Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-10-14
BRITISH WOLF ANDDUTcH LAMB.

Inc pro-Anglican and imperial SEN
timent in this country resent MT.
Bryan's American and natural sympa-
thy with the Beers of the Transyaal
Republic as against the arrogant and
domineering policy OF England toward
any small or weak nation that gets in
her way. be that way to gold, power
or dominions Thank God, however.
that the spirit Of 1775-6 still fingers
among some of us, who still stand by
and approve our fathers Of the Revolu
ton, despite Engllshmen, Tories and
Hessians
MIR. Bryan says very truly:
THE Beers in their struggle to main
tain their republic have the sympathy
OF all the American people. except
those who have abandoned the doc
trine that governments derive their
just powers from the consent of the
governed"
Upon THIS the Memphis (Tcnn.) scim-
itar quibbingly remarks:
Tho whole kernel of the British
Boer controversy is the apparent deter
mtnation Of the Boer minority to gov
ern the Uftiander majority without the
consent OF the latter, and refusing to
give them the rights of citizenship"
And the worst OF It is that q Virginia
paper quotes this bubble Of the Soim-
ftar with warm appreciation. IL not with
enthusiasm! Yet the Beers have
moved their habitat several times to
escape being swallowed up by British
intruders, who come without leave and
license, squat where they find most
gold and claim everything in sight, in
Guiding all the privileges of the cit-
zens Of the country! This, we believe,
is the third time these British Outland-
ers have come to Dust the Inlanders-
the Boers-who own the country, have
settled 1T, and have established their
free self-government in and upon it,
The fact-itf it be the fact-that these
gold-seekers from all the world ure in
greater number than the Beers, is the
best Of reasons, if there we're no other.
for excluding them from full immedi-
ate citizenship-as the Chinese would
have seized California and several
other American States IL permitted by
us to do SO.
The right of sef-government may be
the common right and property of all
men; but where any particular men
have acquired n country and estab-
lished their own government there. It
is their government and their right to
exclude all others from 1t, even from
the territory itself, is an indubitable
right, never questioned except by
strong nation in dealing with a weak
i'm thn nP
the Ti-ansvaal. Nor in any such case
OF excluding Inhabitants or citizens is
there any wrong done anYhndY. The
newcomers were not forced, nor in
vited, to come; they came of their own
accord. we'll knowing Cor they should
have KNOWN to what they are coming.
and with full privilege to go back
whence they came. or to go elsewhere.
or 20 accept what is offered freely by
the country they invade.
And 1t is invasion Of the worst and
most intolerable kind where persons
like these British miners and squatter.
are but an advance corps of sappers
and miners, preceding a diplomatic
body, intent on mischief 10 the local
government, its people and territory
Had they forseen Gas former expert
ence should have taught them) what
was coming and surely to be expected.
inc Beers should have met these Out
,,''ers on the Transvaal frontiers, at
the'r hrst coming. and WELCOMED
'hem with bloody hands to hospitable
graves" 1t is but a game of British
VOL against the Dutch lamb, and none
out a wolf can see it any otherwise.