Adamantia : the truth about the South African diamond fields : or, a ...

A PILL FOR 1m SOUTHEY. 201to which our attention will now be given is eitherofficial or authenticated.Furthermore, we must ;not forget that the object ofthe Free State is exactly the reverse of Waterboer andCo.'s, viz., that it is to prove that Cornelius Kok was-an independent chief; that Waterboer has not any rightto the lands he claims-either the Campbell grounds orSouth Adamantia; and that to the last of these territoriesthe right of the Free State is indefeasible-eastof the Vetberg line, or Albania-whilst to the formerits claim is, at all ~vents, better than his.1. Annexure No. 1 is a most important State paper.Standing alone, it is quite sufficient to cover the CapeColonial Government-and especially its Secretary,Mr. Southey-with confusion; for it clearly disproves,by their own former ·deed and words, the position theynozo maintain ostensibly in support of Waterboer, butin reality to retain the diamond-fields themselves, viz.,that mendacious statement that ~he late CaptainCornelius Kok was not an independent chief, but wasWaterboer'8 under-captain or subordinate.The original of the following document is in thepossession of the Free State Government, and in thearchives of Cape Town an official copy should exist.Its authentic nature is, moreover, attested hy theFree State Governinent. and by the surviving membersof the late COJ;nelius Kok's Raad, &c." (}()f)lII'1lmmt Houu, (JfIJH Town, lit May, 1848."Sir,-I have the honour, by direction of the High Commissioner,to acknowledge the receipt of your memorial, praying to berecognized..., II Nati", (J1a.,,, in connection with the Colo1lY; and toacquaint you that his Excellency has been pleased to accede to yourprayer, and" (P has) "given directions to Major Warden to have theDigitized by Goog Ie