, 1879-05-10
THE zuLUs AND THE DoERs.


corresponArnce Netp lnrk Hera'd.
MaRrrzDuRG. Natal, March 17.-Dlshop
Colcnso, whose nu'nc must DO famillnr to many
Amerlcnna, lives worry outct Ito here. lie will
never regain the popularity he lost when ho so
fuoI!shly intcrfered III political matters. lie
has only very small following, and weekly the
spectacle is presented Of ono Ut tIlu greatest
minds Of tic Nineteenth Century preaching to
o congregation to bc numbered only by scores,
The bishop evidently thinks ho has mission
to perform Or he would not remain. Hs recently
preached sermon ut starltzburg from the tcxt,
Micah, yl.,8 ae hath showed thee, 0 man,
what Is good; nnl what doth the Lord require
Of thee. but to do juatly, an1 to love merely
and to walk humbly with thy Gods"
Tha Bishop denounced tho Government rs
having brokcn al1 these Divine commandments.
Aarnoniaflilg bis congregation that tlluy had
Eresaons. but the NATIONAL stns for wt,icl, they
had BEEN amfttCu, llc defined his own mart as +,
minister Of religion In the tnutteF II Will hot
prostitute my sncrod oi!lcc." ho deelarel, ssby
W hiding the sins which we are bousl,l to Is con.
less, Alni telling yOn VI faults which nre not the
real burden that weighs us down. Rather, I
Will nut dnrc to provoke the Most Iligl. God
wit', s!.c soWaTtlly Delinquency n daty such
Origin Of thu war nhll tho disaster ~as the n-
Hc1ation Of the Transyaul. when. rs tic Yoers
complnined, Wo caIne by stealth ns thief lu tho
night aud deprived them ot tlrir r'g,itsl Tie
with rcsrcct to tho disputed territory, had W.
done Justly ,here1 W., ti.r dominant poVer In
South Africa, allowed nxteeM years oc!apse after
tllo Znus first colnpIaiuel beforHwe took actun
sn]clted Tic friendly .otllccs Ut the English to
avert war with TIL. Bocrs on this QUESTION,
Which seemed to them Inevitable. Tiny cye1i
begged tlle Government 70 take over n strp Of
md the Bucra. Arbitration be.an n,,tl was trutt-
less, amt ~ 1876 thu Acting Resilient ISSUED Il
proclamation nnnexlnE tllu land III 1l.,rs,tu to
illn Transynal. AZ length, In 1871, when
n,ou1aary IT, Co'ntnl'sion wns appo'ntc1. + f,uul
Justly ti1rir own; but the award, which might
!luYe been the hernll of puarc, was uonyastwl
W tie High Commissioner lttp declaration Of
war, md stripped Of lss value by reservation
Government. tflic Duer Government. It wns
said, hati granted Out III Inruls tlle wulo Of Ills
lan.l In guetIon. TlIu Zulu Kin. would haYo
l!al no control over II wlnI.eyer. Then, hnt' VIC
love mercy, 'haylng done justly In tin matter
u the awnrd, wa should lIuyc lind ynutaru-
ground lor improving the mora! unl aoclal con.
u!tlun ut lie Hulus.
show ttat NC were men Wl.n love mercy. Dill
W. not, immediately VIC crossru thu b0rdcr, tay
1lpon thu Zuius tho terrible senlrgu Of war.
Had %s rot already killed b, ,0o0 human beings
n,'.! plandersd o,ootj head .ot ca,tloi We iaI
lost mn,iy precious lives; hut were tmro no
srle!s, no Relatives mourning tllelr lead, IN
ZulunHdi Had We uut Heard lllu vail tllat had
gone up tn all parts OF the country for those
who had brayoly atnl nuh!y died IN rrpeiitg tllc
lal.dt Should wo kill Il, QUO mora 10 syc,,go tlm
lusses ot lSa1!dhlwanai Would tia. please l,ud,
who required Of US that W. should 'du iu4tly'
mn! love nsrey'l Alas tlat an English suites
.Wiplag out this sta!o,' II he really mcaut Tint
elin stain Oh our natslc was ~ bc wiped out with
t'G blood Of brave a,M loyal people. The
'Euii hlns, as wns well known, Ind surtl Mt orr
motives, but ho trusted a,,a believed The King
@ was sincere III fis expression Of gr'cf. for shs
present waE md thn slaughter ut Isanlhlwa.la.
nS ssen1s4 T. hayo sa|l: 'lhs war Is aI y
posstblu that | ain 0ghting with MY Eurlyn
father, With whom lnya lived all aionp II i'm.
BROKEN irleu'lly intercourse, uni have no Wish
EnatsvSr ~ 70 . ~ soi y yYapg men did wrong
not to eross, anu When struck struck only in
sc!t'uetcnse; a'ld III hcforu IN my own and my
fathers tins, 81 ever AiGco tho bloody lny tht,
1ulus have neyer Invaded Nasa!. As English.
sbe ,u l' war w9'S Su % b1og NJ osg etoS b.
accept Wa were l,oN,ni 10 ,ncot liz Zuiu Ktnr
when no calHo with u prayer ot ptacu to prurnae
for our hIEl!er mud stronger posltlau such terms
as 4 would he witl!n hts power to aceeos, ul.I,
having 1ane this, 10 leave the rest to tiu4!''
THE 1ltANsYAAL n0RRA
Sir Uarklo Erere, thu High Commissioner, Inn
BEEN hero for several months, but has uow lrft
for tllu Tsansyaal. Affairs III that usw colony
are a. unsettled antl as unsatisfactory as ever.
I!isfa is disunion everywhere, UNI not Il Ii,l,e
Indication OF oprh rebellion. No t.npariiul
tnrclsncr, who fairly inquiries Into t1lv justt,Iru-
itnls put forward BY Envlnn1 for "lumptng p"
th's miniature Kepubllr, cali come To- my otlirr
conclusion than that II WIS un net Of gross ILL
ent every day Engiand u,adc prc,unso t!at
Why sha a,'1'uxsd thu Republic was hccausn II
c',lM not Eoyern itsulf properly, .hut H. could
Not ngut Tue natives, uli. above nil, that 1t
could not pay o.1 al! ita debts. specious aophis-
Try. Eug!ulat,. great aud mighty England,
coln0s ior"ard 70 be both falher and mother
to tl's Ttanssaal 1ur9hess. What is tho result
aftsr s two yeurs nf government by Engiisnenf
What was then disturbed llas brcu,Ms co,npists.
~ dctnotalszed. English troops havo hatl 10 to.
treat beiore leknkunI, and in the Gr.t engage.