Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-20
IN THE ~TRAHSVAAL.

The interests of civilization are 100
closely interviewer with the practical af-
fairs of life for any portion Of the world
to be Indifferent to what is going on else
where in the line of shaping up the gov
ernmental conditions of men. 1t follows
that a controversy in far off Africa be- ,
tween the government of Great Britain
and that of the Boer republic, over prop
o~sitions affecting the rights of man,
aWakens the attention of the world as an
incident Of Importance to the history of
our times.
Whatever may be the final outcome of
The trouble. it will prove valueless to
spected or as a warning to be regarded,
if conclusions are formed as to it's merits
on a basis Of ignorance or prejudice.
Great results may hinge upon the man
ner in which the curtain is finally rung
down on the pending contest in the dark
continent. for the Transvaal lies at the
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possibilities in the way Of the worlds de-
velopment.
The issues which threaten war bear no
insignificant relationship to the rights of
man in every land under the shining sun,
and in the tribune Of blood it may be nee
essary to establish a principle that will
in future times make or unmake the
freedom of mankind. Shorn of diplo-
matte furbelows and frills, reduced to a
clear n unvarnished proposition of fact,
the controversy between England and the
Beers rests upon the distinction between
the inherent rights of organized govern
ment and the inherent rights of man.
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In modern times civilized governments
have recognized the right of men who re-
side within their geographical boundaries
to become citizens, and partake of the
protection thereby afforded to liberty and
life and the property interests of the in
dividual, and to have a voice in shaping
the laws to which they must yield allie
glance and support. Were men who come
from foreign shores, to dedicate their en-
ergies to the upbuilding of our republic.
and who invest their wealth in the de-
velopment of our resources, permanently
denied the rights of citizenship, and
placed under restrictions CALLING to their
manhood and inimical to their financial
interests, a protest would go up to high
heaven for relief. Yet such is practically
the situation in the Boer republic today,
in the treatment accorded the Uitland-
ers.
1t is all very we'll for the champions
Of President Kruger to insist that the
South African republic has a right to
deny to the men who nave made that
country what it is in an industrial way,
the rights of citizenship on an equable
basis, provided the individual has no
| rights which organized governments
must respect. But if the right of the in
dividual to settle in a country other than
his own. n become part and parcel in
the development of its resources, is, con-
ceded-if the right of a nation to exclude
from it's boundaries reputable men who
seek utilization with it's people be denied
then the cause of President Kruger
falls to the ground. 49, t#a.].=
There are some men who recognize the
right of wealth to override the inherent
rights of man, by effecting combinations
that presume to neutralize the express
sion of the first law of nature, and doubt
less many will insist on the divine right
of the Boer republic to deny the inherent
rights of the Uitlanders. while prOfting
from the energy and ability with which
they have developed the resources of the
Transvaal. AS the Inter Mountain has
heretofore stated, the controversy in
South Africa is a question of right and
wrong.
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