Washington sentinel., 1900-01-20
Lbe Case Of tbe Boers.

JndgeT D. Campbell, general counsel
for the Philadelphia & Reading railroad.
who is quoted as rendering a diplomatic
opinion on the South African war IN
favor OF England, is a ialr sample of a
considerable number of prrsous who
cannot divest themselv' Of the iallacY
that, no matter oy what means attained,
the establishment OF British rule over
another people is a distinct gain Tor
civilization, Such persons still give
credence TO the T port that the Beers
are a semi barbarous, unprogressive,
ignorant race, and a blot upon the earth
Some great Iishman has said: Eng
lands ink is made to blaCken those
whom its bullets are intended to des-
troy." Thanks to the monopoly which
Great Britain, to the shame Of nations,
has been able 10 exercise over the cable
and press service OF the world, the Beers
have for years been paraded as the
embodiment oi sloth, filth and intoler-
ance, When, as a matter of fact, the
same conditions prevailing today in the
TransYaal also prevail in the adjacr Mt
districts in which England has been
supreme in Africa ever siLCe her sover-
eighty was established there. II there
is any doubt on this subject, the reader
is referred to the remarkable scene
which occurred in a London Methodist
Church during a recent holiday sermon.
AS the information comes from an
unpolluted source, it will perhaps not
be questioned
Quoting from a recent published letter
written by E. E. Easton, an American
correspondent, who is viewing The war
from the Boer side, he disposes of the
charge that the Beers are intOlersnt in
these words:
AS a race, they are religious. AS to
the assertion that the Beers are Digot d
and narrow in their ideas on this subject,
/ can only say that, as / go about the
Boer cities and see the churches Of many
and various denomn ations. they at least
appear to represent as flOurishlng a
religious freedom as one finds in
America.
l venture the assertion that Crews
College, in Bloemionteiu, where the
Dutch language is the prevailing tongue
and English is only one OF the special
branches, and where pupils receive high
degrees and are qualified 20 enter the
great universities Of Europe without
further preparation, an institution mum.
Dering hundreCs Of students, will com.
pare, il not surpass, any institution OF
learning IN Washington in the imposing
character OF its architecture, size and
extent, facing. as it does, one entire side
OF a square. From an excellent photo
graph OF the exterior and interior of the
raadzaal at BlOemfontein before me as
l wrpe, also assert that so far as the
interior IS concerned, the chamber OF
the Free State Congress Is more Iuxuri-
ously furnish d and decorar ed in better
taste than the chamber OF the United
St ties Senate while the public BUILDINGS,
the Presidency and the house OF Parla.
ment are equal in architectural beauty
to any publi2 buildings in Washington
exceptthe Capitol and the Congressional
Library, though perhaps not so large,
1 these betoken ignorance and
unprogressiveness. and remotely or
otherwise justify the destruction Of the
independence OF these brave people, I
would like to inquire by what logic we
can sustain our position that the Amer.
Icau colonies were justified in shaking
of the political thraldom OF Great
Britain in 1916, since neither Liberty
Hall nor our then existing institutions
of learning compared with the public
buildings which the Beers have erected,
That there are rough, rude and ignorant
people among them Is no doubt true, as
It is no doubt true that the trappers,
hunters, Indian fighters, mountaiueers
Of Virginia and farmers Of the Mohawk
in the Revolutionary army were not a
polished and super.refined class in com
parisOn with the dandies OF the Court Of
St. James or the Court OF France. That
the spirit Of bigOtry has cropped out
among the Beers at times - sometimes
true. as IL IS no doubt true that the good
New England colonies in their day
prosecuted Roger Williams for holding
views on religious subjects apart from
the majority OF the people among whom
he lived. and as 1t is no doubt true that