The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-14
pr as men than the war upon the

or as men than the war upon the
Beers.
When the English, early in this CEN
fury. occupied the Cape Colony OF toe
Dutch. the Beers, a remainder of the
Huguenots,. who had fed from France,
being unwilling TO come unaer En- 31lsh
dominion, moved 10 TO the Vaal river.
hundreds OF miles from the Cape. and
there, for a generation, they worked ana
nrospered But the Beers were forced 10
move again, and went over into the
Transvail and there made a stand for
l,fe and freedom. and defeated these
English invaders in every skirmish and
every battle. Generals Conroy and Jou-
bert their leaders, QHuguenots). set an
example Of dignity and humanity to these
Enplish invaders; which was not lost
,,non them. for when IL was earnestly
rcd in the British Parliament that the
prestige Of the British arms required
fresh invasion and conquest OF the
Transvaal. the purpose was . qeieateu, anu nt
IN Mir Gladstone is due the honor o.
vtndicating the English sense OF Justice
on that occasion -. .,.o-. haya roe.
Eugland's more recent wars nave iost
none Of English rigor.
TIE war in the Soudan was especially
disgracefu1. in its preteXt, us conduct,
and in its conclusion. oho,,, tie
or course. we have no reports about its
conduct, save from EhgIts" so"'SeS'
are there IN your county Ill
Rut a letter was published in well
known London newspaper Tor the ETY.
Gcation OF the friends OF ne youl gen .ts-
men" which tells US, now, aitei ~,
h.Itia cor hold Of a splendid spear, ana
atoh%ad more than one dozen natives
Win II, and IL was fine TO see the pIo q
gush out upon the sand' OF "o'u9
TO this effect. ..t,,,, ,ro, tho
nunisbrnent OF Young Iams, the Only a.
of indiscipline. Of General SnoWden Ut
tie army at Homestead, this same hhgi I.sn
Court journal thanked God TOT me eH az,
widening difference t DtS"1en larse no OH
Ger of the English service COLO e ,;Isa
be found. who could do anything ike
that, etc" dorire
Colonel Burnaby was q very daring
and hardy British officer, who some
wears ago, made a ride to khlVa anu
wrote a book about 81. He tells us how
| he met with an Arab chief In the desert,
Of whom he asked rs II true that To-, VIZ de'
Won were fighting the Russians, YOU de-
| stroyed the wells in the desert? ne
old mans cheek flushed high, as ne
Tcp1ied: mo, that would be a sin against
Buruaby fell fighting bravely at the
Abuclea Wells, on the Soudan, and when
the English army finally defeated, re,
treated from that country they DESTROYED
those Abuclca Wells, me only M rocinri
rho isst war-that In the Matabele
country-has Just closed, and It's record
Is said TO he as inhuman and as crtei
as any OF the English African conqueStS.
Ola Chetovayo said Of the En@lish
mode Of conquest, when his detence OF ms
country was ended and he SEM OIL 10
grace a British holiday:
First comes the missionary,
Then comes the trader.
Then comes the solder.
It Is natural that the negro woman ~,
who seems to be active AMONGST lne
! English humanitaIians, should synlpa-
thi7e with her race in America. 49,
They have been for more tnan wv
centuries the most uhi1Ftuna'f nc
upon the earth. and they have b en- me
victims Of English greed ana CrueiIS
beyond any other people
"I,et him take who has the power
Let him keep who can.
has been Englands motto away pa
to the Norseman and the Danes ana Sna
Norman whose descendants they al =
and whose greed and cruelty they repre-
The sweeping and usual reply TO thl5
view of English character L: heE are
a great people, Sir SO was GU I.o'ti,
great once Like little Enslahd, sue s,a
comDassed the whole earth Ope, ASIA
and Africa were her tributaries Bht no
man ever says hers We're Soou PeoP'V,
Nor do we remember That sRe enTI -,1f p
up any claim 10 goodness. O9r rLiI Us Is
kindred claim all the piety OF creation
They are the champions or the s'edI
Protestant Church Of England. AS GA
chetowayO said: First comes me NM M
siOnary. The highest and greatest Oh our
nennle believe them the eNponehts OF
the unrest Christianity on earth. lheI
will not consider the great chaTitles anu
nure Influences Of he CathoHc ShuICh,
In a recent letter from clever anu h
good woman an earnest meIlDel VI '"e
EDiscopai church, came this' o,...
"As for Professionalism, the Germans
aid their share for its preservation WINE
tho French huguenots sheu more DloOu
in its behalf than ever England saw,
We in America, are English speaking
hut are not English and cannot be count
ed as an argument upon her slue Oh tne
question We are Il composite hdIIoh anu
our national character is most ul-hhs
1T Is not fair 10 count Professionalism
| as The only pure Christianity The Catho-
| iic church Of the middle ages was a
cesspoll of iniquity, immoral, Gefellei ~. ~
DEGRADED. But modern Catholicism mas
| done more for the regeneration OF tie
| masses of mankind than any eccieSiasH-
cal body whatever And believe thar a
fair and Just comparison or her work IN
] tho last hundred years, among the hea-
then at home and abroad. VIII place her
iIn,naasrrably in the lead. as the great
| eyangelising influence Of the world.
Il can't believe in her articles on
faith. but when IL comes 10 her WORKS
| She commands my admiration"
| 0ur blessad Lord says. by their WORKS
| We shall know them" Measured by this
! rnIe where will our English kindred
stand? ,,.. -.
Ms or the negro in their errand OF profess
ed humanity. -,
do no other people. We alone have humi1,
| iated them In war, and even surpa ssed
| them in prosperity, power. and humanity
Therefore, IT IS their currupt Hteraiure
| teens with disparagement OF American
manners and American morals, and they
! have planted their ports and naval s.a-
lions along our whole seabOard and are
| now seeking to control that NicIfaguan
| canal. so essential to our commerce and
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