The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-18


- twenty others on
b0lrd. hove 20 at
The end o. o hard passage from Bristol
with the coast line Of the American
continent clad Ia the pleasing yordure
% the nhor,-liyod summer In full view .
before him. says the Independent .
Thoy were as the Cilen historians, Mr. /
Bancroft among tlom believed. the hrst /
Europeans 10 fct eyes on the continent
a. shore o. the new world. and what
ever doubts have been raised since by
the conflicting testimony OF the maps
whether Cabots hndfall was on Cape
Breton. on an eastern projection oi
Newfoundland. OF on the coast 0i lab
rador. his exploit created for England
her claim on the North American COM
tlnont In The marvellous events o.
the an but CO., years that have Stree
rolled away g. has become the narrow
opening Tor the English language,
English law and EngIIsh civilization 90
enter and spread over the continent
What john Cabot had done be- dld NOT
himfef know. The whole theory of
bic voyage was based on a series OF
geographical misundors andings The
fame OF bis discovery was never great
enough 90 prol, him much and soon
died away altogether The facts aa 90
bis iauiiall are in dispute. Not a line
has reached us Of bic journals or
maps he and bis hIrory remain aa
''the sphinx Of American history Tor
over 800 years" For sixty years The
story OF hls discovery was unwrItten
ln England Ills son. Sebastian. was
an old man living IN London when
Richard Edo began 10 stir mp his coun-
trymon with the thought that Cabot
bad found for them a great world 10
conquer and colombo England was
then waking up 10 the conception OF
America as nci,isr aa island on the
path OF Ca,hay nor a mysterious exc
tension 81 Asia. but an Independent,
continent. worth owning and ooloniz-
ing on Doe own account Richard llak-
luyt. one Of the greatest OF all gcog-
raphcra. appeared on the scene with
his t.ro'css energy and contagious en-
thusllsm. and proved the truth of
SidnCys ayirg Your Mr. Hakluyi
hath served Tor o very good trumpet q"
Then came Raleigh. Gorges, John
Smith. the pIlgr.ms. the puuians the
capture OF Quotce. the col'ars' o. New
France Do America. the expulsion of
Spain and the establishment o5 the
Enrl.sh-spOaklng people from the Arc
nc ocean 20 the pclinsular boundaries
behind which Mexico has ro'rcltel
with her Spanish civilization John
Cabo, and not Christopher Columbus
was the pioneer Of all this proud an
advancing civilization. The io0th an
adversary oi bis landiall on our north
Cn coast has vastly more Significance
Tor Us than tho spanish adu.rals hal
on san Salvador This anniversary o.
near 90 hand next June We caunW
afford 10 let q pass without ~
worthy recognition. 10 should D.,
enough and di-uigci onou-h 'o De- - b.
tesOu,aiiyc and national In us char.
acior 70 viu be- celebrated next Mas
n BRISTOL England tho pert from
Which cabot sailed. and in Haitian. y
S.. as representing ln a general wal
the coast on which his aniau WA
made The greater and more dIrni
iol commCmurauon should be- ln Ncy
York 0r Boston. as representing On
people 20 whom the greater benefit a
bis dleoyory was accrued. Tho fact
az the history have been collected an
admirably presented by Justin Win
for in on address before the New Yor
Historical society In November las
AZ present the American Historical al
socla,lon Is assembling az Columbia
university fof the annual meeting
the National society. The presence
this oraulzatiou calls 20 mind the b
rlnu.urs Of history ON this ooutinci
ana our debt to John Cabot The cel
hrati5n oi Caauts lnnd,all would be-
truly American anniversary. Such
celebration would advance popular O.
forest n American history hy mal
long steps 70 would turn the attc
ton oi students away from Spani
rouances and cruoliics 90 the Who'll
some and iur ruo'iyo facts OF our ov
national tcyc .opmcnt Il would al
clone ne true sources o. oar nation
power and the greatness the lines
growth and the principles Of nation
cohesion aud national expansion al
progfoss and awaken interest 90 {
moro Characteristic lines and fcatur
OF our national history.