Saint Mary's beacon., 1876-12-21
NO. IL

Ingulket ins6fmed Cromwell, that the
parksment wss sitting, aad ksd come
10 Q seSslutisn nct To- aisselve tkem-
selves but TO Gil IN the house shy Sew,
electiens, and was at that very time en-
gagged N deliberations with regard to hH
expedient. Cromwell In q rage imme-
diately hastencd to the house. and car
ried bslt Of three hundred soldiers
along with him. Some cf them hal
placed at the door. some in the; Lobby,
some on the stairs. He first addressed
himself 10 has freud 81. John. and told
him that he had come with : pufpo~e
of' doing. what aeueved him u ika
vesy scsls and what he hnd extisestly
with tears be,osght the Lord not 10
impose upon him; but there was .
'necessity In order - shs 49, pef (sod
aud y god o. the nation. He sae
down for some time, and heard tis
debate. He beckoned Harrison, and
told him that he now Judged the parlia-
meet ripe for dissolution. "Sir," said
Harrison, "the work is very great aud
dangerous: | desire you seriously tor
consider, before you engage in it,
"You say WELL" replied the general,
and thereupon sat still aboGt alisfief
Of an hour. When the question was
ready to be put, he said again 10 Har-
rison, This is the time: lmust do it."
And suddenly starting up, he loaded
the parliament with the yilest rcproach-
es for their tyranny, ambition, oppres-
sion, and robbery OF the public. Then
stamping with his foot. which was a
,ignai for the soldiers to enter, For
shame" said he to the parliament. get
you gone; give place to honester men;
TO those who will more faithfully dis
charge their trust. You are no longer
a parliament. I tell you, yon are no
longer parliament. The Lord has
done with you: he has chosen other
instruments for carrying on his work
Sir Hairy vsre escIaiming against
this proceeding he cried with a loud
voice, %! Sir Harry Vane. Sir Harry
Vane The Lord deliver me from Sir
Harry Varer ~ Taking hold Of Martin
by the cloak, "Thou art a woremaster."
said he: TO another, Thou art an adul.
teier," to a third, "Thou art drunk.
ard and glutton thou an ex-
toriioner," TO fourth. He commanded
a soldier to seize the mace. "What
shall we do with this bauble Here.
take, il away. II is you, said he, ad-
dressing himself to the house, that
have forced me upon THIS. | have
sought the Lord nj eht and day. that he
would rather slay me than put me upon
this work." Having commanded the
soldiers to clear the hall. he himself
went out the last, and ordering the
doors to be locked, departed to his lodg-
ings in Whitehall.
In this furious manner. which so we'll
denotes his genuine character, did Crom.
well, without the least opposition. or
even murmer, anhih,iatc that famous
assembly, which had filed all Europe
with the renown Of its actions, and
with astonishmcnt ut its crimes, and
whose commencement was no more ar
IDENTIFY desired by the people than was
its final DISSOLUTION. A parties now
rcaped successivciy the melancholy
pleasure OF seeing the injuries which
they had suffered, rcvenged on their
encmics--anh that t"o by the same arts
which had been practised against them.
The king had in some instances.
stretched his prerogative beyond its Just
bounds. and aided by the church, had
well nigh put an end TO al the liberties
and privileges ofthe nation. The Pres
byierians checked the progress Of the
court and clergy, and excited, by cant
and hypocrisy, the populace, first TO
tumults, then 10 war against the king,
the peers. and all the royslists. No
sooner had they reached the pinnacle
OF grandeur, than the Independents, un-
der the appearance of still greater sane
ti.y, instignted the army against them,
and reduced them to subiection. The In
dependents, amidst their empty dreams
Of liberty, or rather Of dominion, wer'
oppressed by the rebellion OF their OWE
servants. and found Themselves at once
exposed TO the insults Of power and ha
tired Of the people! BY recent, a. we'll
as all ancient example, it was becomr
evident, tha. illegal violence. with what
ever pretences II may be covered, AMI
whatever object 1t may pursue, must
inc vitality end at last in the arbitrary
and despotic government Of . single
person. st