An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . The only important act ofSloughters administration was the renewal of a treaty with the FiveNations. Fletcher was an able officer; but his domineering temper, a faulttoo common in those days, soon involved him in violent contests withthe Assembly. A leading object was the establishment of episcopacy,which after great exertions was sanctioned by the members, with thesalvo annexed t
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An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . The only important act ofSloughters administration was the renewal of a treaty with the FiveNations. Fletcher was an able officer; but his domineering temper, a faulttoo common in those days, soon involved him in violent contests withthe Assembly. A leading object was the establishment of episcopacy, which after great exertions was sanctioned by the members, with thesalvo annexed that the people should choose their own ministers. Ina violent speech on this occasion, Fletcher so far forgot the dignityof his station as to denominate the members ill-tempered, stubbornand unmannerly, and even accuse them of attempts to engross theentire legislative power. After the failure of his attempt to obtaincommand of the Connecticut militia, he seems to have moderated hisviews, and gave up the fruitless scheme of intimidating the colonialassemblies. Fletcher was succeeded [1698] by the Earl of Bellamont, whosemild government went far toward soothing the jealousies still existinjj 2 A 278 tiKW YORK.. TRBATY WITH THE FIVE NATIONS be, tween the partisans of Leisler and their aristocratic opponents. Iwas under his administration that the famous Captain Kidd wascommissioned to suppress piracy, which had increased to an alarm-ing extent. This individual betraying his trust, turned pirate himself, and after making his name a terror to seamen, was at lengtharrested at Boston, and sent to England for trial. Beliamont died in 1701, and was succeeded by Lord Cornbury, adegenerate descendant of the Earl of Clarendon. Entirely oppositeto his predecessor, he showed an eiub ttered enmity to the popularparty, accompanied by a bigoted attachment to episcopacy, andhatred of all other forms of rellgicn. He seconded also the attem^ptsmade by Dudley to subvert the charter of Connecticut. I