Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-26

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land. Humanity! England had better
enlarge her Pharisaical cloakl 1t may
be that this war is the beginning OF
England's doom. When England starts
out in the line of higher civilization
she is not doing SO by reason Of her
generosity. By reducing people to an
abjcct condition, to do which she will
resort to any cruelty. she attempts to
lntroducethc principles Of higher civil
lization.' England sent representatives
to the peace conference at The Hague
and then when they returned home II
was only to buy guns and ammunition
TO conduct war Of conquest.
| "Gen. Butler has issued orders TO
his men that they needn't be too par
ticular about giving quarter to Beers
taken prisoners"
In conclusion, DR.. Moran said: "I
trust that the God of battles may smile
OH the Beers. II were South Afri-
cnn, I would take up my rife, and
never lay it down until liberty for my
country was established, or uutil I felt
In battle"
Judge g. r. Grant was the next
speaker. He spoke about tic proper
feeling that should prevail Mt sympa-
thy meeting, and said that he had no
trade to make against England as u
nation. other than that he believed her
to be wrong In this war, which he re.
ferred to as n war of conquest. He
reviewed the prevailing conditions In
the Transvaal, and denounced the abb
surdlt7 OF England's grievance against
the Bocrs.
Among other remarks, Judge Grant
said: "The Beers are slow, easy
going people, but the business In which
they are engaged, farming and herd
ing, is especially adapted to their ma
ture. They are capable of progress
and have been progressing, too"
Speaking about the existing war, the
speaker said that IL the Transvaal
country didn't possess any gold, Eng.
lands desire to civilize the Beers to
higher standard would not be so freely
manifested.
ut is proper that sympathy should
be expressed for the Bocrs, and there
is no necessity for whispering It about,
either. When our country was engag.
ed in the war of the rebellion. Eng
land didn't send us words of sympathy.
Instead she prosecuted us, herself, In
demands for settlement of grievance
she claimed to have against us.
would like to see our citizens pass res
olutions of sympathy for the Beers,
and believe that the people should re-
quest that this be done. That we
should neglect to express our SYM
pathy at this time would not be doing
justice to our past history.
1T was not toward aSfuture Of con-
quest that the PROV of the Mayfiower
was turned" 'ef
Remarks were also made by DIR. T..
+. Mahar, pastor of st. Vincent de
Paurs church, and Hon. $. G. Rogers.
Their words were full of sympathy for
the Beers.
Dr. Mahar said that an Irish brigade
$4,000 strong, was lighting with the
Beers, and that more would likely Join
in the battle. Mr.. Rogers declared
against the intoxicating of the ,prlnci
pies of higher civilization into the
Beers or any other people by the use
Of the shotgun. 81
Resolutions were prepared and upan-
imously adopted. They are as follows:
RESOLUTIONS.
whereas. 1t has been tho rational
and traditional policy Of the people
Of the United States to sympathize
with any other people contending for
Independence and .-Kovemnlen.
Aud
"Whereas, The Congress and the
Executive Of our country have In for.
mer times voiced in no uncertain
tones such sympathy on the part Of
our citizens, and notably In the strug.
giles of Greace, Hungary and the Spun
ish-Americnn States for the upbuild.
ing OF free institutions. And
Whereas, In tho war now fiagrant
hotwen Great Britain and the govern.
nants Of the Transvnal and the or.
ange Free State, the representative
and executive servants Of the Amer.
icnn people, by their silence thus far,
appear to have departed from our an.
cestral and honorable practice in this
respect,
""rhcrcf0rc, we resolve. as the
sense of this meeting:
First, that the present contest In
South Africa is, ON the part OF those
Republics, n Just and defensive war,
waged by them for the Integrity Of
their government and the presorva-
tion and perpetuity OF their ancient
and undoubted rights as free men.
! "Sppnnd TINT Grant pritnin Ia ,,ro