The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-15
COLUMBUS CHARACTER.
GLOOM, rIcruSs orHIsnrrr
i, pov. II. Il. uowison-A ritiiess'
it,, r,rste and Eomsn-oan
these Things lie so'

.r .. 300 severe 4" lN0 ''''''f''N ''- ~
''' 49, character fut they have not at
.,,I 90 mragu the authorities relied
s.tsi far tlo facts. nor 70 question the
......f lie differences drawn from those
.....,, the past haf-century Columbus
,.....na subject Of eager study 10y his
s.i .hs result has been the sweeping
l.. tic mists Of glory which once en-
....o and career As 90 the effect
trarr,spects oi she Chicago Expo
...t can be said is that II that great
cannot endure the light of history.
lent on q series OF ialseh0Ods for
...n dep.oraole condition
o. ..naghtlul and well-writton az
Coumbus have just appeared,
.- substance. confirm the views set
o-- lilo students l nited states,
... 1ifor widely IS % thor stand
los of treatment. One Is The
bus. hv Eugene Lawrence
Der of Harper's Magazine.
81 lily entitled Christopher Co
Band . rom the pen ot tthelbert ID.
4.ayette College, fenusy Nania.
7+...r t. |rnl number OK tho lIesuy teiiHn
...0r el Review.
,I0Ns pIsrPLrED.
..f..t s-e..e dissipates entirely any fond
aHn.fe-s may indulge that wo have
-...a data as TO the birthplace and
- .tul columbus. Washington Irving
y. .re.t " rk. The Life and voyages Of
.rs published siXty-hye wears ago,
.r.u us much of valuable truth. but he
l..t.- vl .Fer itau the brilliant glow OF TO-
which tlc world eagerly adopted when
..r aroi uat which the world has been
l. ..i Go discard. 50 far as 10 prefers truth
+-..asa. Leo article III Harper destroys
vi. 40. 3 I.f 1 a
l was born iu Genoa. and was the son
a.. -c0mber there. Where or from what
l.....-e le was born Is not known. Inc
t..t.r.nt Of tie Student nlte4 States,
o..a -f. that the life and death and final
4-..l. place of the reputed discoverer OF the
N.a r.l are all shrOuled ia gloom, istuly
confirmed.
Oh PIRATE DESCENT.
lilo Harper article makes 10 50 probable as
t1a.loalt to moral certainty that Columbus
WAS. .lood relative of two pirates father
.trl son. bearing the name of Columbia VINO
long infested the waters of the Mediterranean.
old that he was actually with them ~ service
t. tler vessels. His zeal and enthusiasm ia
2. se.leut years are admitted, and yet the
OWING sttemnts concerning him are
rat. Never was there more striking DIFF
ference than that between the traditional
mtus of tho biOgraphers aud the COium-
r.a 1884, lime somewhat softened his
..-..er traits. but ls early impulses never
lst ..m. lie became familiar with the slave
f.I in Portugal and introduced IL
the New World. He treated tie
r..f.s Of the new land with ptiless
severity. He threw them into chains
c.tnf their hands and feet or sold them as
c.ll..4.. O. misery and death. lie pro baby
slftrtel the fiction Ot the Caribs only 20 de-
efr.f ilem Las Casas thought that the
meut- If heaven had fallen upon the
i..r.I less di.c.VeroT ln almost every tralt OF
r excellence Columbus seems equally
wanting TO the Spanish settlers lu hispani-
s. be was "a hated tyrant. cruel usurper
Ie threw M0x'ca over the walls of his fort
v.tA his own hands. and speared him as he
sa His victims. hung By the neck, shocked
fls humanity of BobadlIa. Ills iugrati-
tide % the Unions bis betrayal of Beatrice
Ilriuue1. his falseho0ds bis fierce bursts OF
~tre bis a1arice his revenge, Lis wild ambi-
on ni5 p.0Us frauds h.s fauatical faith. can
ueveI be forgotten They may be forgiven"
] age l33
FAIsFH0On AND AvARICr.
Warfell's article is less severe on Columbus,
i.1 shows that the writer had not been fully
d. .e t0 withdraw bis mind from the influence
ee-tel ly the hctiOns and r0mauces of the
l.t Nevertheless this writer feels con-
o..eolaly about his fatehOlds and bis ava
ra BE sums up against him as follows.
Columbus is self convicted of lying. of pub
deception of perjury of enslaying innO-
cent natives and of using high Office as d
ieal, of public violence Columbus was
81 0l.y mere man. bat he was "a man of
g. intense selhshucss Ho may be excused
s aek of patriotism. since, As home
aIrentUrcr. ne owed 100 allegiance. but
D NU g.
D. pr0io-sed se.fg lOrlcauon % the sue
c-s, .f the course which had become em-
l.el in him. and still less for preterring
OF f0 fle glory of that God whom he so o.
'-au0usly affected TO serve Page Zij.
VISIT ro ICELAND.
b .- somewhat remarkable that both Of
t.ta articles pass over very superhcially the
t.t as o. the visit of Columbus 20
Iceland n 1877. and the results
i..-.f Narhe.d even falls into the curious
81. quoting the words OF Columbus IN
.s o. .elore tho court of Spain lin which he
Ta. wholly silent as % bis visit 20 Iceland
o. e.teuce that such voyage had never been
l.is ay Lim. lie forgets that Columbus in
iatal carefully % suppress al allusl0n 10
g.. fo. age. because be intended to claim for
i.-..t fle whole credit of the sO-called dis
erry. The fact that Columbus made that
.-e 90 Iceland iu l471 never was disclosed
d.. .l lu bis lifetime. To was made known
t'., los death by his natural son. Fer
rst l his Historic del Almiraute' lie
.s li the island and s0 describes il and
teal dining seas that Us identity cannot be
t-i and we know By definite and
trustworthy historical records that the Sagos
tt.ttel narratives. then IA Iceland gave full
cunts 0f tie visits OF the Norsemeu 10 North
erica If the occupation and settlements
t.-e which lasted three years. and OF the
i l.lenf " n Christian bishop for Vim
Ali Thus the network OF evidence closes
a. lab Columbus.
l-, though the students United
f-ies thus confirmed il is SIM
-nce TO that work 10 state
lai admits al tho merit that can be
lane l0r columbus. tor 10 says. But
deserves the credit of courage
lei. .ar beyond the standard of his age
e work so far from manifesting any
against or opposition % the Chicago
fa.r. shows proper historic interest
tic history proper ends with tie
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