MASSACHUSETTS DEFIANT 11.8

Dutch colony, was likely to be taken up with his
duties to such an extent as to preclude his sharing
prominently in the diplomatic part of his mission;
Colonel George Cartwright, a soldier, well-mean-
ing but devoid of sympathy and ignorant of the
conditions that confronted him; Sir Robert Carr,
the worst of the four, unprincipled and profligate
and without control either of his temper or his
passions; and, lastly, Maverick himself, opposed
to the existing order in Massachusetts and con-
vinced of the necessity of radical changes in the
constitution of the colony. Nicolls was liked
and respected; Cartwright and Carr were dis-
trusted as soldiers and strangers, and their
presence was resented; whereas Maverick was
objected to as a malcontent who had gone to
England to complain and had returned with power
to make trouble. When the colony heard of his
appointment, it sent a vigorous address of protest
to the King. If Clarendon expected from the
last three of these men the wisdom and discretion
that he said were essential to the task, he strangely
misjudged their characters. He thought, to be
sure, of adding other commissioners from New
England, but he did not know whom to select and
was fearful of arousing local jealousies. Yet con-