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KOBAKTA EA BKCOAX.y AND IIKCHUAX.VS GAZtTTE, MATLHACO, SELI'MOTHOLv 0, 1902.
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lie **f service to t’.'e hordis of our |ie.iple
in both English and Seehuana.
in still darkness ? Even if such a
book erild be of t'12 six; of “ 1-B.i ulla
lase Scotland '* written by that great
Cape Politics.
Missionary and true friend of the
"Natives, Rev. B. J. Ross, M.A. of
Ctinniughntn. iu Trouskei.. it would
i t n T 1 J ! Whatever ,,,a .v ,H-‘ said of Joliani
Market Square.
MAFEKING.
W. Q. KIRKPATRICK,
GENERAL DEADER,
Opposite Railw ay Yard,
BU LAW AYO.
Bechiiana’s Gazette.
Tlie letter which ba3 not a misprized
idea of a newajiajser's influence. appear*
in full in ,,ur jSechuana cjlnmns.
eo.idudcs with a i iinjierative demand
t iuL BTti-iniiv' translate an I |vtil>lin!i it
UUvIkUvFv w V/Oi liuui j u®hurg »nd Bulawayo preparing to
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, ,1902.
I AM b l a c k , bat comely, O ye daughters
of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar
and the curtains of Solomon.-
Look not upon me because I am
blade for the sun hath looked upon
me; ray mother’s children were
angry with me; .they made me the
keeper of their vineyards ; but my
own vineyard hare I not kept.
The jioWerful address of tue Hon.
tlie Judge President at. the latest
mnrder trial lias irameusely captivated
the minds of oar readers. During the
week we’ have rcoeived a number of
letters teemiug with words of the
highest praise for Mjr. Justice Laurence’s
abilities as a speaker and an
become liarbarous, the same cannot be
j said of Capetown.
' The Political Minifcsto.. issued l y
the Committee of the progressive pnrty
includes the following lather commendable
clause.
(g)
A just and sympathetic native
policy, including the prohibition
of the «d.e of liquor to aboriginal
natives.
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The “ South African Party” however
went one step further and after eliminating
certain clauses of its old constitution,
inserted the following articles
“ Its aim is the development tinder the
guidance of Providencc of a feeling of
unity amongst the various nationalities
of
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British South A frica,
and the wnsolidation of the British
South African colonies into one federal
union, having due regard to the mutual
interests of these colonies and the snpreniaiy'of
the British Cr mu.
“ A n y o n e b o r n i n , o r p e r m a n e n t l y
s e t t l e d i n S o u t h A f r i c a
come a member.”
m a y l>e-
-There is something decidedly significant
about the two organisations responsible
for these declarations. The
pcrsonel of the first named conunittec,
when put through the X rays* opjwire
somewhat like this, after the next
registration of voters, and general
exponent of the law. His Lordship s
gamming up lias shown our people that
tliev are “safe in the arms"of the
law*.
Incidentally our correspondent take
a serious exception to our view aW it election:
a reprieve. The following is a translation
of a portion of one of the Dr. Sniartt, (Premier).
letters :—
Mr. E. H. Walton (Col. Secretaiy).
I knew that our salvation was not Sir L. Mitchell (Treasnrer General).
vet: and I thought that you would
advocate our cause as long as your Adv. Sampson (Attorney General)
path is smooth, and that as soon as Mr. dagger (Commissioner of Crown
the crucial point shall have been
reached, instead of striking the blow
Land and Public Woiks).
that j t to bring our accommodation, Hon. A. \Vilmot (Secretary for Agriculture)
and Dr. Jameson (without
vou would suddenly give wav and
sacrifice our cause for the sake-of
a -cruel and relentless race.
portfolio.)
Maritx’s case, quoted by . Judge j
Laurence remind^ me how you The second named organization replaces
the great and famous Afrikander
once rewarded a pair of the most
rancorous Boers, who c ru e lly
murdered Your countryman. Hie Bond, with a new and overhauled con.
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three ‘Judges, the murderers
advocates and everybody c,f-‘
had given up hope, and it only
remained for the death sentence to
be passed when, af nobody's invitation,
vou came forward and gave
the most undesirable evidence which
capsized the whole case, and the
fiercest criminals were let loose.
Now, of what earthly use can the
lives of these, murderers be to vou
or vours? Ti» true what Mr. Bell
said' about you during the biege,
that all you inherited from those
German Missionaries was tneir absurd
benignity and nothing more.
On that occasion too you were going
atitutiou.
to use your influence with Lord
Salisbury's son (Lord E. Cecil) ta .that tlie author is » gnuidaon of the
nave the life of that rascally Hottentot,
who confessed, to having come final M ir IVpliet. » * «
here to inspect;our.fortifications lor
|K,»evcr. I" ..... that ■’cf.K.uce »
'the information of the- Boers. 11
Mr. Bell allowed vou lo have your made in t'.'o introductory note of the
way with the Militaiy, the spy would
never have b^en tried and executed.
author ta Hie c l i e n t M A
I cannot understand way the Almigl t/ Kt.ikau.r- life I'.'. »'r- K,l edition, then we ho|ic that the Tune
whose sole aim is to save the lile ot of NtsikanaV famous Hymn would be
every murderer. I trust that vou
will in future mind your, own busi-
nesi and let Majesty's Judges
administecpritfce according to Law-
NATIVE PUBLICATIONS.
A copy of "Tin- life of Xwikmta"
by Mr. Unmet Xtsikaua, a Tlicologic-.il
student ul I.0V0 laic. lia» indirectly
readied in. Toe stoty U well written
and will inteiW. Cliristians of all denominations.
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