Certainly he now found the Cape political environment uncongenial, but the truth was that despite his views on Kruger's republic, he hoped that it would a young man better career opportunities than he had found in the Cape.
Det er sikkert at han syntes det politiske klima i Kap var ugæstmildt, men sandheden var at til trods for hans syn på Krugers republik, håbet han at den ville give en ung mand som ham bedre muligheder end han fandt i Kap.