Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-03-29
The Destruction of the south
African Republics.

The peace proposition presented
to the Fnglish Government for the
termination of the South African
War by President Kruger, of the
Transvaal, and president Steyn, of
the Orange Free State, aims, prin-
cipally for the preservation of the
geographic and civil integrity of the
two young republics which have
taken root Cn the west side of the
dark continent.
1t is evident from the tone of the
communication that President
Kruger, voicing the faith and the
hope of the republics, still expects
that the civilized Powers will in
terfere to check the rapacity of the
vast empire which is threatening the
destruction of the, comparatively,
young republics. 1t does not seem
that the luIers Of the struggling
republics have formed clear con-
ceptions of toe purposes of England
in forcing the republics to initiate
the war. Underneath the apparent
justification of urging rights for her
subjects, resident in the Transvaal,
there lies the continuous policy of
the British Government to secure
every foot of territory, not owned
by a powerful nation, c1 which beds
of precious metals and precious
stones have been discovered in
valuable quantities. Nothing in
Africa, in the eyes of the English
Ministry, is so valuable as ~golden
sands.' The history of England is
a long story of violent assaults on
peoples and tribes which have had
for their object the gathering of the
precious minerals to enrich England
or to open up markets for the fruits
of her looms and forges to consum.
ers. Her professions to philan-
thropy-her ostentatious claim of
spreading liberty over enslaved
lands, is nothing but visor with
which she attempts to hide the ra.
venous jaws with which she has
destroyed millons of people, and
stolen tens of hundreds of millions
of treasure.
For more than a hundred years
she has wasted India, net evea max.
ing an honest attempt to engraft
high civilization on a people who
were noted for intelligence when
the Britain was a. fish monger and
vulgarlan. She has been, from the
days of Lord Give, a robber of the
people of India, tearing jewels and
gold from the rich, and sweat and
pennies from the poor. Her greed
has no bounds, nor her rapacity any
pity. The loud sounding words Of
Lord Salisbury cannot cloak the de-
sigus of Great Britain.
To thinking civilization the aim
of the Eugiish Ministry is to wipe
out republican forms of govern
meut. The growth of Ebertyin the
Uaited States has alarmed monare.
hical and autocratic power. No
other opportunity will be offered
to peoples to establish free institu-
tions. The course OF our present
national Admi nistratlon, with VIM.
McKioley, President. has yielded
up the cardinal principles which
have made our Declaration of Inde-
pendence psalm to the aspiring
ones of all the earth. Government
by consent of the governed Is NO
longer essential to the freedom and
life of people. Government by
the sword, and against the will of
the governed, has wiped out the
spirit of the Declaration and in an
stalled in its stead. The Admins
tration has no sympathy with the
Beers IN their sEuggle Cowardice
has ruled Che hour. Every senti-
ment expressive of tho true feeling
Of the people Of the DATED States
has been smothered In Congress,
and In every other Repablcaa leg.
islative body in our Union. Mr..
McKiDley's Administration hss not
had the courage TO meet the question
squarely. Committees and pigeon.
holes have been receptacles for the
patriotic and sympathetlc sentl-
menla Of nine teniha Of our people.
However, before tho year 1000 has
closed the republicans will DO COM
PEELED 70 answered. the bar Of public
aIecnnsion. There will be no doubt
~ n the verdict. The people Of
ska Ifaifaa Hfalaa aaa aasfstan a.