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dependent for a living. The usual result of in- 

 debtedness thus incurred has intensified the enmity 

 of the Boers towards their benefactors, and 

 although they must know that every one of them 

 is indebted in a greater or less degree to the 

 industry, skill, and enterprise, to say nothing of 

 capital of Englishmen, the only acknowledgment 

 they have made has been signally displayed by an 

 accentuated expression of contempt, hatred, and 

 oppression for the very people to whom most of 

 them are indebted for their lives, and all for the 

 prosperity they now enjoy. 



Notwithstanding the facts which prove the 

 justice of the above allegations, these wretched 

 and intensely ignorant people have conciliated the 

 admiration of a considerable clique in England 

 and on the Continent, by whom they are credited 

 with all kinds of patriotic and domestic virtues. 

 If a love of their country can be assumed from 

 the fact that they have already sold almost every 

 square mile of it, of any present or prospective 

 value, to mining companies or speculators, they 

 may claim the title awarded to them, but on no 

 other grounds. Meanwhile, the much-abused 

 Uitlander is the proprietor of more than half of 



