The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-12-22
Fruits Of Imperialism.

profound statesmen and one which
involves her old time supremacy
as world POWER. Her history is
written in the blood of subjugated
peoples and her wealth stands as a
monument to unjust taxation. In
her career OF conquest she seems
to have sown the seed OF sorrow to
herself and she is today reaping
the harvest. Her armies in South
Africa have met defeat and disas-
ter at the hands of the sturdy
Beers until gloom enshrouds the
homes CT her people and grim fore.
boding finds place in the hearts of
those in authority She has drawn
the flower OF her military forces
both from home and from her dis,
tant colonies, and they nave been
mown down before the fire OF a
people defending themselves
against the conhscation Of their
country. She has sown of the
wind and she is rcaping the whirl
wind. She has sown mperialism
and established miitarism and she
is reaping disaster and b!oodshed.
To conquer the Beers and de-
prlve them Of their independence
she has drawn all her ayailab BILE
troops from the four quarters of the
world until today her press and
people are calling upon her tc
cease the withdrawal of troops from
her colonies lest they, too, rise ir
revolt and attempt to establish
their independence. AS If disas
ter was not enough to fill the Eng
fish cup Of sorrow, her subjects ir
the South African Cape Colony
have risen in arms and jolnec
hands with the victorious follower.
of Kruger and Steyn. Nor is thi!
all. The spirit of discomfort has
come even closer to home. 1t ha!
manifested itself by. public meet
ings in Ireland, where the English
policy Of Imperialism and conhsca
ton is condemned in such violen
language that the police have beer
called upon to dispense the mob Of
"disloyalists."
Although the great American re
public stands by and offers no wore
to prevent the throttling of two re.
publics in South Africa, the spirit
of sympathy for the patriot Boer is
rife. 1t has even manifested it.
self in the fitting out OF bodies OF
armed men-mostly of the Irish
race, who love freedom, equality
and justice-and they are leaving
our shores almost daily, quietly
and practically unnoticed, with
faces turned toward South Africa
where they will strike back the
hand OF the English invader and
sustain the republic there.
And thus the war between re.
public and monarchy goes on-one
based on the broad foundation Of
justice and self-government, the
other solely on the grounds of
greed and avarice so characteristic
of the English nation. The god Of
battles has crowned the arms of
those two struggling republics with
victory, and The UNION hopes sin
cerely to see this continued.
The contest is world wide in its
significance. If it continues Eng
land is deprived of two-thirds Of
her gold supply and with this gone
she cannot wage war and support
her immense army and navy. She
must call in her loans abroad and
this means the draining Of the gold
supply from all other nations o.
consequence. Those who stand
on the single standard Of gold vii
in this event experience of hnan.
cial stringency that will carry &c
ruin thousands Of their CONNER.
c;al institutions and business men.