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When a revolt rises to the plane of a revolution it becomes respectable. The " Jameson Raid " never reached that ele- vation. In less than four days the entire force had surrendered and the leaders were under arrest. The attempt upon Johannes- burg, and the acts of violence attending it, were denounced in unmeasured teiTns by the British Government. Dr. Jameson and his chief abettors were tried in England, and sentenced to various terms of imprison- ment; four other prominent leaders — one of t...hem an American — had sentence of death passed upon them by a judge from the Orange Free State, which was finally remitted upon the pajmient of a large sum to the South African Eepublic. England 184 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND. did lier best to rehabilitate her name in the estimation of the world; and when the de- plorable affair was over, it had done im- mense injury to the English cause, and benefited not a little that of the Republic. Diplomatic negotiations were then re- sumed; Sir Alfred Milner presenting the British view, urged the propriety of grant- ing to foreign-born residents the franchise ; also the abolishment of certain monopolies which pressed heavily upon the miners, and last, but not least, that the sovereignty of Great Britian over the Transvaal, receive official recognition.
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