How Two Patriots died while in the service of their country.

 

Part 4

 

 

On the third of November, 1640, a day to be long remembered, met that great Parliament, destined to every extreme of fortune, to empire and to servitude, to glory and to contempt; at one time the sovereign of its sovereign, at another time the servant of its servants [The inability of members of Parliament to prevent the gradual erosion of our Constitution is now in August-2004 clear to see how much of our way of life has been threatened because of their collective inability to control the Executive – We ask why are they there but to protect the people in OUR Parliament which if they do not move themselves –will soon be at an end]

 

From the first day of meeting the attendance was great; and the aspect of the members was that of men not disposed to do the work negligently.  The dissolution of the late Parliament had convinced most of them that half measures would no longer suffice. 

 

Clarendon [Lord] tells us, that “ the same men who, six months before, were observed to be of moderate tempers, and to wish that gentle remedies might be applied, talked now in another dialect both of Kings and persons; and said that they must now be of another temper than they were the last Parliament”  [Our Parliament in September-2004 needs to reflect upon the real dangers which are now with us in our time and take drastic action to regain control of the House on behalf of the People and the Crown before it is too late].

 

The debt of vengeance was swollen by all the usury [anger] which had been accumulating during many years; [As with many citizens of our country today who have now declared –Enough is Enough- we will not let the traitors within our midst take away our Freedom –and should this discontent not be resolved then as in the subject we are outlining it will surely lead to Civil War- then so be it] and payment was made in full.

 

This memorable crisis called forth parliamentary abilities such as England had never before seen.  Among the most distinguished members of the House of Commons were Falkland, Hyde, Digby, young Harry Vane, Oliver St.John, Denzil Hollis, and Nathaniel Fiennes.  But two men exercised a paramount influence over the legislature, Pym and Hampden. [Where are the Pym and Hampden of today?]  And by the universal consent of friends and enemies, the first place belonged to Hampden.

 

On occasions, which required set speeches, Pym generally took the lead. Hampden very seldom rose till late in a debate.  His speaking was of that kind which has, in every age, been held in the highest estimation by English Parliaments, ready, weighty, perspicuous, condensed...

His perception of the feelings of the House was exquisite, his temper unalterably placid, and his manner eminently courteous and gentlemanlike.   “ Even with these,” says Clarendon, “who were able to preserve themselves from his infusions, and who discerned those opinions to be fixed in him with which they could not comply, he always left the character of an ingenious and conscientious person.”

 

His talents for business were as remarkable as his talent for debate. “ He was”, says Clarendon, “of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or wearied by the laborious, and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp.”  Yet it was rather to his moral than to his intellectual qualities that he was indebted for the vast influence, which he possessed.

 

“When this Parliament began,” – we again quote Clarendon [Edward Hyde, Ist Earl –1609-74]

“ The eyes of all men were fixed upon him, as their patria pater, and the pilot that must steer the vessel through the tempests and rocks which threatened it.

 

And I am persuaded his power and interest at that time were greater to do good or hurt than any man’s in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time; for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or public ends could bias them…

 

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[Added-February-2007]

 

 

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13th October,2007

 

So You Want Out Of The EU

 

THEN WHY NOT SIGN THE

RENUNCIATION of EU CITIZENSHIP

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