Evening journal., 1892-10-22


able types. The prior adoption OF cheap
process for the manufacture Of paper at once
utilized the press It's first service, like NJ its
succeeding efforts, was for the people. The
firsthorn Of tho marvellous creation OF these
primitive printers OF Mayence was the printed
Bible. The time had come for the emancipa
ton OF the mind and soul Of humanity. The
factors wanting for its fulhllment were tho new
world and its discoverer.
God has always in training somo command
ing genius for the control of great crises in the
affairs Of nations and peoples. The number OF
these leaders are less than the centuries, but
their lives arc tho history Of human progress
Though Caesar and Charlemagne and Hide
brand and Luther and William the COnQuerOr
and Oliver Cromwell and all the epoch makers
prepared Europe for the event and contributed
/ to the result, the lights which illumine our
| armament today are Columbus the discoverer
Washington tho founder and Lincoln the
savier
Neither realism nor romance furnishes
more striking and picturesque figure than that
| Of Christopher Columbus The mystery about
his origin heightens the charm Of his story
/ That he came from among the toilers OF his
| time Is in harmony with the struggles Of our
period. Forty-four authentic portraits Of him
have descended to us, and no two Of them are
the counterfeits OF the same person.
| Each represents a character as distinct as its
| canvas. Strength and weakness intclectu-
ality and stupidity, high moral purpose and
/ brutal ferocity. purity and licentiOusness the
dreamer and the miser, the pirate and the
puritan, are the types from which we may 20
lect our hero We dismiss the painter ard
Of the Twentieth ceatury the veil Of four hun
dred years we construct our Columbus.
| The perils Of the sea in his youth upon the
rich argosies Of Genoa, or in the service Of the
licensed rovers who made them their prey
! had developed a skillful navigator and intrepid
I ,nariUnv Thnv had 0ivau him q frlinnftau of thp
possibilities Of the unknown beyond the high
ways OF travel, which reused an unquenchable
thirst for adventure and research.
The study of the narratives of previous ex
plorers, and diligent questioniugs of the dar
ing spirits who had ventured far toward the
tabled west gradually evolved "a theory which
became in his mind SO fixed fact that he
could inspire others with his own passionate
beliefs Tho words, "that is a lie, " written by
him on the margin Of nearly every page Of a
volume Of the travels Of Marco Polo which is
stlll 20 be found in a Genoese library, Illustrate
the skepticisIn of his beginning and the first
vision Of the New World the fulhllment OF his
faith.
The Struggles of Columbus.
To secure the means to test the truth Of hi.
speculations this poor and unknown dreamer
must win the support of kings and overcome
the hostility OF 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 or
learning that he could accomplish either I'm
aided and alone he succeeded in arousing the
jealousies Of sovereigns and dividing the coun
/ clls Of the ecciesiastics.
Il will command your fleet and discover foI
you new realms, but only on condition that you
confer on me hereditary nobility, tine admiralty
/ of the ocean and the vice royalty and one-tentl
the revenues Of the New World" were hi.
naughty terms to King John Of Portugal. After
p ten years Of disappointment and poverty, sub
.FH Ohio
enlightened monk of the convent of Rhda, wh,
was his unialtering friend, he stood before th,
throne of Ferdinand and Isabella, and rising Z,
imperial dignity ia his rags embodied the sami
! royal conditions in his petition.
Tho capture of Granada, tho expulsion o.
Islam from Europe and the triumph uf th,
cross aroused the admiration aud devotion o
a Christendom But this proud beggar, hlldiu,
! IN his grasp the potential promise and dc
miniln OF Eldoradp and Cathay, divided witt
! the Moslem surrender the attention OF soy
= ereigns and Of bishops France and Euglan,
r indi, atod a desire 10 haar his theories ana se
S bis maps while he was still "a suppliant at th
. gates OF the camp Of CASTLE and Aragon, thl
| sport of its courtiers and the scoh OF It's con
= iossors. His unshakahie faitn that Christophe
4 : Columbus was commissioned from heaven
I | both hy his name and by divine command, O.
y carry CHRIST across the sea" 60 new cont
1 nenis and pagan pooples, lifted him SO Is
I above the discuuraA Acments of an empty pura
1 and con emptuous court that he was proc
A against the rcbufs of fortune or OF q lends
f To conquer The prejudices Of the clergy, G
= win the approval and financial support OF IA
! state, to venture upon that uuKnown occa
which, according to the beliefs # the age va
peopled with demons and savage beg,s,s q
9 frghtful shape, aud from " hich there was a
" possibility OF return, required the zoal OF Pe'o
S the Her init, tho chivaliic courage Of the O.
!, aud the Imagination Of Dante. Columbus D,
! lungod t. that high Ordor Ot cranks Who co..
adenily walk whers angels fear TO tread.
= and often become the benetactors Of the.
country OF their kind.
IL was d happy omoa of the position whlc
t woman was to hold IN America that the oni
p poi SONS who conpreAeudel the majestic scul
of bis plans and tho iuviuCiOle Qual y of h
genius Was the ahlo and gracious queen of ca
tile. Isabella alone uf al the dignllaris. ot il-
:, age Shares with Columbus the huners of h
great achievement. She arrayei her kingd1i
n anu her iniya.e fortune behind the enthusiasi
Z OF this mystic mariner. and postority pays HON
l. age TO her wisdom aud faith
e irhe overthrow Of The Aiohammeda power q
"a Spain would have been a forgotten SCENE 90 oa
p, of the iuuumorahle acts IN the grand di anna q
history had not isabella conferred iIuinorlait
= upon horsef, her husband aud then dual crow
" by her recognition of Columbus The daNou
10 spirit of the queen and the higl purpose OF n
D explorer inspired the voyage. subdued the m'
tinous crew and prevailed oyer the rasln