The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-12-29

I am going home to fight for my
eoHntry.
am the pastor under whom Presi-
dent Psul Kruger Of the Transvaal
republic has sat for years. I have
taught him and he has taught ne. This
great and good man has known for
years that the country was oppressed,
and my texts have been upon the bur
den borne by the weary one and the
succoF which the Lord would send.
The TransvaaI republic more than
any other, has been grossly misrepres-
ented. This is more to be attributed
to ignorance than to wiIlful desire to
wrong q people.
The term BOer, for instance, is incor-
rect. The word Boer applies only to a
farmer. The correct name Of the peo-
pie Of the TransvaaI republic is "Afri-
canders." This signifies all the cui-
tured people, black and white, Of the
republic; al the citizens, all the peO-
pie whose home is there; all those who
dwell in the towns and who are the
financial support Of the republic.
These are "Africanders." The word
Boer means countryman, and it would
be just as correct to speak Of a nation
Of Beers signifying the South AZ
rican republic, as a nation Of country
men signifying the United States.
We are the descendants Of the first
Dutch settlers who landed on the most
southerly point of Africa in 1852, and
the French HugenOts, who were driven
form France BY the revocation Of the
edict Of Nantes in 1855, and sought
refuge in Holland, and ultimately went
to South Africa.
We'hold Cape Colony, the Orange
Free State, Natal and the Transvaal.
The Orange Free State and the Trans
vsal are republics, while the other two
are British territory. We stand togeth-
sr as one people. We are one as re-
CARDS our future, and what affects one
effects al. In 1906 when war between
Holland and England took place, We
were ruled by the British, and we
would not have interfered had we been
governed wisely. Our rulers, however,
simply gave Us military government,
and forgstful Of the rights Of the peo-
pie at large sought to glorify them
selves. They made no attempt to ad-
vance our interests.
The most awful thing In our history
was the Jameson raid In 1896. This
raid was planned by Cecil Rhodes, who
was directly responsible for it. 1t was
a plot Matched in England to foment
strife between the two governments.
England and the Transvaal were then
fairly peaceful, but the jameson raid
was the beginning Of a war. Fortunately
the people Of the Trans7aaI were Ieni-
ent and they hessitated about pun
ishing the nation as severely as it
should have been punished.
At the close of the Jameson raid,
when Jameson was in prison, you will
remember that he was pardoned. This
should never have been done. Jane
son should have been hung. But the
British condOned his Offense and Jane
son was relnSCaESQ ana was MADE
hero instead Of traitor and knave.
The Africanders have. had a great
deal Of trouble in their history. Weak
IN numbers, yet so thrifty in DISPOSE
ton that they accumulated wealth
wherever they were, driven from place
to place By the British, they were nat
uraIly the target for the greedy Brit
Usher. They owned Cape Colony, but
the British claimed it and the Afri-
eanders left it.
The Zulus owned Natal and the AZ
ricsnders bought it from them. They
bought it for so many head Of cattle.
They also fought the Zulus and came