, 1877-07-05
8OUTu AFRICAN nHrrnLIC.
Nv &Ar ia ysA&uNH

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soc7n AFRICAN ahront1c
hy sonl u sick with every daY's report
os wrong and outrage With which Garth 10 Oiled.
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Inc protest OF President burgers On the day
proclamation on the day following, are what
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s"o cu1eufca I@hrlss'an eenl1etnan- Ass we,i
known, he is a young clergyman Of the Dutch
Reformed Church, and m eloquent preacher 10.
ho,h thc I1o,tand AMI t,,c Enr,lsh 1,nrraccs.
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4'le W. nenoss, - '"e A'et t'''tanss w 1es.s"
OF nation eccklne adjustment Of such oifli-
cultlea otherwise than by tho wholesale murder
OF var We believe tho God Of Nnttops will
sn,,,c an +btx nrort IN rail- In +ho n,@h NJ th,.
Pr,nec of pcacc. w. hnnc Enu,sm1,'a W Chr;stjans
f>mcrn wi,1 hec,, thts nratcxtl wHi,o"t wsItine
far n noar,1 ~ fnternattonsi 4 hrtItration - Il
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T'hr artton IT shcnstonc IA IN nndonhtc1 vto-
1cto ~ IL, .sn,a snlnn t@rntv iii, XII .tstnr
I,cnnhltc Thc movnsnnnt ~ fhn trncn. fnfo
~ ta,rttnrv ~ thc 1'ran.yaai uss ono n hasc
trcschcry.1bctnc, I'D t1onc antler cnycr ri mosime
r. ti,c vcs,H ,,,.tr ,,rofss.ten ~ fri,n,itr ~
I tcnt IT, v to aid HIT IL .,u3ing rsht from Chiuf
Mo has been a." o. ts must aud
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earnrn T,en- sYtrn ffc Hcn,,h5}r hsd et,n.
nncrsd nnec- a.i ,..r-T r. .ssss,. H." r.. s-t,t,,
the troe'ps arc quickly thrown IN, and the D1t-
fsh flag nnfuT'tzi oTes a. people stu strong
Who sissrJ to III hctTav' II tI'n, hsd snn,,e,teE"n
to do "a 1Lr Hnc nryrlnmatjnna ri
Slcpatonc Indicate that y was determined IN
Lonan, In the preceding October. to uttirp Ills
esrv bcyc ~ .i1, Il soa r,.a.nn = = tci,yn siso
fhat m kry II, ti,e nc4t,n VIVA In sIctnrmIns,
ton to roh th'e people OF thci5 gold fields, anlto
compel them to tratle With British merchants
lad taught them they could saye many null"
tons'a year oy trn.le with the United States.
Our own working gasses havc much involved In
thh last point THIS action prevents our mer.
10 turn would be employment, -Fivd relief
fro1n want and crime IN our own bordcrs.
FNoTzsT.
fREron1As April II, lsT.-WnEnnAs4 7,
the South African Hcpuhlic, have received a dis
patch dated tlle 9th lnst.) from her British
Malesty's Special Conmsslonez. sir Theophilus
Ebepstonc, informing me that Ala Exccllency
ernmcnt, TO bring the South African Republic
by ANNEXATION under tho authority OF tho British
CrDwn; and
WHEnEAs, hare not tho power TO draw tho
Independence Of this stato a,alnst such a supo-
rIor. power az that Of England; md, moreover,
feel totally disfncllncd, IN consideration Of tho
welfare Of the wholo Of South Africa, to Involve
ll9 HA&LQ lAAAu|kAAl3 III " tAlEaatION6 hAS O$ hIlf
fu'sttle nc9on on nv part, without having en-
plugged beforehand ali tncane to secure tho rights
OF the people lu peaceful way;
So tio hereby, In tho name aud by authority
Of tho Goyernmeut and the people Ut tho South
African Nepublic, solcmhly protest against tho
Intended annexation.
0igen under my hand, and under the seal OF
tho statc, at tho Uovcrnn,cnt UIlico ut Pretoria,
On this the 11th day uf April, IN thu year 1S77.
PROCLAMATION.
GoyKRNNHN7-flousK, rRkroKrAt April 19,
7S7.-WuxRkAst Her MAjcsty's Special Com
missioner, Sir Thcophllus Shepstuue, hua
Thought tit, tn spite Of my solemn protest en-
tered yesterday ngaln5t his Excel1cbcy'a' inteI.-
ton, communicated tome BY missiyc, datod 9th
OF April, carry out that intention, and has To-
dny proclaimed tho authority uf her Britauntc
MaJestY's uoycrnmcnt oycr tho South African
Republic; md
NnEnHAs, Tho Government has decided to
hnbmlt professionally under protest, for tho pur-
pUse 81, IN the meantime, scnlllQ0 to Europa
nnu America deptstation, III the pcrsons al
Mcasrs. \. j. r. Kruger and E. r. Jurlsscn, for
thr purpose Of defending the right Of tue lNt,-
pie. and fur cntlcaror1ny 10 arrive Ut peaceabls
soluton Of the matter:
4fop therefore, /, Thomas Francois Burgers,
State President Of the South African Republic,
hereby On tclatf and hv 1dyfcp Ut tic EXECUTIVE.
command ul officials, burrherH anil tnhabtfnnta