The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-25
NEW YoRK's COAT or ARMS.
Why 1t Contains barrels, Windmilis
and Beavers

"a - A.,,
Gu On heralury' ana one OF my fellow
guests ZEN 10 rating our countrymen for
nation of snobs for" said he do
not we, republicans. VINO deem ourselvs.
sunerior to evar,,t>,or ,,,,,t.,.., .-..
=, ,..'N., '''A'e 'A'0''eNai' peisis'
'o' 0o' STATES ana CITIES elap-
Vfate coats-A-alms' ana the worst OF I
~ ne aoueo, with touch or superiority.
ti'"e we make the most RIDICULOUS selec-
~, ,4oi VI "eVices whlch mean nothing and
law no place IN any WeH-ordered sys-
-, - iS+NAui y
"n!' heralo' trained IN any school OF
nv sSiehee' could parse the arms OF
~" lorh state! Inc arms OF the city
""t 81 Impossible, put they give one
. 9noOA' "l'h Gielr Deer barrels Are we
community tnat we must
n y npoi@e ouISeI oy peer barrelsF
- "a .nis "o"iu nave been very apt
anu pertlleht' true; but, alas for his
a. uinent' though Well Tor US, the bar
80 Ooiitain neither peer nor rum nor
SnS sort OF spirltuous beverage, nor any
leverage at am they are nothing more
~ NSs man lliilocent nour oarrels-al-
n"Ne Oeeh' ana, lei us trust, VIII
ueNe' ne anything else when | told him
o ""s hiel euulous' ne Went 10
s $3.50 ~ ne" YORK ne said. ana never
80 any .rlNS aoout IT, Ana so gave
mn tne story
al caine ABOUT through England's
Ie'Ni' Vi iiiakHe colonies instead OF trad
ne posts' we laud ana revere our Dutch
70 Out truly they We're bad colo
41e" AMSTERDAM belonged not TO
tne Peopie OUT TO the West Indies Com
l%"!, corporation OF the Vaterland, with
an me ATTRIBUTES or selfishness that the
CplpOTdllOn breed Sttll shows. 1t was far
rom the ldea OF the directors and their
-.ie -a' 10 40 more than own a lot of
PIOt.'apie plantations and get Just enough
W cuitIVate them. All the profit
,1- Neiohe 10 the company and the
'OtS' small uaaers were not encour-
So. $50 ~ hsoihe restraints In the way Of
i'm were imposed TO prevent the COM
no" people snarlng In the good things
too freely Hence under the Dutch the
town never amounted to much. And what
- Nnoie' they hau retained control It
"oNlu nave cohtlhued In backward state
LOT generations to come, until perhaps the
O'"eI Coast settlements had got so long
d start OF 1t that to catch up would have
oeeh impossible. The coming of the Brit
ish with their embryonic, though for the
tiihes' advanced ideas of unrestricted
trade and policy of liberal encourage
ment TO eolonists, changed adj this
When the flag of ST George was first
raised in 1864 it flew over a settlement of
rarely 1000 souls. The government under
the directors-general. who exercised a
sort of paternal, fat witted autocracy. was
administered by a schout two burgomas-
ters and five sehepens. corresponding to
cur Mayor, sheriff and aldermen, a sche-
pen being distinguishable from a schop-
pen In that while they both hold beer.
the schepen held much more usually
than the schoppen. 1t was but a little
place then. North and west OF the Bowl
ing Green there extended orchards and
helds along the river side. On the east the
present Chatham Square was on the com
fines of a wilderness. Along the highway
"a miserable trail in the woods-cowered
a few scattered houses. and at Sapnokan-
lean, the present site of Gansevoort mar
ket, lay an Indian village. and a few
farms of Wouter Van Twiller's founaing
Herds Of cattle ran wild over the hilIs
and dales Of the island. These vera COW
10y days in New Amsterdam with an
annual roundup unoer the brandmastor
a public functionary of much dignity
Passing through the water gate en- routo
for the settlement at HARLEM the fra
Weller put up a prayer for preserva tion
from perils or paused to swig a cun of
schnapps to give him heart. MANY aid
both.
Under the British the ownersbir, nass
ed to the Duke of York. afterward Iavoas
II, and the settlement became nracttca1o
ly a crown colony. with all the nr,viIagss
and immunities that that innlies II ,1as
no longer a private commercial yan+,,ra
but a national ENTERPRISE in witch al,
subjects might have mart and marcel
equally The local autonomy was NOT
changed With that adn,irabIa eo.hoa
ance which has made England great as
ruler of conquered neonIes the Dutch Ii,
was left to its own way of MANAGING its
own affairs True, Mayor aldermen and
sheriff succeeded the Schonts etc hut tha
same names appeared in the oHciaI col
endars. Legislation was intruStad 70 a.
elective assembly NJ tho nrovinca c..
all presided the British Governor Giving
assurance of liberty. law and order
Commercial restrictions were Iaroelv
abrogated. Colonists came ana settiad
and owned I'm fee their lande Tba IN
ancies Of the dutch ttlIars -, .ho III -.
Mace m ownarshfn small aiIotreo,,,s
succeeded the great PATRON ararts ~
1878 a dire blow was struck a. the Do
rooms bv the government a blow that do
nr,ved then, ~ much os that, ,,o,,e,s,,,,
10 newer and transfarrad ~ 80. -,
wealth 10 tho IittIa citx,
rrhts nos tba so-caIad .spo,4,~ Ao.u
which gove W tho tour =, No1, Wi, ~
sole right NJ 'ehoIting'' eonr end - roo,,
ing biscuit and other bread products for
lns us uara,ofora nj eo,S hoS s 10.
ooa,,,,toa b,, tha pa+roors 80 tha ,roat
ostatas ,r,no,naI,,ies IN ay.en, ~ ,s,ttoS
tba,, ,,,i,iad thaIr our, and thatr taraats,
,rhoat ora asta, s',n, ar,oas o. so AZ.