The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-07

ing quite as difficult, meanwhile, in
New Jersey; but the monotony of
failure had been broken there by the |
sudden re-entry of the Dutch upon |
the scene. England and France had
Joined in war against Holland in
| 1872, and hostile Dutch fleet pres
emily found its way to the coasts of
America. 1t first preyed upon the
commerce of Virginia and Maryland |
in the South, and then, standing to |
the northward, entered the familiar |
harbor at New York, and took pos
session as easily as Col. Nichols had |
taken possession nine years before. |
From August, 1878, to November, |
1874, the Dutch were masters in their
old seats; there was no New York, no
New Jersey; all alike was New Meth |
erland once more. But It was a mere
episode, a mere passing reminder of
the old days when the Dutch were
really masters there. In 1874 the
war ended, and England regained her
provinces by the treaty of peace
(Treaty of Westminster, February 8,
1674.)
The withdrawal Of the Dutch, how
ever, did not put the affairs Of the
English back at the point at which
they had been broken of by the con-
quest. There were new difficulties to
face. Philip Carteret again became
governor in New Jersey, for Sir
George Carteret, the proprietor; and
| for a little his task seemed easier
than it had been before the Dutch
came. The chief English towns Of the
i province had stubbornly resisted his
authority until the very eve of the
coming of the Dutch rnen-of-war,
though he had been steadfast and had
not ceased to rule in such matters
as he could, or to press the interests
and the powers of the proprietor. At
last documents had come out of Eng
land which conclusively put an end
to the claim of the uneasy colonists
that they had right to act independ-
emily of the proprietors but they had
hardly reached Carteret before the
. Dutch feet came in.
, When the Dutch were gone again
the once disconnected towns received
/ their English governor back with
sort of satisfaction, having been glad
dened to see the alien masters go.
But there we're new difficulties, be-
cause Edmund Andres, that stirring
major of dragons, was governor of
New York. King Charles made a new
grant of New York to his brother the
i Duke Of York, in 1874, to cure any
i doubt the Dutch occupation might be
: thought to have put upon his title;
and the Duke promptly granted East
New Jersey over again to Sir George
! Carteret; but the new grant was not
J couched In the terms of the cid, left
a doubt upon the mind of a careful
J reader whether it meant to renew
Sir Georges sovereignty or only Sir
Georges ownership as overlord-and
his Grace had explicitly commissioned
Andres to be his deputy in the gov
| eminent of New York "and its de-
: tendencies"
Andres understood Carteret's new
| charter literally, as it read, and acted
: as if he had been hidden annual the
: right of Sir Georges governor to
govern. He saw to it that the New
: Jersey towns should get as little
comfort out of the resumption of
5 their separate government as posi-
| bic. At first he contented himself
with collecting customs duties at the
: New Jersey ports as well as at New
t York for the Dukes revenues; but
: when Sir George Carteret died, in
January, 1880, he went further. He
: challenged Philip Carteret's authority
= outright, accused him of acting with
4 out legal warrant with the Duke Of
York's patent, "to the great disturb
ance Of his Majesty's subjects" and,
2 when he would not yield, seized him,
: deposed him from his government by
: force, and himself assumed the au-
! thority Of governor in the New Jer-
:. sey towns. The next year, 1881, saw
!. Carteret upheld and reinstated and
!. Andres rebuked by Official letters out
: of England, and the discredited sol
2 der went home to give his account Of
] the affair. East Jersey was to have
: quiet again for little under new
5 proprietors.
t The Kings new grants made of
: New Jersey, not single province, as
t before, but two distinct provinces,
e East Jersey and West Jersey.
e Both provinces prospered. Many
: settlers preferred the Jerseys to New
York. There was less taxation there
2 and less interference with merchants
dealings. Saw mills and iron mills
: were set up; tar, pitch, and turpen-