The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-30
NEW YORK OLD AND NEW.

New York Old and New" BY Rufus
Rockwell Wilson Two yol t ne r. ill Si3
adelphia: J. B. I.ippincott Company:
New York Old and New" by Rufus
Rockwell Wilson, is a publication in two
the student. The author, after reviewing
the struggle upon the, high seas, between
Spain. Holland and England for the mas
terry Of the main, gives very interesting
dam by the Dutch. This story Of the. es
tablishment of Dutch colonial dependen-
cies is one Of the worlds greatest nara
labor in the midst of vicissitudes and
dangers which would have overawed a
less hardy race. After recounting the
growth Of political institutions, and the
under various Dutch governors, the au-
thor brings us to the Iron Rule of Peter
Stuyvesant, who declared In the presence
Of a welcoming and joyful people that ne
dren." He soon taught the colonists the
meaning of his remark that he would
rule them as father his children'' by
dictatorial methods which brooked no OPP
disposition to enforce a system OF. gov1
ernment upon the sturdy burghers, which
was utterly contrary to that which they
TIE REPRESENTATIVE towns of Holland And
even after a representative form OF gov
eminent was wrung from the nome au-
thorities: Stuyvesant claimed ana o1 zen
town assemblies. He also assumed the
right that he still had authority to make
ordinances and issue proclamatlons plnd-
ing upon the city even AFTER cnafter
had been given the. people wherein the
rights of the governor were clearly linn
tied and fixed by the king-or High
nesses.'
''The charter of 1853 marked the visible
beginning of representative government
on Manhattan Island. and the men to-
whose heroic labors it was due deserve
and will ever hold an honorable place IN
There were no idlers in the New AM
sterdam of Stuyvesant's time, yet the
Dutch were a pleasure loving people, ana
found leisure for an abundance OF homeiy
and hearty sports" ~. --... -.
s'The fight for a free press is one of
the most Interesting chapters In the first
volume. and tells the old, old story OF
censorship, incarceration OF edltors VINO *lti
dared tell the truth. and fnally the III
umph of the press. -
A piece of history which is not very
well known is told by the author in clear
and attractixe narrat Pet IN Is the STORY
Negro slaves formed a large portion
of the towns population. Slave importa-
ton into the town began some time prior
to 1928 and apears to have reached "a t the
max about 1746. when census OF the
town showed two thousand four hundreo
slaves in population less than tWeive
thousand. Thereafter the natural IN IN,
crease of the slaves and the importatlo
Of indentured white servants a assured sur Ga
ony'' The author then, after sketching
the decline Of slavery in the colony, .eHs
us that in the course Of time the white
people became very much alarmed at the
aggressive attitude of the slaves and pe.
gan to enact such drastic laws against
them which shows that they lived in con-
slant dread Of an uprising. :, Is
SsSlIVeS were DrOhlDlteO SatISI1uS
on the Sabbath in groups OF more no. than
four. They were forbidden TO carry
guns swords or clubs under penalty OF
ten lashes at the whipping post; gaming ing
by the same penalty, ana Ihe
slave who appeared on the street aIler
nightfall anywhere south Of the collect
without lantern and q Lighted i ca ean az
il it, was liable TO forty lashes at the
post. Finally it was decreed
that a dead slave should be buried with
cut pail Or bearers. and not more than an
twelve slaves were permitted to attend
If these restrictions led TO suprisinggl
among the blacks they were punished
with unsparing hand hen zen follows 8 !
very vivid account Of the e reat Nero