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And on March 3 President Burgers read an address to the Raad, in which the following words occur: 'I would rather be a policeman under a strong Government than the President of such a State. You have ill-treated the natives, you have shot them down, you have sold them into slavery, and now you have to pay the penalty.
Burgers thought to save the State by making himself an absolute monarch. He was to be elected for a period of seven years instead of five years, and to be eligible for re-election. In him was vested the power of making all appointments without reference to the legislature.
We will doe it; He has our faithes. What strengthe's upon the Guard? Sold. Two hundred English. 1 Cap. Goe, and give this comaund then: That if any Burgers or Arminian Soldiers Offer to come upon the Guard, or let in or out Any without our knowledge, presently To bend their strength upon 'em. Sold. 1 Cap.
The English make a stand upon the new Companies, Ready to charge 'em if they stirr. Leid. Oh mischief! All our designes are crackt, layed open, ruynd: Let's looke if any cure remaine. O devill! Enter Duch-woemen and Burgers. Duch-W. The Prince, the Prince, the Prince! O our husbands. Burg. Goe pray, goe pray, goe pray: We shalbe hangd all. Duch-W. I would it were no worse: Enter Eng.-gentw.
It is believed that in the caverns of what used to be Sekukuni's country considerable stores of diamonds, taken back from the fields by Baphedi laborers in the early days, lie concealed. Now, Sekukuni was a warrior of parts, he defied for several years the Transvaal, when the administration of President Burgers attempted to levy tribute on him in the form of hut tax.
There was no money spent on bribery, as has been stated, though it is impossible to imagine a state of affairs in which it would have been more easy to bribe, or in which it could have been done with greater effect; unless indeed the promise that some pension should be paid to President Burgers can be called a bribe, which it was certainly never intended to be, but simply a guarantee that after having spent all his private means on behalf of the State he should not be left destitute.
On the 20th December 1876, Sir T. Shepstone wrote to President Burgers, informing him of his approaching visit to the Transvaal, to secure, if possible, the adjustment of the existing troubles, and the adoption of such measures as might be best calculated to prevent their recurrence in the future.
On April 3, 1877, Shepstone had written to Frere: Mr. Burgers, who had been all along, as far as his conversation and professions to me went, in full accord with me, had suddenly taken alarm; he made impossible proposals, all of which involved infinite delay, and, of course, dangerous agitation.
But I have given life to these others, and so it must be held to. Tie their hands behind them and let us on to Bear Castle. For this tide brooks no delay." So they gat to horse, and the footmen from Garton mounted the horses of the slain Burgers, and had the charge of guarding the twenty that were left.
Burgers proceeded to Europe, having, he says in a posthumous document recently published, been empowered by the Volksraad "to carry out my plans for the development of the country, by opening up a direct communication for it, free from the trammels of British ports and influence."
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