The American Metropolis, From Knickerbocker Days, to the Present Time, New York City Life, in All Its Various Phases (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Moss, Frank

9781330939932: The American Metropolis, From Knickerbocker Days, to the Present Time, New York City Life, in All Its Various Phases (Classic Reprint)

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Mon people, as distinguished from the landed and aristocratic parties, moved with a common impulse, with directness, and with more or less wisdom, to un dertake the defense of popular rights, and to protect the City and its citizens from the invasion of enemies. Although the merchants frequently demonstrated their patriotism and their willingness to sacrifice their pecul iar interests for the general good, they were (and still are) a conservative class; the landed class also was afraid of the governing powers, which could do much to injure them in their possessions; but the Common People, led by the Sons of Liberty - few of whom were men of large means, or of large mercantile or landed interests-held our City in the front rank of the communities that stood for freedom, and led the way to independent government. The Leislerian movement was the forerunner of people's move ments, designed to protect the City and its inter ests, when the regularly constituted authorities failed to serve the people. All hope for good in the future of New York is based upon the disposition of the common people to rally together, not only for the support, but for the enforcement of the prin ciples of popular government. The popular move ment in New York in 1688 had no connection with the Pilgrim Spirit of the East, nor with what Burke called the arrogant love of liberty of the Cavaliers at the South. The people of New York were con cerned with the interests of their own City, and realized that their condition as individuals depended largely upon the condition and the government of.

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The City. It was a popular uprising to defend the City, which was then essentially Protestant, against the usurpations and the dreaded proscriptions of a Catholic invasion which necessarily would be hostile to a Protestant community. It was an uprising to sustain the cause of William of Orange, as against the dubious and uncertain policy of the officials and the aristocratic classes! The common people had been provoked by the bad conduct of the contempti ble governors who had been imposed upon them and they believed that there would be a better or der of things under William of Orange. The air was full of rumors that soldiers were being gath ered in neighboring colonies to seize the fortifica tions of New York, and to hold this important col ony, no matter what should take place in England. The officials of the City were strangely indifierent to these rumors, and it was believed by many that prominent members of the government and of the aristocracy were ready to deliver New York to the friends of James, even though William of Orange should become king. Leisler was deeply interested in commerce, owning many ships. He was entirely out of politics. He remained one of the People, and they realized that he understood their needs and was close to them. He was captain of one of the militia companies. Nicholas Bayard, the com mander of the regiment, was an adherent of James. A movement of forces on Long Island, friendly to James, produced a spontaneous rising of the com mon people, who acted with perfect unanimity; and.

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