Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-07-11
THE HOUSE OF ROTHsCHILD.
THEsRED SHIELD.

Come with me to the eastern part Of the city
the old town-where you will discover scarcely
sign of modern architecture The streets are mar
row; the houses lean towards each other from op
posite sides of the way as if they were friends o
bout to fall into each others arms 1t is the Jews
quarter. The door ways are crowded with womer
and childlcn-all bearing the unmistakeable fea
tires which, the world over, characterize this his
toric people-rejected of God, despised Of men
persecuted as no other nation has ever been. Scat
tered everywhere, yet retaining their nationality
endowed with vitality which has no parallel il
the human race. go ...'. '..'
We turn down the Judengasse, the Jews alley
from the chief thoroughfare Of the modern town
In this street, one hundred and twenty-four year
ago, lived dealer in old clothes, who had rec
shield for sign, which, in German, reads Rott
Sclild. It was in l743 that child was born to
this Israelite. The name given to the boy was
Anslem Meyer, who also became a clothes dealer
and pawn broker, succeeding to the business o.
his father. By degrees he extended his business
lending money at high rates Of interest during the
wars of the last century, managing his affairs witt
such skill that Prince William the Landgraye made
him his banker When Napoleon came across the
Rhine, in 1906 this clothes dealer was directed tc
take care of the treasures Of the Prince; amount
ing to twelve million dollars which he invested SO
iudiciously that it brought large increase to the
owner and especially to the manager
The banker died in 1872, leaving an estate esti'
mated at S., 900, ,0OO-not very large sum these
days-but he left. AN injunction upon his five sons
which was made binding by an oath given to bis
sons, around his death bed, which has had and still
has powerful influence upon thee world The
sons bound themselves by an oath to follow the
fathers business together, holding his property in
partnership, extending the business, that the world
might know but one house of the red shield
(Rothschild). . .
The sons were true to their oath. Nathan went
to Manchester, England, as early as 1877, but af-
forwards moved to London. Anslem remained at
Frankfort, James went to Paris, Solomon to vi
emma, and Charles to Naples, the five brothers thus
occupying great financial centres. Nathan, in
London, amassed money with great rapidity, and
the same may be said of all the others, the wars Of
Napoleon being favorable to the business Of the
house.
Nathan went to the Continent to witness the op-
erations of Wellington in his last campaign against
Napoleon, prepared to act with the utmost energy,
let the result be as it might He witnessed the
battle of Waterloo, and, when assured of Napo-
Icons defeat, rode all night with relays of horses
to Ostend, went across the channel in a fishing
smack for it was before the days ofsteam-reach-
ed London in advance of all other messengers, and
spread the rumor that W Welington and Blucher were
defeated. The 10th of June in that memorable
year was dismal day in London. The battle was
fought on the 18th. Nathan Meyer, of the house
of Red Shield, by hard riding, reached London at
midnight on the 10th. On the morning Of the
10th the news was over the town that the cause OF
the allies was lost, that Napoleon had swept all be-
fore him. England had been the leading spirit in
the struggle against Napoleon. The treasury Of
Great Britain had supplied funds to nearly all Of
the allied powers If their cause was lost what
hope was there for the future2
Bankers few from door to door In eager haste to
sell their stocks. Funds ofeVery description went