New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-30
THE BATTLE al MONEY!

THE BATTLE a. MONEY.
| The first lecture: "The Battle of Money.
of the Star Course, tittl season, was de
livered recently at the academy of Mus
in Philadelphia by Mrs Mary A. Liver
more. The magnificent building wa
thronged. Garl Sentz's parlor orchestr;
gave a choice selection finn Verdi's "Rigo
letto,' which was followed by a ballad b,
Mrs. Josephine Schimpf, entitled "Ye Merry
waltz: "Morjen Blaetter concluded tn,
musical prelude. Mrs. Ahry A. Livermor,
then walked upon the sage, and without
| an introduction. and with but a slight in
clinatlon ot heH head, commenced upon
her subject.
The lecturer commenced by referring tC
the changes of thought, lifting the world
upward and onward, and he difference be
tween those of the past AMI the present Ir
nothing is the difference Crater than in the
estimate OF labor. OF old slavery existed
and labor and the utilurian aspects OF
science were despised. Plao declared shop
keeping degradation. Aristotle and wise
philosophers scorned labr. Agriculture
alone was he'd in honor, aid even that was
| soon degraded to the slave. But the early
| Christian teachers opposedlavery and hon.
cred labor. The Benedictne monks made
! labor compulsory on their bers; true.
the labor taught by Christian churches was
one of poverty. The crusates gave great
stimulus to labor, for the mobiles needed
money. but these expedition, in many WAYS
nourished commerce.
| In the twelfth centur7, merchants and
| artisans formed their guills or trading com
| munities to prevent noble!. kings and clergy
from plundering them But we can not
follow this let us come to the republic.
Here we work to the acritce of health.
mind and almost soul. Tere is cause for
this. We are induced by our love of money.
We are Of Saxon ancestry, and their
popularity is the love of wealth. The He.
brews were and are marked for their undy
ing trust in God; the Greeks for their de-
votion to the beautiful the Remains. in
much the imltators of the Greeks, for their
skill in organizing men; tIeir best legacy is
their laws, which in much nderlie our own
but the Saxon race has ben bold, hardy.
practical people, not particularly religious.
but moral, who have torn down every thing
for money and power.
They are the richest of II the tribal fam
lilies OF to-day; they Iced tie commerce and
manufacture of the worl,, and own more
than ne-half the shipping They love the
good metal iron, but havenot the barbaric
love tor gold: they regard as metal for
commerce. Their languag, too is the only
one through which liberty speaks. 1t Only
can speak that tongue. Oily one other race
is as full of promise-tht SIavonic, with
Russia at its head-Russia who is now play
ing game with England or the power of
ASIA These two only Will remain; thew
will absorb, weld, mould, and take IN all
others
In 1861 in this country was raised the
question between liberty and gold, and our
people paid in blood for liberty. Before
one couldn't have told whici we loved best.
but since the war, when nothing in partcu-
lar is 10 call for our attention and watching.
the clamor is all for money High places
are he'd here by rich men Without regard
to culture or character. Il Europe it is
different. 1t has been sail that the chief
attraction a Yankee has L his hopes for
heaven is that its streets are said to be
paved with fine gold" This is an age of
greed in England, where gped sits in the
bosom of the Established Chrch. rapacious
and Unsuitable: where the god Queen Vic
tOria boards her millions is a miser and
squeezes her tax burdened subjects like a |
ulceless orange to endOw her numerous |
sons and daughters. Here, DO, thrved the |
great lust of money. the huIger for wealth. |
Our war gave wonderful opportunities of |
y
others by play, to some " such fragrant
dishonesty that deserved shooting more
han the spy and traitor.
Victories were postponed. that cotton
night be dickered for behind the shotted
our suffering soliers were fed
With tainted meat and hrd tack, and
lOthed with shOddy coats, which dropped
rom their backs, while contractors grew
at on their spoils. In uhoe times honor
md conscience We're striped oft as an
'vercoat one can lay aside. Since the war
he fever of speculation has damaged legiti-
nate business, and 'tEe md is not yet"
We demand now colossal profits; we are
irving to get something for nothing. to
as become gambling hdl. where fraud
nd chicanery run riot. WeYankees cheat
ne another and call it business, We read
ately how Jay Gould had 1een compelled
o disgorge S9,O00,0O0 stolen from the Erie
'ailroad Company, but within week we
cad that by some stroke OF tinesse he had
ION as much again. We are now begin
ing to get the result. "We have sown
ne wind and are reaping the whirlwind"
Our late crash has, too, demonstrated the |
Brotherhood of nations, fol- failures here
ere felt in England and Germany. This
ownfall of speculators is all right, but
lere are those suffer who should not-the
idOws, orphans, men and women Of small
eans and hard earnings. So, too, other
Oubles come from this; or merchants |
ave caught somewhat the fever often
ley sacrifice home, happiness and family;
leir home is merely place for troubled
eep. SO we often fad forgeries and false
ltries Ito tide over this little trouble .
1t they have then entered The first circle d,
that awful malestrom which will inevi !
I,l t,l- tln,, |
leating the government in customhouse
ltries, and dividing the spoils with the Off
ais; and their clerks are not slow to learn
Is lesson, and often i. will not do to inves-
gate them when detected.
The lecturer here referred at length TO :.
rsonal illustrations IN the great wheat
rner and crash in Chicago last winter, to | {
e dead defaulter, Mills, of BROOKLYN. and a
ld: We are nervous about opening the 4
pers and learning who has failed or :,
oven faithless. This faint of dishonesty, II
is unwillingness to get rich slowly, and to Il
ave behind us an honest fortune slowly d
CURED is widespread. We find religious / 6
pers pretending to give $40 maps for O. -
bscripsions New York firm manufac-
res and ships idols to the heather in one d
d of the same ship in which missionaries
out to convert them from idolatry We
d quack universities peddling out degrees E.
d diplomas until these honorable distinc- -
ms become mere matter of barter. Our
ur is mixed with plaster of paris; our milk y
watered; our shoes are glued together, Ii
d our clothes are shOddy, "but business :,
business and this can't be reproved. :.
'ney has debased our public morals and ! OF
nted our public system. eli
The shame of America is the corruption m
her legislative bodies, where the lobby n
200 often the controlling influence. and y:
people do not manifest their hatred of nj