Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-06
UNION AND AMERICAN
ISRAEL FREYER's BID ron GOLD,


FRIDAY, sKFZEMBKR "a.
POUNDS how the price went flashing through
.Wail-st., William, BrOad-st-, New t 'f..E
All the specie in all the land r.gg p
Held in one Ring by giant hand ,.- ....
For millions more it was ready to paw, ia
And throttle the Street on hangman 'ssday,
Up from the Gold Pits neither hell. ..e.
while the innocent fountain rose and fell, rr
Loud and higher the bidding rose, -. I'D
And the bulls, triumphant, faced their foes.
Itseemed as ifSatan himselfWere ia it, .fa
Lifting tone per cent minute -, f5.
Through the believing broker, there amid,
Who pssde the terrible, final bid -H
High over ALL and ever higher. ...-.
Was heard the voice Of Israel treyer-
doleful knell in the storm-swept mart
Five millions more and for any part
tllgive One Hundred aud sixty J
Israel Freyer-the government Jew
Good as the best-sOaked through and through
With credit gained in the year ne sold
Our Treasury's precious hoard Of gold;
Now through bis thankless mouth rings out
The leaguer's last and cruelest shOuti
Pity the shorts2 Not they, indeed.
While single rivals left 10 bleed
Down comes dealers in silks and hides
CrOwding the Gold Rooms rounded sides
JOstling. trampling each others feet,
Uttering grOans in the outer street,
Watching, with upturned faces pale.
The scuTrylng index mark its tale,
Hearing the bid of Israel Freyer-
,,, That omnibus voice, would it never tire?
Five millio more!-for any part.
NJ A. your II IL CRACKS your ueailtJ
III give One Hundred and Sixty!'
One Hundred and Sixty Can I be true!
W hat Will the bears-at-forty dOl
How will the merehaut Is pay their dues2
How will the country stand the news2
Whatll the banks-but listen hOldl
In serewlng upward the price of gold
that dangerous, last. particular peg.
Try had killed their Goose with the Golden
Egg
Just there the metal came pouring out.
All ways at once, like water-spout,
Or rushing. gushing yellow food.
mat drenched the bulls wherever they stood,
Small need to open the Washington main,
Their Golfer dams we're burst with the strain!
Il came by runners it came by wire,
To answer the bid Of Israel Freyer,
l: poured in millions from every side.
And almost strangled him as be cried
IA give One Hundred and SIXTH
Like Vulcan after Jupiter's kick, l
Or the aphoTistical Rocket stick, /
Down. down, down. the premium fell
Faster than this rude rhyme can tell! |
Thirty per cent tho index slid,
ct treyer still kept making his bid
One Hundred and Sixty for any pert y
The sudden ruin had crazed HE heart,
Shattered his senses, cracked his brain.
And left him crying again and sgain-
sui making his bid AZ the markets top,
'Llke the Dutehman's leg that could never
stop
.'One Hundred and S.xty-Fivs Millions morer'
IIll they dragged him, bowling. Of the floor.
Atu very ld,i Mol'is that SbliGT anu n1yeT
Heard from the mouth of Israel Freyei-
4, cry TO remember IS long as they live
Were, I'm take Five Millions more I'll give
I'll give One Hundred and Sixty"
Suppose. TO avoid the appearance of evlI,)
There's such thing as a Personal Devil
Il would seem that His Highness here got hold.
Tor once OF believing Bull in Gold
" neither bull or hear, 1t wouldn't much matter
Should Israel Freyer keep up his clatter
On earth or under it-las. they say,
lie Is dOOmed)-till the general Judgment Day,
W hen the Clerk. as he cites him TO answer fort
Shall bid him keep silence in that Court
i Bnt II matters most. as itseems TO me.
nat my countrymen, great and strong and free.
50 marvel at fellows who seem TO win,
That If even Clown can only begin
By stealing railroad, and use its purse
For cOrnerlng stocks and gold, Or-wOrse-
For buying Judge and a Legislature,
aud slnklug still lower poor human nature.
The gaping public, whatever befall,
VIII swallow him, tandem, harlOts, and all
While oar rich men drivel and stand amazed
AT tue aust and pother his gang have raised,
And make US remember a nursery tale
VI the four and twenty who feared one snail.
What's bred in the bone will breed you know |
Clowns and their trainers, high and low.
Y, NJ III III cut such capers. long as they dare,
while honest Poverty says its prayer.
But tell me what prayer or fast can save
Some hOary candi tate for the grave,
The market wriakled Giant Despair,
Mutteung, brOOding. scheming there
Founding acOllege or building a church
Lest Heaven should leave him in the lurch
Better come out in the rival way,
Issue your scrip in open day,
And pour your wealth in the grimy fist
VI some grOss-mOuthed. gambling pugilist;
Leave toll and poverty where they lie, |
Pass thinkers, workers. artists by,
our pot house flag from his counters bring |
Ana make him into Railway King!
between such Gentiles and such Jews
Little enough one finds to choose
Either the other will buy and use
Lat the meat and throw him the bone
And leave him to stand the brunt alone.
Let the tempest come, that's gathering near,
And give Us a better atmosphere!
EDMUND c. STEDMAN. |
No. As Broad st Sept. 25 1863.