The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-04

MI ,icsa In SO many r5s az
o7e sty:.s taxing on msles a@d
IA tins p ut ~ the Eng lsh ern : |,
sau Il Africa, is p.r.lcular.y tnte.dss :
{ THIS very reason.
IL tie Beers are van1l she :: II tie
lia.le reputl.cs CT SOU ID Afri "a arr u C :
ly crushea: II the cause o. sell ri
ment and liberty on the face OF IA ear h
Is % that extent crippled In Is WI
OF the Tweniil ceaJrl:y, tn M y
regrbic Wild mt lie wi no t It's eysi-
laa.iLg relru-cn for the nurder o. =
man tish s.
II is an open secret that wi hcut
Lolses aud vi hsut, ind cd SIP " OF
tnt u muGFate nrd gu cl 1t Births
arms in South AtrI,n ae in a bud Wy.
Today The army Is badly crippled 10 . 4
OF horses, asd u is the apJ "a en-, pla !
OF he Beers uirther TO wear I yre
renkrh OF the English By ma IA IL %
/ sc up III l.r h tses. Fat ne IN an ads-
quate supply. TIE end OF to war, di :
asdrcuely fer L g,and and n efu..y {
the cause Of liberty, is In si-t.
II mcst came he ne TO every trua Amer
,oan, What .iL.2t has Gu pi Q d
tcndy.ng administration TO pc m Il
so 10 the British from aly Ans lean
port? II would u 1 dare psrmi su n al
| TO go to the Beers. We ma fine
spseShes on The tt u.,h Ct ,ui We ar
G cut devosees at the s1r'ne of UNIVERSAL
liberty. Yet, el.her thr>.gh a $ a ef !
oommerclal.sm or a polslive a o, d.
Pleasing England. We prlit her to te
furnished from cur land with en- e'e.
n ert Of her arny's s., e 9Th, W IN u,
which England is t-day VII Tped
! as,aALe 1t Is easy to us,t this argu-
ment vim tech-acal Pea. II etsy
| 10 say u.2lt horses are n G ut aka d
war. 1t mdght be that We do MT recog-
nize the Boer goyeTarrs.t. Ho yey r,
we may hide behind SUI h a sha eful dc
tense. our moral culpa -ill6y Is In
whh asated, When We bought sip In
an English port nj the outbreak OF O
troubles vita Spain, and fai Ell to g.;
the vessel out OF the In ,lt,h 20 "a
time, did England permit the ve.so t
leayeY Net much. It would hive b. I
an act of unfraerdliuess to Sp-il on tae
part CO Our Eaglish cousins.
He Is. indeed, fine leg c an who ca
dom n,trate that a Nor haltman Is no ,
contritani OF war than the h gs.s W &c
must absolutely be had by tae army /.
render II effective.
Why be such hip1cr.tes? Why eyhibi
ourselves to the eyes OF the rd ;
Nation OF commercial knayes or pusi
lanimpus c;warts? Why should / on
present cong ess say to Eag a ID. sge ca.
get no more horses fr M tbs co MT =
The step would in,ure llcn I've no
trade. but Is there moth ng In the lie y
this great Nation OF llNle h,gler Ms !
onence than trade? s
Dees any one d eam for a naren tAa
we cruli sell horses with i'm sum y /
ne Beers: WI uld this, eau trs dar
pe-wit it-'wlould the preset a mi Is "A
ston allow III Why should we & sol an
cotrse tor ore SIDE AMI en- ter 70 IN
ofNer because that other Is weak an
Itit'TrgAns9
This Ma ion should roll UP a nigh
demnrd on c ngre Absolutely 10 to- 4
he expo7tetion Of horses AMI mules fro-
this nnery 10 the Bri ISL army. "
ssoud not tclenate II fer an ins.ant
an hardy be qoes.i'ne that tn, Nal
is oprosed to cur rendering anv aid I
IRE ALREADY mach powe I'll Egnss i
tfe unecual struggle. We shon d no, \
naligned and mesrv pres ntei as a MI,
by eur supine administration.