimpse o. the possibilities OF the I'M
known beyond the highways of travel. which reused
an unquenchable Thirst for adventure and research
The study Of the narratives OF previous explorers
and digent questOnings Of the daring spirits VINO
had venturcd far toward The tabled West. gradually
evolved theory. which became in his mind 80 nNe"
a fact, that he could inspire others with his own
passionate beliefs. The words Z" that Is le written
BY him The margin of nearly every page Of n
volume of the travels OF Marco Polo, which Is SUI
10 be found In a Gcnoesc library, Illustrate t'e
scepticlsm OF his beginning, and the hrs, VISION VI
the New World the fuflment Of his faith
To secure the means test the truth of his specu
ations this poor and unknown dreamer must win o'e
support OF kings aud overcome the hosthiy Oh tue
Church lie never doubted his ability 10 40 pom;
though he knew Of man living who was so great
In power lineage. learning that ne couid "o
compIsh either. Unaided and alone he succeedeo !"
arousing the eaousics OF sovereisns and dividing 'ne
councils OF ecclesiastics. 81 will command your meet
and discover for you new realms, but only OH CON
diton that you confer me hereditary nooil'y' te
Admiralty OF the Ocean. and the NiccRoyhity ana
one-tcnth the revenues OF the New" orlo' were Ills
naughty terms TO King John Of Portugal A'er ten
years OF disappointment and poverty suoSis'hg mos'
Of the time upon the charity of the enlightened monk
OF the Convent Of Rabida, who was his uhial'en"s
friend he stood before the throne OF Ferdinand and
Isabella and rising TO imperial dignity in his rags,
embodied the same royal conditions In his petition
The capture the expulsion of Islam from
Europe, and the triumph OF the Cross aroused the
admiration and devotion Of Chrstendom. But this
tn Ms
promise and dominion OF Ell Dorado ana 'a'haF.
divided with taie Mosem surrender the attention OF
sovereigns and OF bishops. France and England IN
dicated a desire to hear his theories ana see Ills
maps while he was still a suppant at the gates oil
the cnmp OF CASTLE and Arngon, the sport oil us
cour,iers and the scof OF its confessors Ills uh-
shskable faith that Christopher Columbus WAS com
nissioncd from Heaven, ioth ny HI, name ana OF
Divine command 10 carry Christ across the sea 10
new continents and pagan peoples, i'l'"" HI" >" '
above the disbursements II an empty purse an"
q contemptuouS court that he was PROOF hea"S' inc
reburs of fortune of friends. To conquer INC
prejudices of the clergy, win the approval ara
financial support OF the State. TO venture upon 'hA'
unknown ocean which, according 10 the beliefs OF inc
srs was peopled with demons and savage beasts OF
frightiul shape and from which there was TO Po'si-
bility Of return required the zeal of fetei tue ''
the clhvaric courage Of the cid, and the Inauguration
NJ Donte. Columbus belonged TO thst high ORDER Of
tread" and often become the hencfaciorS oil 'h''r
country or their kind
ISABELLAS SHARE IN THE HONOR
II WAS o happy omen of the position winch woman
was to hold IN America thai the only person WHO
cpmprehenGed the majestic scope OF his plans anu
the lnvinclhe quality Of his genius was the able ana
,rac,ous Queen Of CASTLE. Isabella alone {" all
the dignaries Of that age shares with columbus 'ne
honors OF his great achievement she arraSeo ner
k,nodop, and her private fortune behind the enthu-
siasm OF this mystic mariner ana pos'cflN P''s
homage 10 her wisdom and faith.
Tho overthrow of the Mahometsn power In spain
would have been forgotten scene In on" OF inc III
Vulnerable acts in the grand drama OF history uad
not ISABELLA conferred immortality upon herself her
husband and their dual crown by her recognition OF
(.olumhus The devout spirit Of tho Queen, ana the
high purpose OF the explorer Inspired the voyage
subdued the mutlnous crew. and preFaiied over 'nc
raging storms. They covered with inc divine r'"l
snce or religion and humanity tn" degrading search
for gold and the horrors of Its quest which hled inc
FIRST century OF CONQUEST with every form OF lust ana
greed
The mighty soul OF the great admiral was UNI
dsrnted by the ingrattude OF princes and TIC hosuN
OF the people, by imprisonment and neglect lie
died as he was securing the means and preparing
campaien for the rescue OF the Holy Scpucire at
Jerusalem from the inHdel. He did not know what
time has revealed, that while the nl'son OF inc cru
eades a. Godfrey OF Bouinon and Richard II the Lion
Ucart was a bloody and friitcSs romance, Inc di'
coyery OF America was the salvation Of Inc Worfo
The one was the symbol, the other the spirit the one
death the other life The tomb Of the saviour wns
narrow and empty vault, precious only for It's memo
res Of the supreme tragedy Of the centuries but tho
new continent was to DC the home and tempe OF
the living God.
POUNDING NEW EMPIRES.
The rnlers Of the Old World began with parttoning
tbe New To them the discovery was expansion Of
empire and grandeur 10 the throne. Vas, territories
whose properties and possibilities were little. uncer
stood and whose extent greater than the king IONS
~ the sovereigns the gifts 10 CONT favoIftes
and the prizes Of royal approval But individual In
t.rence and Independent conscience found here haven
and re.ugr They the passengers upon the cara
wells OF Columbus, and he unconsciousy making
for the port Of civil and religious liberty. IhinkeN
who believed men capable Of higher dcNtinicS ana
larger RESPONSIBILITIES and pious people who preferred
the Bibc to that Union Of Church and State where
each the other for the temporal beneh' Of po'h'
fed TO these distant and hospab.e lands from intoer-
able and hopeless oppression at home IL required
200 years for the people thus happily situated 70
understand their own powers ard resources, ana 10
break bonds which still reverenced or loved no
matter how deeply they wounded or how hard they
CALLED.
The nations Of Europe were completely absorbed
I'm dvnos,ic difficulties and devastating wars, with
Diplomacy and ambitions that they neither needed nor
heard Of tie growing democratic spirit ana ihten
renee IN their American colonies. TO them, these prov
,nce were sources OF revenue and they never dreamed
that they were also schools Of liberty That Ii cx'
hausted three centuries under the most favorable son
dtons for the evolution of freedom on this continent
demon stra,es the tremendous strength OF custom ana
Ircredty when sanctioned and sanctied BY religion
The very chains which fettcred became inextrcably
interviewer with the habits Of life, the associations OF
'h,dhood the tenderest ties Of the family, and the
sacred offices of the Church from the craue TO the
crave IL clearly proves that II the people OF the. Old
Wnrld and their descendants lad not possessed the
uorunities afforded by the New for their emonicpaton
and mankind had never experienced ana learned the
americau example instead OF living III the light anf
glory OF nineteenth century conditions they would Sill
be struggling with medieval problems.
SETTLEMENT OF THE NORTHERN COLONIES
The Northern continent was divided between Eng