The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-23
THE BOERS.
Their Disks to British Rule-Extension of
the British Dominion in South Africa.
NEW York Times. !

should there be an insurrectiOn in the
Transvaal the English will certainly have
their hands full In South Africa. for the
not less brave than the warlike Zulus., The
feeling between the Dutch and English has
never been as friendly as it might have been.
Englands possessions In South Africa, like SO
many OF her colonial territories. were taken
from others, who did the first rough work OF
discovering and occupying the land. As she
got Canada from the French, Jamaica from
the Spaniards and Ceylon from the Dutch SO
also she got the Cape OF Good Hope from the
Dutch, who had been the first to deal with
the Hottentots and Bushmen. Ia 1906,
after a century and half O. Dutcn
rule, the Cape became an English colony, ana
the patriotism OF the original european seg.
troubles came-the contests between the
white men and the savages, and the contests
between the settled colonists and those VINO
have been "trekking backward from the SCI
Elements These latter are the Beers, VINO
disliked the laws made for the protection Of
| the slaves. for the reason that they preferred
| to do as they pleased with their own: "A ilght
| occurred between party OF Dutcn ana tne
former was killed and the rebels were beaten.
| Then followed an act Of vengeance. Six men
were condemned to be hanged, and their
| friends were condemned to see the execution.
ratus. overweighted with the number, broke
down when the poor wretches dropped from
the platform. They were half choked by the
ropes, but gradually struggled back TO Ire.
Then prayers t ~ e. oeer
to see they were hanged, and ne performed
| his duty. They were all Dutchmen, ana the
| implacable Boer has said ever since that ne
cannot forget Slaughter Mex, the place OF exc n
eution. In 1888 slavery was abolished In all
lands subject to the British flag, and th,s
again created great animosty among the
Dutch Inhabitants Of the Cape. Unable to
obtain recompense for their slaves, the Boers
again receded, or 'trekked" backward, as
thev called IT, Many OF them settled along
the Vaal river, in the Orange Free State,
where they bought land and resumed farm
ing. In 1868 diamonds were discovered IN
this part of the world. The diamond bearing
district extended up and down the Vaal, and
was mostly owned by Beers. Much against
their will, the farmer were obliged to throw
open their lands to the diamond seekers on
the terms which the diggers themselves
English fer protection, Whereupon t In
tlres district, 20 still determined to take
themselves beyond the reach Of English man. !.
: ners and English laws, the Dutch "trekked
backward to the Transvaal, where Andreas
| Pretorius, who had been driven out OF the
9 Orange Free State by British troops, had long
4 before founded a republic. But hardly had
4 they settled ia their new homes before the
English proclaimed on the part of her Males,
iy the sovereignty of that land. England
z annexed this territory with its 10000 Dutch
men the Europeans Of the Transvaal, as OF
| the Orange Free State, are almost exclu-
) sively Dutch and it, 25o0oG Of native popu-
lation. The Dutch are an Industrious re-
a spectacle, pastoral race, but they are mostly
} all Beers, who have long been discontented
: with their present political condition. They
Z do not desire to remain under British rule,
and the prosperity which has attended their
) countrynlen in the neighboring State has No!
decreased their dissatisfaction