The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-02-01

born American citisen, ana g such il favor
q Justice ana liberty for all; second, be-
| cause Of the strong and heroic fight being
maze y the Beers against great odds; and,
tnlrd. because they are fighting the great
nypocrfte. mar and bully Of the ages; .
nation always ready to rob and despoil q
weaker one; nation which has always been
the enemy Of the American people and
american institutions. It seems to me that
the sympathy Of every right-minded man
must be with the Beers They are contend
ing Tor exactly the same rights for which
our forefathers fought at Bunker HILL Lex
ington and Concord. Within the memory Of
Iiving men England has been the greatest
prosecutor OF innocent people simply be-
cause OF their religious beliefs that ever
existed. It was not 30 long ago that Daniel
OConnell stood up before the English peo-
PIE ana demanded justice for 5000, 900 Of his
countrymen, who were enslaved simply be-
cause they were not Of the church recog-
nzeo Dy monster king. In no country. Of
earth has the Catholic church endured 40
many prosecutions as in those Of the Eng
i!sn empire, and in none has it been more
literally treated than in the Boer republic..n
JUDGE PRENTISS MORE MODERATE. ii
line last speaker of the day was Judge
wl.aam Frentiss, Chicago, who had the
dimcult task of interesting an audience upon
SUBJECT which had been we'll threshed out
Dy those who had preceded him. Mr. Prem
tiss was not. however, so decidedly anti
Gngnsn as the others, and professed the
greatest admiration for England. and said
she was entitled to great praise for MANY
tnlngs, including the magma charter, tie
common law which prevails in this country
today, its poets and its great statesmen.
he merely wished to save that great nation
rom continuing with such terrible crime.
Inc Beers might be justly termed fanatics
what OF that? Were not the Pilgrim faith
ers fanatics, and religious fanatics at that?
AIterWard their descendants developed into
me greatest evangels of liberty and equal
rlgnts the world had ever known. So it
gained our freedom from England in battle
tne 1act remained that neither the Orange
free State, nor the Transvaal had ever
been subject to or a colony of England. Our
duty was not to govern other people, but
s ra,,1e 70 nelp other people govern them
serves. We should say to England that
our sympathies are with the Boers and 1t
mattered not what arrangements may have
been made between Little John HAY and
Joe Chamberlain" If the people asserted
themselves the administration, with it's ear
to the ground, would hear their voice and
all would be WE'LL
THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Inc following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, The Beers of South Africa.
having made homes for themselves in Cape
Goiony and Natal, were driven therefrom by
British aggression into the wilderness
where, amidst innumerable hardships. sur-
rounded by q savage people in a savage
lana, they established for themselves free
and Independent republic in large degree
the same as our own; and
whereas, Although the lives and propertv
OF the subjects of Great Britain, and of other
aliens residing in those republics, have at
all times been as secure as in any other
civilized country in the world Great Brit
ain mas, nevertheless, without any iusti-
ncation or excuse, inaugurated a war in
md foor ~
contending for the right of self-goyern-
ment, under circumstances almost identical
with those whereby our revolutionary faith
ers wrested from the same foe their free
dom and independence
NOW, therefore, be it resolved by the citi-
zens OF Minneapolis in mass meeting as
sembled:
That we still cherish the lessons and
memories of 1776. and adhere to the prin-
ciples OF the declaration of independence.
tnat every Just government derives its
powers from the consent of the governed
We, therefore, vigorously denounce the
enorts OF Great Britain to annihilate these
republics and to crush the spirit of free
dom which has transformed an African will
derness into Christian state.
we rejoice that despite the disparity Of
numbers between the Beers and the Brit
ish the spirit of liberty has given this |
handful OF people the courage to wage SO
successful defense of their homes and in
situations. The world has seen no greater
heroism, no grimmer determination: and to
US IL is an inspiring spectacle at the close
OF commercial century and in a COM
mercial era to witness this marvellous dc |
vot1on to the cause of government by. for
and of the people. And this meeting ex-
presses it's deep sympathy and goodwill for
the Beers, and sends to them it's encour- !
agement and its best wishes for their sue
cess in their gallant struggle to prevent the !
of another Ireland ,YDon tho
ruins of their republics. /
Resolved, further, that we commend the
Beers who, though fighting in defense OF |
their homes and liberties and against the |
wealth and armies of the greatest empire |
In the world, have nevertheless, conduct |
ed the war in civilized and humane man |
ner. And we condemn the British for their
use of the barbarous dum-dum bullet and |
lyddite shell. We protest against the ship
ment of munitions of war from the United |
States for the use of Great Britain in it's
war with the Beers. And we further pro-
test against the seizure of American flour,
and denounce the proposition, hitherto un-
heard of in International law that flour
or other food products may under any ,
be contraband of war, or that |
any merchandise can be such when not
intended for the enemy's country.
Resolved, further, that the people of the
Orange Free State and the Transvaal re-
publics are and Of right ought to be free
free government everywhere demand that
the integrity and independence of these
brave representatives of the Great Teu-
tonic race be maintained, and to that end
we beseech the president of the United
States to exercise the power vested in him
by the peace convention lately held, and
to tender his good Offices as q mediator
between the Beers and British, to the end
that this unjust war shall speedily cease,
with the full recognition of the freedom and
independence of these South African re-
publics.
Resolved, further, that committee Of
his meeting be directed to transmit two
copies of these resolutions to George w.
Van Siclen, of New York, with the request
hat he forward the same to the respective
presidents of the two republics.
Resolved, further, that copies of these
resolutions be forwarded to our senators
md representatives in congress, and that
hey be requested to support the Mason,
Lentz or other similar resolutions rela-
i've to the Beers and their cause
DInT VCrIDCD1