New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-22


that they are deprived Of all liberty, and contrib
u,ed not little to the outrages committed. Inc
increased Jurisdiction Of the Courts OF Ad"'iraiV'
and the rsints on the Press by the stamp Law
have been lho subiect and employment o. 'heii
pens. which they have taken care TO dip' IL NOT III
c,ll vet abndsntiy in scurrility and abuse IL not
in tr,asos. With great difficulty the people nave
be. n restrain ed in this Province and no" long ~
u;lI he in the power of the magistrates to prevent
disorder I know not As the day approaches on
h;.h the Stamp Law is 10 take effect, fresh cause'
present themselves TO fear great ois'urpance'
Mr. Skinner then gives his opinion 'hat the uo''
srpment should not only "releVe the COLONIES
both from dntes and stamps, but should encourage
them in "their trade to the West indles' ne
then SAYS, "the protection OF the Co'ohles is niauo
the pretense for taxing them. This is assistance
indeed Garrisons may be necessary at quebec
snd Montreal but what occasion is there for garri-
.ors and forts hundreds Of miles in the Indian
.orntrv These are 90 far from protecting, thal
they are the very cause of our Indian wars ana the
monstrous expenses attending them. Before We
had these forts we had war with the natives;
,bev were our friends, and will be 90 again when
draw the French settlers and our garrsons
from their country. Their quarrel with us is that
we will take their lands, and treat them as con-
ouered neople. All we want with them is their
trade. which we can never enjoy with any advan-
tsge until we remove their Jealousy. "heh tnis T"
done. we shall live in all the security we nave
heretofore enjoyed, when few independent COM
panies were sufficient for the Continent And why
cannot we do 80 without so many regiments, when
every enemy is removed at least thousand miles
from our borders
But independence is suggested and made the
nretense. more than the fear of Indian inroads.
Those who make these suggestions are enemies W
their country, and most likely 70 put inc
thought into the heads Of the colonists by tue
very means they take to prerent dependence.
Senarate governments and an encouragement TO
agriculture and settlement, will effectually Tx 1t.
Toxes and a restraint on the Vest India trade are
most likely to force the colonsts into MANUFACTURES ana
mt independenee into their heads. They are IN the
Moh road TO il note, and though 'tis true that they
hare not strength to effect it, but must submit, yet tvs
loping the foundation for great trouble and trpe"se 70
Britain in keeping that by force rhieh she might
,osiIu do rithout and alternating people ohch she
,uieht make her greatest prop and security This
letter bears the date of Oct s. 1755.
The fourth chapter of this book is occupied with
sketches of Resident Governors" Hunter, Bur-
net. Hamilton, Bernard, Boone, Hardy and Will
liam franklin. These sketches are carefully COM
niled and much original matter introduced. They
are of general interest as throwing light upon the
history of the province and country. " ROBERT
Hunter was the first of the Royal Governors OF
New.Jersey who regarded the province with sufil-
cient favor to secure upon its soil anything like a
permanent honor" He was " the personal friend
and associate of Swift, Addison, Steele and other
literary and distinguished men of that day. among
whom his attainments seem to have secured for
him prominent position In 1707 he was ap'
pointed Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, but on
b;s vovsee thith~r was cnps~.OS ~ H. 1oN AN
detained a prisoner some months. In l7O9 ne was
appointed Governor of NewYOrk and New-Jersey,
and arrived in New-York June I71O. From a very
fine collection of manuscripts in possession of the
Misses Rutherford, near Newark, Mr. Whitehead
has cued condensed description of Hunter al
cOntrasted with his predecessor, by "Dr Golden,
eminent for his sound dissemination and judgment.
As the paragraph is new we quote it:
Slaughter the first Governor, fell in with the
| landed men, and bis administration was as inglo.
rious as it was short. Col. Fletcher fell in with
the merchants. He had perpetual struggle all
the time and was at last recalled in disgrace. The
Earl of BellsmOnt employed the third sort, the
most numerous, and succeeded in all his devices.
The Lord Conb1ry turned to the landed men and
the merchants, who led him into such measures
that the Queen, his own cousin, was obliged to turn
him out After such examples, Brigadier Hunter
followed the Earl of B. in joining the more general
interests of the country, and he went through a
long administration with more honor and advantage
to himself than all his predecessors put together
The spirit of Hunter is seen in his first Message
to the New jersey Assembly: If honesty is the
best policy planness must be the best oratory; so
to deal plainly with yOu so long as these unchr,tian
divisions, which her Majesty has thought to de-
serve her repeated notice. reign among you, shall
have small hopes Of happy issue to our meeting.
Let every man begin at home, and
weed the rancor out of bis own mind, and the work
is done at once. Leave disputes of property to the
laws and injuries to the avenger Of them, and like
good subjects and good Christians join hearts and
hands for the common good
Many years before the Revolution, Hunter had
sagaciously observed in dispatch TO the Lords of
Trade concerning a the plan of Government which
all the colonst aime at, and make noe scruple to