The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-10-04
tOorrsspondeuoe Of the Republican
THE GOLD GA MBLERs' CARNIVAL

surviving compatsnps, 20 your cotrospo"uens
visited the scene where for the last ten days
the financial giants OF the continent nave
led their followers In the great struggle ior
gain, that forms memoraoic epocn IN inc
history OF Wall and Broad streets, new YORK.
How many men have been interviewed on
the subject by the enterprising Journalists,
and how varied are the opinions extracted
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.u.n 'o' 'o" '"e 'aiious
distinguished nnanciai operators consulted,
and how divergent are the reasons that have
been qiven for tbe cauae of tho roceot manic
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e"a oo'' oo asee''a'uoo ny consulting tne
columns OF the great New York dailies,
where column after column has been filed
with Qrapb,c nor. n,cturcs of tho aub,ect.
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iha' some ooJec'''e point shou'a DC selce'cu
as target at which all the writers should
throw their malignant shafts of accusation
ana c,,rm,, 4. nc, "a ho vona,roa AZ, ,h,,
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they should select those VINO, from thcr
positions, find II impossible TO reply, Is not
remarkable,
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ina' 'ne oe'uen' Vi '"o on''ou ''a'e'
should beimplicated by iuuuendo In the great
gold speculation Is a sad commentary on
the nrevail,no aemoralizatIo, of this great
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eo"s'e y, speeu'a''o", ou' 'o sou
commentary on the want OF Intelligence ex-
hibited BY his accusers and defamers, that
,bo.o wri,ors sbould drav into THAR dirty
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arena Vi u''"ppo'"sou noP'e ""u ueioa'eu
| schemes the name OF the PRESIDENTS brother-
in.law as In completely with the gamblers In
oo,d, tbis IA tn THAR sbame and ran never
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renee' inJur'ousiy Oh "enerh' "ran' OF MS
connections.
That men who occupy high social posi-
tons, and n fair share of geptlemanIv stand.
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i"S "nions 'ne'' 'o"-''s'Ao"' 'nou'u oPsny
accuse tue secretary oil tue treasury rs
having used his high position to secure his
ncrson,, ogcrorai,emor, and .,,om,, %
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convince the mlnus Oh those whom they ap-
proach on the subject, that Mr.. Boutwell, has
permitted himself to he used by speculators
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io' speCu'"Ne purposes III 'uo goiu' oohu
ana STOCK markets, Is a clear demonstration
| that social position and gentlemanly re-
gard for truth and fairness Ia not a,wavs
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,u'epa'aoio ,'oui 'ue io"es' Braue vi in'ei-
icct, and indicates that an application TO the
drudgery Of Wall street speculation is cal
culated 10 efrectuaIlv Destroy n comnrebcp.
s,or ~ ,ho 900, nina, ,rr-o,.aI,s, ~,
'ion VI 'ue ie'Pousioih'y eu'rounu'nE hsu
puohc position, ana induces calm observer
to believe that gold and stock gambling de-
stroys the finer senslbllltIes of mans nature.
vbile bII,dj,g bis moral v,s,o,
That honnrahIo e~con,,ons 10 ,h,. rr,o nv
lat no ono can deny Sar in Tho nids, OF ne
recent nanic"oIIIc di.ast,ons a. i, US &c ~
the misrniSed men who had s,oEed iboiy
las, doiiars q, Tho s,ccsss oe ,ba Snsa,inn
sch.mes of yanderhlIt ana his foIlowors -,
10 Tho rne,ohants shn dosirad ,bn o,Si,,,s,,
saciIities a frards5 for obtaininr cola TO- cn:'
tan,- honsa Jnos 90 uhinh 80 ttS,,a.s,i,,o
somo consarya;i,n hanisors s,onS nas,ir ~,
der a scnsc of honorable ,csnonsibiIi,y and
Conducted ,hair Snsinoss az ,bonrh no So,
was howiing aronnd them PccSIi,r amon"
those cycentinns stood Uerry CIaws rhnsSo
well or,opiHed I'm, sonyro In t. 80
snecpIot7ve and soljJ c,odIt was s,nnd avor
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1orh nun tne Toni ~ VI US country uarhes.
uaye' " hen sohu "oNsfn,neu' eisui, was u,
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snnmor,. ~, Epro,non, "o orad,, saJ !, u
suppohI p,e.,,a ,Ln, . e, a" u, ,ho
hnnsas ahore W onmrnorataI hIch w. o' oaia
hra,od as oaor,s 81 ,ho G,,ornraont In ,hn
naaotiation 81 the ioans have snccnmhsd ~
ths nances ~ Tho rscent nanio PrnJcnco
"a ascn.oS s,ahit,ts Iasa ne, ,h,ir ,,oII'
mer,ted reward while snecnIatIon and IL
concomi,an, In snoncas have nroSncsd nntolJ
Sisastar ~ ia crowd Of yot,risS Rnt whaI
canseJ The naric ana yxbo IL resno,sih,e J''
In Tho grrat snccniotion Of i IA stocks Ina.
came fcaIfuiiy inaated in their market yalnc
This wa, caused partly Inv The Increase al
the volume of paper money. partly by tho
depreciation of the value OF such papcr
money in comparison with the prcminm
which gold coin commanded in Inc opeu
market, partly In consequence of the in.
creased receipts of the raliways, which were
superinduced by the excessive Government
Interpretation Of men and supplies, and
partly and chiefly In consequence Of the
schemes of the stock manlpuators, who used
all the arguments based on the above emu
| merated reasons tn create n wild in1atIon In