The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-13

"I stood at the door watching him
my men being in the lobby. He
went to his usual seat, but in
very great and majestic manner, and
for a little while he listened to the
debate. Then he beckoned Major
General Harrison and told him he
judged 1t was high time to dissolve
this Parliament And Harrison tole
me this afternoon, that he advised
Cromwell to consider what he would
do, for It was a work great and dan
gerous, and who, he asked is SUN
ciert for it?' And Cromwell answer.
ed. The Servant of the Lord, he IL
sufficient yet he sat down again.
looking at me as he did so, and look.
ed back straight into his eyes that
and mine could be depended on.
"In a few minutes the question 70.
passing the bill was put, and the man
could be restrained no longer. He
stood up, took off his hat, and looked
around the House. and 1t quailed
under his eyes, every man in 1t shift
cd on his seat and was uneasy. He
began to speak, and it was with
tongue of flame. He reproached
them for their self-seeking and their
hypocrisy and oppression, and as he
went on, there was the roar of lion
in his voice, and the members. being
condemned of their own consciences,
covered before him"
Did no one open their mouth
against him?"
mo one but Sir Peter Wentworth.
He said, My Lord General, this Par.
lament has done great things for
England, and Cromwell answered,
The spoke in the wheel that creaks
most does not bear the burden in the
Cart Then Sir Peter told Cromwell
his abuse of the Parliament was the
more horrid because it came from the
servant of the Parliament, the man
they had trusted and obliged"
At these words DR.. Verify laughed
loudly-"Cromwell, the servant OF
such a Parliament" he cried. Not
he; what then, Israeli"
"He told Wentworth to be quiet.
He said he had heard enough of such
talk, and putting on his hat, he took
the floor of the House. watched
him as he did So He breathed in
ward, like one who has a business of
life and death in hand. | could see
on his face that he was going to do
| the deed that had been the secret OF
his breast for many days; and his
walk was that quick stride with
which he ever went to meet an
enemy. He stood in the middle of
the House, and began to accuse the
members personally. His words
were swords. He flung them at the
men as If they were javelins; shot
them in their faces as if from pis-
| toll. He told them that the Lord had
| done with them. He said they were
no Parliament, and that he had been
sent to put an end to their sitting
and their prating.
And at these words Cluny Ne
vile spoke to tue Sergeant, and he
opened the doors, and some musket-
GERS entered the House. Then Sir
Harry Vane cried out, This is not
honest, and Cromwell reminded him
of his own broken promise, and they
began to go out, at first slowly, and
then in hurry, treadlng on the heels
of each other"
What of Lenthall? He has a stub
born will"
HE sat still in the Speakers chair,
until Cromwell ordered him to come
down. For a moment he hesitated,
but Gen. Harrison said, L will lend
| you my hand, SIR and so he also
went out"
But was there no attempt to stay
such dismissals? am amazed, dumb
founded" said Doctor Verify.
Alderman Allen, the Treasurer Of
the Army, as he went out said some
thing to Cromwell which angered him
very much; and he then and there
charged Allen with a shortage of one
hundred thousand pounds, and com.
mitted Linn to the care Of n musket.
eer for examination. | tell you, there
was no gainsaying the Cromwell of
this hour. He was more than NOR
tai man; and Vane and the others
knew If they had not known before,
why he was never defeated in bat
tie"
after the Speaker had left, what
then?"
His eye fell upon the Mace, and he
said scornfully TO some of the Iron
sides, Take that bauble away!' Then
he ordered the musketeers to clear
the House, he himself walking up to
its Clerk and taking from under his
arm the bill which had caused the
trouble, and which was ready to
pass. He ordered the man to go