Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-03-14
Rl.ACKMAuL AS \ uERprAGE
The Crvurr~SteH, rr ~. ~ .EM,
IN New York l.ald In Peter
SuuyNrSAut'S Day,

In StuNN,N>aut'S ttUN many ahusx
OF power and aSSGSSurcut were grafttS'
upon the eternal customs vt the tnWl
shortly after his arrival lie Observer
that zone full fourth part OF the cit
NJ New Amsterdam have hNNm
houses for the sale ot ardcmt spirits
Ut tobacco and beer" On SNme Of Tho
business streets this portion still holds
gnoa lie iuaus.uratCd SUNDAY clos rs
with the insult, prrpctuatrI w ou,
times vt ~id,>ttNor opening, FiuN
Wcvr Established for this, chat, and the
Other intrNvtiou ut rNgulatinuS which
afforded the tNAuStaNlC$ 4 legal basis
for making wprtSalS. In lGaS eight
men wrw constituted the mttle-wNtch,
and wNrr authnrigtN ~ take "k>ck up
money" and fetS, which sums wCrr
~ be brought into the house Of the
captain W the watch, and held for the
hHnrdt Of the mrmhcrs, Il "dtvvy," as
It Is now raNed, oVNurdug four times
4 year
Thus cNtortinu MNs put, rs II We're,
upon Il basis nt poltrr discretion and
right; but there was rule against
setting up Il Su>ial club ON the pro.
yrrls So the habit Of police NlhS.
tionS, Cnutrvrtc,l us u pleaSurahlc duty,
has been handed down rs u vast and
secret 'pcrquiSitr"ot the guardians Of
the public peace; and II must not he
overlooked that from those days to
these the police OF the city have been
in the PERSONNEL a continuing body, II
was us necessary then as nov to al.
mouiSh the polrr not to Use riolrnvc
upon peaceful hurghcrS.
"Rurghw night" after the Dutch
custom, was granted 10y SuyNesant to
plcSlSr the citizenS and prevailed rs u
trading aud electoral qualification Of
"tlc,mrn" into our own century. Stuy.
vcsant fixed the fee of great hurgh-
rrs, from whom municipal officers
were chosen. AT NIFTY torins; and of
small hurghelS." qualified TO pursue
II trade or To keep shop, nj twenty.
five loriuS Partly from tlIs acorn
has grown the TNmmany oak OF as
scSSmrutS aud Npr!sals OH merchants.
Followers of shady callingS In the
~lrly days were the spells of the auto.
cratic authorities, Just rs they have
been to-day of equally irresponsible
hhckmailes. Some of the carl est
settlers were trccbootrlS from the
Spanish main Smuggling was us com.
mon rs Indian cheating, and StuyNe-
SAINT ami other governors, English a.
well as Dutch, were openly charged
with sharing In the profits OF illic't
TRADE Subsequent The Dutch gov
rinorS piracy found IN Manhattan lis
clhor emporium Even reputable mrr-
chants dcN !sed n,omI and legal Quib
hlcs for engaging IN srl poachlng
usually under the cover of So-calle
priN,Iicrling. The great William Kidd
maS peculiarly n Manhattan product,
had exchanged presents" with the
notorious pirate Thomas Few, but eX-
planned that HIS chief desire In seek.
Ing his amusing conversation" was to
reclaim him from Il VILE habit Of
swearing" which parallels tho Tam
many theory that Il proper way to re-
claim malciartorS * Ia appoint them
to public office In iGDS the Earl OF
Bcllomont, who had succeeded Fletcher
as Governor, complained 10 the English
Lords Of Trade that he had endenv.
orcd to place four merchantmen, about
to clear for Madagascar, under bonds
not 10 supply pirates ut that notorious
TRUSTING place with supplies, and bring
th"ir booty To MnnhAttam; but The
Council, some of them being concerned
| IN these ships he writes, "unanlmpus.
~ opposed this method ms not pre-,
Scrihcd by Law and because II was
never pHctiscd here before. 50 was
forced Ia discharge the said ships"