Report Of The Commissioners Appointed To Inquire Into Report Upon All Matters Relating To The Settlement Of The Transvaal Territory

Author : Great Britain. Commission
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230058894
Total Pages : 262 pages
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Download or read book Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into and Report Upon All Matters Relating to the Settlement of the Transvaal Territory written by Great Britain. Commission and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...as they are with the existing situation in South Africa, and we must do what we can to make our voices heard amongst the British public, and the result will be that more pressure than has hitherto, will be brought to bear upon the Government at home. Now, Sir, when one comes to that point--the position in which large numbers of British subjects have been placed by the course taken by the Home Government, it does seem to me that we have a right to complain, and in no moderate manner, of the way in which British subjects in the Transvaal have been treated. Those now living in the Transvaal have been induced to do so upon trust, they have made their homes in the Transvaal upon trust, and they have invested all their future upon trust, that is upon the trust that the British Government would keep their own. That trust, Sir, has been betrayed. I am not going so far as to say, sir, that it is the only instance in English history where such trust has been proved to be misplaced, but Sir, we are here to--night to protest against it, and I trust our voices will be heard at home. Whatever may be the result of ofiicial despatches, whatever may ensue from the acts of an administration, our voices will be heard by the representatives of the people and they will be heard by other sections of the South African public, and they will not be overlooked by the public, whatever the Government may do. One part of this resolution is, I may say, almost painful, " as they are unable to live any longer amidst a hostile Boer population " and in continual dread of a native rising." N ow, sir, it is a very painful and unpleasant thing to reflect upon that our friends should be surrounded by a hostile Boer population but we, who are living here, ...