The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-21

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or more Of age, and you would see his
| son of twelve or fifteen years with his
| Mauser on his shoulder helping his faith
| er to defend his country. In the whole
| army there is only between fifteen and
| twenty thousand men, it does not take
| you long to see ell Of them. Suppose the
| fight is not over. go among the wounded
! and dying and hear their messages TO the
| loved ones at home, Give this to my moth
er, wife. sweetheart The young boy says
| to his father, 1 am dying. tell my young
cr brother to take my place Even the
mother consents to the sacrifice. i: IS the
| spirit OF the people. they fight for liberty,
| and they Will never rest until they get 1t.
There was a meeting at Pretoria OF
the women of the country. at which they
took the resolution to fight as long as they
could Gentlemen / think you viii admit
the American ladies would do the same be-
fore they would give up You find the
| sweetheart, who is engaged. writing to
her lover in the field-what does she say?
Yes l will marry you. but not as long as
the English are in the country 1t is thus
| throughout the whole Boer nation.
Mr.. Chairman. ladies', and gentlemen.
thank you most heartily for your atten-
ton. We are doing the fighting. we have
| plenty of good friends in America who will
| do the speaking"
| When Mr.. Vessels had concluded he was
urged by hundreds of persons in the audi
ence TOGO oni" Go on!"
Mr.. wOlmaran's Remarks.
Mr. Wolmarans was the next speaker.
Being unskilled in the use of English, he
addressed the audience In Dutch. Mr.
Fischer standing at his side and translat-
ing sentence by sentence. each OF which
was applauded. He said:
The Chairman has told you could not
speak English, and therefore l shall make
few remarks in Dutch"
Mr. Wolmarans stated that he was
member OF Paul Eruger's Cabinet, in the
South African Republic He said that while
he and his brother representatives did ex-
pect sympathy in America, they never ex-
pected to receive SO great an amount as
they had met with in New York and Wash
ington. He said that they should feel this
sympathy a help to them in their struggle.
We shall know" he said. that when
We sulfsr lyou suffer, when We struggle,
you struggle, when We pray, we are being
prayed for here"
WclfinEton's Words appfnutfcd.
Senator Wellington followed Mr.. VOL
narans. He spoke of the abuse of power
by Ensisnd. and of the patriotism of the
Boer.S4The address was punctuated with
applause. Senator Wellington said in
part: -
'As an American. believe all men are
entitled TO life. liberty. and the pursuit
Of happiness not by permission of others.
Or subject to extraneous power. but need
ing only their own consent. and govern
ing themselves according TO the sentiment
of their mind and the dictates of their con-
science. Upon this principle our nation
was founded
If this be true, and / do not believe
there is within the sound Of my voice or
within the confines of the Republic a
single true American who does not admit
its truth, would net be unworthy of the
heritage which claim for myself and my
countrymen were / not willing that men
of cur race and blood who live far beyond
the seas, beneath the seo-ching rays OF
the tor-id sun, should have the same
privilege and inheritance that / claim for
myself? For that reason l would not
stand silently by. but tonight voice my
faith ard sympathy when l say. All hail
to you. ENJOYS of the South African Re-
pu5lics; God speed you On your mission,
and give success to your cause
The great body of the American people
will echo this sentiment, for our cases are
stage of adverse struggle, and you, our
brethren, are still engaged in the mighty
effort to battle against overwhelming
numbers. We have common enemy. too.
or late 1t has been the fashion in certain
circles to court English sympathy and
friendship. and in response thereto has
come q remarkable conversion; but me-
thinks that Britain doth protest too
much, and her friends are over anxious to
make alliances, for the whole trend Of
historic facts show that England is our
natural enemy and would harm us When
ever in her power SO to do. England was
the enemy of American liberty when the
Royal Governor, Berkeley. hanged Drum
mond and lis compeers for high treason
IN Virginia. England was our enemy
when she conceived and carried into ef-
feet all the crimes which are set forth in
an Indictment which shall live so long
as history lasts and the English language
is 'krown-the Declaration OF Indepen-
dence. England was our enemy
at Bunker Hill and at York
jackson destroyed the vaunted regiments
of Packenham at New Orleans England
was our enemy when she landed on our
shores. plundered our country, and with
ruthless hand destroyed by fire the Ma
tion's Capitol.
England was our enemy when she In
weighed against our Government because
OF the institution Of slavery which existed
among US, and cast its shadows over a
portion OF our land. and yet when the time
came that this institution should pass
away in the throes Of great civil war,
again England was our enemy. and enter
ed into compact against us. and destroyed
our fleet and merchant marine. England |
hath always been our enemy. and the gov
erning power OF Great Britain is no more
friendly now than 1t has been in the past.
She is only trying to make use Of Ameri-
ca. and by diplomacy endeavoring to gain
advantage of the American people.
Tribute to kruger.
Look across the seas and the CONT
nents. over yonder to the Boer Republic.
There stands an old man uneouth of figure
homely OF countenance. and who cometh
from the plain people: but there is in
him greater wealth OF patriotism, of
indomitable courage. of will to do and
endure. than can be claimed for all the
hosts Of titled minions sent by Britain |
to enslave free. noble. a d-fearing |
people Aye. l believe a Boer has the |
right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness Aye. and the Filipino too. |
fCheers.1 am glad SO many of my eoun-
trymen think as 1 do. ICheers.l
For liberty the American patriot con-
tended over century ago. For this prin- |
ciple the Boer is battling now We are of |
the same race and kindred. Why should
We not give him our sympathy. Is he not |
worthy CT it? To my mind in all the
worlds history, in all the books of re-
corded time, from the dawn until now.
there Is not people which has battled |
with such incompatible bravery. such in
donitable courage. as have the inhabitants /
OF the Boer Republic. Leonidas at Their
HOTa thus and his cornnanionc an