Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
AWAY WITH SENTIMENT.

ne American League has just issued
an address in which the horrors of ex-
panSion and imperialism produce Il
comparison. The example o. :ln RI
ish government is cited to show the
horrible results following such Il course
as the one now espoused by the admin
istrntion. In this connection the adj
dress says:
Look at the latest manifestation of
Englund's desire to spread the blessings
of civilizations. In the Transvual Il
quiet. religious, law-loving people.
founded homes and built a state. Until
Immense mineral riches were found
there the Beers were permitted to live
in their own way. and England had no
thought OF civilizinS them But dla-
monds were found near the Boer coun-
try and English capital went there fo..
the profit of diamond digging. Beers.
being a pastoral people were not at
fra"tcd by the riches almost within
their reach: they preferred quiet and
agricultural pursuits. But Tie.
riches We're in sight. the English per
sisted. and finally secured from the pas
tOrai 'oerS Il measure of concession in
the shape of suZeranity."
If the American League is as far off
in regard to other matters as it is in
reference to the sentiments of the Beers
by no means valuable. L is the Boer
lust for gold which has caused them to
impose onerous restrictions upon the
Outlanders and unjust taxes upon thosa
sour:es of the country. The dynamite
monopoly, worked for the benefit Of
Dom Paul, and which has resulted in
his accommodating several million dol
lars, despite his bibulous habits, show
most conclusively that the South At
rican Dutch not only have the lust for
gold, but have almost as much shrewd-
ness as the much berated down ea S t
Yankee" in capturing ana holding en-
to the nimble siSpence. While this is
nothing to their discredt except when
dishonest and unjust methods are pur-
sued to reach the desired end it is lust
as well TO understand the matter thor
oughly. 1t is neither just nor sensible
to clothe theHsoers with attributes which
they do not possess. The true inward
ness OF kruger's position was mani
tested when the Rad threatened to
abolish THE dynamite policy. On that
occasion he sulked like a spoiled child
and threatened to resign if this source
Of private gain were disturbed
Back Of all this crisis in South Africa
is the shadow which has hung like a
gloomy pail over nine-tenrhs Of all the
wars which have stained the earth with
human blood-the shadow Of avarice.
There may be high-flown talk and gild.-
ed sentences anent the in,mutab bic pin
ciples Of right and justice, but, if re-
duced to last analysis. it would be
found that nearly all wars have sprung
from the fact that scn,e one. with ava
ricious bent seized something to which
he was not entitled by either law or
justice. The case in point is no excep-
tion- The Beers have imposed an UNI
just burden upon a large body Of <.iti-
zens and have not accorded them pro
per representation in the government.
~ 'A1AA =" NV Ss-l1SS % III tlIe
OF independence can uphold them in
this.
It would be just as we'll to lay aside
sentiment and invoke the ala or reason.
The Beers stand for the injustice OF I'M
just and burdensome taxation without
representation. The British are de-
Tlanding the same rights for which the
American revolutionis;s fought in the
seventeenth century Whether or not