The last meeting of Lord Cornbury with the assembly of New Jersey is, however, worth recording. Samuel Jennings, speaker of the assembly, a steadfast Quaker, was deputed to read a remonstrance to him on his acceptance of bribes, his new method of government, his encroachment on public liberties, and a long list of other offences, all very plain-spoken, as befitted an assembly of which a fearless, uncompromising Quaker was the speaker. “Stop!” exclaimed Lord Cornbury, not relishing the nature of the remonstrance. Again Jennings repeated the charges with greater emphasis than before. On this Lord Cornbury retorted by charging the Quakers with disloyalty and a factious spirit; and they, in return, replied in the words of Nehemiah to Sanballat, “There is no such thing done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart!” And finally, said they, “to engage the affections of the people, no artifice is needful, but to let them be unmolested in the enjoyment of what belongs to them of right.” As regards New York, we must take up the thread of history somewhat before the Revolution, having last parted from it when Sir Edmund Andros, the governor, made his ineffectual attempt on Connecticut. The government of Andros was arbitrary and unpopular, the people having no share in the legislation, and no voice in the imposition of taxes, while the popular institutions of New Jersey on the one hand, and Connecticut on the other, served but to increase their dissatisfaction by contrast. Thomas Dongan, a Catholic, succeeded Andros as governor; he arrived in the province in 1683, and by the advice of ‘William Penn, came with instructions from the duke to convene an assembly of representatives. The first assembly, consisting of a council and eighteen representatives, to the great joy of the colony, met the following year, and a “Charter of Liberties” was granted, which declared the supreme legislative power to reside in the governor, council and people, met in general assembly; that every freeman and freeholder should enjoy the elective franchise; that no freeman should suffer but by judgment of his peers, and that all trials should be by a jury of twelve men; that no tax should be assessed but with consent of the assembly; that no seaman or soldier should be quartered on the inhabitants against their will; that no martial law should exist; and that no one professing faith in God by Jesus Christ, should at any time be in any way disquieted or questioned for any difference of opinion in matters of religion. In 1684, the governors of New York and Virginia met the deputies of the Five Nations at Albany, on the Hudson, and renewed with them a treaty of peace.