The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-10-28
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cross raised on san Sal
C. Il DEPEW. vadCr was opportunity.
But for the first, Columbus would never have
sailed, but for the second, there would have
been 10 place ioT The planting, the nurture and
the expansion OF civil and religious liberty.
The anarchy and chaos which followed the
breaking up OF the Roman empire necessarily
produced the teudai system The people pre-
ferrfng slavery to auafhuatton by robber chiefs,
became the vassa{s Of territorial lords. The
reign Of physical force is one OF perpetual
struggle for the mastery, Power which rests
upon the sword neither shares nor limits IS
authority. The king destroyed the lords and
the monarchy succeeded feUdaiisIn- Neither Of
lnese Institutions considered or consulted The
people Tney had part, but suffer or die
In this mighty strife Of masters for the mas
terF BUT tnc throue py us broader view and
greater resources made possible the CousEruc-
uou OF the highways OF freedom Under its
banner races could unite ana petty prtnCipali-
ties be merged, law substituted for brute force,
and right Tor might It founded and endowed
universities and encouraged commerce. It
conceded no political privileges but unCOn-
sctously prepared its subjects TO demand them.
Absolutism in the state and bigoted intoier-
eHSI IA inc ~lultni sLlteltle1 topL-aE unrest
anu imprisoned thought ana enterprise In the
fifteenth century. The divine right OF kings
stamped out the faintesr glimmer OF revolt
against tyranny and the problems Of science,
whether OF the skies or OF The earth, whether Of
astronomy or geography, were solved or sub
merged by ecclesiasticaI decrees. The dungeon
was ready for the philosopher who proclaimed
the truths OF the solar system, or the navigator
who would prove the spheFicity Of the earth.
An English Gladstone, or q French Gambetta.
or German Bismarck or an Italian Garioaldi,
or q Spanish Cas- teIar, would have been thought
monsters, and their deaths at the stake, or on
ths sc1AoLl' anu HnaeF Lnc alaLIerlas OF ths
church, would have received INC praise and ap-
proval Of kings and mobiles, Of priests and pso-
pies reason h5l no seat III spiritual or TEN
p0ral realms Punishment was the incentive
20 patriotism, and piety was held possible by
torture. Coufes siOus Of faith eEtOrted from
the writhiug victim on tho rack, were believed
ef5racious in saving his soul from fires eternal
oeyond the grave For all that humanity to-
day cherishes as its best heritage and choicest
gifts, there was neither thought nor hope
Neither realism nor romance furnishes a
more striking and picturesque figure than that
of Chris uophar Columbus. The mystery about
his oFlgin helghtens the charm OF his story.
L.nut ne came lfOln among lEs tollers o1 his
time is in harmony with the struggles OF our
Tho perils Of the sea ii his youth upon the
rich argosies Of Genoa. or in the service OF the
licensed rOvGrs who made them their prey, had
developed q slzilifuI navigator and intrepid
mariner. They had given MIN glimpse OF the
possibilities OF tine unknown, beyond the high
ways of travel which reused IN Unquenchable
thirst for adventure and research The study
or the narratives OF previous explorers, and
dilgenr uuestiouings OF the daring spirits who
had Veutured far toward the tabled west grad
uaily evolved a theory, which became In his
mind so fixed fact. that he could inspire
others with his passionate beliefs The words,
THAT is lie written by h.In on the margin of
Learly every page Of a volume Of the travels Of
Marco Polo, which is still 10 be found IA a
Genoese library, illustrate the sIzepticism OF
his beginning, ana the first vision Of the new
world the fulnlment Of his faith
To secure the means 70 test the truth OF mis-
win the support Of kings aud overcome the hos
tiIity cf the church He never doubted his
ability TO do both though he knew OF no man
living Who was so great in power or lineage. OF
learning that he could acc ornpiish either. After
ten years OF disappointment and poverty, sub
slsllng most OF the time upon the charity OF the
enlightened monk Of the convent OF Hibida Who
was his unfalteEiug friend, he stood before the
throne Of Ferdinand and Isabella His unshalz-
comm m'ssfoued from Heaven. both by his name
and by Divine command TO carry Christ across
the sea" TO new continents and PAGAN peoples.
Lifted him SO far above the disCouragCments OF
an empty purse and o cuutemptuous court that
clergy, to win the approval and financial SUD
port OF tl1t LAtes 10 venture upon tlat unlnoFn
ocean "hlch' according 10 the beliefs OF the
age, was peoplcc with demons and savage
beasts OF friEhtful shape, and from which there
was no posslpiilLy OF return required the zeal
Of Peter The Hermit, the Chivalric courage OF
the Ctd and the imagination OF Dante Coium-
bus belonged TO that high order Of cranks who
confidently walk " here angels scar to tread 20
and often become the beuefactors OF their couu-
try, or thCir kind
TIE mighty soul Of the great Columbus was
uudaunted by the ingCatituds OF princes, and
the hostility OF the people. by Imprisonment
anu preparing a laLnp1lgn Tor the rescue OK the
holy sepulchre at Jerusalem from the inhdeL
He did not know what time has revealed, that
Whlle th9 mission OF the crusades OF Godfrey
OF Bouillon and Richard OF the Lion Heart was
q bloody and fruitless romance, the discovery
Of America was the salvation Of the world The
one was the symbol, the other the spirit the
one death, the other life The town OF the
Saviour was q narrow ana s77lrl- y7t 7,7e-s5TTz
only Tor its memories Of the supreme TRACED /
OF the centuries, but the new continent was 10
be the home aud temple Of the liyi7g God
The development OF the coIoniaI.,zxparim5u
in English domain makes this day IA euorabIe-
II is cue 70 the wisdom and courage, the faith
ana ana virtue OF the Inhabitants Of this territory
that governments Of rhe people for the people and
by the people was ina ugura ted. ana has become
triumphant success The Puritan settled in
New England aud the Cavalier In the south
They represented the opposites OF spiritual and
temporal life and opinions. TTie processes OF
liberty lioeFalized the one and eIeFated the
other Washington and Adams we're the new
types Their union in 8 common cause gave [
possessed conservatism wi tEoul bigoErv. and
liberty without license It founded riLutious [
loaeil for indefinite extension TO meet the re-
luirenlaut5 in governments OF ever euIarEiuz I
areas OF sion. and the needs Of progress
and growth
Fhe AIayiower, with the Pilgrims, snd a
Dutch snip laden win African slaves, were on Z
the ocean ut the same time, the one sailing for |
1llzsaGhusetrs and the other for Vfrr5ufa 5lfliz
ounpauT OF saints, and drzE cargo Of alavEs-
represented ths forces which 15s9s 70 rsriI "a
rescue free government The siaFar was the
product Of the commercial spirit Of Great Brit
ain. ana the greed Of the times - stimulate Z
IA tne eAbln o. the l4ay-tuHer the Grsi charter
OF freedom a government OF Just and equal Z
laws were q little band OF Erofes1aE1s uEainst
ever TORN et t4lus-lee and tyranny Ihs I
le1Fez OF their principles IA E1e El15zfhEa the I
declaration OF Independence, Iberuts6 ths
alaEess ana iounlea The tree cuu1u1QuET9ziths /
which form the republic OF the Uuftsd Sta1as
The rEae has arrived for both a closer unfeu- !
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