Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-08-17
Tho nefirement OF the Rofhschiids
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Among the intelligence which has reached |
us by the last packet is somewhat we'll |
assured rumor of the intention Of the Roths- /
child family to retire from the financial |
world of Europe. The reasons given for this
sndden Decentralization are neither full nor
satisfactory; and. inasmach as the rumor had
not vet been confirmed by any reliable de-
ciaration from any member of the family the
moneyed men OF Paris and others expert
enced in the myetcres of finances were in
ciined to think that such a measure is ut
terly Incompatible with the nationality OF
the family and heir love of domination. But
to as is appears that there is u tar more pow
erfnl reason than any of thpse advanced for
discrtditing the idea, Which renders such
determination highly possible. if not proba-
BILE.
Hitherto the principal Importance which
has been attached 10 the name of Rothschild
has been fou n,led upon the necessities of the
soyereigns of Europe and the ability and
readiness OF this family TO minister 10 those
necessities. When the ravages Of war had
convulsed ali Europe to- its centre, and
thrones and governments were totterlng to
their fall. the nendieant kings were but too
glad to call in the aid of the Rothschilds, and
it was partly through their agency that such
extensive loans were raised, the burthen OF
which has been cast upon all postcrity. Eng
land, France, Prussia. Russia. Austria and
the other Powers of Europe have all in their
turn benefited by the immense financial re-
sources of the family, acquired by the smart
ness of the founders of the house. In TACT,
for a long succession of years the house OF
Rothschild has been the general banker OF
the European governments, and so important
| has been the service which it has rendered to
| the crowned heads of Europe, that the high
| est distinctions which monarchs can confer
| have been freely bestowed on the various
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| railway communication in France. and the
| internal improvements of other European
| countries, are mainly due to the assistance
| of the Rothschilds in obtaining means from
| others; and it was not to be wondered at thai
| family of such notoriety, 20 whom the gov
| ernments of Europe looked for financial as
| sistance in the hour Of their necessity, should
| have exercised, up to the present time, the
most potent influence in Europe.
| But all this is now changed. SO long as
| the high influence of the Rothschilds contln-
| ued undsturbed, and their relations to the
| European governments as bankers and
money lenders were not interrupted, 1T was
their interest, no doubt it would be their de-
termination, to continne in the field as the most
| prominent financial men in Europe. But their
| long established influence has received a
| severe shock. With the advance of modern
| ideas and the progress of the irresistible prin-
| ciple of democracy in popular government,
| the hOary and intangible systems which, III
| finance as in general politics, corroded the
| vitality of former generations, and involved
( every nation in Europe in debt and bank
ruptcy, must give way to a healthier order
| of things.
The recent war has supplied abundant tes-
| timony of this fact The readiness and rapl-
| dity with which the late French and Prussian
! loans were taken up, on direct appeal to
| the people, is most significant fact. The
| house of Rothschild has seen it, and to the
members of that house it is like 1.-THE writing
upon the WALL for it is a premonition that
their influence in Europe is nearly at an end.
| Baron James ROthschild fully understands
this, and hence his anxiety, seconded by that
of his family, to withdraw from the financial
world while there is yet time, and before the
reaction that is fast approaching arrives to
sweep the house away i'll its furious course
The governments of Europe have at last dis
/ covered that in cases Of national or govern
mental necessity dependence must not DC
placed upon the money brokers. but upon the
unity and patriotism of the people. Hence
forth this principle will obtain in Europe, and
| it betokens depth of wisdom in the Roth
schlds thus TO observe the ''beginning OF The
end, ;" and to take measures to save them
| selves before circumstances should render such
a course impossible. The first Napoleon saw
the rise of this remarkable family, and II
seems very evident that their star will sci
during the empire Of the third.-Nel0 IOTh
| Herald.