Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-27

"A SpecHl bakery SOdV Drcau W the
poor at a very great reduction from the
price charged by the regular bakers.
But the people in this instance would not
believe the benevolent intentions of the
donor, rallied against imaginary usury in
grain; believed the most absurd and ridic-
ulous reports; among others, that Roths-
child had bought spoiled flour, and had
made it palatable by an admixture of
sweet almonds Of course they never
thought that such an admixture would
have made the bread three times as ex-
pensivc,
Those same sweet almonds of Baron
Rothschild's contributed a good share to
the February revolution.
Ever ready for adding fuel to the
flames, ever ready to excite the masses,
and delighdng in stirring up mischief,
the National said of the Baron Rothschild,
that he had mixed his -four with the
with the sweat of the people, which, Of
course would have produced very objec-
tionable bread. At the same time num-
Der of pamphlets against Rothschild made
their appearance, and whilst the people
thus rewarded charitable efforts, their
bcnefactor in reality lost heavy sums, as
he could not dispose of the provisions he
had procured.
The revolution of 1848 filled the house
of Rothschild with terror. The Baron
heard that the rabblc was burning down
his country houses and castle. With his
natural shrewdness, he perceived That his
flight would be the signal for an unaltera-
bic confscation of all his numerous pos
sessions, and he had the courage to re-
main.
Numerous anecdotes are in circulation
illustrative of his presence of mind and
irmness during the trying days of '48.
We will not, however, repeat them all
here. One especially has been often told
in the papers. 1t relates to a call upon
him by rough party Of Red Republi-
cans, demanding an equal distribution of
his property. He admitted their estimate
of his wealth as correct, computed the
population of France among whom his
money was to be equally distributed, and
paid hisrevolutionary assailants two francs
each, as their proper share in an equal
distribution.
In 1880, Ro,hschild had given Is, 900
francs: this was great deal, for no one
had threatened him. In l848 he signed
$4,000 francs for the wounded and un-
employed laborers. At the same time,
his son Alphonse, who had just come of
age, at once wrote to the Provisional
Government, peitioning for his right OF
citizenship.
Ii is said that just at the moment when
James, almost overcome with terror, was
hesitating between the safety of his per-
son and his millions, Marc Caussidiere
made his appearance before him, and
said +:
Citizen Rothscbild, no weakness /
pledge myself for YOU
The banker droamt all night of that
mans red scarf, the pistols in his belt,
and the great cavalry sword that dragged
at his side. But when he saw, on the
the next morning, that measures had been
taken, not only to protect his hotel, but
also all his possessions in the neighbor-
hood of the city against any attack, he
discovered that the words of the Prefect
Of Police were more than idle wind. In
loss than year after this. Caussidiere,
banished and without means, came to
London. Here he received letter from
Paris, as follows:
SIR-Permit me to place at your dis
posal the sum of thirty thousand francs.
This little capital may enable you, upon
the hard soil of exile, to enter into some
kind of business. You may return the
sum in ten or twenty years, or whenever
you like. This is small recognition OF
the valuable services you have rendered
to the country.
Ever yours, RorHscHILD.'
At first Rothschild was very inimical
10 the government of tie second of De-
cember. He would most probably have
been sent to Mazas for this, but his posi-
ton of Austrian Consul General project
ed him.
He had often been bitterly reproach he'd
for never claiming anything for the bene-
fit of his poor co-religionists.
AT least, it was said to him. give
them the profit of one single speculation
on change
He approved of the idea. A maneu-
vre of bulls which he organized one