Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-01-10


serve Mr.. kruger's turn. he imported
an utterly INSCRIPTIONS Judge named
Gregorowiski. This Judge publicly
stated that be came for the express
purpose of making it bot for the Out
landers. After the prisoners bad all
pleaded guilty, thus Judge announced
that, as TO the four leaders, he should
not sentence them under the statute
law, but would resort to the unwrit-
ten law of the Transvaal, which pre-
scribed death for such an offense.
Accordingly, he sentenced these four
tone OF whom was a distinguished
American, and probably the ablest
mining engineer in the WORLDLY TO
death, and all the others to various
terms of Imprisonment and heavy
fines.
p. Even the Dutch settlers of
South Africa, being Mortified at this
sentence, and pouring by hundreds
into Pretoria to demonstrate against
1t, MIR. Kruger graciously took the
matter into consideration, but an-
nounced that his religious scruples
forbade that he should commute the
death sentence into fines, because
such fines would be 1.-The price of
blood" and his reverence for his dear
Lord Jesus forbade that he should be
less scrupulous than the priests of
Jerusalem.
%. The pious Beers therefore in
formed the prisoners that they could
not be released on the payment Of
any fines, but that if the prisoners
would, of their own accord, offer TO
subscribe for charities" sums vary
ing from $4,000 to 100000 each,
for the leading meu, and not less than
$4,000 for everybody, the merciful
President might be induced to par
don them, without any fines or im
/ prIsOnment.
"a. Both the British and American
Governments being at that time too
chicken hearted to intervene in these
proceedings, this offer had to be ac
cepted. The American citizens all
made heavy contributions to ''chari
ty," Mr.. John Hays Hammond paw
ing 100000. No such penalties
were ever exacted in the whole histo-
ry of the United States, nor, during
the last century, in any other ciyliz
ed country.
%. These charitable contribu
ton. amounting to about 81 ,0OO,O
IN all, were duly paid over to his
Highness Paul Kruger or his son.in
law. 1t is needless TO say that the
charities have never turned up, al
though four years have now elapsed
since the ! 100000 was safely de
posted under the control of the pious
Paul Kruger.
26. Both the British and American
Governments meekly submitted to
these outrages upon their citizens:
more shame for them both, No won
der that Kruger described both Eng
lishmen and American as dogs. who.
If they were good, would lick his
boots"
The advocates of the Beers in this
country assert that these acts have
occurred only since the Jameson raid
of December, 1895. In this there is
not one word of truth, EXCEPT. of
course, as to the trial and sentenc.
of the Outlanders. All the other
acts of oppression above narrated.
and many, many more, we're commit
ted and persisted in before the Jane
son raid occurred. Although the
raiders were defeated and captured.
Mr.. Kruger was not thereafter quite
so confident that the Outlanders
would never fight as he had been be-
fore. After that raid, and not be-
fore, he permitted Johannesburg to
have some kind of local government.
insisting, of course, that this govern
ment should be absolutely under the
control of his own creatures. Still. !
It was much better to have local
government of his nomination than
to have none at all.
IHOMAS G.. SHEARMAN.
J. /. Bevery, Loganton, Pa. writes, Il !