New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1900-04-07
THE TRUE AMERICAN SPIRIT.

Davis, assistant secretary Of tn
interior, to-day rendered his re
signation.
He will go on the lecture platform
in the interest Of the Beers. In al
authorized statement given out to
day, Mr.. Davis says that as resul
Of his visit to the Transvaal, h,
feels impelled to tender his resigna
ton as assistant secretary Of tn,
interior. He will at an early date
deliver lecture in this city in tht
interest of the South African re
publics.
Mr. Davis feels that this is the
best way to arouse the enthusiasm
of the American people in behalf
of those republics.
Mr.. Davis decided to resign be.
cause of the acceptance of an invita-.
tion to deliver a lecture on the South
African war, and he felt that as an
official he could not express his
views with such freedom as he could
as private citizen.
The invitation was extended by
nonpartisan citizens of Washington,
and was not inspired in any way by
persons directly connected with
BOer interests. Mr.. Davis said to-
day:
cit is purely a matter of sympa-
thy on my part. l went to South
Africa unprejudiced, visited both
armies, saw much Of the British
soldiers and people and also much
of the Beers. After seeing what l
did, made up my mind that the
cause Of the Beers was just; that
the two smallest republics in the
world were struggling against the
greatest empire in the world for
home, justice and independence.
The struggle seemed very unequal.
The whole number of Beers, in
cluding men, women and children,
is not greater than the population
of the city of Washington, and yet
these brave people have the courage
to put up the greatest fight in his
tory against an empire of 400, ,OOO,-
600. concluded at once that my
sympathies were with those strug-
Cling for Liberty, and ! feelsthat
the American people should SYM
pathize with them in their fight for
justice and independence.
"When l entered the train at
Pretoria, on my return home, fully
1000 men and women, mostly wo-
men whose husbands and fathers
and sons were at the front, gathered
at the station to bid me good-by,
and as the tears rolled down many
Of their faces, they made last re-
quest of me that do everything in
my power upon my return home to
let the American people know Of
their exact condition; to let them
know how they had been abused
and outrageously misrepresented by
the English.
1.-THE English correspondents
have no trouble in getting their
dispatches over the cable lines, as
they are controlled absolutely by
the British, while it is impossible
for information regarding the situa-
tion from the Boer standpoint to
reach the American people. If l
did not, as a free American, decide
10 listen to their appeals my con-
science would burn and the faces Of
those suffering people, as brave
and noble as God ever let live in
any land, would haunt me as long
as l live. l am, therefore, deter
mined to do everything in my
way to assist them. Their
cause is just, and in God is their
trust, and in the light Of the past
history Of the American people who
went through the same struggle, l
believe the Beers will win"
Mr.. Davis was asked what course
be would have the people Of this
country pursue in order to assist
The Beers. He replied:
"Do anything and everything
within their power, and let Great
Britain and the world know that |
the sympathies Of the American |
people are not with Great Britain,
but with the Beers, and in the in
terests of humanity and civilization. |
We should let the world know that |
such an unholy war should stop,
and stop at once"
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