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The Daily Dispatch: May 1, 1863., [Electronic resource], From Northwestern Virginia --movements of Gen. Imboden . (search)
The cavalier and Puritan.
In an interesting speech in the Confederate Senate upon the proposed Confederate seal, Mr. Semmes, of Louisiana, according to a report before us said:
In adopting the equestrian figure of Washington the committee desire distinctly to any recognition of the embodiment of the idea of the "Cavalier. " We have no admiration for the character of the cavalier of 1649, any more than for that or his opponent, the Puritan.
We turn with disgust from the violent and licentious cavalier, and we abhor the scorb, motor and fanatic Puritan, of whom Oliver Cromwell was the type.
Inspecting of Cromwell and his character, Guizot says, "that he possessed the faculty of lying at need, with an and unhesitating hardihood, which struck even his enemies with surprise and embarrassment." This characteristic seems to have been transmitted to the descendants of the Pilgrims who settled in Massachusetts Bay, to enjoy the liberty of persecution.
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The Daily Dispatch: May 1, 1863., [Electronic resource], Congressional Summary. (search)