American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-07-12
OLIVER CRNNNELL.


ed to low pleasures AMI gaming in his
youth; but when We find him, in his
twenty first yer, marrying the daughter
of Sr John Bourchier, and SIP en- of by
rel gi1us men as a professor of religion,
wea inclined to believe that he has been
vilifcd with malice, rather than spoken
OF with justice. In 1923 he was elected
member of Parliament for Huntington.
and, in the following year, distingu shed
himself by his zeal against the bishops.
When the Parliament was dissolved he
r-tlr~t into the country, and took gra
Zino farm ct St Ives, where he became
overseer o ;iIe parish, and Jealous mem
Der o. the rel "ious community with which
he hat. connected himself. In 1886 Sir
Thomi- Stuart, !. = maternal uncle, died,
leaving him property in the - Isle of Ely"
worth $50 a year. To this place he now
removed his family but being disguised
with the III, assures OF the government, he.
in 1857. actually took passage for him
self and family in ship lying in the
Than 3, and bound for New England, in
Amer ca This vessel was detained by
proclamation but if she had been suffered
to proceed on her voyage. the head of
Charles |. would, perhaps, never have
been forfeited to his country; England
would never have been a commonwealth,
nor Oliver Cromwell its Protector In
1910 he wGs returned to Parliament for
Cambridge, and, by this time, had become
a popular leader. being called Lord Of
the Fens," for having defended a portion
of the fen country of Cambridgeshre from
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grasping han Is of certain proprietors who
had been draining for themselves. In 1912,
when Parliament Diet rmined upon hostil-
tiles, he went to Cambridge, where he
raised troop of horse, and which he him
self so ably commanded. that he soon ac-
quired the rank of colonel and a great
reputation for military skill and va,or.
His IN n were well disciplined. and. under
his leadership, at the battle of Marston
Moor. in lGif. &C. luireJ the name of Iron
sides" At Stamford, and in the second
battle at Newburv, Cromwell greatly dis
tin rushed himself and received from his
party the title of d" Saviour of the Nation
This party consisted OF the independents,
who had g',inei great an influence in
Parliament as to pass the famous s,lf de-
y
either House were excluded from COM
mands in the army. From this. however,
Cromwe |, on account of his value 10 the
cause, was excepted a stroke of policy
which preserved his ascendancy in the
army, and Iaved the way for his future
advancement He was now made lieuten.
nnt general, AMI by Ii s coaduct in 1915,
the battle of Naseby, which determined
the fate OF the rovalists, was won. This
vic;o. Y was followed by series OF success
es for which he voted a pension Of
t2JC0 Ter aanum, and the thanks of the
House. When he king was handed over
by tie Sco.ch to the Parliament. Crom-
well determined to get him into his own
power This he affected in 1tj47, BY mean
# Cosret Joyce. youu and spirited sol
der He now obtained the chief rmmand
Of the army. and at conference at Wind
,or, winch he himself o 'ened with prayer,
,,ropoundc the bold mea ure o: punish.
ing The kl..s hs a udicia, sentence. Clarle,
was now in the ISL. of Wight VINE.
Cromwell was called into the north az inst
rhe Scots, and into the west against the
Welsh. Whenever he fought, su cess at
tended him, and returning to London, he
purgei the Parliament house of its mem.
bers by means of his troopers under the
directi n of Colonel Pride. In the ANU
AIRY of 1919 the kings trial commelced.
CT mwc.I was the third TO sign the war
mt for his execution, and the mornrch
suffered accordingly. Cromwell was now
Gale into Ireland, where he took a erri-
bic vengeance upon the inhabitants ofDro-
sheJa Waterford and several other pieces
In 1850 lie returned tc England and was
sent against the Scots, who had armel to
r, store Charles II. On September ). $50,
he game the battle Of Dun ar and hat
day twevemonth he defeated Cl!arlesat
Worcester The sovereign power was NV
within his reach and he did not hesitate
to grasp it. Accordingly. on FebruTy
Is, 1854, he WAS invested with the digniy
of Protec or of the Co lImonwealth of El-
gland, Scotland AMI Ireland in the Cont
If Chancery. In this capacity, he vigo-
ous,y dire d the affairs OF tie kingdom
making the English flag, borne by me-
like Blake, respected whenever it wa.
Seen. In 1893, however, he became moody
and suspicious. In the August of that
year. his favorite daughter Mrs. Clavpole
died ut Hampton Court. This event. with
the publ alton of pamphlet by Colonel
Titus, entitled killing no murder" tend .
ing to prove the assassination of Il tyrant
! public duty, prolGced slow fever, from
Which he never rallied He was, by order
Of his physicians. novel to Whitehall
for change of air, bat nothing would avail
him now. He died on the ID of Septem
Der. 1893. the an veFsary of the victories of +.
Dunbar and Worcester, and day which IT,
be was accu toned to consider especially
fortuna e to Ii mself. His corpse was in
erred on the 10Th of April, in Henry the
Seventies chapel. whence, at tie Re5tor-
,tion, it was taken and exposed on, and it !
: said, buried under the gal.ows at Ty
burn. II is eiiess here to enter into the
character Of Cromwell That he was one |
IF the greatest statesmen and most valiant
war; ors England has produced, none viii
leny: and that he was "a good if not bet
er, than most men would have been I'M =
Inclined to dispute. Cromwell had six | {
children, viz: Richard, Henry Bridget,
Mary, and Frances. Richard II
ucceciei Ia IN in the project rate; but
Wien affairs turned. and he found his |
,osi no longer t nabie, lie resi- gned and .
vent abroad Richard Cromwell subse :
Iuently returned to England, and n story tc
5 told of him. to the effect that while a. Il
ui'or for the restoration of his property "
,e was met in Westminster Hall bv on,t "a
yhO mstooll him for countrvman viewing &C.