But, in fact, the policy of leaving things alone has been tried for years, and it has led to their going from bad to worse.

It is not true that this is owing to the raid.

They were going from bad to worse before the raid.

We were on the verge of war before the raid, and the Transvaal was on the verge of revolution.

The effect of the raid has been to give the policy of leaving things alone a new lease of life, and with the old consequences.
'The spectacle of thousands of British subjects kept permanently in the position of helots, constantly chafing under undoubted grievances, and calling vainly to her Majesty's Government for redress, does steadily undermine the influence and reputation of Great Britain within the Queen's dominions.