West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-01-11
IMMENSE PRO-BOER MEETING
Of United Irish Societies Of New
York at the Academy Of Music.
CONGRESSMAN sUIzEa onssoR
OF the Occasion Enlogizes the Beers
aud Compares Them TO Our Fore
fathers.

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Irish societies OF New York and vicinity
filed the Academy OF Music tonight NJ
mass meeting called 10 express SYM
pathy with the Beers and opposition To
| England in consequence of the South
African war. Senator Mason, of nh-
nois, Congressman Sulzer, Congressman
Cummings. of New York, and others
addressed the meeting.
Justice Fitzgerald. OF the supreme
court, presided. The entlre house VAS
filled rhe proscenium, the boxes and
the balconies were all decorated with
IA profus,on OF American flags, the
green Irish emblems. and occasionally
the flags Of the two South African re-
puolics
Justice Fitzgerald. after calling the
meeting To order said
Il is great honor To be asked to
speak To this great audience tonight
and to join In expressing our deep in
dignation at the unjustihable war now
being waged by Great Britain upon the
people of the Transvaal, and TO give
utterance to our sentiments OF deep aa-
miration for the gallant stand being
made by the embattled farmers OF
South Africa in defense of their prop
erty, their lives. their liberties.
The British colonial office seems to
have mp TO this point, made "A mistake
in calculating the fighting qualities of
those farmers II is said that the col
onlal secretary will send more troops
to Africa. Perhaps when the yeomen.
fox hunters and by the gracious per-
mission Of the queen, the duke OF Con-
naught go to the relief of the besieged
troops England's cup may again bc
filed with bitterness
.'The great heart of the American
people goes out to the people of the
Transvaal and the Orange Free State.
They arc fighting for the same princi
pies, they are against the same soyer-
cign and relocated soldiers that
fought rs century ago and would
tight us Tomorrow if they dared and
thought IL would benefit them
Congressman Sulzer spoke next. lie
made "a magnificent speech, as follows ::
II am not ashamed TO have IL known
that my sympathy is with the heroic
| Beers in their resolutc cndeavor and
/ determined effort TO maintain their
homes and their independence againat
the piracy and the tyranny Of the Brit
ish crown want To see them win in
this contest because they are right.
ana deserve to win.
"rheir cause is just one No one
can honestly dispute that They are
! defending their homes and repelling "a
reiaorscless invader. England's at
tempt To steal their country is an out
rage, an act Of criminal aggression,
and should be condemned by the Chris
tian powers Of the world. In my judg-
Inent nine-tepths OF the American peo-
pie are against England IN this mntter
aud in sympathy with the South Afri.
can patriots. The courage of the
Beers in The face OF Tremendous odds
has challenged the admiration of man-
kind, aud their heroism aguinst almost
insurrnountable obstacles has won the
respect Of the civilized world. They
are entitled 10 our sympathy, and we
would be false TO oursclg yes and to all
our history If we did not give it 80
them.
The South African patriots are
white men They arc Is good deal like
the patriots OF our own Revolution
They love their homes. their freedom
aud their liberty. They come from
good old Saxon ancestors in the north
Of Europe. They are flesh OF our
nesh and bone of our bone. They love
free institutions, the same as we do.
for the sake 81 personal liberty. 70
comes to them naturally and by inheri-
tancc Their love OF liberty is not Of
&, day or ola year bat OF centuries.
E They have never been conquered. aud
no MY opinion, no matter what others
think. they never will be.
rho story OF the struggles and the
4 hardships OF these brave men in South
Africa rs one Of the saddest pages in
s,ll history AN imperishable heritage
10 their hardy and valorOus descend.
mnts. No one can impariially read 10
without feeling deep sympathy for
! them in their present struggle 60 main
tain their freedom and independence
Z against English greco for gold. Eng
\ ssh tyranny aud criuinal British aR.
Y syression Tor land
They curved out. unaidcd and alone.
their own destiny in tie ryilds OF the
dark continent, amid unspealSabio
+ hardships and privations. and gave 20
.the world a civilization as good as our
own For century and moro. In sum
sshiue and in storm, these brave people
|pplodded on and theY bnildcd, like the
fathers Of this republic. better than
r they knew Surrounded DY savaqcs.
4 horassed OY wild beasts. visited by
ftmine and scourged by diseasc in all
the long. weary drcary years they
never lost hope; they prayed to God
Wand never desDaircd. They are 70 sim.
Z pie Christian people. as honest as they
,are brave. They redeemed toc wildcr.
ness turned the desert into sweeping
p fields at grain. made the Jungle bios