Our first quotation was from the words of ignorant Boers, our second from those of a man South African born and bred, South African in character and education. But perhaps both are surpassed by words lately written by an English statesman of rank. Let us turn to a “minute” of Sir Bartle Frere’s, forwarded on November 16th, 1878 (2222, p. 45), and see what he says in defence of Boer conquests and encroachments. “The Boers had force of their own, and every right of conquest; but they _had also what they seriously believed to be a higher title, in the old commands they found in parts of their Bible to exterminate the Gentiles, and take their land in possession_.[68] We may freely admit that they misinterpreted the text, and were utterly mistaken in its application. But _they had at least a sincere belief in the Divine authority for what they did, and therefore a far higher title than the Zulus could claim for all they acquired_.”[68] (P. P. [C. 2222] p. 45). If the worship of the Boers for their sanguinary deity is to be pleaded in their behalf, where shall we pause in finding excuses for any action committed by insane humanity in the name of their many gods? But the passage hardly needs our comments, and we leave it to the consideration of the Christian world. A paragraph from _The Daily News_ of this day, November 8th, 1879, will suitably close our chapter on the Transvaal. It is headed “Serious Disturbance in the Transvaal,” and gives a picture of the disposition of the Boers, and of the control we have obtained over them. “PRETORIA, October 13th. “A somewhat serious disturbance has occurred at Middleberg. A case came in due course before the local court, relating to a matter which took place last July. A Boer, by name Jacobs, had tied up one of his Kaffir servants by his wrists to a beam, so that his feet could not touch the ground. The man was too ill after it to move for some days. The case against the Boer came on on October 8th. A large number of Boers attended _from sympathy with the defendant_,[69] and anxious to _resist any interference between themselves and their Kaffirs_. The Landrost took the opportunity to read out Sir Garnet’s proclamation, declaring the permanency of the annexation of the Transvaal. The attitude of the Boers appeared to be so threatening that after a time the Landrost _thought it better to adjourn the hearing for a couple of hours_.