The representative., 1900-04-26
THE GLO-B0ERSlTUITIO
THE AGE OF patriotism HAS PASS
ED AWAY AND IN IT'S PLACE WE
HAVE COMMERCIALIsM,

(By ]. Van D., in Georges Weekly.)
1T is too early to prophesy the out
come of the war or it's duration. The
Beers are in Gods hands, and He will
not let us perish.
Our total fighting strength is but
10000, but with Gods aid we can pre-
| vail.
Il have 200 blood relatives fighting
and would rather see them all perish
than yield to England's unholy aggres-
sion.
1T is liberty or death.
Convey to the American people my
esteem. We feel that every American
should be with us in this struggle for
liberty. kruger interview, March s,
1900.
Brave words, nobly spoken by this
| Spartan leader of a brave people. Not
since the days of Patrick Henry has the
world heard them, uttered then as now,
+! against Britain's unjust and tyrannic
aggression! What have the Beers done
SO terribly wrong and cruel that Eng
land can think herself justified in at
tempting to crush this hunted and lib
erty-loving nation?
1t has dared to wish to live alone, un-
molested by overbearing intruders. It
has chosen to seek happiness and well
faro in tho wi1dornocc for tho p,,rpoco of
enjoying liberty and independence. And
after being twice before driven out of
it's hard-gained rough home, it is for
! the third time pursued by the same
greedy and arrogant empire, now pre-
tending to have found plausible pre-
text for which, in her love of power,
diamonds, gold and trade" she has
long been looking
Like pirates and highway robbers the
delectable Cecil Rhodes and Jameson at
tempted to steal the country, and when
caught in the act, having forfeited their
lives to the Beers, they were, unwisely
| and all too generously, on England's s
promise to give them due trial and pun
ishment for invading friendly peoples
country, turned. over to her, the Hon.
Mr.. Chamberlain claiming utter inno-
cence and ignorance of the conspiracy
now confessed to him! Nay, practically
confessed then, not by words, but
actions; for instead of furnishing the
criminals, as they deserved to be, a
mock trial was given them, and, behold!
they were patriots! who were feted,
cheered, honored and rewarded, so that
Sir Cecil Rhodes now sheds lustre upon
the titled gentry of England and Cape
Colony.
Shame on such hypocrisy! Out on
such vaunted inconsistency! Eternal
shame and disgrace upon the leaders
and people of England who, claiming to
be in the van of civilization and pro-
gress, lend themselves to fraud, and the
crushing out of independence and free
dom of two little republics.
And the civilized world looks coldlv
on while this band of modern Spartans
stands against the hosts, trained to kill,
of mighty modern Rome.
And what are the American people
doing, who once proclaimed to the
astounded nations: I'VE hold these
truths to be self-evident: that all men
are created equal and entitled to life.
liberty and the pursuit of happiness?"
Are these no longer "self-evident
truths?" Or are we today with our
teeming millions Of people and mines of
untold wealth afraid to reassert what we
dared say when but 13 colonies? Have
we lost our love of liberty? Have we
ceased to sympathize with other repub-
licans striving to maintain right against
might?
Were we not with Greece in her stru9-
gle for independence? Did we not cheer
on Hungary's patriots and "demigods''
under Kossuth's brave leadership?
Were our sympathies not with France
when, bleeding at every pore, after her
struggle against the German hosts, pre-
cipitated on her through the ambitious
treachery of "the nephew of his uncle"-
and his merited defeat and capture
were we not with France when she hero
ically drove the empire and communism
from her high places and proclaimed the
republic with liberty, equality and
fraternity" as the corner stone?
And last and latest, did we not SYM
pathize, did we not actually go to war
with friendly nation-with Spain
with whom we had always been at peace
BEFORE In order to help the unfortunate
and oppressed, sacrificing thousands OF
lives and millions Of money, because we
could no longer bear to hear the wall
OF the widows and orphans, and the
despairing agony Of the men, the hope
less cry Of Cuba's youth, the sacrifice of
patriotic lives old and young, men and
women?
And now that sturdy, patriotic,
brave and free little nation. whose an
cestors and themselves are akin to. the
Knickbockers Of our own country, Of
Fhop We are proud. because they are
liberty-loving. bold and true, who cross
ed the wide expanse Of ocean, like our
own. to found new homes; now that
they are being crushed out by superior
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