River or South River, as that stream was called by the of our readers We have shown, in perhaps greater detail than some that the dehistory, mav think is necessary in the pages of a local Company termining consideration m the creation of the West India view ot the m provide, to en statesm ands Netherl the of was the desire e and defensive naval impending war with Spain, for a strong offensiv of the company were s energie the that and >cean; ( c Atlanti arm in the to the realization of success signal with devoted on a great scale and functions of the cial commer and ing coloniz l peacefu The this aim company ' on the other hand, were not outlined with any degree of in the charspecial formality ter, but were rather left to the nai ural course of events. Upon

this point the document specified simply that the company " Further may promote the of fertile and uninpopulating habited regions, and do all that the advantages of these provinces [the United Netherlands], tin- profit and increase e.*' of commerce shall requir "Brief as is this language," ian, aptly says a recent histor " there Avas enough of it to express the vicious principle underlying colonization as conducted in those days. It was the advantage of these provinces that must be held mainly in view-- t h a t is, the h o m e country must receive the main NETHERLAND. benefit from the settlements wherever made, and commerce must be made profitable. The welfare, a subsidiary present or prospective, of colonies or colonists, was quite This accounts for much of the subsequent injustice, consideration.