Evening journal., 1900-03-06
ABoUr BoER sYMPATHIzERs.

morally-putrescent
ABOUT BoER SYMPATHIzERs.
A New York committee to aid the
Beers sends the Evening Journal about
a column of matter appealing for
funds to bear the expenses Of the COM
mittee, to hold meetings for agitation,
to circulate and manipulate petitions
to provide for the widows, orphans and
wounded among the Beers.
The Evening journal cannot consent
to print the appeals because every para
graph is rotten with false allegations
and rank with political mischief.
Because the Evening Journal be-
lieves in righteous government; in en-
lightenment of the people; in enlight-
ened and progressive government; in
equality before the law and In the
courts OF natives and foreigners; in
equal and discriminating taxation.
Because it is opposed to serfdom and
oppression.
The Beers are ignorant-unedu-
Gated, non-progressive and oppressive
They are clogs under the wheels Of
progress, impeding and arresting the
progress OF the world. They have not
advanced a step in $50 years.
They deny the blacks all rights OF
property and hold them as chattels
that cling to the soil. They are re-
quired to wear metallic bands as in-
sigma OF servinde. A farmer may
beat his serf to death and runs no risk
greater than six months imprison-
ment; but cannot be deprived Of his
vote should an election occur during
his imprisonment-if he should be inn
prisoned.
Such blacks as live in villages are
not allowed to own any property ex-
cept live stock. They are heavily taxed
for this although Beers are not. If
they neglect to pay their village is de-
stroyed, all Of their stock is confscated
and every male adult among them is
enslayed for five years. If one at
tempt escape he may be killed law
fully.
According to population the taxes
are enormous, and foreigners pay all
most the entire amount; the blacks
practically the balance; the Beers al
most nothing. In short the gov
eminent, which is almost unpre-
eedented in its expenditures, consider
ing population and absence Of accom-
plishment, subsists of the foreigners.
The blacks are utterly without
rights or standing in the courts and
foreigners almost so. For instance: A
Boer cannot be sued for arrears Of
taxes; but a foreigner cant The prop
erty Of the foreigner is subject to arbi-
trary alienation by the courts; that Of
the Boer is nOtl.
lt was because England abolished
slavery within her territory that the
Beers in 1884 rebeiled ana seeded. re-
moving across the Vaal-that they
might be beyond the jurisdiction of the
British laws prohibiting slavsry;whic
they still maintain in IT'S most oppres.
sive guisel
Yet we are urged to assist them upon
the ground that they are libert,.
loving righteous people, lighting 70,
freedoml They are fighting for III,
power to hold serfs and to oppres.
both natives and foreigners for IN,
benefit Of the Beers who. alone. ar
permitted to participate in govern
ment.
Every cent contributed to benefit th,
Beers is a link in the chain Of a slav,
70 fasten him to unremunerated TOLL
Why should we contribute to sueco
their widows and wounded? The dut
Of caring for its own war sufferers de
wolves upon every warning nation; no
at all upon other nations Except Il
cases Of famine and plague-aets o
Providence that disable producers an
entail want-no country has the rich
70 divert its charities from its own in
digent Millions Of helpless suffer Il
the United States. Every dollar sen
to aid the Beers to oppress their vic
Tins is wrongfully diverted from thes
sufferers if its mission is charity.
How rash cid the Beers send to tn
United States or to the widows. o.
phans and wounded Of the Confedel
ates when our Northern armies wreck
ed the South2
The Dutch and the Irish and III
democratic demagogues are the els