The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-01
STRUGGLE FOR THEIR HOMES
LIKENS THEM UNTO THE BAND OF
AMERICAN PATRIOTS WHO or
POSED BRITISH TYRANNY
EHE FAvORs INTERVENTION
Says That President Mckinley
should Have Made War Impossible
Declares That Congress Has the
Power to Act Should the Chief
His Resolution In Congress.

lK BERLIN, Jan. lit is announced
that the German protected cruisers,
Condor and SchwnIb, are now on
nc the way to DeIagoa bay.
MI NEW YORK, Dec. 31-The United Irish
"a societies of New York and vicinity filled
lNA the Academy of Music tonight with
kmass meeting called to express sympathy
bEwith the Beers and opposition to Eng
II land in consequence of the South African
" war. Senator Mason, of illinois,; Con-
IL kgressman sulzer, Congressman Cum
|fJ mings, of New York, and others ad-
II + dressed the meeting. Justice Fitzgerald.
AKA of the supreme court, presided. The
Ny entire house was filed. The proscenium
III and the balconies We're all we'll decorated
gJs with a profusion of American flags, the
syl green Irish embems and occasionally the
lit flags of the two South African republics.
~ Justice Fitzgerald, after calling the meet
ing to order, said:
1T is a great honor to be asked to
N speak to this great audience tonight and
II to join in expressing our deep indignation
bI with the unjustifiable war now being
III waged by Great Britain upon the people
N of the Transvaal, and to give utterance
KIN to our sentiments of deep admiration for
Ng the gallant stand being made by the en-
W. battled farmers of South Africa in de-
HI Tense of their property, their lives and
HI their liberties.
iN 1.-The British coloni al office seems to
LA have, up to this point, made a mistake
M in calculating the fighting qualities Of
IL the farmers. 1t is is said that the colonial
II, 70 A f,io
A " Perhaps when the yeomen, foxhunters
y and, by the gracious permission of the
I'd queen, the Duke of Connaught go to
IA the relief of the besieged troops, Eng
" lands cup may again be filed with bit
terness.
Yp ''The great heart of the American peo-
pie goes out to the people of the Trans
h. vaal and the Orange Free State. They
* are fighting for the same principles, they
are against the same sovereign. and red
coated soldiers that fought US a century
ago and would fight us tomorrow if they
dared and thought it would benefit thenl.'
MR.. SUFFERS ADDRESS.
Congressman Sulzer spoke next. He
said:
Il am not ashamed to have it known
81 that my sympathy is with the heroic
Beers in their resolute endeaVor and de-
NJ termined effort to maintain their homes
,F and their independence against the piracy
an and the tyranny of the British crown.
En- l want to see them win, III this contset,
because they are right. and deserve 10
y win. Their cause is a just one. NO one
can honestly dispute that. They are de
:. Tending their homes, and repelling a re-
gl morseless invader. England's attempt
sp to steal their country is an outrage-an
1A act of criminal aggression, and should
be condemned by the Christian powers of
the world In my Judgment n nnie3lt TN,
gland in this matter and In sympathy
B with the South African patriots The
y courage of the Beers in the face Of ire
H mendous odds has challenged the admir-
alton of mankind, and their heroism
against almost insurmountable obstacles
Il has won the respect of the civilized world.
l&L They are entitled to our sympathy, and
Il we would be false to ourselves and to
ali our history if we did not give it to
anthem.
INA SOUTH AFRICAN PATRIOTS.
n men, They are good deal like the
patriots of our own revolution. They
\, love their homes. their freedom. and their
.Aliberty. They come from good old Saxon
tgancestors, from the north of Europe.
a They are flesh of our flesh, and bone of
E,same as we do, for the sake of personal
NJGberty. 1t comes to them naturally, and
Aaky Inheritance. Their love of liberty is
4Elkot Of a day, or of a year, but of cen
kkuries They have never been conquered,
1IIand in my opinion, no matter what others
may think they never VIII be. The story
of the struggles and the hardships of
these brave men in South Africa is one
of the saddest pages in all HISTORIAN
imperishable heritage to their hardy and
Ia yaiorous descendants. No one can i'm
10 partially read it without feeling a deep
sympathy for them in their present strug-
IA gle to maintain their freedom and indie
vi pendence against English greed for gold
English tyranny, and criminal British ag-
erosion for land.
their own destiny in the wids of the
dark continent. amid unspeakable hard
ships and privations, and gave to the
For a century and more in sunshine and
in storm, these brave people plodded on
M republic, better than they knew Sur
rounded by savages, harassed by wild
disease disease in all the long, weary and dreary
n TO God and never despaired. They are a
thev are brave. They redeemed the Wild
1lM erness turned the desert into sweeping
! n fields OF grain made the iungles blossom
! " like a rose, and dotted the hills with viii
iapes and towns. Notwithstanding all
they had to contend with they grew
n until perfidious Albion came
SPIRIT UNBROKEN.
1.-THE spirit of their patriotism is I'M
d people inspired by the love of liberty
IN and battling on their own soil for their
IA freedom. They will resist tyranny until
III they are exterminated by overwhelming
ID and superior forces These brave Beers
IN are lighting for republicanism against
~ Taonnrchy; for democracy against plu-
tt6cracy; for home rule against the bayo.
net: for sovereignty of the individual
"A AGAINST the sanctity of the crown; for
he ballot against the throne; for the
u Iove of home against the love Of gold
lfor sacred freedom against ruthless
gssr>der for school house and the church
II lst the army barracks and the mill
forts; for religious freedom against
gn domination; for the flreside Of
cation against the blazing torch Of
#f station; for free institutions against
rtalisn and above all and beyond
k hey are fighting a brave battle for
LINE lights of man.
HI lere never would have been trouble.
= && Id had not been discovered in the
Dk The rich find of gold there is at
VIZ ottom of 1t all. Love of gold is the
NIX of this cruel Anglo-African war.
MA Rhndns the most daring and cnioS-