The Delawarean., 1900-05-02
ENGLAND's POSITION DEFINED.
Editor Delawarean.
IditOr Nelawarean.
England, with all thy faults
We love thee still.-Byron.

cans are found who, from want of in
formation as to the cause of the pres
ent war in South Africa and want of
consideration of how much future
civilization and the happiness and well
fare of mankind depend on the issue of
that war condemn the English nation
and express the greatest sympathy for
the Beers, and desire the discontinue
OF England and victory for the Beers.
We know that the name Republic
has charm to the American citizen,
for he knows what Republican institu-
tions have done for this country, and
what it will do for his children, and
children's children, and the idea of a
great and powerful nation straining
all its influences and power to crush
out small republic is repugnant to
his nature and menace to the liberty
which he enjoys. And without proper
examination as to the relative positions
Of England and the so-called South
African Republic. in reference to hu-
man rights and liberty, he formed the
erroneous opinion that the rebellion of
the Beers at present in South Africa
is counterpart to his own Revolu-
tion of 1875. But nothing could be
further from the truth. The American
Revolutionists were lovers of the hu-
man race, their keynote was, THAT all
men are created equal; that they are
endowed by the Creator with certain
inalienable rights; that among these
are life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness. That when any government
becomes destructive OF these ends, it
is the right of the people to alter or
abolish it,"
To abolish English government in
America the patriots of 1916 were con-
strained by the long train of abuses
and usurpation to which they had been
subject. But the English government
has not so provoked the Beers. On the
contrary for half century or more it
has tried to teach the selfish and ar
rogant Boer that all men are created
equal, and that the best and most popu-
lar government is that where an in
jury done to any private citizen is con-
sidered an injury to uhe whole body. "
The British Empire is not as some
would have it founded on violence. 1T
rests as an eminent Canadian has
said, ION justice and freedom for all
and is the greatest power for good that
the world has seen" While what is
known as the South African Republic
and as the Transvaal, is not Republic
"a government of the people, by the
people and for the people. 1t is an
oMgarchy, a government of the few
and in the interest of the few, and
originated with number of Dutch
Beers, (farmers) who became discon-
tented with Englands civilized meth
DDS in Cape Colony England main
tanned that the natives of the Colony
had the right of life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness 10 which, with
other things the Beers would not
agree. and consequently migrated to
another portion OF the country. Natal
where they hoped to segregate them
selves from the influences Of civiliza-
tion and humanity, and that you may
see I am not putting their motive and
objects for migration from Cape Col
ony in 1883 unfairly l Will quote what
Beer. Paul Kaalensurg, has written
and published over his signature in our
American newspapers: At the Cape
he says, "our fathers subdued the ma
tives and made them work for them
Tor which they We're by nature fitted
Then the English came f0cking down
and said that We had no business tC
treat blacks like dogs, and that it was
our duty as Christians TO libera.4
every slave in the colony This We
declined TO DO" And as the English
seemed determined 10 put a stop tc
slavery, the Beers made up theil
minds TO trek etraveD by ox-wagons
further north. And after great lose
and suffering a large number Of them
succeeded in reaching Natal, also an
English possession, and amongst the
number who made their way to Nata,
was President Kruger, then a boy ten
years old. Having overcome ali oo-
sbacles to their settlement in Natal and
subduing the Zulus, they established
the Republic of Natal.
In Natal there We're some English
whom the Zulus had permitted to re-
main there and carry on trade with
the natives, and the Boer Republic Of
Natal was no sooner established than
it found itself at war with England
The English residents were told that
they were Boer subjects, and Durham
where they resided, was declared a
Boer port. This led to a small force
being sent from Cape Town to the as
sistance of the English. The British
force was small not numbering more
than two hundred, with NO provisions
whereas the Beers were overwhelming
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