. History of the city of New York . ty, as to lay out new streets inii day through a city that is already crowded with massive saw the impossibility of a representative government, andwished to become king; but the army, which was composed of republi-cans who acted conscientiously, would not allow it. He would haveruled constitutionally if he could; but by him the Englisli would not beso ruled. He, liowever, managed Englands affairs far more wisely thanthey had ever been managed by a Stuart, though with an iron hand whichhe did not condescend to cover with a velvet glove. I
. History of the city of New York . ty, as to lay out new streets inii day through a city that is already crowded with massive saw the impossibility of a representative government, andwished to become king; but the army, which was composed of republi-cans who acted conscientiously, would not allow it. He would haveruled constitutionally if he could; but by him the Englisli would not beso ruled. He, liowever, managed Englands affairs far more wisely thanthey had ever been managed by a Stuart, though with an iron hand whichhe did not condescend to cover with a velvet glove. It was not, therefore, a favorable moment for the Dutch to quarrel withEngland or her colonies about mere boundary lines. But the pride COUTLAShT. 143 and obstiiiiu-y of Stuyvesiint (lor so liis fierce cner<]fy was calle<l) wasiiurcasiajf the iiuinkT of his opponents at an alannin<, rate. At lln-second yearly election of tlu; Nine Men, Adriaen Van der Donck and tli(^ able and res])ected Olollthe lioard. Van (.pitlaiull. Cortlandt Arms. S. Van Cortlandt were cluwen nienibers ofwas a thriving merchant and nnr of thericiiest men in New Amsterdam Hisestate, or a ])ortion of it, lay on the westside of Broadway, near the street whichperpetuates his name. The Nine Men,at one of their sul)se(iuent meetinj^s, deter-mined upon sendinjf a dele<fation to Hol-land to demand certain relorms anil regu-lations which had l)een promised by thecompany, and waited for patiently in asked permission to convene the peo-ple, to confer on the subject how expensesshould be defrayed, etc. Stuyesant de-clined grantin<^f their request, and toldthem in writing that communicationsmust be made with the company throughthe governor, and his instructions followed. The Nine Men thought ditteveutly. Tlioy })romised Stuyresant tosend no document to Holland without giving him a copy, but pronouncedhis last demand unreasonable and antagouistical to the welfare of thecountry. As he w(jTild
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