, 1880-12-30
ol'sorved scrtentloualy, "whcn tho pcoplo
arc tr0r" Tile unfortunate ina,1 may Justify
tho Rebellion now on tltls uncertain ground,
THE REV0LT or THE pRO.BLAVEnY
B0ERS,

THE REVOLT or THE pRo.sLAvEn7
B0ERs.
Tld history OF tho ltitlc Transynnl Repub-
lie, whose people, tic l,ours, are now in re-
bclltun nEalnst tito nut1lottty Of tho English
Government. fs 4 romantic o,,e, md, III oNo
seiIse, tho revolt of tho Doors resembles tho
Secession Of our SDt,tlleril Btntos, since the
former lk1 tho latter l,aA for lts primary
s'ottvo tho preservation Of slavery, though
other Issues entered uto tho Annexation OF
t1,eir country to Circuit britain.
The Dutch established tl,elr first Settle
,nonts In South Africa rs long ngo rs 1861.
Tla colony continued to grow slowly hut
steadily Until t7h, when It was Invndcd mil
conquered by tho British. III 1sG), nj tho
pclco 0f Amtcns, 1t wna given up to linl-
ln'nl; but, TO keop It from falling Into tho
lant's of Tic French 1,ndcr Donapnrtc. II WIS
again occupied by British troops III lsoN
S1ncu tint time tho British boundary has
been continually pushed back further south,
md enlarged by colluucsts altl at,,exations
Of tho adjoining tribes mud districts.
As tho English cmtgrants poured IN, the
relative Importance OF the DITCH bcgnn to
twIndle nwny. between tho English colo
nists hNl tho Dutch Duers there WINS neither
sympathy nor atllllati0,,,-oIl Tho contrary. II
very cordial hatred. f.-and WHEN their colony
wla transferred to urent Britain this hatred
grew mora intense. lilo primary cause Of
It was slavery. Tho Boers were shareholders,
anil cruel ones nj tint. The English colonists
woro bitterly opposed TO tho system. AS
600ll rs thu tratlsfer was nudo tita 1}ours
fns5
E'lsll rule. using tho argument tint, rs tho
English did not like slayery arul they did,
they lad tho right to go beyond tho limits Ut
English rule, estnbllsh colony of their
own, anil maintain their peculiar institution.
The English at first sought to prevent their
mtgrntioll, ind In l$At tho right WAS invcsti-
gatcd by tho Attornuy.tieucral OF the Colony,
w',o decided ttnt, wl,llu the old Dutch
lnws prevented them from crossing thu
border Of tho cotony, they could not prevent
t!lom from seeking tlloir fortunes in other
lands. Hut still stronger motive urged
tllcli on, for III 1854 a Inv WAS passed. 10
e'nancipate all the slnyes III the colony, tho
Inv tn tnke ctIect In 1853. This threatened
to overthrow tile entlro domestic Institutions
of tho Doors, for they wUrc fot,nlet! upon
slavery rs firmly aEhl completely as, the tnsti-
.t,s t,,,...,u w. M" MI eo"'.'oM ~ o.to' p1'o' ~
Y a.',o., '''o" t,a'' tno cn,''Iil''..oh IL" w.
,n",,",, e,a ~ ~ @ n.a ', su eSu"4s WINS, euas.
H.. .'' "uo"s wv 5ea4 to''' "hci. 1'.os
now called tho Transyaat. they were OIL their
way to Natal. While pursuing their course
ncross wilat Is l,ow called the FREQ State
,,,,,. a., - tot'"".' ., t.u'' enic1'
n,,api .u,.t, s",,sa"s"..e... @nen t'a.'eo
s'aaa"ao' IT, t." a','. t. r ", s1s
Sata, n,a..as @ 1,M .,,, W ". ss'1,e's III
a,, .,,,,. ...as "ao nsu ~ e'.s noels'
~ u,n 49," w. t,.,a . o u',e,mo, ,.',.'
W..','..a 80 e"p" s",ons "ppo'A''i@ o'i'a''
-e"'e,'., w. tAo'"
otNcl l''c 'ca"ossn'pol Ainfeas fietoFfns,
"'oss !neohpfo'o'slhg Union l'if'tah. alNl
nun u efe.s courage anu oplllty' feocll-
lou WIS lhsllga'ca aeaanst English n'itlorI-
~ ule opJeet or u belhg lho independence or
etle s'n'eno'''lhe boers livlhg south OF Inc
'"'l il'cl' III loao sne toVer1lor 'ssEcu Il
p1"c'ai'".I'ol' "enslhs tne1t T1ght 10 1or'h MI
.1''epe"ue',t sa'eAoia'ne community even
oIso,." ni"'sI' uoano"'1es' 4Ho slsnssio
"t.ish WIZ c"s'leo l''s1eo lot seven or eieht years
WIZ '"'sine sucecss' a'"4 e"aea III ulo de-
.eat u .e 1'oe!s ~ tllo accis''o oa's!o or
n,ul' ~, A'""'s. t1etota"s ne't aeioss the sa"i
WI" sum- u ms lo,.o"eis. a1s" eataollshc0
eo'. " p'o,s'hfe!s !sep"o.ac' III WHICH tnero
M"s ti'o ''Iost pe'aeea !rcceom lor tho white
nutcli',"''' pub ~ eSems pEo'ca, none lor
tno o'''ck nh.1'e. 1ie Ehglish rchl'zcu ta'e
useles'less Of ioliow'hg them tiftl'er. for IT
1los "sie".l"cAeu t'lete. aefoss INC Saa!' they
II.