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Home From the Civil War to the Restoration, 1645-1660 The rule of the "Rump Parliament", 1649-1653 1649-1653; Part 3 |
1649-1653; Part 3Cromwell and his victorious army were now free to take part in politics. The "Rump" Parliament made reforms too slowly to please them, and they wished it to dissolve, though for some months they allowed it to continue. But when Cromwell found that its members were arranging for a new Parliament, to which they should not only all belong, but should have the power of excluding other members, his patience was exhausted. He came down to the House, " clad in plain black clothes and grey worsted stockings ", and lectured its members. Then, with the aid of his soldiers, he fetched the Speaker down from the chair, took away "the bauble ", as he called the mace, evicted the members, and locked the doors. According to Cromwell, "there was not so much as the barking of a dog" at this forcible ejection; indeed, all were tired of the "Rump's" rule. |
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