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Title: New Amsterdam and its people; studies, social and topographical, of the town under Dutch and early English rule
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Innes, J. H. (John H.)
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le Director and Council, to the Reverend Everardus Bogardus, Minister of the Gospel inthis place. Though couched in this official form, the whole proceeding is transparently the work of Kieft personally. As his grievances consisted, in large measure, in Dominie Bogarduss public criticisms upon his administrative acts, he opens his manifesto, with fine relevancy, by attacking the Dominies personal habits, critically distinguishing the acts which he had done, for the six or seven years preceding, when pretty drunk, from those performed when thoroughly drunk. He then proceeds to anim advert upon Dominie Bogarduss conduct in regard to certain matters of church discipline, about which Kieft had as much concern as the drummer of the garrison. Gradually getting to the gist of the matter, he reminds the clergyman of his remarks in a sermon preached by him a short time before, in which he had alluded to certain monsters of the tropics, — but you know not, said you, from whence, in such a temperate clime as
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KIEFTS MANIFESTO 25 this, such monsters of men are produced. They are the mighty ones who place their confidence in men, and not in the Lord! Children might have told to whom you alluded. Having thus shown how aptly he felt these remarks, as well as certain others of which he complained, to have applied to himself, the Director proceeds to business: All these things being regarded by us as having a tendency towards the general ruin of the country, both Church and State being endangered where the magistrate is despised, and it being considered that your duty and oath imperatively demand their proper maintenance; whereas your conduct stirs up the people (already too much divided) to mutiny and rebellion,. . . our sacred duty demanded that we seek out a remedy against this evil; and this remedy we now intend to employ, in virtue of our high commission from the Company, and we design to prosecute you in a court of justice; and to do it in due form we made an order that a copy of these our deliberations

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