The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-09

MORNING, APRIL 9
Beers were too hasty; they would not
wait until all the British troops had arr
rived in South Africa Who ever heard
nation OF 400,000,000 of people are com
planning because the people of the two
little republics, who do not number, all
told, more than 800, Geo people, including
men, women and children, insisted upon
Issuing their ultimatum and then pro-
ceeded to give battle before the British
hosts should arrive. While on the Boer
side, all told, there were not more than
$4,000 men, and these had but a few in
ferior cannon and no bayonets or swords
at all. Practically the only arms they
had were Mauser rifles
"One Boer to ten British. And vet the
Beers were not trained soldiers only
simple, plain farmersi like the thousands
of rugged farmers in our own country.
They are Just plain, common people, pre-
cisely the same kind Of people that Abra-
ham Lincoln loved.
During the battle of Dundee there was
lull in the firing for time on account
of the Beers seeing buggy approaching
them rapidly and floating a white flag
All awaited its, arrival At a distance of
about 600 yards from them, the buggy
White flag and that innocent looking
buggy was suddenly transformed into a
murderous Maxim gun, which felled near
who captured that flag and saw it nv
self. 1t was white flag with a. small
black stripe through the center, but at
short distance away it seemed perfectly
white; that flag is now in the possession
of Col Blake, the brave American soldier
who commands the Irish brigade, which
Is composed almost entirely of Irish
Americans, and no Drawer men are in the
Boer army, said Gen. Joubert to me-
AT SPION KOP.
Mr. TEovic daSoribad tho
Spion's Kop by the Beers, after the Brit
ish had occupied it, and his own visit to
the battlefield seven days later.
giant Boer, in the prime Of strength and
manhood, was seen carrying a small Boer
flag; in a short time he fell to rise no
more. Then an old white-haired veteran
picked up the fallen banner and, waving
1t, urged his comrades on. With flowing
hair and flashing eyes the old man rush
ed on but suddenly shell laid him low;
however, barefooted lad, only thirteen
years of age, who had been fighting in
his sh1rtsleeves, leaped like a panther to
the old mans side and, snatching the
nag from his grandfather's nerveless
hand, raised 1t aloft and pushed on. A
mighty shout arose from the Beers as
they saw that gallant deed, and with re-
charge; following the nag they rushed
like an avalanche over the British
trenches and Spion's Kop was won
,oI Gen: BY burgers; the Boer commander.
mad made repeated attempts to secure
cessation of artillery fire that the dead
might be buried, but for several days
without success. Finally Gen. Butler ac-
cepted the Boer proposal to bury the
British dead and offered 10 paw the bill.
Gen. Burgers regarded this reply as
an insult Mr.. Davis asserted, ''but,
iI31 nie3veTtheless;; s., concluded to bury the Brit
Splon's Kop and saw there the most hor-
rible sight that could be imagined Upon
every hand were helmets, belts, canteens,
bayonets and wearing apparel scattered
about covered with clotted blood We saw
feet and hands protruding through the
ground, all swollen and skin burst asun-
der, While the rest of the body was cov-
cred with thin coating of earth. The
explanation was that these poor British
soldiers had been buried by their COM
rades under only a few inches of dirt
British soldiers lying on the top of the
ground just where they had fallen, no
attempt having been made to bury them.
AS We descended from the hin we met
the Boers going up to bury the British
dead, who had been 50 sadly neglected
by their own comrades and commanders,
Rno wdo,.s amuse themselves by calling the
These men have the same spirit that
prompted the farmers to face death for
liberty at Lexington greeaJ that nerved
the arms OF s- Americans at Saratoga,
Bunker Hill and BrandywiTle; that warTnE
ed. the hearts of Washington and his
shfNerlng patriots ,>at Valley Forge; and
at New Orleans, where Jackson ahd his
men taught old England that easier were
It to hurl the rooted mountain from it's
base than to force the yoke of slavery
upon men determined to be free.
Then why should we not Sympathize
with them? Why should not the great
est republic in the world assist the small
est of republics? Is the word liberty to
oecome obsolete in our national lexicon?
Must this greatest republic in the worlds
history chain It's destiny TO the chariot
wheels of the British empire in her mad
race for land and gold? Shall the fair
esS on land and sea has been the mar
vel of the century, be used in Europe by
BRUSH o1ncIals and the British press as
a menace to other European powers who
are anxious to assist the Beers in their
brave struggle for freedom and inde-
pendence?
Let Us not drift away from the prin-
clples and doctrines of our fathers Let
US listen to the cry for help from all
VINO struggle for liberty and Justice Let
It i, i, not be said by future historians THAI
grandeur, that made the world stare but
It mated justice and liberty it halted on
IT'S bright and shining march; it fell, and
as II was going down the despotisms of
earth, grinning from the tops OF bloody
thrones, shouted, We fold you so, we
told you So Oh, may the eighty millions
OF american freemen see to it that the
world may know that their sympathies
are not with Great Britain but with the
struggling Beers, and let it he known
Ihat they believe the cruel war waged in
south Africa should stop, and stop at
once -
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Davis address.
Mr.. P. bouter Vessels, special commits
sloner from the South African republics.
made brief address,
Chairman Moran offered series of
resolutions, expressing deep and heart
1elt sympathy for the heroic patriots Of
the South African republics, commend
ing the Washington Post for its work In
Dehalf of the South African republics:
thanking Mr.. Davis for his eloquent and
masterful presentation of the struggle be-
tween the Beers and the British, and
rendering him applause for his manly
course In taking the lecture platform as
a free American citizen TO plead the
cause of freedom and republican govern
ment in South Africa and assuring him
that the great mass of the American peo-
pie are In sympathy with the Beers and
tnst we deneunce the spresent British
government and it's secret allies IN this
country as wholly unworthy of respect
OF any true American citizen
RECEIVED WITH Kisses.
The resolutions met with, cordial re-
ception by the audience until the final
declaration, denouncing the British gov
erhInent and It's secret allies III this coun-
try was read. This was received with a
storm of misses and cries of mo, no."
MT Moran then asked for vote on the
resolutions as whole. There were a
great number of ayes and it seemed al
most an equal number of noes and the
chairman declared that the resolutions
carried.
In his opening address Mr.. Moran at