New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-18
DIES IRE.

not all along been going to the bad, we are GER
tainly on the high road now. Ifthere was one
part Of the world above the suspicion Of such o
fate, which was destined to prosper when all
else went to ashes and dust, il was that com.
munity in common figure Of speech known Is
Wall-st. The gentlemen who reigned in that
small and busy kingdom were SO much better
than anybody else-haa SO many advantages OF
power, wealth and opportunity-that every
national calamity was blessing to them, and
every national advantage tenfold gain. When
our armies were defeated, they were successful,
when our armies were successful, they were adj
ditionally fortunate. All the world adapted
itself to Wall.st. 1t led the path Of progress,
and gathered the safe results of reaction. II
it had its own little difficulties, no one knew
anything about them. There were Bulls and
Bears-but these divisions were like the Big.
Endians and Little.Endans of Swift, and to the
outside Of humanity had no meaning. Wall-st.
was supreme, sublime, unapproacbsble The
lightning and thunder passed under it; and,
coming with nothing to do but work and weep,
this little universe was oil serenity and hap
piness. 1t had occasional panics; but they were
arranged with O view to outside dramatic
effect. Broadway may have felt little an.
noyed, and the Bowery revenged itself with add
ding ten per cent to coffee and shoes and
tobacco; but no such signs of annoyance or fear
were seen in Wall-st. All was hope and profit.
Now, however, the evil times have come, and
Wall-st sees its own days of wrath There is
really panic-such panic as has never been
known since our forefathers built their winding
palisade to keep off the Indians and Yankees,
whose depredationS were causing CONSERVATION
about the City Hall and Parkxow. We see
that in this community men are as other men,
but worse. The newspaper reporters tell us sad
stories about their doings; and eminent men,
bers of the Board of Brokers find themselves in |
close relations with the Justices Of the Peace, |
and Capt. Young of the Detective Police.
Jenkins finds plenty Of material for his pen
better than Grant at Saratoga or the concert
days at the Park, or even the beautiful, ac-
complished and unfortunate widow, whom for
the sake Of her family we shall call Mrs. G-."l
We are in "The Era of Embezzlement," and
the romance Of the day is 1.-THE Forgers Fare.
well to Father and Family" We find that the
wall.st heroes are no better than other heroes
nay, not so good. A hero with long boots,
and curling hair and ruflles, whose eyes are
black, whose voice is sweet, and whose mus
taches would make the fortune Of tenor-a
hero of gentlemanly appearance, who stops you
on the road from Macomb's Dam, and takes
your pocket-book by the pale moonght-a hero
like this, We can respect. But the Wall-st.
heroes are vulgar. jenkins tells us that one,
for whom at least he should have a fam
ily feeling, was "servile, Insignificant
and unmanly," who would confer no
luster upon any JAIL" Fio upon such heroes,
say we! They should be put into a cstern, and
drowned with water from hose, like the dogs. |
We expect better things from Wall-st. If that
Is to give us an ERA of Embezzle-
ment," let Us have something worthy Of its
great fame something that wo can write a
book about and dramatze at the Bowery.
a" The Crimes of The Preternaturally Success
full Banker, or The Forger's Farewell to Father
and Family" would not run three nights. In
England, we have seen unfortunate people like |
Roupell or Sadler doing things on a grand
scale; but there was always something about
them to attract attention-a pretty lady, or a
or some wild fascination com.
mon to our poor nature. Nothing of the sort
is seen in Wall-st One young man runs away
with millions because he is greedy. Another
steals hundreds of thousands because he fancied
a common bar-room girl, the mistress of a
butcher. A third wanted to make more money
than no had in a rapid way, and robbed his |
employers, intending to make all good when
he won. lie failed as well as the rest Of them
and, bull or bear, or whatever else, their ambi-
ton is limited to locks and walls and prison
bars. The greatest of ALL with his "yellow-
fever parcel of the moral and financial world
the greenback," has escaped.
Then came the astounding developments.
1.-THE world grows knock-kneed Does the SKY
stand fast 7" asks Jenkins With these many
crimes rushing upon us, no wonder thas men
look at their wealthiest neighbors With dismay,
and peer into their countenances, anf. suspect all
young men of good moral charar ter who are
reticent, or become "preterS. turaly" atten-
tive and busy. Distrust reign, in wall-st. Who
IS next to fall Wher,, will the calamity
end Is it assure, a r'.nt, a mere tumbling
wall, or real earthqvake2 Who are buried