The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-12-15

A paragraph has been going the rounds
a the press that the Rothschilds were worth
kht hundred millions of dollars. \ denial
II the truth Of tbs statement has been put
forth. 1t would be a waste Of words to dis
cuss which estimate is correct. The wealth
Of the Rothschilds does not consist in lands
and tencments, the value Of which might be
asccrtaincd but in stocks, bonds, and other
desci iptions personal property, the amount
Of which no one knows but themselves. .--
They may be worth the sum suggested or
cyen more, and they may not be worth
qtarler Of that amount. II il even within
the range Of possibility, though ii is not
pfsbable, that the Rothschilds may be worth
nothing at all. If, for example, they hold
tHc loans themselves which they have nego.
t1ted since the war began, the depreciation
d those loans which has taken place lately
b. caused loss OF fifty millions Of dollars
II again house like theirs, dealing Who'll
D in tiuctUating securities, might maintain
ID credit for years after it was absolutely
bankrupt Paul, Strahan q Co., is case
irpoint, though on a smaller scale.
The power Of the Rothschilds may be es-
ii bated with more certainty. 1t il enor-
nj Jus. No single European monarch is
81 bng enough TO oppose IT, So far back as
fdtty years ago il proved too great for the
iiSt Napoleon, for it furnished the snews
AMar 10 his enemies. and thus brought
a1but his downfall. The Emperor, aware
of4his, sought to concilia,e the Rothschilds
4 his return from Elba; but the head Of
houss rcrulscd his advances by the sig
n remark, "therc arc two Napoleons
II A
monsyed Napoleon was the most powerful.
AT present the house is arraysd against
Louis Napoleon, both because lac rejects
their Intervention in obtaining loans, and
because the war, which he has inauguratcd,
is damaging their securities so seriously.
Austria, it is conceded, has utterly failed to
make peace. The Rothschilds, il is gene
rally c0njecturcd, arc now trying their hands,
for the disturbance in the specie market has
been traced home TO them; and there is
certainly strong chance Of success, because
nothing will make England so ready for
peace as continued pressure on the money
market
We have alluded TO the loans negotiated
by the Rothschids since the war began.
These loans reach tho enormous amount Of
five hundred aud fifty millions, viz: 10
England SsoU00, 0C0; to Turkey 10000
900; to Austria sl2o, 100000; a first loan
to Russia sl30, ,0UO, 600; TO Sardinia Sl0,-
100000; to England in exchequer bills,
$35, 900, 900; and second loan, lust being
perfected, $l00,OOo,oO0, 1t is this loan,
which the Roth.chiIds, it is said, have agreed
to make in gold, that is supposed to be at
the bottom of the specie movement. Most
OF these loans, it is to DC presumed, have
been sold out before this, the Rolhschlds
merely acting in such cases as agents be.
tween the public and the Governments that
borrow. Nevertheless the house that can
even temporarily assume such burden
within little moro than twelycmonth, must
be one Of gigantic influence, credit, and
power. 1t is now plain that this same house
is on the side Of peace. apparently favors
Russia if peace should fail to be made The
conflict is thus rendered more equal; for the
Allies, with the Rothschilds against them.
have, as commercial nations, an enemy
within their own borders; while Russia,
with the Rothschilds OH her side, has Ger.
tainty of being kept in funds, and money
was that IN which, it now appears, she was
most deficient