Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-11-06

STATUE To CRoMWELL.-Ihe EnglISh press Is us
cussing the question whether Oliver Cromwell shall
have statue among English sovereigns, sculptur-
ed catalogue of whom designed to be executed for
the decoration Of the new Parliament building. 1t
appears that the authorities charged with this task,
mediate the exclusion of Cromwell from the list of
English monarchs, on the ground that he held the
reins of government, not by "divine right, but by
sheer usurpation. The wing portion of the English
press denounce the design, shameless, but futile
attempt to bo out from the history of England and
her sovereigns the of the greatest that ever
ruled the country, and the memory of twelve proud
and eventfu years of her national life The Lon
don Morning Chronicle, which insists that Cromwell
should have statue, remarks
1.-The statue would not say any thing about CRoM-
WELLS title. The question of title is not raised
any more than the question OF moral character and
political genius. The statue would only speak to the
fact. 1t IS not crltIque bat history, that are
going TO write in our new national palace. We have
nothing TO do with the facts of history but to set
them down there our history gives them. We are
not to take the good facts and leave out the bad facts
in truth-ihis particularly awkward and ugly fact
of OLIVER CROMWELL excepted-are we aware that
any such intention exists the part of the authori-
ties. We shall be at all nice in this business.
The company Of English sOveregns VIII not be by
any means select. All the usurpers Will be there all
the yrants and ru.ans all the progates, aud all the
| fools. The only qualification will be the having
reigned de acto over England and Englishrnen. The
British nation is not about to affirm the legitimacy OF
STEPHEN, JOHN, and Henry VII, to declare that
RICHARD Ill. was a kind uncle, and HENRY VIII. an
afectionate husband-but simply register the fact
that these and other were, at such and such times
Kings of England We not going 10 clear up
historic doub.s;' the York and Lancaster question
viii still stand open and there need be nothing &c
hinder CHARLES from continuing "blessed martyr
Succession in the order of time is the only OF
succession which our statue gallery will pretend to
authenticate"
The London Punch has the following on the same
subject:
New History FOR ENGLAvD.-If il be finally
determined upon that statue of Cromwell shall b,
erected in The New Parliament House, the wise anC
dignied measure will be followed by another equal,
sagdcous and magnanimous. An act will be passed
containing very stringent clauses compelling all mel
to bring into certain place-to be duly named-al
copies of the History of England that they may b,
destroyed like debascd coin, and history issued
which history shall satisfactorily prove that Charles
Stewart died at green old age very comfortable il
his bed that John HamPdtn lOurished as a tax-gath
erer, collecting ship money that there certain
Oliver Cromwell, a bulf-lOoking man with wart OF
his check who lived somewhere in Huntington, fol
lowing the trade of brewer and that men lleC
Pym, Vane and Martin were his quiet painstakin
servants. The history will contain a very touching
narrative of all the circumstances of Charles tn,
First's death-bed; he will be made to die of shee
old age. with his paernal advice to Charles the Sec
ond who will be proclaimed next morning at st
James's.
1t will also be shown that Charles the Second pass
ed his leisure hours in TRANSMITTING Thomas Kenlpi
and such other pOus books; that he was the mos
faithful of husbands; and-lad he been blessed witt
children-he would have been the tenderest, and
probably the stauncheSt of friends Lady Castlemain
Nell Gwynne and such rosy sinners, will be treate
as Niebuhr treats many WHOM have been accus
toned to look upon as real personages-as men AM
women Of flesh and blood; namely, they will b.
shown to be pure distractions, heroines of ia
bles James the Second will die IN good old time il
an English palace; for it to be thought of tina
an English King was ever decapitated, neither
be allowed that British monarch was ever turnet
out of his realm. There WILL TO be sure, be it'll
difficulty in the House of Hanover but it is Difficult
, ties only that test true genius.