, 1841-04-17
WHOLE NUMBER 39I.

fSS w cChCIul NCdISs "filibul ' OCiuS
worth a dollar, and finally failed for some
millions. Here was a sublime genius for you.
"Here"-to use the words of my father
"Here is the great Archinedes who caR
move a world by putting his lever upon moth.
ing"
The great man watched me narrowly FOR
some months after my first entering into his
employ, preparatory TO trusting me in his
%hffalrs. There was an old woman who had
a table where she sold apples, cakes, and
other small wares. which frequently excited
my longing, and as she carried on the busi-
ness just ut the window of our cellar, | was
tempted 10 trade with her whenever | had
money. On these occasions. my master
watched i've closely. and the result of his in
vesiioations was exhibited in an increasing
confidence. Bv degrees. he opened TO me
the mysteries Of the shaving business, and
displayed to nv mind all the wonders Of an
invisible world. appealing To the Imagination
instead of the senses.
The glorious mysteries Of killing. ra~ehor-
sing, and other occult matters connected
with the sublime science Of rails ne the wind;
the manner in which the credit system Is
built up and sustained. without any thing hut
itself to stand upon; the mastery process by
which any amount of ideal money NAV De
cUnjured out of nothing, like the spirit from
the cloud. and made TO represent ten times
the amount of the same sum If Il were real
these and sunni other of the "great princi-
pies" which constitute the sublime of the
new credit system, re could not present 10
me. for rs yet they had no existence. except
in the heated chaos OF nv mind. which from
FL nar,oJ ~ rrl,,h rorov-al .bI- Ere. rac
teal in sight into the great money. or rather
credit kingdom, confined to boil and bubble
with the fever heat of grand conceptions,
fighting their way from 4 faint embryo TO a
glorious maturity.
But the lessons of my master were OF the
highest use to me-. Notwithstanding. Like
streaks of sky. at early dawn. they prepared
the way for the godof light and lusture, and,
at the SAINT time. taught me TO take adyan-
tage of the midday ~splendor, which soon az
ter opened upon me-.
The CITY of Itagamufhinville, Just about
this time, suddenly awakened to 4 perception
of its future greatness, and Il Games TO pass
that every body began to live on anticipa-
ton. They looked forward about Z hundred
years andsaw 1T the end Of the long VISTA
vision of grandeur and prosperity that set
them all mad. They forgot that a hundred
years WAS a long while. and that lie who in
CURED Il debt. in the expectation of recciv-
ing great profit at the end of that time. was
very likely TO die before lie could realized
his an:icipationS.
Suddenly there WIS 4 great and increaS-
inc demand for money. for all the world hid
become borrowers. Ia invest in lots. in order
10 take advantage of the Grcr; rise IN value
a hundred years hence. Tie precious met
ais not being OF 4 dUctlie nature, and mca-
Uable of expanding as. enough 10 >ui; these
great exigencieS. became Indispensable that
some substitute should be sound. more sJita-
lie 10 the spirit of the age. and the newly
discovered wants Of the community.
Nv master every day lamented to ne the
contracted sphere of operations 10 which
his genius was confined. by what he called
the Infamous Specie HuIttug." meaning
the stupid attachment mankind lad inherited
from the dark ages. To what they called 4
money out Of nothing would he excllIm
in 4 paroxism of enthusiasm. 81 would N o
short time. possess the world!
| brooded on this idea from morning Ill
night. and some tines lay awake for hours,
thinking on the Glorious rope Of It's success
ful accomplishment. ] often asked myself
what was the basis of the va'Ue of every
thing in the world. and ut length came To the
conclusion that it was the General est
nation of II ankiud. I then proceeded TO
investigate the possibility Of sIhstiturinr IN
imaginary. for 4 real. value. and appealing
to human credulity as its basis. Mankind.
thought !, worship false gods, adopt tll>e
opinions, and arrive AT false concluSioas.-
Many believe the moon is made Of "reen
cheese; is it not possible 10 make them be-
lieve that what is worth nothing intrinSicaliv.
is Just rs good rs thing ofineStimable valuc.
provided IT will exchange for just rs much
; What. proceeded. /. WAS the intrinsic vaiae
of Il fathom Of Wampum. and yet. in Old
times. you could purchase 4 farm with ii
g, from the Indians. ] forgot at that time that
this Wampum was the product OF labor, and
therefore represented tie value of all tie Ia
. Dor bestowed upon il.
I While my mind was struggling 10 emerge
! from the twilight of these conceptions. into
the meridian day. my master BEGAN. By de
D rrees, TO employ Inc i'm Transactions which