The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-23
A CONFEDERATE WOMAN.
c, Column bus.

To the Editor OF The Times-Dispatch
Whats Hecuba to him. or he to
Hecuba,
That he should weep for her?"
s!r.-The quotation from Hamlet"
IS somewhat OF a paraphrase on your
editorial OF the 18th instant, to the
effect that Governor Walter Roscoe
Stubs. OF Kansas. at the Columbus
Day dinner in Kansas CITY Never
You say that other speakers scared
In marvellous flights, but none distin-
gu!shed himself in the same way as"
the Governor OF Kansas.
II Govsynor Stubbs spoke without
as matter OF memory. ne could not
have reverted back nearly four CEN
turies. when Christopher Colon or Co
lumbus. a subject OF the republic OF
Genoa. came into existence. but the
time and place of whose birth are not
known with certainty?
As the chief magistrate of a State
which recognized the right Of women
universal d!sfavor prevailed against It.
might he not have established the
'v!r!le patriotism" of Kansas beyond
peradventure by a brief notice OF the
of his own and other countries tor
several years were needless Of Column
bus's appeals. and Ferdinand OF Aragon
was TO the last so violent that Ia
prise Isabella OF CASTLE, -egrettIng
the low estate OF her finances. gem
erously offered to pledge her own
jewels in order to raise as much money
as might be needed In making prepara-
tions for the voyage?
The conjunction of a woman's faith
and help, without which the land OF
the free and the home Of the brave
the Western Hemisphere. ought to be
enough in itself TO justify every rea-
sonable concession for women's politi-
cal rights. and to emancipate them
from the narrow limitations which. IN
a customary and Anticipated way. the
lords of creation have so long imposed.
Columbus accepted the belief that
the earth was round, else during
lunar eclipse the ear this shadow on
the moon would not be the reflection
of the circumference OF a perfect cir
Gle. From this fact he reasoned that
a voyage westward would end in being
bring him back from where he started.
With q crew already detected and dis
mayed. nature itself seemed to be al
tered. when 1t was observed with as
tonishment that the magnetic. needle
in their compasses did not point exact
ly to the polar star. but varied to-
wards the west. and as they proceeded
this variation increased. Columbus in
satisfy himself It did, however. 70.
the time being dispel the Gears and
silenced the murmurs OF his men, It
has only been accounted for in recent
years by the discovery that the mag
netic pole and the north pole were not
the same.
When they had been above three
weeks at sea, the men were clemor-
Gus Tor 2 return. and some OF the most
auds cious proposed to throw Columbus
into the sea. AS the voyage proceeded
birds began to appear in focks Co
lumbus. in imitation OF the Portuguese
navigators, who had been guided in
several cf their G'ScoYeries by tie no
due west towards the quarter whittier
they pointed their flight. After hold
ing on for several days in this new
direction without any better success.
impattence. rage and despair appeared
in evDry countenance.
AS last resort, Columbus promised
to his men tn ~ IL they would accom-.
pany him three days longer and land
were not discovered. he would then
abandon the enterprise and direct his
course toward Spain.
The symptoms which Columbus con-
sidered when he promised to return
after three days. II land did not APP
pear. rapidly increased. A cane. which
piece of timber artihc!ally carved,
We're found floating. The focks of
birds increased. and were composed
MT only 81 sea fowl. bu: Of such land
birds as could not be supposed to fly
far from the shore And thus 1t came
to pass. as was said in Ecclesiastes:
"a bird OF the air shall carry the voice.
and that which hath wings shall carry
the mater"
on liz 18th CT October 1892, Column
bus landed on one Of the Bahama Isles,
which he called San Salvador.
In submitting a few OF the salient
features which led to the discovery OF
..smerica, think 81 80 quite impossible