Cromwell, Lincoln and Virginia.
When Oliver Cromwell was installed Protector of England, the Commonwealth of Virginia refused to acknowledge his authority.
The English Commonwealth was then at Oliver Cromwell was installed Protector of England, the Commonwealth of Virginia refused to acknowledge his authority.
The English Commonwealth was then at the height of its power, and, at its head, one who was admirably described by Bossuet as "a man of an incredible depth of thought; as profound a hypocrite as he was a skillful politician; capable ali between the great intellects that then ruled England and the Government of the United States.
Cromwell extended the olive branch as well as the sword, and commissioners accompanied the fleet, who wehe unconditional-surrender terms proposed by Lincoln.
Their contrast to the overtures by which Cromwell pacificator the colony is too striking to require comment.
The record of Virginia from thegle, no Virginian will have reason to be ashamed of his State.
Let Lincoln, more despotic than Cromwell, deprive her of her liberties and expunge her name from the roll of States, he cannot despoil h
