The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-01
GREAT MEETING OF
BOER SYMPATHIZERS
Prominent Men Vigorously Attack Great
Britain'S Course.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
Congressman Sulzer Scored the Gilded
Court Of st, James.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
HE IS OPPOSED TO ANY ALLIANCE
The Ultimatum of Kruger is Compared
to the Declaration of Indepen-
dencewSpeaker Said President
Should Have Interceded

New York, ce.1ber 31.-The United
Irish societies of New York and vicinity
filled the Academy of Music tonight at a
mass meeting called to express sympathy
with the Beers and opposition to England
in consequence of the South African war.
Senator Mason of Illinois, Congressman
Sulzer, Congressman Cummings of New
York and others addressed the meeting.
Justice Fitzgerald of the supreme court
presided. The entire house was filed.
The prosecenium boxes and balconies
were all decorated with a profusion of
American flags, the green Irish emblems
and occasionally the flag of the two South
African republics.
Justice Fitzgerald, after calling the meet
ing to order, said:
1.-THE great heart of the American people
goes olrt to the people of the Transvaal
and the Orange Free State. They are
fighting for the same principles; they are
against the same sovereign, and red coat
ed soldiers that fought us a century ago
and would fight us tomorrow, If they
dared, and thought it would benefit them'
Cor. FRESHMAN Sulzer spoke nexs He
said:
81 am not ashamed to have 1t known that
my sympathy is with the heroic Beers in
their resolute endeavor and determined eff
fort to maintain their homes and indepen-
dence against the piracy and the tyranny
of the British crown. want to see them
win in this contest because they are right
and deserve to win.
Their Cause is just
'sTheir cause is just one No one can
honestly dispute that. They are defending
their homes and repeling remorseless in
vader. England's attempt to steal their
country is an outrage, an act of criminal
aggression, and should be condemned by
the Christian powers of the world
'There never would have been trouble tf
gold had not been discovered in the land.
The rich find of gold there is at the bottom
of 1t all.
"This conflict should be called Cecil
Rhodes war for gold in South Africa He
is responsible for all the woe, all the sor-
row, all the despair, and all the misery this
war has caused. I glory in the spunk OF
grand old Paul Kruger. He is one of the
worlds great heroes. The ultimatum he
Issued 10 huSHduu rang diOuId Tic 6lOpS
and will live in the worlds history.
"Have we forgotten that Thomas Jeffer-
son issued similar ultimatum on the 4th
of July, 1776, to King George. know the
declaration of independence Is today no
more popular with kings and queens than
when 1t was written, but I am American
enough to believe that it is just as true to-
day as it was in 1876 when 1t sounded the
death knell of the divine rights of kings
and queens and claimed to all the world
government by consent of the governed. 1t
is too bad the declaration of independence
Is not as popular as it used to be.
s'It seems to be dn such disfavor in Wash
ington that the present pro-English secre-
tary of state has locked 1t up in a safe and
the Anglo-American ambassador to the
gilded court of ST. James makes after-din-
ner speeches to tipsy lords and dukes about
the beauties of imperialism, and the IRON
clad friendship of England and America.
There is no doubt a secret understanding
exists today between the white house and
Downing street.
Opposed to Alliance
'I am opposed to an Anglo-American
alliance expressed or implied, especially
when the object is the advancement of
Imperialism, the march Of armies, the down.
fall of republics, the destruction of free