The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-01
No. 1858.

hapiisis, with equal and almost invariable sur
cess. ana WE lnnsi say. IN spite of preiudict,
iltal ms administration was as upright az ii Wa
able. tie steadily promoted merit in lie PMS.
lle service, without regard TO hrs personal III.
lerests. lie fixed hgh property qualification,
Tor tie suffrage, though his own popularity wa,
chiefly among ile lower orders. lie pul dow
the Jewellers, most Incredibly indeed, bnl frm.
:, without moments Hesitation, though III
great risk 10 his own person and influence; an
thereby, perhaps, saved English society from
reign Of terror. Considering the periIs ar
anNlelies with which lie was bcsci, his power Il
concentration and sel(-comlnand must have beer
such as have seldom been given 10 man. W
must add 10 Ibis, that his public life began n
an age when nothing bul genius is young, ami
that he reigned for FIVE years over a mu,inoas
army and rebellious people. with assassin
constantly seeking his life, with his mo,he~.
Walllng Tor terror in his house. with armamen
and enemies at his Council Board. Such wei
might be the greatest man that the English rar,
could produce II its most heroic, though its 50
dest hour.
Cromwelfs grandesi visions, saws Nj. Gni.
zo', were bounded BY his practical good sense.
-so higher praise can be given 10 a statesman
Bul his visions were limited also BY his pa,
Hotlsm. lie was not the man 10 un1ertata
ehimerical schemes Of aggrandizement, and I,
squander oceans OF blood and treasure, 10 graiih
lls own selfish and miserable pride. Thronga
hs ambition no English citizen put on mourn
ing. After Worcester he was expected 10 rnr
himself A, the head Of some great military entef
Ptize, bg nation which expected Armageddoa
and bad not forgotten Cressy. But after Wo
eeser he shesthed his sword for ever: lie soue'-
The empire ol England on the sea, and gave H.
command and The glory into other, and thosc
nnldendly hands. FIRST since the greri Edwa.i q
he saw that our strength must rest, no, on 60 l.
quest abroad, but on the consolidation and nv
ion Of the three Kingdoms. We have ralifip,
his West India expedition by retaining what
acquired, ant even the footing on the Continti
which he sought al Dnnkirk we may be amn,,
said 10 have kept al Gibraltar. His quiet d
nestle court, and lis solemn but modest stat
were The true image OF that policy OF gola
sense, superior 10 vanity, which has been llir
maxi ol all our greatest statesmen, and most u.
all 81 him.
And therefore be died triumphant. His pen-
pie were subdued under him. His design e.
restoring the constitutional monarchy was S! {
advancing against obstacles which he never ~
deTtaed and before which he never succumbe
Europe was al his feet. The lidinrs Of Cal
and renerfle were in his ears, and the Laurel.
Of Worcester were uniarnished upon his brow
lie aenldown, as Mr.. Carlyle says, like asul.,
mer sun, as glnriously and as calmly. The o,,.
cloud thai hung over his setting was that Of /
reavement, not Of failure or Ol lear. II is tfnr
ihai he 50 guarded his life from Rnyalist an +
Pfelatst sssassins that no assassin ever approach
"a lis person; il is no, irne that The fear OF 4,
sasslnaiinn entered into lis soul. Bot anoilsc,
''dagger' found lis way. In the sIormies, al
most peiilous moments Of his life lie had wat Il
ed over the welfare aud the religious progress
his children with anxious and unceasing care.
lie declared that nothing but the comfort whir',
lie inund in the Bible had saved his life VIII.
he lost his eldest son. And his end W.
the crown, and. in some sort. the reward OF ri
afler,lnn; after so many terrible fields, and an
so many pefils, he died Of grief al Lady cl
poles sdeaIh. aud of illness brought on ~ wst,t
ing by her side.