Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-01-18


the United States has been more than 8
billion of dollars We have received
about one-fifth of the amount in cash, and
now in the very midst of the season fol
exporting merchandise, England is taking
our gold from us while the exports of wheat
and cotton have fallen to lower point
than for many years past at this season OF
the year. National Watchman.
Phiiadelphians Cheer Boer Cause.
The Academy of Music, Philadelphia
was crowded with Boer sympathisers last
Saturday night Judge Ashman was
chairman. who with Robt Ellis Thompson
principal of Philadelphia Central High
School, c. ]. Hexamer, Ralph Blauken-
burg, J. M. Vanderslice and others, made
ringing speeches.
DR.. THoMPsoN's ADDRESS.
DR.. Robert Ellis Thompson is well and
favorably known in Woodbury. where be
has lectured frequently, hence we quote a
portion of his address =
DR. Robert Ellis Thompson introduced
his remarks by saying We are here to-
night to perpetuate one of the most sacred
traditions of the American Republic: TO
assert that sympathy with the oppressed
has not died out of the American heart
that America stands where she has alway 3
stood for the cause of every nation which
is fighting for freedom from oppression
There was timen be said. when il
vas not necessary for the American peo-
pie to meet In mass meeting to express
this sentiment. 1t found its official nj
terance In the messages Of Presidents IL
the resolutions of our Congress. President
Mckinley will not even raise his hand in
the interest of peace and arbitration and
exert onr influence TO put an end to the
war in Southern Africa
The speaker then gave brief history of
the origin of the Beers, who, emigratipp
from Holland, settled in Southern Africa.
How, after couquering the savage tribes
and making great commercial progress.
they were forced to leave their possessions
to escap the tyranny of the British and
establish themselves anew in the wilder
ness. How the discovery of diamonds and
gold IN their new country, which had been
made prosperous by the peaceful pursuits
OF agriculture, had brought among them
again the British, who came not to become
citizens but to become wealthy and then
return to their own country. He rider led
the charges made by the English Govern
ment that the Uitlanders, as the outsiders
were termed, could not receive fair treat.
ment in the Transvaal, and by comparison
showed that the very things of which they
complained were praeticed with much
greater severity by the British in their
own colonies CT controlled countries He
especially referred to the tax Of 5 per cent.
on all gold mined In the Transvaal, which
had been particularly complained of, which.
ne said, was charged equally upon the
Beers and Ultlanders alike, while the
foreigners only in British Alaska are
charged o per cent. for the gold they
mine
DE compared the present struggle with
that of the American Revolution respect
to the lack of social cultivation on the
part OF the Americans. They, however.
like the Beers, could shoot straight. and
they possessed the elements of character
necessary to the founding OF great nation
Speaking Of the probability of the final
success of the British he said:
Some may say, Alter all it is only a
question OF waiting bit Eugland, with
the auxiliary imperial soldiers, will crush
these Beers. Gentlemen, have been a
teacher of history for more than half nv
lifetime, and have not so read history.
he great days OF history are not those in
which auxiliary empires crush small peo-
pies fighting for their liberties
he then made re .erence to the victory of
the Greeks over the Persians, of the Swiss
against the Austrians, and the Scotch over
the English at BannOckburn, and particu-
larry to the final defeat of the Spaniards.
then the mightiest nation of the world
after aP eighty years struggle by the
Dutch, the ancestors of the Beers. who
inherit their good qualities This Dptch
race, he said, trained by centuries of
battle with the ocean, fighting for every
inch OF its land, has acquired persistency
and steadfastness that made it the anvil
that broke one Power to pieces. and God
grant it may break another
The following resolutions were adopted
amidt the widest enthusiasm =
ReSOlved, That we extend our profound
sympathy to the people of the Transyaai
Republic and Orange Free State In their
heroic defense of their land and liberty
against British aggression.
RESOLVED, That we request that the rem
resentatives of the people of the United
States in Congress assembled extend 10 the
South African Republics the same generous
measure Of sympathy that liberty-loving
Congresses gave to the patriots of Greece
Hungary, Cuba, and The South American
Republics.
Resolued, That the greatness of the
American people is the joint product of
many natioHalties who, under the bless
ings Of liberty, have built up " "a govern
ment Of the people, by the people and for
the people, and in order that it shall
not perish from the earth,'' ne oppose the
forming Of any alliance with any European
Power, and especially condemn one with
England, as un-American and opposed to
the traditions of the Republic.
RESOLVED, That we request the President
of the United States to define by procla-
nation the rights of American vessel own
ers and shippers trading between the Unit
ed States and neutral ports, SO that they
may conduct their business under the
guarantee Of the protection Of the American
( lag.
ResOlUed, That copies of these resolutions
be seal to the President. the members OF
SIS cabinet, to the Members Of Congress
Iaii. to the Governors Of the States forming
g 15oDserican Union
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