The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-01-06

rate himself
2 A betrayer Of Innocent Eirlhood.
n you please. doctor. wiil you read
What Justin winsor says about the In.
timacy OF Columbus with a certain
Beatrix Enriqnes. aud the fruit q that
intimacy. his iliegitimate son ferdl-
nand. and you viii save me the trouble
OF quoting u here.
3 A wife deserter.
n he was not a wife deserter. doc.
tor. what did he mean when he said
in a letter 10 the Spanish court that
he abandoned wife and ehlldren.
whom he never again saw
4. A kidnapper.
That Columbus was a kidnappcr u
stated In 80 many words by winaor
when he says: "Ho had already made
the voyage that OF a kidnapping By en-.
trapping nine OF the unsuspoeting ma
tives.-
6. He was n slave trader.
Our Italian friend says that Colurn-
bus was a missionary. aud nc marvcia
that !, a minister OF the gospel Fnould
critlclse such a sanity man. but what
does the record showG BY bis own tcs.
timony Columbus masea clear the fact
that the natives OF tho newly discov-
cred lands believed them messengers
from heaven and treated them With
the greatest kindness aud hospitality
Here was his opportunity 10 win them
for Christ. What did this frat mis-
slonary 90 10 the new world doI lie
kidnapped nine OF the natives on hla
FIRST voyage. later on he sent ship.
load back TO Spain 10 be sold. and
still later four shiploads TO be sold as
slaves. and set In motion a system Of
enslavement and oppression which re.
suited In the determination Of the na.
tlves on some OF those islands.
Hear winsor on the matter:
1T Is TO Columbus. also. that We
trace the beginning OF that monstrous
guilt which Spanish law sanctioned
under the name Of repartimientos. an
by which. 10 every colonist. and even
to the vilest absolute power vas
given over as many natives as his
means and rank entitled him 10 hold
Tyrant Also
6. He was a tyrant.
Now. doctor. viii you kindly tell me
what YOU think OF this? when nc
reached the coast OF Cuba We are told
that "He caused so OF the men 70
swear that they had reached the con.
tinent and anyone who should
on his return renounce his oath was 10
be find 10000 maravedi and have his
tongue cut out"
z. His boundless cupldity.
| -. ANfAmNfnFl
doctor. you win remember that Colum'
bus was always looking for gold. SO
much so that the natives came 10 con
slider gold TO be the god Of these raw
ayers. and you will remember that he
Imposed a tribute OF gold on every
adult native and that each one "was
Required to produce a hawks bell full
of gold once In three months on pen
lalty OF manual labor on the farms oi
the Spaniards."
Then still more OF the meanness oI
bis avaricious spirit Is seen in his rob
bling the poor sailor OF the promises
lreward for the first sight OF land and
claiming II himself on the ground thai
he had first seen light on tho shore
/ Shows Missouri
s. His remorseless cruelty.
This has already been showr. and
can furnish much more in substantial
ton OF the charge II Il Is called for.
Now permit me 10 say to our frlent
who says he Is from Missouri and re
lquests me to produce the goods" tina
] have shown some samples and hav'
plenty more OF the same kind In stock
The doctor thinks I have drawn OF
my Imagination for my charges agains
Columbus. think haze contincel
him to the contrary. But now permi
me TO say that I think Mr.. Paine Z
right when he deplored any criticism
OF the dead. But when n Roman Cath
. ollie order known as The Knights o
columbus" makes Il their business 4
fasten Columbus day" upon this fal
state OF Washington. not primarily 70
the reason that Columbus discoverel
America but because he was Romsl
Catholic (they never would hav
dreamed OF such a holiday had Colum
bus been Protestanu. and when the
. seek by law TO compel us 10 take on
, whole day every year TO watch M
: Roman Catholics parade our street
and hear their high dignltaries en-
lphasize their oft-repeated claim tha
this whole country belongs TO TIE n
man Catholic church by right OF ~
! covery. then as a native-born IRE
American. a property holder and
taxpayer In the state OF WashlneioT
: I think ] have a right TO protest an
TO state my reasons for SO doing.
Respectfully.
HENRY BROWN.