Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-31
Ali stellaneous.
H N KINGS.
A Condensed Sketch Of the History Of the Rohs-
chids, from their Rise TO the Present Day.

at his very frontiers. Hastily he packed up his
jewels aud valuables, together with between two
and three millions of tbalers. and took the way to
the ancient city of Frankfort. Looping to find means
of placing his wealth and the jewels Of his house
in security.
Arrived at the city which had, Cor centuries,
sent forth the rulers of the ''holy Roman EmOire,"
the fugitive Landgrave knocked at the door of an
humble Jewish banker, Meyer Rothschild, richer
in children than in thalers, but withal a distinguish
cd and experienced archeologist and ~numismatolo'
gist.
The sovereign, who himself was an expert in
these sciences, paid much respect to the knowl-
edge of the jew banker, and had actually, a lew
years before, bestowed upon him the distinction OF
the title of "Medailleur to his Court"
"Meyer," he began, as he handed him his well
filed case, 81 know you to be honest and consci-
entious. Here is all | possess; take it, and return
it to me when this tempest shall have blown over,
and " hen better times dawn upon u.s."
such vast confidence does me great honor" re-
piled the Hebrew, but your %Ilighness must not
forget that tho republican army is almost before
our DOORS"
w are in the hands Of Providence" replied
the Landgrave. Il ask for no receipt"
The Prince re-entered his vehicle and hurried
on, without listening to the renewed protestatons
OF the man of business.
What Meyer Rothschild had anticipated, duly
came to pass. Before a week was over, Frankfort
was in the possession of the French troops, and
the banker, who had been denounced as an anti
his ,5om;cil sacked and bYs ca.h ~ nimn5sr pdi IN
The name of liberty and the neonle'
No sooner. however. had the victors left Frank.
fort, than Meyer Rothschild reopened his banking
house, finding at first credit among the Jews, and
Intimately with all the business world. and soon
was reputed richer than ever. In 1902 he was
once more considered as one of the most reliable
bankers in Germany.
rost for The crowned heads of Germarv. The
.~uooa &c to pbor;sL Confederacv restcd under
tha bigb and freed protection of Napoleon-I
Ro;sod bv the will of the great commander to the
d;gnitv Of an Eleetor Of the German Empire, the
Teondgro,e NJ Uesse received permission to return
en- his dom;nions' On his wav he passed through
EranI fort Tic journal, had before informed
lin, Of .be n1nndar;nc Of Rothcb;ld;s house, and
Ia naturatv bel;eSed his own wealth long
s;nco q p 70 tho Jocohins Still he determined
60 visit bhs numismastic friend. if only to assure
~ W, ~ tho nant;nnnnce Of his confidence
a.Good morrow Never said the Elector. with a
frank and hearty shake of hands. "At last we
boro noaca old }r;and bnt II costs ms dear enough
Rocors vou stonds a rrinad man ne moor ns Job
.Wb3ti Won moor vou- UiyhnessP~
..Cart,iniv fnr have not those confounded sans
cuyoHes stolen nv wealth along with yours? If |
40 not now too mnch inconvenience ycu, [ should
lie 10 horrow a small advance mon the idemnity
which I shall receive in Uesse Cassel."
"An advance is not needed for your Highness,
for ali that Won con6ded to INV care is safe and un.
launched
UWbot T., oxolo;mod Tho pr;nne Uond were vou
not plundered, then ?"
,Fhe Frencb have taken everythinp I had. and
= narsfni n,t To axc;te Them Nv resistance
o,herv;se thew would have searched more thor
ouqhly and might have found your diamonds an,
money where thew were hidden in my cellar"
"How! Is it possible 2"
Eyes, my surrender was a stratagem. The,
never found what l had hidden. For the last min
years, in order to indemnify myself for the money
] had lost, | have taken the liberty of using som
of yours. All my enterprises have proved success
full, and without embarra' sing myself in the least
/ can now return you the entire sum with five pc
cent. interest,""
The prince was deeply moved. =,
Meyer" he said. You are the most hohorapi
jew l have ever heard OF. heep my money an
continue to operate with It,: from TO-DAY lor ""
years want no return OF u, anu ohiy '"o Pc
cent. interest ,.,,
And thus Rothschiid became a mlilonaire'
Old Meyer died IN IolZ; before ne oieu ne ha'
MS hye sons, Anselm' solomon, Navhan' Onarle
ana James caiied TO MS ped-sloe. lhey receive
his blessing ana swore 20 MIN 10 DC true 10 III
law oil Moses, never 10 separate from each other
and never to undertake a great enterprise w!thou
having first obtained the counsel and advise c
their mother. >,
observe well THESE points, ana you Will 500
be the richest among the rich, and the world WI
belong to you" :.
The old Hebrew proved a prophet. a nnanelf
Pentarchy was founded at his grave ana 500
erected its thrones in the hye pri'nclpai eltles
Europe: Frankfort, vienna, Naples AoRuoh III
Paris
IN ueposaso ne L 49, ha"na . tbe hoirs Of Ma
~ P", " ia =
hotnsohiu'
In 1919, at the vienna congress, the Liector +
lated to the assembled soverelgns the story OF u
Frankfort INVASION ana oil the integrity oil the o
jew. AT once the mouse at fFank'9r' ootalh'
the custom OF the 'iloiy aiilance' IL was COZ
missioned with all the lmmportant loans winch
that time were negotiated by the EmpeTors OF hu
STA and Austria, ana the hlngs or England, fru
sia, Denmark, Naples and Sardinia. In every OF
OF these great financial operations each OF Il
five Rothschilds had a share.
James, the youngest of the family, received ii
loan of two hundred millions, which France nee
ed, to make friends, of its enemies. ,
Disposing ct enormous capitals, the hive brot