The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-03

few years TO $4,000. HIS influence
WIN the Indians tended to Develop
! that business away from Canada.
| II was not to be supposed that the
! French would permit the loss OF I'M. ms
commerce withot a bitter night. Tic
| French King complained to King James
against the conduct OF Dongan, and
James, who was In debt 70 and IN
terror of King Louis, Was IN quan-
dairy Dongan was making. the prov
| ince rich, but Irritating the French
| King so King James entered into an
| agreement that hampered pongan
while II did not pfsyens thG fFsn 80
| punish the Indians for their friend,
| ship for Dongan the French threatencd
/ To make war on The lroquois TO sup-
| mortgaged his staten island farm 10
| In Albany with this expedition when
| he got advices that recalled MN NC, 70
suggestion for extending The nonn.
dnries OF New York, but In q manner
not contemplated by pongan.
King James was so much inhnehceh
! Nv the suggestion that he not only
| consolidated New York and New ler-
| sey but annexed them to the other
| colonies and gave the name oil Do
minfon OF New England 70 the whole
| territory And he sent SIR Edmund
! Andres. the imperious, despotic man.
| who had been Dongan's predecessor. to
! be Governor General. 1t had been
King Jamess intention 10 appoint
Dongan He delayed. thought the mat
ter over for weeks and then he
! Numbered
+ The Grent Charter.
But before Andres arrived Dongan
had crowned his work as Governor
By signing the great charter OF New
OF priceless value to the municipality.
1t confirmed to the city all prior
grants. liberties and franchises gave
to the city all streets and highways.
all waste. vacant and unappIoprlatsa
land on Manhattan Island, and was SO
far-rechins in its conception that 1t
met the needs OF centuries of growth.
although displaced. Dongan was NOT
forgotten by the King. An offer of a
major generalship was made TO him
by the monarch. but Dongan declined
IT, He had no faith in Kings.
In 1851 ne had purchased 4 manor
house and a great estate of $4,000
acres on staten Island He owned,
too q place at Hampstead L. l.. and
considerable property on Manhattan
Island. He loved horses and he loved
to hunt. Out on the Hampstead plains
/ he raced his horses. Over the same
4 Mackays and other lords of the manor
ride to hounds and race -horses in
these twentieth century days. He was
happy and contented until news came
Then there developed in New York a
spirit such as prevailed in England
and in France. Religious intolerance
run riot. Wild stories We're circulated
that the fugitive King was coming 10
America, that the Catholics meant to
seize the colony and that Dongan
was the leader of the conspiracy
Andres was overthrown and q hair
Drained fanatic named Jacob Lcisler
took upon himself the government Of
was little short of anarchy. There was
only a semblance of law Men We're
I, hunted like wild beasts. Dongan was
| pursued from place to place. Once ha
j was hidden for two weeks aboard
/ brigantine in New York Bay There
4 he was joined by Andres. III 1891
/ he arrived in England
I InGrntitudc of Kings.
In vain he endeavored 10 collect
4 from the government various moneys
due him or to have his properties re-
stances, he lived in London. In i I;:,
4 his brother the Earl of limerick died.
and he succeeded to the title, He never
married, and when he died In LONDON.
Pancras churchyard.
1t has been written OF Thomas Don
gan that no higher eulogy can be
pronounced upon him than that it was
cessors, who by his magnanimo,,s
craftsmanship, moderation of tempera-
i ment ana unaffected respect for the
i rights and liberties of others prepared
i the way for all that is most admirable
Il IN the Constitution and policy of our
great republic, which arose from out
the ruins of a neglected and ill-gov-
\ erned colony to be glorious in AT.
peace, liberty and religious freedom"
i Strange that New York has no me-
4 mortal 6ri,. to This, this remarkable man, No
recalls him or his work, But, what
does It matter so long as the eternal
4 hills that front the sea and first meet
the gaze of the Immigrant strainlne
4 his eyes for a glimpse of the land al
! promise as he nears the gateway OF
II the Western World. bear his name, or
so long as the Dongan charter. writ
\ ten In ink which, 1t seems. never viii.
fade. and on parchment which, 1t
metal case among the city's most val.
ued treasures?
Z. (copyright, 1910. BY Richard Spillane.l