New-York tribune., 1900-10-28
oon.asues, after his messenger had been deded


-H--t place suddenly the news ran like
.-S among them tnat tce kial vas ON his
.--ii VI hlJel-&ll H..s some hUC reds IF
d retalncTs The five members were hurried
10 the river, and they had hardly gained
.atl before The hi1E and a band of ruilers
swords and pistols entered Wes minister
Passing through .hem ana a"cuirI auied
-@ neuheV- the kector PaIatine. the King
S~al ile llNio.27-a threshold. advanced
.N.raG uT the floor = tle House of Commons
the step Of the chair, and demanded the five
.f-s-5 members. He asked the Speaker y-heth-
- hey ere there. The Speaker replied in words
'et VIII never be forgotten that he had
r.s.7-ar ewes nor ears nor ronrIIa i'm ri,9- ri3c1
as the House might be pleased To direct
III no matter the King said 4 think my
e.'S are as good IS another's-" After looking
-aand he said that he saw that all his birds
We're foHn, but he would take his own course TO
md them. Then he Stammered out a few
aT nlosetic sentences. and stepping down from
.'' cna-r marched away IN anger and shame
raugh the grim ranks. and amid deep muir
1s.-~ - privilege. out at the door, His band of
e1 cltt1roifs Followed him through the hall
"'H Sulien curses al the loss Of their sport
h. .-en next ne entered Westminster Hall he was
a 'r.~oner doomed TO violent death.
- passage alone would suffice 10 indicate
'l= !arlous state of the realm, and the GER
MY that Eing and Commons, which is to
s-N King and People. would sooner or later join
q bat1!e 20 he death. The game was
--rr.hle one. with fierce stakes. my head or thy
aea6." says Mr. Morley Of the battle between
5-r7fford and Pym, ahioh ended in the execu-
.-9 n The former and the Strengthening Of the
'- al ile1l-fe H. anu lItC same NofuS may
@ ap2%ed 10 the long struggle between Charles !
'0' The PUritanz- The country was not big
-'--sh 10 hold both parties and it was ineyita-
.-@ hat one Of them should collapse II in this
iCati9n Cromwell found his opportunity. it
VS. not usurper with ambitions long
a7tedatiag The event. but as the strongest man /
among those into whose hands the destinies Of
The State We're drifting on the storm, Mr. Nor
-ey Is strong this point all along the line I
-Tlr hat
month just before the trial Of the King is he
sc-r its inpenetrable, but ne has no hesitation |
ID eFeetng tacitIy favorable Judgment Of /
Clomwells frame OF mind on "our general |
hnoWl-iEe Of his polite understanding his eau /
Il T. his persistence his freedom from revenge
lai temper. his hahituaI sowness in making de- /
eislve moves IN passage which We regret is /
TOO long 10 be- cited here he skilfully sketches /
rle thoughts that were probably passing |
through CromwelTs mind at the moment and .
leaves an impression. probably just. that the /
s-eIs Hy which the resicide reached his resolve /
were SLOW and painful" He. makes it plain /
as5 that CromweIs character would brook no
lel-y hen once decision had been taken. and |
~ frankly declares that he now threw himself
--ro the Kings trial at its final stages with the
same ruthless energy with which he had ridden .
down the Kings men at Marston OF Naseby." /
Algernon Sidney washed his hands Of the whole /
transaction and dehed Cromwell 10 his face. |
Nj Morley does not blink the fact that. as be-
~ Heen the Two. Sidney undoubtedly cuts the /
finer figure. But ne does not forget that the
game was one Of my head or thy head. that
in Charles himself. whether for foe OF friend |,
Eliot a Stranord, pity was a grace un-
known; that the thing TO trace in the actors
y that great tragedy is not private tenderness I
but public weight the viii and the gift 10 take
The tangled politics Of that sinister time in the
hollow Of one hand, and, whether king or peas
ant suffered. tide the British over crisis which
could no longer be averted. Thus in his por-
-Iayal Of Cromwell he INDUCES in no hero wor-
ship, he palIiates defects of temper no /
5unders Of administration, but he does full .
justice TO all tnat was disinterested in Crom-
Wells policy. all that was manly and honest in /
his nature. all that was effective in his i'm
perious management Of public affairs
Cromwell struck for unity Of race and State
MS armed right hand that crushed the absolutist
pretensions alike Of Crown and mitre and then
forced the three Kingdoms into the mould Of a
single State. After We nave discussed all I
the minor aspects Of his special policies on this
occasion or the other. after we have scanned
al The secondary features Of his rule this Is stu
what IN q single sentence defines the true place
II Cromwell in our history" Mr Morley has a
f5Ief chapter on CromweITs personal traits, aud .
a. through his volume there are scattered litrle .