Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-05-17
Csb)t, c9Iunbls and Civilization
History Lesion % the Relative Valued Of
Protestant and Roman Cathouc Culture.

History Lesion On the Relative Valued 0
Protestant and Roman cathaNc Culture.
/ Nssr the Gloss of the f1fseentt
century two navigators, Johr
Cabot and Christopher Columbus,
sailed from different seaports in
Europe on missions which brought
them to the " rld's western hem
,sphere. They were followed by
others; and these other navigatora
we're followed by colonies, pioneer
settlers, aid advensurers. Cd
Two stres ma of humanity began
to flow west< ard in the wake oi
Cabot and Columbus; and. in
time, these human stree ms crysts
lizs into two clvilsz atoms funda-
mentally different even as Cab3t
and Oolumbss. and the countries
from which they sailed were diff
ferent.
Cabot sailed from Englsnd, q
| c. untry almost ripe for the Rsfor
mati,n. His course led him &c
the northern shores of territory
! now part of the United States.
lie e,tablished q connection, be-
tween Protestant England aud the
New England TO be, shat became
fixed 10 the Plymouth Colony
which formed the frst perm snent
Massachuset settiemen in 1920.
Columbus sailed from spain,
the European hotbed Of poperv.
The course of his first 70 Ysge vas
stralghs to Mexico, which he never
reach ed; nor did he reach any
part of American Mainland until
after John Cabot, aud his son, Sc.
bastian. had explored the New
England aud Labrador coast aud
had published their disco ssry ia
Europe. I
Colufnbns pfstsnded discovery
of Americaon October y, 1892,
was, in reality. the discovery. ef
she Bahama Islands. 0asa seeol d
voyage, in the next year, he sx .
plored ysmaios md Porto iea..
On third voyage, in 1893. he
touched the mainland of South
America, near the Mouth of the
Orlnoco River. On bis fourth
aud last voyage, in 1902, he got
as far this way ss the mainlat,d of
Central America. Bat he never
set foot or eye on any portion of
the territory now included in the
United States.
1t remained for another explor
or, under the Spanish Gag, 80 con-
tiuue seward the N ,rth America =
mail land. Oortez led his con-
qusring army into Mexico in 1919
This was practically Q bundEed
ysafs before permanent settle
wents were made se jamestown
and Plymouth R Ok Roman
Catho.ic culture had the start of
Professionalism in the New World
by about a century?
Dces Mtxico look like it now7
Catholic Spain pushed south.
ward in s-sroh of gold. There it
fonnd, and practically destroyed +,
h advanced civilisations Of
M-xico aud Peru. Protestant
Dutch aud English came north
ward ip search of religious FREQ
dom, finding only bands Of wand.
ering indians on the less hospit-
able shores sh.y occupied.
The p pc of Rome. TO encourage
the faithful, divided the New
World inso two parts, glvlug one
part to Spain and the othsr to
Portugal. R me, therefore, had
all South Amerloa and part of
North Amerioa, by occupation as
we'll as by x. ress grant of its in.
fslllbls pope. Was that not q
most wonderful opportunity for
Roman Catholic culture to prove
its boasted s@perlority?
When We remember that the
Spanish we're in control of Mexi>
30 q hundred years before the
Puritans landed in New England,
We must conclude shat r ma anism
ls the worse for o country the
longer it 10 present. Columbus
and has SUCCESSORS bestowed upon
Maxico and ell ssuth of it. the
same papi tito culture endured by
Spain aud Cothelio Europe.
Cabot, the Puritans who follow.
ed hi q, and she PIotessants of
northern Europe, planted th g
SEEDS oi prugie e,s in America that