The colored American., 1900-07-21

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the working week, seven days The
compound system, another name for
sIavery is also in full force
Mlesiopsry woIk hss teen done
among the rat.vts by The Beers from
/ the days Cf Peter Van der stsel, 1.-The
sick CONT forteT," who laboTed so earn
estly for The education and Christian
/ iZstiOn oftbe blacks ! he chief csUse
OF the eC nde mnalioD so freely bestowed
| by the British was to be found in the
difference OF method employee d in early
mission Work by the TWO nations. The
| British insisted on the imp Ortsnce OF
'tbook learning" while the Beers ike
t Booker WashingtOn End other leaders
OF thought in dealing with tie race
problem Of our county, considered that
salvation lay largely in manual train
inc" for the blaG ks. LivID gsteDe, HIM
self, leaned to this side, but The ma
! joriiy Of his brethren found fault with
the Beers, 81 as they reached q large
audience, in familiar tongue, the 9TH
| er side has been little heard from.
'TheaI. the historian Of South Africa,
says: There wss thus broad line of
demarkaEiOn between the colOnlsts and
such OF IheLmIssIOnarles ss held these
views; and The tendency OF each side
was TO make il bIOaOeT. 1t was deep
ened fntO positive antipathy toward
those missionaries who, following DR..
/ HaF h. 1s11e ln,7Fa = he
| selves IN marriage with black women
and claimed themselves the champions
/ Of the black population againt the
/ white"
! Or the law fOTbidding natives the
use OF the sidewalks in JohaDpel burg,
1t must be remembered WAS made by
municipal council of that city, COM
posed OF elected property holders of
three months residence, and English
men were largely represented.
Or the treatment OF blacks by indi
vidual Britons and Beers, it may be
truthfully contended that little choice
is TO be make between them. Il sim.
ply that accorded by the dominant race
| 20 an inferior one, on the frontiers of
/ civilization the world over, and in all
time. Sir George Gray, for yaais the
famous governor of Cspe Colony denied
emphatically his belief in the reported
cruelty Of the Beers, and F. G.. selous.
the hunter and explorer OF rs years ex.
| perience, sums up his experience thus,
II will only say that, IN my opinion !:
the average Dutch Boer treats the
natives in South Africa quite as well
as the average Englishman. DR.. Grout
sustains bis judgment, giving it as his
own. RhCdesian 10y yaIists of tie Cape
| it is claimed, single out the Boer
method of dealing with the natives as
the one special feature Of TIE Boer
| government deserving Of the cCmmenda-
tion, and F. :. Kirby, well known as
a hunter and traveller in those wilds
and an impefialiat, strongly in favor o.
annexing the Republics, thus protests
IN a letter 10 the Ultenhsge Times
agaIns the charges Of oppression
| brought against the b 0ers:-
Il claim to know the TransvaaI, it's
Beers and its natives, as well as many
and better than most people in this
Colony, and [ have no hesitation in
saying that these charges are often
malic1Ously false and more often
grossly exaggerated. The native of
the Transvaal are as happy and cum
tented under Boer rule as they were
during the British occupation, for the