Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-10

Christ. The chivalry OF the Crusades,
the ardor OF the Cross against the
Crescent still fingered in his breast, and
burned with the lambert purity Of the
coming Reformation rather than the
lurid flames Of the Inqustion, and he
beheld In the magnificent realms of
India which he was 10 reach by sailing
westward, the means OF redeeming
the Holy Sepuchrc, in which princes and
the armies Of centuries had failed. To
this end he looked with an anxious. eye
for the wealth of the Orient.
When glaJdened by the discovery OF
land his first act was to kneel and kiss
the soil and offer thanksgiving TO the
Almighty. Rising, he uniuflcd the
banner Of Spain and took possession OF
the land in the name OF his sovoreigns
and the Cross.
His return TO Spain and Repentance
at the court remind one. OF a Roman
triumph. In the procession. the gray
haired nero lent dignity as ne rode IN
the van, that made an impression OF
pathetic gravity upon the thousands OF
beholdcis who crowded the very roofs
OF the houses to catch sight Of the
wonderful genius, now mailman, adven-
turer. upstart, parasite, no longerl The
sovereiens received him, standing, in
pavilion raised specially for the
occasion and having listened with
breathlcss attention to his wonderful
story, knelt unanimously with the as
sembled multitudes while thanksgivings
and IL dSnwS were chanted by the choir.
This was a day Of royal favor and uni.
versal praise of Columbus. The tidngs
were soon carried from one country 10
another by traders, caravans and travc-
lers. In almost every country mass and
reioicings were celebrating the name OF
him whose towering genius and almost
unprecedent perseverance had shed so
great a blessing and glory upon the
world.
His days Of fame and happiness were
Of short duration. His companions in
the second voyage consisted largely OF
cavaliers, Adventures and hidalgos.
Gold was their object In the new lands,
but not the gold that comes OF honest
labor. Disappointed and embittercd
at not finding II in ready nuggets to
their hands, they returned to Spain and
Infused a spirit OF depreciation In their
friends. They were replaced by out
laws and mendicants; criminals and the
general scum Of Spanish society were to
form the subjects OF the Governor and
the germ of the future colony. The
outcome was natural; rebellion, defiance
Of law and authority, idleness. licen.
tiousness, Generalization. The sug.
gcstions given TO the sovereigns by
Columbus were full Of sagaciiy and
wisdom; the orders he gave for the
government OF the island were full Of
judgment and civil leadership, but who
could lead a body OF ignorant, bcsotted
outlaws and retain a reputation for
craftsmanship lntriguers at court
whose envy could not brook the favors
showered upon a stranger, intfiguers at
the colony whose dizziness colored their
obstreperousnes with apparent Justice;
ignorance, ayarice, idlcncss, licentious.
ness, ingratitude. envy the material he
had to mold-surely Columbus was glad
to rest II stands Spaniards in hand to
endeavor to throw of their own in.
gratitude by accusing Columbus OF in.
efficiency in government. Let Ameri-
cans or the world challenge Emilio
CASTELAR, TO disprove our counter charges