The Rise of Modern Democracy in Old And New England
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— New Proposals of Lilburne. — The Plot Suppressed. — Cromwell Dictator. When the roll containing the Agreement of the People was presented to the House of Commons, the address was listened to with all the respect due to the rank of those who bore it, and a vote of thanks was passed with great solemnity. The reading of the Agreement itself, however, was put off to a more convenient season. Business of the gravest import- ance was then occupying the minds of some of its members. On that very day... began the trial of the King. It is not very likely that this circumstance was unknown at the headquarters at Whitehall, and it is obvious that the laying aside of the democratic con- 92 THE RISE OF MODERN DEMOCRACY. stitution was both foreseen and discounted. This is proved by the care that was taken not to let it appear again. It had done its work as a standard ; round it all the forces of the Independents had rallied for the final effort which had placed the Parliament in the power of their leaders ; when the victory was gained it was thrust aside.
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