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Sullivan - History of New York State 1523-1927 (9627 words) |
 | So, when the West India Company stated that such a course might be forced upon them unless they should be granted a subsidy, "in order that the colony should be placed in a safe and prosperous condition," the States General did not dismiss such a request summarily. |
| The States General, though not very strong at that time, had, of course, a certain degree of authority over all the provincial governments, and it was their wish to establish or to get the Company through its provincial Director to establish a governmental system like that of the home provinces in New Netherland. |
| His inertia in certain dramatic situations was rather the demand of the national state of politics than the manifestation of craven characteristics in himself. |
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