Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-10-15
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IN A NUTSHELL.

The address Of Ex-Judge Augustus
Van Wyca, last Wednesday night, be-
fore an immense New York audience,
called to express sympathy with the
Beers, and which was also addressed
by Bourke Cochran, presents the case
so ccncisely that it SHOULD be read by
/ every Intelligent person throughout
America. Judge Van Wyck said:
About the same dime the Pilgrims
| sailed for Plymouth Rock a little band of
| Dutch sailed for Cape Colony, Africa. and
aaifterward have been known as the Dutch
! Beers or farmers.
The story OF the Pilgrims is known to
you aIl-thetr struggles with the ssvages,
then with England their declaration of
/ independence and war in its defense, their
! second struggle with England. for recog-
| milton on the high seas, their battles of
bunker Hill, Saratoga and New Orleans.
| The story CT the Beers resembles it
| very much, the distinguishing difference
| pelng that she was alone and not ore or
| thirteen allied colonies. They also strug-
| gled with the savage and then with the
English.
after, in the 1915 division Of the world.
| Cape Colony was transferred by Holland
| to England. They finally, to avoid OPP
| preston, trekked one thousand miles in
| the wilderness from time to time and place
| TO place, until they crossed the River Vaal,
| the most sterile part of that continent,
| known as no mans land and disowned
| by the English They were there IN
| search of peace, the right TO govern them
| selves, wrest living from the ungrateful
| soil and live under laws of their own max
ing: This religious. domestic, industrious
and agricultural people had TO struggle
time and time again against the savage,
| but in the end made the Transvaal bios
| som.
In 1854 England, finding nothing in this
| God-forsaken land worth her considera-
ton, hauled down the British flag, ac-.
knowledging the absolute independence OF
/ the Beers.
In the seventies the Kimberly diamond
mines were discovered on the edge OF the
Orange Free State England claimed them
as purchased from a black chief, and the
Free State surrendered them.
ION April H. 1877, England seized the
| Transvaal and told the Beers to trek IL
again. But they were SO surrounded they
could move on no further, so they revolt
ed, and on December is, 1880, issued dec
laration OF independence written by Dom
Paul, sentence Of which | will read you:
" We declare before God, who knows the
heart and before the world: Any one
speaking of us as rebels is a sianderer.
The people of the South African Republic
have never been subjects TO Her Majesty,
and never will be-
'"They raised their 'four-color flag over
the temporary capital. The English called
, these sons of liberty 'beggars,' as the
Spaniards did their ancestors in their re-
l,yolt, and as the English did the Yankees
"On January %. 1881, they defeated the
English at Laing's Mex, their battle OF
Saratoga. Feb 26 1881. they defeated the
English at Majuba Hill, another York
town for England.
"On March q. 1891 treaty was entered
into reserving 10 England limited suZer-
ainty. In 1884 another treaty was entered
into in which the word suzeranty was
dropped and absolute independence was
granted except that the Transvaal agreed
not to make treaties with other neignbor-
ing countries. except the Grange Free
state, without Englands, cooperation.
Once again the Beers were happy.
I'm 1885 the gold mines were discovered
in the Transvaal, now producing one-thlrd
of the gold product of the world. The no
MAIDS of the mining camps of the globe
FASTENED to these new fields in such num-
berS that there We're soon three OF them
to one Boer.
made one big chartered trust Of the Kim
berly mines. the most valuable business
enterprise of the world. and. desiring to do
the same with the Transvaal gold fields,
inspired the Jameson invaders in their at
tempt to overthrow the Dutch Republic:
They We're defeated IN 1886. at the battle OF
Doornkoop, their battle of New Orleans
Rhodes. conceived new scheme for the
control of the Transvaal. The English
Government demanded the enfranchise-
ment of the miners and the use of the En-
glish language in the Volksraad (Con-
gress).
THE refusal to surrender their country
20 the mining camps Is the only cause OF
war THAI the history of the present con-
troVerSy discloses.
Their story presents two novelties
the demand of one nation upon another TO
| enfranchise the formers citizens without
requiring them to renounce their native
allegiance is the first instance of bigamy
in citizenship. The generous act OF send
ing the Jameson invaders to England 10
| be tried there rather than in the courts OF
the invaded country. whose people might
be suspected of unfairness.
II appreciate the great honor of presid-
ing over this meeting. an audience COM
posed of sincere believers in the brother
] -l,1 h. lCa
TO indulge in the hope and engage in the
mission of suppressing blood-thirsty pas
sion, hideous sins OF satan; and magnlfyc
ing unseifsh friendship, lovely daughter OF
justice, to the end that the negotiations
pending now between the strongest and
the weakest nation. of the ole. continents
may result in an adjustment of their con-
troversy with equal honor to both.
Cannot our republic extend sympathy
70 her little sister republic and urge the
British Empire to treat her fairly and gen.
erously. as we'll as Justly. without the
slightest suspicion of !ll-will on her part
toward England?
| gated by the Peace Commission held at
7 the Hague last summer makes 1t Ameri-
cas- duIy to use her friendly offices to
ut declares in the following words that
neutral nations shall on their own initia-
tive offer, as far as circumstances permit,
teading states: which act can
never lie regarded az an gnfriendly act
Is Il possible that toe llttle repNDHCS or
I The world are TO he excluded from the be-
| neficence of this new international guide
! intended TO stop or minimize wars cruel
! ties?
LET Americas voice De raised in solemn
warning TO both nations against shedding
human blood unnecessarily.
| can SUCH an interest manifested n the
! welfare of these two ra:ior.s oe adversely
criticised by men of any color creed or
race? Can they resist the gentle influence
| OF warn hearted ard intellectually constd-
! crate peepie exerted in favor OF humanity?
| crown reason. and the .esumpeion Of
| friendly cheer end good-fellowship viii
| follow AID the seeming irrepressibie con.
| :fict Will fade away. Let them think Of
! the 6esolatc homes ard wrecked hopes Of
! the past which accompany war,
! Let England remember her debt 20 Hol-
| land for her greatest oe kings. William OF
| Holland. husband Of Mary. These Beers
| sprans from the ,oins os those who were
| duickened into lie amid tho same historic
/ ,owlands where. after sscr;aGe IN defense
| of country and liberty never transcribed,
! the sun rose and shone upon a resplendent
Dutch Republic which gave new and
bright life TO what before was a mere
dream OF liberty under she leadership of
| William the Silent. the influence of
/ Let Engiishmen and Beers appeal to
! thar faithful sentinel that nestles within
| tie breast and gives alarm of approaching
! danger. keeping vigil over ones thoughts
| ard deeds {inseared and unperverted con-
| science can be safely followed as the
| tombstone OK virtue.
Peace on earth and good viii TO all
| men and an affectionate regard for the
/ welfare of our Anglo-SaXon and Dutch
| kindred are the inspiration which uplifts
mand proclaimed from Mount Sinai. Love
| 1a,Ir fellow man and shed not his blood. -