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

418 POPCLARITY OF FREE STATE RULE.visited the diamond fields; we present the followingextracts from the addresses presented to him by the"Diggers' Committees," to show the contrast betweenthe satisfaction experienced during Free State rule,and the detestation in which the usurping Governmentwas held:-" Sm,-We, the undersigned Diggers' Oommittee ofDu Toit's Pan,beg, upon thia your Honour's first viait to the fields, to offer ourveri hearty welcome, and trl18t and feel confident that the presenceof your Honour at Du Toit's Pan will go far to promote the goodotcier and peace of the diggers &8 a community, fIlrllMlV i" • grllltmetJlUr6 wli"g, and further establiahing eM g-Iuling WAngTlltw_ yOtw GDPW'ntMflt .nd tM fliggw •. "" May it pleaae your Honour,-We, the nndersigned, members ofthe Diggers' Committee of Pnie!. • • mUlt thank your Honour'sGovernment/or eM p6f1C6 rind fuUttUU tTult ~ w" even when thecamp contained aeveral thonaand inhabitants. Nothing COfIld AM,6teCNrUd tM mwgy .nd puhlic &pirit 01 tM fh1wntMflt ,.",11,," tluringeM pwicd t/w6 dig,..,. lIM, hun opm«l."So much for Sir H. Barkly's self-gratulation and falseassertions, that Itil rule "uuu everuwMre /tailed toitlt intenae,alia/action" ; 1IJith" the full aBaent of the diggera;" that"everuthing toaB going on quietly and aaliafactori1u";and that tM Gowmment had, "Hen prudently and firmluadmini.teretl" IArter his little bill to formally annex the dianiondfields had been rejected by the Cape Parliament, and,considering the state of revolution existing against hisJunta at the fields, Sir H. BarkJy d~termined uponpersonally visiting the scene of disorder, as beforestated; to shirk off the responsibilities he had incurred,to appease the dissatisfied diggers, and yet retain thediamond fields by the only remaining resource-submission·totheir demands, unlimited soft sawder, theDigitized by Goog Ie .