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ty to read E had ch h id by ii, in Wyck, uax, John S Van ,, Van Sfore, as rciety of f0Fdance titutionj 1' zd, at l Forty. Jression African Iain for thirty attend, d their i public. i than dus. i bred i lood 3 Pfe- f 3 sent the first of the Anglo-Saxons. In the Low Lands were nurtured the ancient Angles and Sax- ons who gave strength to England and add greater power to the United States. , l Then, as Americans, as Anglo-Saxons, and with the blood of the old Dutch Republic in our veins, sons of sires who have fought for the principle of self-government in Europe and America, we assemble to-night. There is a quarrel between two of our friends. A great empire is threatening a little republic in South Africa, nay, threatening two such little re- publics, with one of whom it never has had a quarrel. Englishmen and Boers are getting angry. Rifles are being loaded and swords drawn. I What should we Americans of this Society do? Shall we give any expression to our feelings at this crisis? Should we be silent? ' Without a desire to disturb the good under- standing between Great Britain and the United States, but for the sake of that good understanding, should we not appeal to the better nature of Eng- land, to the conscience of the British people, to that love of freedom and self-government which has formed the brightest pages in English history, to refrain from this cruel ,and unnecessary war, to restrain the attempt of some to extinguish the name of a little republic, even two little republics, and sweep them from the face of the earth? Judge George M. Van Hoesen, on behalf of the Committee appointed by the Trustees, presented the following resolutions: . Resolveai That the Holland Society of New York, composed exclusively of descendants of Dutch burghers resident in the colony of New Netherland before 1675, sympathizing deeply
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4 with the burhers of the South African Republic in their struggle for the maintenance of their independence and auton- omy, earnestly appeal to the Government of the United States to use its good offices with the Government of Great Britain for the preservation of peace between England and the T ransvaal, and for the settlement of the points in dispute between those two nations in a manner that will save to the South African Republic the rights guaranteed to it by the convention of 1884. Resolved That a committee, consisting of the President of this Society and two members selected by him, be authorized to present to the President of the United States a copy of the foregoing resolution and to urge upon him speedy action, that war may be averted between Great Britain and the South African Republic, or, if war still occurs, that peace may be concluded upon terms that the conscience of mankind will not condemn. An animated discussion upon these resolutions ensued. An all but unanimous expression of sympathy for the Boers was manifested, but sev- eral members objected to requesting the Govern- ment at Washington to, intervene. Col. William L. Heermance, of Yonkers, spoke, in substance, as follows : I favor the objects of this meeting, but when it asks this Government to interfere with the relations- of foreign governments, I am opposed to it, If We interfere there, we make a mistake. I indorse the sentiments of the resolution,,eXcept Where we ask our Government to take a part. ' There .we must quit, even in the' face of the ?F?1i1naT1gng and grasping policy of Great Britain. h I een a younger man, and had not other ties ere, would have been glad to go to the Transvaal and lend a helping hand, but where another foreign plptlginxtvrlyoils concerned, we must quit. Still, I despise S Pohcy England has pursued, with the
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