Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
MAGELA MOUNTAIN.
English Evaporation at the Re-
verse in the Transvaal.
THE STIGMA OF DEFEAT
General Demand that the Beers
he Overwhelmed.

New York Herald.l
LONDON, February 2S.-JuSt wheI
the belligerent Britons we're dali,
expecting news of the wiping out 0
the Beers, and Just when the peac,
loving section of Englishmsn were
hoping that conciliatory negotiation
would lead to a cessation Of hostil
tiles, news comes again that the Boeri
are again victorious, that the British
were defeated with great slaughter
and that General Colley has been kill.
ed. This intelligence caused an OK,
element this morning which is moi
easily described. 1t painfully recall.
the defeat at Isandula. General Col,
ley is condemned generally, and The
utmost horror at the number of lives
sacrificed is expressed amid condemn,
atory calculations, expressions of con
idence in a future victory, a demand
for more achievements and editorial
screams for the vindication of British
arms. There is not one sympa-
thizing word, not one just acknowl-
edgement of the bravery of the hand
full of Dutchmen who have thus vim
Dictated their honor and brayely fought
their right to independence and lib.
erty. The Standard, whose CORES,
pondent is supposed to have been kill.
ed or captured in the fight, says
Hitherto it has been with impotence
aud with an uneasy sense of shame
that Englishmen have heard that
their government was negotiating on
equal terms with the victorious and
defiant rebels. That is all at an end.
There can be no more talk now OF
terms or conditions until the victori-
u British general at Pretoria pub
fishes the terms which shall be grant
ed to such of the defeated insurgents
as shall come in and sue for pardon.
There is more to be done than to set
tie terms with the Beers. The stigma
Of defeat must be wiped out and the
honor of the British arms triumph
antly indicated"
NO SURRENDER.
The Daily News says: "The Beers
will certainly not prove more traetable
than before, while concession from
our side has been rendered tenfold
difficult" All the newspapers say
that the credit of the army must be
vindicated at any cost, This, too, is
the feeling in military circles. All
demand that the Beers shall be over
whelmed. If these counsels prevail
it is only a question of time when the
heroic Beers shall be sacrificed on the
altar Of British honor. The Echo, a
strong radical paper, says, bitterly:
Peace will only now be brought about
by further bloodshed and misery. In
presence of this national humiliation
where are the radicals who made the
platform less than twelve months ago
roar with indignation at the war in
Zululand? And the fathers Of liber-
where are they? In office"
The cause of defeat is attributed
either to General Colley's own impru-
dence or to his endeavor to initiate
Lord Chelmsford, and by securing
victory to wipe away the disgrace Of
past mistakes. All agree that the
moral effect Of the Boer victory will
be the chief result, as the Dutch
throughout South Africa need but
little encouragement to join their
forces with the Beers. The Beers
themselves are now committed to war
to the end. As one paper remarks,
they are in TIE position of Macbeth:
/ am in blood
Slept in so far, should wade no more,
Returning we're as tedious as go Ger.