Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-10-22
COLUMBUS.



any other community. Here he may
transplant himself aud thrive even bet
ter in the fresher atmosphere than in
his native home.
, BY the inevitable law OF progress the
latest and most advanced civilization
becomes the autocrat OF the world. 1t
becomes dictator because OF its superior
knowledge. 1t has for its guide all
the accumulated experience of other
and Older civilizations, and prOtiting by
these may avoid their errors while sur
passing their successes, having for il
guidance all the wisdom OF the past.
But while we go on increasing In
wealth and prosperity; while our dis
cOveries in art sciences and medicine as
tonish and delight the world let us not
forget our ancient traditions; those
homely and homelike old ways and
tales, which have come down to us
from our fore fathers. Let US not grow
too skeptical, and wise in our own con-
ceit. Let us learn all we can bv all means
but let us not become too smart. Let us
still have faith. As Chauncey VI. Depew
said i'll New York this very month III
there is anything that | detest more
than another il is that spirit OF incredu-
lous historical inquiry which doubts
everything. That modern spirit which
destroys all the heroes who have been
the inspiration of heroism all through
the centuries" We are told that VIM.
Tell never existed, that Washington had
no Ratchet, and that PocahOntas meyer
saved the life OF a settler. This thing
will never do: for my part | am firm in
the belief in all these and more: that
old Put did kill the wolf and ride down
the hundred steps; that Paul
Revere dId take his midnight ride
OF warning, and that each and every
one OF us would have done the same if
we had been there.
Four centuries haye rolled slowly by
since the tiny ships OF Columbus drop
ped anchor on these shores. Forr CEN
turtles with all their marvellous changes,
more marvellous than we at first can
comprehend. We who live in the
nineteenth century, realize little of the
dangers and priyatlons encountered by
| tho first settlers in our land. Some oil
! shem came like Balboa aud DeSoto be-
cause they thirsted for adventure and
discovery. Some like Pizarro and CorIez
! with an Unsuitable greed for gold and
conquest. Some like the first settlers OF
Virginia and Manhattan TO secure lands
and trade with the Indians. Some like
| the Pilgrim Fathers to find refuge from
| persecution, and some like the Francis
| cans to convert the heather.
! Each and every one of them found
that he sought. Who can realize the
rapture OF Balboa when from the sum
init of the Andes the broad Pacific burst
upon his view? Who picture the de-
| - n l. a.
ed upon the swelling bosom
/ % the Father Of Waters ?
/ Wealth beyond his widest hopes found
/ Corez, but his death in poverty was
Insufficient punishment for his cruelty.
! The Virginians and the sturdy burg
hers OF Manhattan grew rich and gazed
| with satisfaction at their broad acres,
where corn grew and cattle grazed.
| The pilgrim fathers built their log
| houses in the forests Of Massachusetts,
titled their little farms with their rifles
beside them and thanked God for the
/ privilege of wOrshipping him in their
own way. The pious French priests,
regardless OF death and danger, braved
the terrors of the torch and the scalping
knife and found their approving con-
sciences their only reward.
From such diverse ancestors the
| Americans OF today are descended, and
they combine within themselves all the
! different qualities OF these dissimilar
characters. The same creative ingenuity
that taught the pioneers of America to
build rude mills TO grind their corn and
to construct the primitive looms upon
which was woven all the household
wear in its latest development has set
in motion the wheels that turn the
countless spindles OF our cotton and
wooden mills.
That same desire for wealth that
! Cortez felt sends the lonely prospector,
with no companion but his faithful
burro, toilsome miles into our noun
tains in his search for gold. The same
desire to see his cattle and sheep fatten-
ing upon his own broad acres has peO-
| pied our broad prairles and dotted the
fertile meadows Of our middle states
with hay and grain stacks. The same
love OF adventure and desire to visit
distant lands has led the sturdy pio-
neers farther and farther into the will
| derness until in every corner OF this
/ broad land may be found the homes OF
! these adventurous men.
! The same faith that animated the
brave Father Francis in his labor Of
love among the Indians, sends mission
aries TO heather lands today. Our dis
coyeries in science and medicine are
second to none. The telegraph and
| telephone, the electric light and the
marvellous phonograph, are all Ameri-
can invention. The first steam boat in
all the world dipped its paddle wheels
IN the Hudson river, and sent its shrll
/ whistle echoing by the palisades. The
! Atlantic cable, that faithful servant OF
| the press, ever thrilling with It's bur
den OF intelligence, which joins the Old
! world To the new, and makes them al
| most one country; by whose aid both
| time and distance are almost annihl-
! lated, was an American invention: laid
/ from the American shore, by American
enterprise and paid for with American
god. lt9 first message was one OF
peace. The works Of our authors and
/ poets have been translated into all
! knows tongues, and American Journal
| ism leads the world.
Could Columbus awake from his sleep
/ OF centuries and VISIT again the see aes
| OF his proudest trlum obs aud bitterest
sorrow, could he see before him this
magnificent country, with it's splendid
cities, whose towers and spires uprear
/ them selves in the flashing sunlight:
| Could he see the countless vessels upon
! river, lake and ocean, whose freights
are more precious than those OF which
| he dreamed: could he hear the hum OF
machinery; the click OF the electric
wire could he see the continent which