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evor who hnvo fled from English law on various pretexts, 
Rnd have been joinod by English deserters and ovory othor 
variety of bad character in thoir distant localities, are 
nnfortnnately of a very different stamp. The great ob- 
jection many of tbo Boers had, and still have, to English 
taw, is that it makes no distinction between black men 
and white. They felt aggrieved by their supposed losses 
in the emancipation of thoir Hottentot slaves, and deter 
mined to erect themselves into a republic, in which they 
might pursue, without molestation, tho “propor treatment 
of tho blacks ’' It is almost nocdlcss to add that the 
“ propor treatment” has always contained in it tho essen- 
tial element of slavery, namely, compulsory unpaid labor. 
One section of this body, under tho late Mr. Hendrick 
Potgoiter, penetrated tho interior as far as the Cashan 
Mountains, whence a Zulu or Caffro chief, named Mosili- 
katze, had been expelled by tho well-known Caffro Din- 
gaan ;* *• and a glad welcome was given them by the Be- 
chuana tribes, who had just escaped tho hard sway of that 
cruel chieftain. They camo with tho prestige of whito 
men and deliverers; but tho Bcchuanas soon found, as 
they expressed it, “ that Mosilikatzo was cruel to his 
enemies, and kind to those he conquered ; but that tho 
Boors destroyed their enemies, and made slaves of thoir 
friends.” The tribes who still retain tho semblance of 
independence are forcod to perform all the labor of the 
fields, such as manuring the land, weeding, reaping, building, 
* Dingaan was the brother and successor of Chnka, the most cruel and 
bloodthirsty tyrant that ever disgraced the soil of Africa. He had formed 
tie tribe into a military organisation and ravaged all the neighboring 
tribe* ; but his horrible cruelties to his own subjects led to a revolt 
headed by Hingaan and Umslungani, his two elder brothers, who first 
attacked him with spears, wounding him in the back. Chaka was en- 
veloped in a blanket, which he cast off and fled. He was overtaken and 
again wounded. Falling at the foet of his pursuers, he besought them In 
the most abject terms to let him live, that he might ho thoir slave : hut b* 
Was instantly speared to death. — Am. Ed 
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