The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-07-09

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Cromwell, the Lord OF Hinchnbrook
known as the Golden Knight" on ac-
count OF his great riches: and his mother
was OF the best of English blood. and her
relationship to James l. induced that mon
arch, on his way to take possession of the
Engllsh crown, to become a guest at the
Cromwell mansion, where Oliver, then
put tour years old, saw the King at the
family table-James little dreaming that
the head of his own son would be cut off
| by this kindred boy, who should reign in
| his stead
lie was educated at the University of
Cambridge, and when but eighteen wears
old he was called home by the death of
his father TO be the sole protector of his
mother and sisters.
While reading law in London at the age
OF twenty he fell in love with Elizabeth,
the beautiful and accomplished daughter
Of Sir James Bourchier, a wealthy knight.
AT the age Of tWenty-one he married.
and under the same roof with his mother
took his young BRIDE who afterwards
coming to her exalted station showed a
purity and nobleness of character more
beautiful than her personal loveliness.
She was the first and only love of Crom-
well, and in the height OF his greatness
and near the end of his reign, when ne
ceSsity had separated them for 4 short
time. she, like true and loving Waman,
chded him for not writing ottener; and
| to her chidings he replied: "My belov-
ed wife You scod me in your letters be-
cause by my silence | appear to forget
you; truly il is | who ought to complain.
for love you Too auch Thou art dcarer
10 me than oN the WorM.'
He was in Parliament at the aoe of
| twenty-nine and again at the age of forty,
| and when the civil war broke out he
raised two companies Of soldiers at his
| own expense and devoted his entire estate
to the public service.
| And when he came to power the haugh-
tiest kings and mobiles OF Europe sought
political and matrimonial alliance At his
death the court of France went into
mourning, though he had required Louis
XIV. to Danish the sons Of Charles whose
| widow was Henrietta OF france, the
| buried in Westminster Abbey rs LEGAL
monarch beside the anointed kings
| There was time when all seemed lost
of the liberties of England and Cromwell
| thought of leaving his country, But in
those trying times when all good men be-
| gin to despair, Cromwell and the Just
men who sympathized with him 'sought
| the Lord in prayer and it was ellis guild
ance," as they believed. to grid on their
swords for war and rescue England from
| her sIaverv-and from that hour they
never taltered and they never feared.
Prince Rupert, the nephew Of Charles. was
accustomed with his gay troopers TO carry
all before him by his dashing onset-. Al
| the battle OF Marston Moor he led 10000
eager RoyalstS. and for the first time he
| dashed against the "lronSiucs' OF trom-
well. 1t was like the dash OF Sea-toam
against u granite mountain. After the
battle Cromwell wrote to his wife: 'Hiod
made them as stubble to our swords
When in the plenitude of his power
young Lelv. afterwards the court painter
OF the irail beauties OF the second Charles,
Wantcdto paint him. paint me as am. :
said Cromwell. IF you leave out the
sears and wrinkles will not pay YOU Il
! shilling Go 10 the Pitt Palace-the
| picture with the sears and wrinkles You
! shall see, but kinglier head reposed ON
| kingler shoulders you shall never see,
Noltaire in his history of Louis NV.
says: ''He increased his power by know
4 ing when if was proper 10 restrain 1T he
made no attempt on those privileges of
| which the people We're jealous; soldiers
We're never quartered in the City of Lon
don: he imposed no taxes that might oc-
| caSon murmurs: he did not offend the
eyes OF the public by appearing with too
great pomp and grandeur; he did not in
dulge himself in any pleasures; he accu-
mulated no treasures: and he took care to
! Il Al,
impartiality which makes no distinction
between the high and the low, the
rich and the poor. Commerce had
never been so tlourishing or so free be
fore, and England had never been SO rich,
Her victorious fleets, made her name re
| spected throughout the world
But England has tired of being vntuous
and honest and thought that she could
| prosper without these inconvenient re-
straints, and with intoxicated JOY she
| hailed home that merry monarch the
second Charles-and u merry time they
had The dead body of the great ruler
who had brought such riches and power
TO England was dragged from his coffin in
Westminster Abbey, hanged and mutilated
at Tyburn, and thrown into a ditch.
The Court was crowded with men, rival
scotfers at every sacred thing, and with
women rivals in the open shamelessness
Of their vices. Wanton luxury and ex-
trayagance appeared in every form: but
retribution came swifter and more terrible
than the people had anticipated. From the
demoralized condition of the,kingdom com
merce fell off, trade languished, the spirit
of the nation was gone England, sopower-
lul under Cromwell. became the scorn OF
the nations, her King the vassal OF France,
and her navy, but lately the terror of the
world, became too feeble to protect her
coasts. The Dutch sailed up the Thames,
and English merchants saw the flames Of
their burning ships from London Bridge.
| The goldsmithS and bankers of London
We're accustomed to borrow money of
their dealers at a low rate OF interest and
| lend it to the Government at y higher
rate, to be repaid out Of the taxes of the
year. Millions of coin had thus been de-
posted by the bankers in the Royal EN-
chequer; the King wanted money for his
dissolute court. and he did not like to face
the Commons. Clifford suggested that an
easy way TO raise the means would be to
close the Treasury and rob the bankers
and their clients Of these millions of coin,
| This suited Charles exactly, and he made
Clifford peer, gave him part Of the stolen
money and squandered the rest. The eff
tect of this pertidious robbery can we'll be
imagined. CONSERVATION followed; thou
sands OF widows and orphans, poor clergy
man, and men Of humble means, together
with the goldsmiths and bankers, We're
brought TO poverty in day and every
| honest cheek in England was blanched or
| blushed with shame and every honest soul
prayed for an hour OF stern old Crom-
wells rule
But England remained in yassalage
suffering the punishment OF her ''nerrV-
moAing' for many long years; nor did
she even bcgiA to recover the prosperity
or the rank which Cromwell had given
her until after the peace Of Ryswick. and
not even until the early years Of the
eighteenth century.
Economy is 4 sterling virtue in the ad-
ministration Of the state, and without it
neither justice nor honesty is possible in
Government