The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-10-27

Lord Baltimore, the proprietor of Mary.
land. They do not appear to have met
with the success that their skill as diplo
matists had led Stuyvessant to hope would
attend their efforts. Their first interview
with the authorities of Maryland was at
Patuxent, October 9th, 1863. AS explana-
tory of what was said and done at that
interview, we must refer to the proceeding
Of the council of Maryland at previous
meeting, held at Ann Arundle now An.
napolis), on the 3rd of August, at which
meeting it was "Ordered that Colonel Ma.
thaniel Ute do make his repaire to the pre-.
tended Governor of a people seated in Della
ware bay, within his Lordship's Province,
and that he do give them to understand
that they are seated within this, his Lord
ships Province, without notice given to
his Lordship's Lieutenant heere, and to re-
quire them to depart this Province -
"That in case he find opportunity, he in.
sinuate unto the people there seated, that
in case they make their application to bis
Lordship's government here, they shall
find good conditions according to the con-
ditions of plantation granted to all corners
into this Province, which shall be made
good unto them; and that they shall have
protection in their lives, liberty and estates,
which they shall bring with them.'-
Whereupon letter was sent from Gov.
Fendall to the Dutch on Delaware Bay, in
which he acknowledges she receipt of the
initiatory letter from the Dutch governor
there, and recites the fact that the Dutch
colony is located south of the fourteth
degree of north latitude and within the
limits of Lord Baltimore's grant, and re-
quires him Cthe Dutchman) to depart cor
to excuse him (Fendal) if he should use
his utmost endeavor to reduce that part of
his Lordship's Province unto its due obedi.
ence under him.
This energetic action OF the council of
Maryland was caused by the arrogant Jacob
Alricks, then Governor of the Dutch set
Elements on the Delaware, who sent let
ter to Gov. Fendall, requesting him to send
taken refuge in Maryland. The Dutch did
not know the Governors name nor where
he lived, but they were acquainted with
Nathaniel Ute, who then resided upon his
island in the Chesapeake Bay, then called
Bearson's, now Spesutia Island, and who,
no doubt, was in the habit of visiting the
Dutch settlements; and so they sent the
letter to Ute, who agreed to forward it to
the Governor, though he informed those
who delivered it to him that he had COM
mission in his house authorizing him to
visit the Dutch, and had delayed starting
upon his mission, because Lord Baltimore
had arrived and ordered a survey of the
country to be made. with a view no doubt
of convincing the Dutch that they were
located within his province. Ute told them
if that was the case, that measures would
be taken to reduce the Dutch and make
them acknowledge the jurisdiction of Mary
land, and that Lord Baltimore had no in
tention of abandoning any part of his ter
ritoly. This brings us to the meeting of
the council at Patuxent, October 9th, 1853
At this meeting Herman and Waldron pre-.
scented the Governor and council with 4
letter and credentials from Petrus Stuyves-
SAINT, General of the New Netherlands, in
Dutch, and EngIished by Mr.. Simon Over
see, by order of the council; in which let
ter he speaks of being much astonished
W he he al hoo
served the notice upon the Dutch in Della
ware, requiring them to vacate their set
Element there, and argues the case at some
length, and takes exception to the instru
it ga seditious carte5eH, in form of an in
struction, without any time or place, Or
where or from whom, or in whose name,
order or authority it was written" etc.,
etc, and concludes by stating that he sent
his agents and ambassadors, Herman and
Waldron, to demonstrate against the pro-
ceedings Of the Governor and council of
Maryland. The credentials of the ambas-
sailors were of much greater length and
contained a great deal more protestation
and argument than the letter, and the
blood of Stuyvessant seems to have been
very hot and his wrath very strong. The
two ambassadors delivered the letter and
credentials and also a paper of considera-
BILE length, in which the arguments in favor
of the claim of the Dutch on the Delaware
Bay are repeated for the third time aud en-
larged and amplified Judging from the
paper, they were both cunning and skillful
diplomatists, but they failed to accomplish
any thing by their mission to Maryland,
for Gov. Fendall returned firm, manly
and resolute answer, much like the first
letter he sent to Col Ute. This letter
was shown to the ambassadors, Herman
repeated for the fourth time the arguments
before advanced, and, with much truth,
added they having been shown Lord Bal
timore's patent in the meantime) that he
was invested only with a country not before
inhabited, only by a certain barbarous peo-
ople called Indians. And nasmuch as the
country on the Delaware river was settled
before the patent was issued, his Royal
Majesty's intention was not to invest him
with title to the settlements on the Della
ware. Upon the ground taken by these
ambassadors at this early stage of the dis
pute between Lord Baltimore and the
Dutch, his claims to all the land between
the Delaware and Chesapeake bays and as
far north as the forteth degree of north
latitude was ultimately defeated, aud the
fact that Herman and Waldron were the
first to call attention to this fact, proves
them TO have been persons of great ability,
and shrewd and cunning dplomatists.
Col. Nathaniel Ute, who was a member of
the council of Maryland at this time, APP
pears to have shown a great deal of tenn
per. He was probably somewhat vexed at
the want of success that attended his eff
forts when at New Castle short time be-
fore.
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