Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-02-20

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eeosse}E Evory iusurrsc tionsrv ,,,cys .
meotsNae promptly put down ma nnn.
ishod. fbe fear 'inspiifsd b. M no,ys. !, "
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psst HAND, duellsd the soirit ho,h -
leyslists md lssslsrs. The ssntr, ds.
clAFsd thsy yswsre sill IA rendv A sy.r -
sDk thSit lives for The, old government
and ths old dyt,asty, II I'll ere were the
pllghtsst hope or success /; but 10 ,ush a,
The head Of lheir serving men and len.
snts On the pixies Of brisades victorious
10 . bundled battles and .i,ee, would be
afrsntic waste OF inaocsn, and honor.
able blood. Both. .Royalis,s and Repub.
Iicans. having no hope in open resist
snce, began 10 revolve dark schemes OF
sssSssination but the Protectors intel.
l'gence was good his vigilance was un.
Tcfnittlng; and, whenever ahs moved be-.
yond tho walls Of his palace, the drawn.
swords and cuirssses or his trusty BODY.
guards encompassed him thick on every
SIDE,
Had he been a cruel l,cen,io,,, .nd
rspacious prince, the nation micht have
found courage in despair. and might Rave
made a convulsive effort TO free i,self|
from military domination bu, the eriev.
ances which The country suffer cd. though
such ss excited serious disco ontent. were
BY no means such as inpel great masses
ri men to stake their lives, their fortunes
and the welfare Of their familie, se.in,,
fearful odds. The ia xa,ion. tbouob 6eav.
ier than il had been under the Stusrts
ssss not heavy when compared with ths,
Of the nsishbori"g States. and with the
resources Of England. Property was 80.
cure. Even !he Cavalier who RETAINED
from giving disturbance 10 the new set.
tismenf, enjoyed in peace whatever tho
civil troubles had LEFT him. The laws
wsrs violated only in cases where the
ssiety o. inc Ffotectors, person and 60.
Sesnment were concerned. Justice was
edm'ntsfered with an exactness and puri.
y aos knewn before. Under no English
government since the Reformation had
Ipsrs been so little religious persecution.
!hs unfortunate Roman Catholics, in.
assd' were held 10 bescarcely within the
las pale Of Christian charity; but the
cisrgy o. the fallen Anglican Church
we're suffered 10 celebrate their worship
On condition that they would abstain
rom preaching sbout politics. Even the
'e~s, whose public worship had, ever
,ines the thirteenth century, been inter.
dicted, were 10 spite Of the strong oppo.
'iuon o. 1csious traders and fanstical
permitted to build a syna'
3ogue IN Lc@don. d
The Prot3Itor's foreign policv At the Y
'sme time sx.orted the ungraciious an. = =
,Tobation ofSbose who most detested y y
linn. The Cavaliers could scarcely re-. 3
rain from wishing tina, ono who had done ',
10 mueh to raise the fame of the nation y y
nd hssn- a legitimate king; and the Re. ',
'pblIcans we're lo.,e.i 10 own that the u
yrsnt suffered none bu, himself to wrong u y
is country. and that, if he had robbed s"
erof liberty, he bad a. least given her ~ ~
lory in exchange. Alter half a centu. III
y. during which England had been of| !.
carcely moro weight than Venice O, !" y.
axony. she ct onc e became the most :.
'fmidsbis power in the world, dictated 81 81
rms Of peace to the United Provinces, a. a.
vsnged the common injuries of Chris. 20 20
'ndom on the pirates oi Barbary. van. g
u.hed the Spaniafds b. land and sea, o' ~
sized one OF the finest West India isl. 81 81