Graham guardian., 1900-09-14
TRUE DEMOCRACY VS.. T0REY
FEDERAL IMPERIALISM.
British 1reaohery ard Brute Force.
By A. muck.
Stafford

By A. BUCK.
And it is,}indeed, amazing to OBJ
serve how OR plutocratic journ-
ais have lately paraded before the
people the colonial policy of Eng
iSnd and so. vehemently insist upon
our im t.tting her in her imperial
course. Pity that we had not
started out in such disreputable |
business before England and other
European nations had seized the
whole earth except Mexico and
South America. 1t is true that
England has acquired dominion
over vast number of people at
the cost of oceans of blood, honor
and treasure. She seems to have
enjoyed domineering over people
who POSSESSED plunder worthy OF
her greed. The history of the
British government is black with
crime. 1t would be well for our
imperial journals, while glorifying
English methods to such an extent
as they are now, to publish some
of those historical facts which, in
former days, were taught our
children that they might never
forget the cruel deeds perpetrated
by British authority, as well as
some of the speechs made in con
gress not long since when war was
anticipated between us and Eng
land, wherein the British govern
ment was depicted as the most
cruel and depostic government on
the face Of the earth, always prey
ing upon the weak and never fight
ing any considerable power alone.
We know that the British govern
: ment is extremely cruel and selfish
, and that no American citizen
| should consider the British gov
f ernment a pattern for us, nor
should we ape her colonial ways.
There was, in Africa a little re
; public cantrolled by the Beers.
: England has murdered it. She
) had a conflict with the Beers not
long before, but pretended to dis
) claim any intention of invading
. their rights aft, r the disasterous
/ results of Jameson's raid. That
raid was denominated crusade
for enlightenment, but they found
the Beers more enlightened than
they reconed. The British gov
ernment thought best to retire for
time and deliberate over the
situation. They matured new
plans and d new conquest. They
seduced the emperor Of Germany
so thos he would no longer give
encouragement to the Transvaal
aydhorities so that the rights and
liberties of the people Of the little
republic might the more easily be
destroyed. In other words, one
of those anglo-saxon alliances, OF
partnerships, was entered into to
/ enlighten tie world by destroying
liberty. Thus Great Britain knows
e no pouse in her conquest Of the
weak.
Only think, for one moment
what unjust demands were made
upon the Beers prior TO the com
mencement of hostilities. Great
Britain demanded that the uatuI>
alization laws of the republic be
amended so as to permit citizen
ship in five years, and that British
subjects, after becoming naturaliz'
g ed, should still remain British sub
jects; that the law giving to a com
pany the exclusive right to mana,
facture dynamite, be repealed; that
, the English, language be taught in
the public schools aided by public
money; that taxation on mines be
reduced and that johannesburg be
given ten representatives in the
Volksraad.
The foregoing demands were
made upona republic that was as
free and independent as that of our
own, and one should contemplate
what we would do were England
to demand that we should comply
with single one of the foregoing
requirements. What right or
authority has Great Britain to in
terfere with the internal affairs OF
n free and Independent republic!
If she has the right to make such
demands upon the Transvaal re-
public and destroy it for non.com-
, pliance, then she has the right to
treat the South American republics
in the same manner.
The Beers, rather than to sur
render their independence on de-
= mand, properly decided TO preserve
I it upon the battlefield if possible
i, They had long held their independ
ance and they did right in fighting
to preserve it. 1t was war be
l tween monarchy and republican
ism. In the days of Jefferson