The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-03
TODAY IN HISTORY
1.-THE GREAT PROTECTOR"
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY

well. nicknamed The Protector" one OF
the greatest men. II not the greatest
that England ever produced. Years do
not lessen. but strengthen this opinion,
Lord Macauiay says. "It has often been
afhrmed. but apparently With little reh-
son. that Cromwell died at time fortu-
nate for his rcnown. and that. II his NE
had been prolonged IL would probably
have closed amidst disgrace and disaster,
II lis certain that Cromwell was to thc
last honored by his soldiers. obeyed bX
the whole population Of the British isles:
and dreaded by all foreign powers, and
that he was laid among the. ancient SOW
crclgns Of England with funeral pomp
such as London had never before seen,
Cromwell had faults. but they were. so
overshadowed by his virtues that time
summing up the great genius Of the man.
Long ago his own prophetic hope began
to attain fulnllment-"I know God has has
been above all i'll reports: and Will in His
own time NindIcate me-"
One Of the chief characteristics Of
Cromwell was that he wanted to be moth
Ing bur just himself. Wnlpole Is re,
sponsibIe for The story OF Cromwell and
Lely. the portrait painter. The Protector
was sitting for bis portrait and for fear
the artist Nigh, try TO natter him IN
desire you would use all your skill 10
paint my picture truly like me, and not
0atter me al all, but remark all these
roughnesses. ptmPles, warts, and every
for IT,"
Thurloe, said Of him: "A larger soul.
think. hath seldom awelt in house
OF clay than his was
A good idea OF the character Of the
man is TO be found in several instances
which will be related: When he was
filling 1lgg his his companies with ,t men, he Sc:
the soldiers, IF you choose Cody. hon
est men 10 be captains of horse" he
said honest men VIII follow them.
And again Il had rather have plain,
rustlc-coated captain that knows what
he fights for and loves what he knows,
than what YOU call a gentleman, and
nothing else"
A month after the famous battle OF
Naseby, in which he gained a signal vic
tory, he wrote, when | saw the enemy
draw up and march in gallant order
toward us, and We company OF poor.
ignorant men to seek how Ia order our
battle, I could not, riding alone about
my business, but smile out TO God in
God would by things that are not bring
to nought things that are;
In summing up his character, bi-
ographer has written the following
character than the use he makes OF abb
solute power. Tried by this test Crom-
we'll bears comparison favorably with any
Of the, greatest names In history, Ele :
waited into supremacy. regal save only In
name he still preserved the plain sim
plIcity of his former life, Armed with
more than regal power, he limited him
self within the strict bonds Of necessity
Personally he cared little for the out
ward show OF ROYALTY, but he stinted no
pomp or ceremony so far as It seemed to
involve the nations dignity. II there
was a man in England who excellcd in
any faculty or science, The Protector
would find him out. and reward him ac-
cording 10 his merit
Elisha Kent Kane. the explorer. 1S2O)
np Inf fn hattleS
Fort Doneson GS63) and Of Newbcrnc
GS6D of the Civil war.