The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-06

Peace and independence soon followed.
Having secured independence, happiness
and prosperity prevailed. In 1880 another
element of discord escaped from the
Pandora box of Boer destiny. Gold was
discovered. England at once determined
to possess herself of these mines. Cecil
Rhodes. the president of the diamond COM
pany, became England S agent. IF. jane
son was the tool, enlising 500 men. Sc
curing cannon from the British govern
ment he entered the Transvaal marching
towards Johannesburg. The Boer farmers
heard of this army met the British forces
and annihilated them.
The last charge of this force was met
and overcome by the Beers, killing $50
of the raiders and capturing eight Maxim
guns This raid. fostered and connived
at by England and which was never pun
ished, thoroughly aroused the brave
Beers. They could go no further, no land,
no unexptored country was open for them,
and they determined to die there for lib
erty of conscience and the right 10 make
laws for themselves.
They discovered and settled the country,
there their children were born; there were
the graves of their brave sires, and meet
ing IN their homes, with the Bible before
them, on Bonded knees, they asked their
God, our God, the God of the Christian
world for health, for strength, for help
to repel the British and protect their
firesides from the ruthless hand of the
deSpoiler.
England was determined, in pursuance
of her historic habit, to possess herself Of
the Transvaal gold fields
Excuses We're soon invented, English
papers began to publish daily editorials
rehearsing alleged wrongs perpetrated
upon her subjects in the TransYaal. 1t was
said they were taxed without representa-
ton and a demand was made that the
time required TO acquire the right TO vote
should be reduced to five years. Cham
berlain, secretary OF the colonies, made
this demand, and. after several months
in negotiations, the government OF the
? Isl
OF the English government; and the Eng
lish representative at Pretoria said It
would without doubt be accepted Never
in the history of the world was a. demand
made by one nation on another as was
made by England to compel another gov
eminent to make it easy for her Eng
lish citizens to renounce their allegiance
to the queen.
Toryism in the Blood.
For fear that some tory may deny these
blood its virus innOculates every fiber OF
their anatomy; their whole system be
comes gangreened; they are intellectu-
ally poisoned; their sense OF justice, right
and wrong, patriotism and love Of liberty
has gone, and in their place sits en-
threned lust Of power, greed, hate, I'M
periaiism, tyranny, mihtarism and in
justice. The reply to British demands
Government ONCE, Pretoria, Aug. 10.
1899 Sir-With reference TO your request
for a Joint inquiry, contained in your dis
patches of Aug. 2 and ), the government
OF the South African republic has the
honor TO suggest the alternative proposal
for the consideration OF her majesty's
government, which this government
trusts may lead TO final settlement
The government is willing to recon-
mend to the voiksraad and the people a
five years retrospective franchise, as
proposed by his eXcellency, the high COM
missioner at Bloemfontein on June !,
1899.
=. The government is willing to recon-
mend TO the vOlksraad that eight new
seats in the first volksraad and II neces-
Sary also in the second vOlksraad be Civ
en- TO the population of the WitWaIerS
rand, thus with the two sitting members
OF the gold fields, giving to the popula~
ton thereof ten Representatives IN a Rad
OF Jhlrty-slX, and in the future the repre-
SentatiOn of the gold fields of this re-
puSiic snail not fan below the proportion
of One-fOurth of the total.
g. The new burghers shall, equally
with the Old burghers, be entitled to vote
at the election lot state president and
commandant general
II. The government shall always be
prepared to take into consideration such
friendly suggestions regarding the de-
tails OF the franchise law as her majeSty'S
government. through the British agent,
may wish to convey to il.
.. In putting forward the above pro-
poSals, tine government of the South At
rican republic assumes:
"(a) That her majeStyS government
will agree that the present Intervention
shall not form q. precedent for future sim
liar action, and that in the future no in
reference in the internal affairs Of the
republic viii take place.
"(b) That her maJeSty's government
will not further insist on the assertion of
the Suzerainty, the controversy on this
subject being allowed tacitly TO drop.
'(c) That arbitration (tTOm which for
etSn element other than Orange Free
State is to be excluded will be conceded
as sOon as the franchise scheme has be-
come law.
Franchise Law Fair.
THE government trusts that her ma
JeSty'S government viii clearly under
stand that in the opinion of this govern
ment the existing franchise law of this
republic is both fair and liberal to the
new population, and that the cOnsideTa-
ton which induces them to go further,
as they do in the above proposals. is their
strong desire to get the controversies be-
tween the two governments settled.
And. further TO put an end TO the
present strained relations between the
TWO governments, and the incalculable
harm and loss II has already OccaStOned
in South Africa, and 10 prevent q racial
war from the effects of which South Al
rlca may not recover for many genera
TONS perhaps never at all. D"
The TACT that this proposal was reject
ed by Chamberlain should cOnsign to
everlasting Intamy these hired assassins
OF a brave people, who tell their readers
every morning that the miners have no
rights; tnat Lney must i've there TWEEN
ty-nVe, twenty or fifteen years before
they are permitted to vote or become c1tl-
ZenS of the republic; that they are cruel;
that they have slaves; that they are ig-
morant, etc, etc
President Kruger waited until October
for reply to his communication In the
meantime inflammatory articles were
scattered over England, the lions tail
had been tread upon, England honor
was at stake, .s'her majesty was aroused
and indignant etc, etc.
The people had TO be blinded, excited;
$50, 000. 600 in gold taken out OF Africa eV
cry year should belong to her majesty
and the empire; the people prejudice
and cupidity had been appealed 20, as the
tory papers are now dong IN the United
States, because of the robbery of the
liberties of the Filipinos and the de-
struction of this republic.
The English war Office secretly sent
thousands of her braves to Cape Town
cavalry. artillery and infantry, every ar
tifice was resorted to to cover their de-
parture. but Dom Paul. the grand old
patriot, knew just what was going on,
ana IN October sent England an ultima
tum, demanding that no more troops be
sent to Africa pending negotiations, and
Offering to arbitrate. Chamberlain then
threw off the mask denied the indie
pendence of the republic and said they
were in revolt.
There was no other course to pursue.
The brave race, noble descendants of
those who drove Phillip out of Holland,
must now die or become vassals of Eng
land. They chose the former, and since
then war in all its hideous ghastliness,
suffering and sorrow has been their lot.
Yet, undaunted by the fact that England
has now in arms the largest army that
ever left her shores. they so singing to
death. the Bible IN one hand. their rife
in the other, and weary not. Their cause
is just, they believe in the God of Israel
that as he delivered the children OF Is
rael, SO also will he deliver them from
the hands of the despoiler.
Chamberlain Excuse.
The excuse made by Chamberlain for
the present OBSTRUCTION of the Dutch re-