Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-09-01

GcktS lnHuence was u>tof oesiuco, WIN th'
allied soyereigns in 1914. TO obtain, busi
ness COR "the honest Jew" in the way o
1 rising public loans.
! The .honest Jew" unfortunately died tw
! years before this date, in 1912; but tn
whole story would appear to be either Ell
J ttrely romance. or greatly exaggerated
! Rothschild must have already been eminen
as banker, or he would hardly have beer
selected by the Prince Of Hesse Cassel al
the depository of sum amounting, it il
said, 10 ESQ coo, exclusively OF the jewels
At any rate, it was in tae year 1901 he wa,
appointed agent TO the Landgrave, after
wards Elector Of Hesse; and in the mex
year Indicated in the storg as that OF the
princes return, loan often millions was
contracted with the Danish Conrt, through
The house of Ro.hschilc. Before this-ant
necessarily so. no doubt--his knowledge
and the tried rectitude of his conduct had
gained him general confidence; his wealth
had iiDeI=ased, aud s>Nsmons exte ntion
of the field of his operations bad taken place
The fact appears to be, that by this time the
banker of Frankfort was more in the habit
Of rendering assistance than o. requiring it;
and the Grand Duke of the day, TO whom
the Israel;ies o.ed their civic and political
rights, nominated him member of the
electoral college, expressly as a reward for
his generous services to his fellow citizens
The personal character of Meyer Anselm
Rothschld is not of small Consequence in
the history of the house--sor their dead
father m be said to direct % this hour the
operations of his children, in every impor-
tant crisis be is called into their counsels:
in every difficult question his judgment is
invokc d, and wien the brothers meet in
cons uItetion, the parental spirit seems to
act as president. The explanation of this
well known and most remarkable trait in
the family is not difficult 10 those who are
in the habit of penetrating through the veil
of the romantic in order 10 arrive at the
simple realizes of life. Tue elder Roth,
child was obviously man & comprehensive
intellect, who did not act on the spur OF
chance or necessity, but alter mature re
flection, and on rules distinctly laid down;
and lie must have brought up his children
in certain theory, which survived his
mortal part and become identified with his
memory. Tins is the only idoium coniured
BY the piety of his descendants. His bear
ing, We are told, was tranquil and unassun-
ing; and although devolt man, according
to his own views of religion, his devotion
was SO completely untinged with bigot-v.
that in his charities he made no distinction
between the Jew and the Christian.
In 1912 Rolhschild lett to the mighty
fortunes, of which his wisdom had laid the
ten children-five sons and FIVE
daughters; laying upon them, with his last
breath, the Injunction of az inyiolable union =,
This is one o. the grand principles TO which
the success of The family may be traced
The command was kept bv the sons with
religious fidelity. The partnership in
which they were left remained uninierruPt-
I'd; and from the moment OF their father's,
1eath, every proposal of moment was sub
nitted to their joint discussion and carried
,ut upon an agreed plan, each of the broth
ers sharing equally in the results. The
,ther great principle Of their conduct is one
which actuates all prudent men, and is only
deserving of special remark in them from
he almost mechanicalregularity with which
/ was acted upon-this was the determine
ion never to run the slightest risk in the
pursuit of great profits. Their grand object
vas to see clearly each transaction to its |
ermination, to secure themselves from all
accidents that human forethought could |
lver,. and 20 be satisfied with reasonable |
md ordinary reward. The plan acted in a
wo-foid manner. By outstanding their
,apital they were enabled to take advant-
lge of Thousand recurring commissions, so
is to exteud their connection dny by day;
While their haDitual caution earned for
hem reputation of solidity. which. united
With their real wealth, carried their credit
o a pitch which would have been dan ger
,us, il not fatal 10 less steady intellects.-
Credit, however, was TO smear to them
They affected no master s,rokes-no coup
i'eiat They would have used the lamp ol
laddn not to summon genii, but TO light
heir steps as they toiled Oh in the path OF
renii. The only secrets by which they /
,bl IA ined their choice of innumerable o ffers
II business were the moderation of their
demands, the punctual fu ilment of their
and The simplicity and clear
lesS OF their system. In short, the house
# Rothschld became great. because IFS
fairs were conducted npaa the most per-
ect system of mercantile tactics, and be-
ause the character of its members, partak-
Dg largely of that of the original banker
# Frankfort, combined many of those ami
bic qualities which secure popularity with
'ut forf iting respect They sought to
nike money by skill and industry, not p ar
mony; they gave liberal share of their
II, fits to all whose services were of use in
tIaining them; and their hand, "open as
lay to melting charity" doubled the value
}! the gift by the grace with which it was
grace impressed upon the |
xternal manner by a simple and kindly
leart.
We may now mention another circum-
stance which, OF. various occasions, must
lave contributed largely to the mercantile
success of the family. Although their real
lnion continued indissoluble, their places
II resiGeEce were far assunder, each MEM
,er of the house domiciling himself in
litlerent country. For instance, Anslen,
,orn in ITS. fixed his residence in Frank
'ort; Solomon, born in i774, chiefly at
Vienna; Charles, born in IT'S, at Naples;
md James, born in 1892, at Paris. The
iffh hrnfhnr Nathan hnrn in 1907 resihah |