The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-12-21
The House of RothschiId.

rank1Or u0uer tne guidance OIL
cicerone, l recollect being taken to an
exceedingly small and dirty street in the
Jude71- Case, or what might be called the
slums of the town, and being assured
that there dwelt the mother of the
Rothschild race, and that no one dare to
cleanse either the house or the adjoining
synagogue from its primeval filth as long
as the old lady lived, so welded was she,
like the res: of her tribe, to ancient GUS
toms and antiquarian dirt.
In the middle of the last century that
identical house bore the sign of a broad
shield, with the inscription Z,tfa Rothem
Scht1d, ''The Red Buckler," where dwelt
q poor j Jew named Moses Amschel, whose
son Meyer the founder of the family
wealth, was born there in l743. The
father had gradually, as is so frequently
done in Scotland, assumed the name
from the sign post which his house bore.
Thus Moses Amschel Won Rothen Schild,
or ''AIoses of the Red Shield" like mine
host Of the Red Lion 50 common in all
our provincial towns. become Moses
Roth's schild, and hence by very natural
transition this was changed into the wide
world name of Rothschld
Meyer began lite rs an errand-boy to
his very poor father, who wished to make
his son a rabbi, as the ambitious cotter OF
Ireland hopes to see one Of his Kin q
Maynooth priest. II was, however
ordered otherwise; and Meyers first step
in life was passing from the situation of
errand-boy i'll his paternal home 10 that of
II small clerk in the house of Openheim
| the banker of Hanover, And the cause of
| his great rise may be traced as follows
In the year 1901 the Hanoverian Cen
eral Won Estorf', personal friend of
William IN, Landgraye Of Hasse Cassel,
was consulted by the latter respecting q
suitable person for the situation of banker
to the Court. Won Estorf had observed
Meyer Rothschild as the cleverest clerk of
Openheim's house, and proposed to intro
duce him to the Landgrave as one of the
best tinanciers he had ever met On
being summoned to the palace one after
noon, Rothschild found William and Won
Estorif engaged at chess, the latter
evidently getting the best OF it. The jew
stood for n long time waiting patiently
! behind the Landgrave's chair, without a
word having been spoken by any one
until at length William, turning abruptly
! TO Rothschild, said. do YOU know any
! thing Cl this game =.
Yes, sir; and if your Highness will
gyie me leave to suggest certain moves,
| think you would win the game
''Out with it, them replied the Land
grave. And by following the clerks adj
vice William won the game, which Sc
pleased lin that he at once promoted
Rothschild to the Office Of Court banker.
Five years later, when William had tc
fly from the tyranny of Bonaparte, which
then overshadowed Germany (in striking
contrast the marvels of Sedan and Net
in the year 1870, he entrusted his wealth
which was very great, to the care of the
diligent banker; and the Landgrave' >.
confidence in him was such that he woult
take no note or acknowledgment from
Rothschild Of the large sums entrusted t.
his care. The banker with commcndablt
foresight, concealed several millions il
hogshead casks of wine which were stand
ing in his cellar; and thus preserved tht
money from the rapacious hands of The
French soldiery-whn, like their success
sors the Prussans when invading France
were noted for their inability to distin
guish between the al5lM and the fHUn4-
when Bonaparte took possession of Frank
ioI,- ,.,,,
it''','tI ~ !l.a. le,'t llnanGlal success
contest In 1903 whnn bis hani- W. '',', FL,
only finn which could cificiont1v assis
the English Government in fjnd,nt moan,
for carrvino on the war. VIII William,
sanction, Eothschi]d's winn rasLs Wow
made t. disgorgc their gold. and thu:
fond for f,inT tbe c,nnnn " c,,,.1, -, tt,,
well-known met3nhor Of mcn heing o.t ,.fon[ I'll
for Dnw,jrr = was found ''''
Njeve, Rothsch;ld J;al i, t21., to,,i,o
bv viii thn SIM, nf rf0o oNn storI;ncr +
t6md a rnf,,on far nnor Inwy f'I5r1 nf Frs1ni. !
fo-t .n1 ia snn5 W. ,,oi,,I =,
Franktnrt Solomon of Xianna Nat,,o,
nr london Cb,,lns Of N,nIos and T',,,o.
of Paris-as the rospoctive boaJs af rraa,
financial firms in thoso c;tias to ,..,r,,. ~,
the work which tbei,. father III 20 ,,,,'
rosstl,llv hcmnn
Innumera6lo are tbe anncd,tos ro1,to,
Of tho sons eop,n Of 1,,b;nb ,,,,,,,, ,'.,,
tn renrodncc in or5or NOT nnIr ~ sl(,,,
that f,ro,t wo,Itb hos Sc Ja,l. 1,,oli ~
H. hr;gbt s;da n, nana1t;os MA l., ,1ai,s
-bnf aIso 10 cnf6rcn tbn t.ntb # ''tl,' w.
,nhorism nttnra1 ~ anothor fa,,, II a,dnr Illr
lines vi, th,t too rr,aat 1,,.o r., 49,
/ * tho root Of oil OWL and tLo+ ,,oIli,,,tt.
Win contentnant il Traat t' rain .i,,' 0'''''es'
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!. - Ie.lte't lh'I WheIi Chafles hoths
ch!l1 OF naples, speaking OF hls own
chlioreh TO ms elder orother' called then
Inc young bafohs' Amschel retorteC
Sharply IShaW rs MAKE them men o
business. ne '..le Oh haroh won gam
tiigiii d hIeotAef.
III VA ny carrying OUT tnlS PIlnclple tQ
tile illlesl extent that the hothschlld
lahiiy may trace tAe origin oil their cotos-
sal fortune anu we nave remarkable
instance OF 'hls IN Tue conduct OF the head
oil the l-9hoon mouse at one OF the most
menofihlt periods n the history OF
Europe lager TO gather the earliest n.
formation Oh events winch ne felt Would
settle us late fof many years to come, he
ana not shrink from the perls OF the bat
tle-neld. On the morning OF June Is,
lolo' Nathan hothschld rode on hired
morse from brussels IN the tram OF the
Duke Oh Wellington, ana n the company
OF Count fozzo dl borgo. Baron Vincent,
Nen' AiaVa' baron Mu1tilng, ana several
othef distlnSulShea Personages- Nathan
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