Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-10-17
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TIE HOUSE OF RoTHscH1LD.
A Family Congress. IS.
From The L.ndOn Globe, September "a.

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From the LndOn Globe, ssptember GAL
Among oil the Congresses held this summer
OF Princes, lawyers, mugicians, schoolmasters
social science men, political economists, and a
hundred others, one very notable meeting has
Slmost escaped public attention. A few days
IGgo our Paris correspondent told us that Con
ereas Of the memberB Of the illustrious houae Of
Rothschild had been sitting OF Paris. The pur.
port of the meeting was nothing lega than to
rearrange tho dominions of the great banking
dynasty. In one word, the grept object Of the
Rothschild Congress was to- teligce the hve
hranchea OF the house who now rule Europe {:
four, andI following the example of Gadbhldt
to strike another sovereign OF Naples from che
4 list Of relgaing monarehe. HeIcegorth there
I'are to be hut four kings of the house of Roth
echiid, with secure thrones at London, Paris,
Vienna and Frankfort IL 10 now exactly hun.
dred years since poor Jew, oslled Mayer An
eeim, MADE his appearance at the CITY Of Han
over, oaretooted, with q ga. k on his shoulders,
Snd y handle of rags on his back. Succesefui
in trade, like most of hia co:releionists, he re-
turned to Frankfort OF tho end Of few years
ana get us q smallehopin the" lew lane, )" over
which he hung too aignboarG Of @ red schild,
called in Germsn r0th.echild. AS dealer in
old Gnd rare coins, he made the acquaIptsnce
OF ths ssren Elector Of Hesse Cassel, who hap.
penirg to be In want Of a confidential sgent for
lor various open and secret purposes, appointed
tho s6reWd Looking Mayer AnsOlm to the post.
ips Sekene Elector. being compelled coon after
TO ny hls country, Mayer Aueelm took charge
Of his cash. amounting to seyssal mlilions of
horins. With the instinct Of Bis race, Arselm
did 10! iorge to put the mqaey cut on eood
interest, 40 shat, io1g beiore Napoleon vau
gone TO Eloa, and the illustgious Elector had
returned 70 Casseli the capital had more than
doubled' The ruler OF Hesse Caesel thought Il
slmos5 marvel to get his money eafely re-
turned from the Jew lane of Frankfort, and at
tho Congress Of Vienna was never tired Of
singing the praise OF his Hebrew sgent TO all
thes princes Of Europe The dweilsvs under
the eigu of the Red shield laughed in their
sleeves, keeping carefully to themselves the
great fact that the electoral two million forms
had brought them four millions of their OWL.
Never was honesty better policy.
Mayer Anselm died In 1912, without having
the tupremo satisfaction of hearing his honesty
extoiled by Kings and PPince1. He left Ave
sous, who succeeded him in the banking and
money lending buairess, and who, conscious of
their social yalne, dropped tho name of An
selm, aud adopted the higher sounding one of
Rothschild, taken from the signbpsrd of the
psternal house, On hia daathbed their fsthaY
had taken eOlemn oath from all OF them 10
hold bis four millions we'll together, end thoy
have faithfully kept the injunoiiou. But .he
old city Of Frankfort clearly Tas TOO narrow q
realm for tho fruitful eoTing Of four millions;
an1, 10 consequence, the Eve were determined
after WhiletO extend their sphere Of operations
by establishing branch banks as the chief ci.ies
Of Europe. The eldest sou, ADaelu, bora In
l773, remained at Frankfort; the eecond, Solo
mon, born In TIA, settled at Visnna; The third,
Nathan, born In l777, went to London; the
fourth, Charles, the infant terrible of the fam.
| iYs established himself Ia the soft climate Of
Naples; and tho fifth and yOungsst James,
born In 1879, took up bis residence O. Psrls.-
Strictly united, the wealth aua power of the
five Rothachilds wac vested in the eldest born
nevevthele0s, the ehgswdest of tho CONS Of
Mayer Anselm, and the heir OF his genius,
Nathan, the third son, eona took tho reins Of
government into his owa hands. By his faith
In wellington and tho dssh and muscle Of
Brissh soldiers, he nearly doubled The forsuns
OF the family gaining more than million
| sterling by tae cole battle Of Waterloo, the
news Of which he carried to England swo iaya
| earlier than the mail. Tho weight of the eolld
millions gradually transferred the aaceudency
In the family from Germany to England, making
London the metropolis OF she reiguing dyuasty
of Rothschild. Like the Royal families of Eu-
rope, the mombers Of the house Of RoshschId
| only intermsrTy With each other: James Roth.
achild married the daughter of hia brother So.
onon; hla con Edmond, heir apparent of th q
French line, was united TO hiu flrst oousin the
daughter Of Lionel, sad grand-dauShtet q,
Nathan Rothaobiid; and Lionel agAiu---memhet
of Parliament for LondOD--gave his hand 10
1886 to his frat cousin Charlotte, The daughter
iNf n IL
cesssry to says that, though these matrimonial
alliances have kept tho millions wondergullY
together, they have not improved the race OF
old Mayer Anselm Of the Red Shield, Alrea1y
signn OF phyaiesl weakness arc becoming ylSi.
BILE in The ggest family. So at least hint the
French papers in their mesgPe nosicsa abont
the Rothschild Congress at Peris. From all
that can be gathered ous OF wilderness Of
eandTds, shin taeoS ard thick fiction, it appears
that tho eoVeEeigns OF tao Stock Exchange met
in conterenCe fer the double purpose OF can
tralizng their money power and widening their
matrimonial realm. In other words, the Ave
| reigniDg Kings, descendants, according 70 the
law OF pTilnogeniture, Of the Eve sons of Mayer
Anselm, camo to tho tho decision to reeuos
their number TO- four, by cutting off tho Nea
polit,n branch of Charles Rothschild, while it
| was likewise decided that permission should be
gwen 60 tue younger members OF the family 10
marry, for the benefit of the raoc, beyond the
range of first coueipship. What nas lod to the
exclusion of the Neapolltan line of Rotheobid
seems to have been the constant exercise of
highly blsmsble liborality unheard of ia the
lanuals of tho family, Chsrlee, the prodleal
son Of rfeyer Apselm, actually presented, In
the year 1886, tep Thousand ducati to the Or.
piRn Asylum Of st. Carlo, at Naples, and tbs
son aud heir OF Charles, GustSyas; has given
repeated sigDs of biz inclination 60 follow in
the footsteps of ,hiB father. Such cpndust, us.
terly unbecomiug Of she policy OF tSsIhquse Of
Rothschild, could not be allowed TO pass IN
noticed, and accosdingly--we quote theFumor
Of Paris journalisn-the dsckeaRce Of the Nes.
politsn line has been rpfonounced. -, However,
Barren GustAvus de Rothschild is not to-Fetire
into private life, like famous Charles ", with
only caseoOk on his Shoulders and prayer
book IA his hand, but is allowed to take with
him email fortune of $50 000,Q francs, or
about ak millions sterliDg--a mers orumb from
the table Of the desceGdanss Of pSor Mayer
AnsCln, who wandered shcelcss shroughS the
electorate OF good King George the Thisd,--
1t ID certain that no r1msncs Of royslsy Is
| equal TO tho romance OF the hoase OF Roth.
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