Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-02-06

went to his usual seat, but In a
! very great and majestic manner, and
J 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 tol6
me this afternoon, that he advised
! Cromwell to consider what he would
| do for it was work great and dan
/ gerous. and who. he asked is sum
Client for it?' And Cromwell answer
ed The Servant of the Lord, he Is
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 few minutes the question for
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
ed 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
|
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
Z more horrid because it came from the
r servant OF the Parliament, the man
. they had trusted and obliged"
At these words Dr. Verify laughed
e loudly-"Cromwel the servant OF
! such Parliament" he cried. Not
he what then, Israeli"
J. He told wentworth to be quiet.
He said he had heard enough of such
d talk, and putting on his hat, he took
8, the floor of the House. watched
g him as he did so. He breathed in
d ward, like one who has a business of
II 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 hts
walk was that quick stride with
which be ever went to meet ar
n enemy. He stood in the middle o.
to the House, ana began to accuse thu
members personally. His woia
/. were swords He flung them at tn
~ inca. f-they were jayelins; sho
them in their faces as II from a pls
toll He told them that the Lord hat
done with them. He said they wer,
no Parliament, and that he had beer
sent to put an end to their sittinl
and their prating.
And at these words Cluny Ne
vile spoke to the 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 a hurry, tEeading 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, 4 will lend
You my hand, sir; and so he also
went out"
But was there no attempt to stay
such dismssals? | 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.
Is mitted him to the care of musket-
&c eer for examination. | tell you, there
! was no gainsaying the Cromwell OF
~ this hour He was more than NOR
ie tai man; and Vane and the others
% knew, if they had not known before
&c why he was never defeated in bat.
tie"
=, After the Speaker had left. what
~ them"
d His eye fell upon the Mace, and he
2 said scoTntully to some Of the Iron
re sides, Take that bauble away Then
~ he ordered the musketeers to clear
I'd the House, he himself walking up to
n its Clerk and taking from under his
ID arm the bill which had caused the
r. trouble, and which was ready ia
in pass. He ordered the man to go
I home, and he slipped away without
Id a question. Cromwell was the last
n. soul to leave the Chamber, and as