The Arkansas banner., 1848-05-23
The RathxehildS.

The following account of the origin and progress oi the House of RothschiIds will be found interes ting. It will be rerolected that Baron Rothschiid, resident in London, has recently been elected n member of Parliament; and . change in the English constitution being necessary to admit Jew to Legislative honors and privileges, the necessary ! amendment was made, and the ''dog ofa Jew'' was placed by the side of the .sproud Saxons." Recent
 the English were compelled yield the legal res ,Tlctions the issue Of the Bank of Engissd, be- cause the Baron Rothschild threatened to withdraw his dePosites unless the Ministry changed the iaw and again tho Saxon was compelled to yield te the Jew.
 In the year THO, in a little Jewish settlement in ''Fnnkfort-on- the Maine,' dwelt a family of poor but respectable Jow pediaIs. and in that yeH they were blessed wIth . whom lhey called Mayer AnseIm Rothschid They gave him what education their small means would permi', but, dy- ing when he at the age of eleven, left him to his own resources. He then earned scanty living by writing, which he soon abandoned for a trade But his ambition was te be priest of his religion Fortunately for totterng dy nasties of the present day, this was not accomplished. Ills trade required him to travel; and after years he returned to his native place, and established small business. He soon, however, gained considerable notoriety as collector of old and curious coins which brought him much in contact with persons of rank among whom it was fashionable 10 make such collect iions and finally he went to Hanover as clerk in large house. Subsequently,, with a few years savings, | l a little exchange business. His great sagacity. strict punctuahiy and rectitude of conduct, pushed him rapidly forward, and towards the close OG the century the Frankiort banking house had become famous and the profits large. The banker in the meantime brought up ten children, of whom five sons "aficr his own heart;'' and when he died left them vast wealth and extensive business W ta the injunction to dwell in strict and unbroken unity And the injunction then bestowed has been faith fully carried out. The five sons conducted ns many | k~,. Il ak-l l-~.f They were as follows: The eldest, Anseln; was born In ITS. and the most substantial citizen oi Frankfort; and. representing the father was the head ot the whole operations of the house. The second, solomon, born in l77l, became citizen of Vienna, where he is held in high estimation as man, as well as a member of the most stupendous banking Louse in the world. The fourth son. Charles, was born in l7SS. and has since ls2I con ducted the house at Naples, where his popularity Is equal to any of his brothers. The youngest son. Jacob, born in l792 and Is the banker for Par
 is, where be maintains splendor that eciipses mos, of the princes of Europe. The third son we have yet 10 mention. Nathan. who was born in TIT, and became the head of the London house in I79s and was in every intellectual resrect a giant IL was observed of him that should he share in tine chase it could only be to hunt eie plants
 These live houses combining all the financial re- sources of Europe in their move ments which are always simultaneous. have exercised for fifty years l power unseen, but overwhelming. Nearly all the government debts of Europe arc of their conIae- ting. Through the wars. of Bonaparte their in- formation was always correct, and always in advance of the British government, which was often dependent upon them for information as well as means o action. Although their residen- ces were always widely separated, each controlling all means of information, no important transaction was entered into without consultation and strict harmony of opinion among them all. Comme iai exchanges and all ments of business were otten known 10 and controlled by the old Jew in Flank. fort, who could in the exercise of his great power look with contempt upon feeble despois crying to him foi help; and the aid asked depended on ,hs assent of the hvs brothers. Accordingly they were courted in every possible way. In 1913 they were
 made private commercial councillors to the IIessisn government; also to the Austrian Emperor who con- ferred on them the rank of Barons. In Is36 Ma
 than died, leaving E9S ,00O 000 and seven children II of whom four were sons. The eldest, Lionel who had been made Knight of Isabella by the Catholics at Madrid, and who ls a Baron Of Ausuia, in right bis father appeared in 1856, on the London Change
 m the place his father had occupied for thirty years. This g. entleman it is who has become mem Der of Parliament at the expense of change in the English Consultation.
 l The House combined has loaned the King of the French the money necessary 10 keep him on the throne lew years longer lt IS u1aniiss; that as tbts house has grown up with government debts, 1 The continuance of their power is in some degree dependent upon existing government A branch ' or the house has been established in New York conducted by Auguste Bemont a relative of Solo mon Rothschild. of Vienna Republican free trade however, Is not the soil on which the slupendous business oi the great loan contractor will best four 1 ish
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