New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-13
A Kind Word for Judas.

John Ruskin, in the "Crown Of Wild
style, thouse who like to have money as the
imitators of Judas
! We do great injustice 10 Iscariot in think.
ing him wicked above all wickednces. He
is only common money lover; did not un-
derstand Christ. could not make out the
worth of Him. he didn't want him to be
killed. He was horror struck when he
| found that Christ would he killed, threw
bis aOney away instantly and hanged
| himself. How many Of our present money
sellers, think you, would have the grace
TO hang then selves whenever they killed :
| But Judas was common. selfish, mUdde.
headed fellow; his hand always in the
bag of the poor, not caring for them
He didn't understand Christ; yet he
| believed i'll Him much more than most
! of us do had seen Him do mralles,
! though he was not strong enough to
| shift for himself, aud he (Judasl might as
| well make his own by perquisites out of the
| affair. Christ would come out of it well
| enough, and he have thirty pieces. Now,
that is the money seel,er's idea all over the
| world. He does not hate Christ. but he
| can't understand Him; he does not care for
Hih1-sees no good in that benevolent bust.
ness, but takes his own little job OF it, at
| all events, come what may. And thus. out
| OF every class of men you have certain
| amount of bag men--y0ur free first" men
! whose main object in life is to make money,
| and they do make il III all SORTS of unfair
| ways, chiefly by the weight and force of
| money itself, or what is called capital; that
| is TO say, the power which money, once OBJ
tanned. has over the labor of the poor, so
that the capitalist can take all the produce
to himself, except the laborer's feed. That
is she modern Judas way Of carrying the
bag" and bearing what is put therein"
e-o--.--e--~c-ee------e
The CIriOsiGies of Paper Currency i'm San
Domingo.
VProm Earpers Montilyj
From Monte CristO Mr.. Hazard took Das-
sage III a schooner for Cape Haytien, dis
tance of about sixty miles. His first expe-
renee in the negro republic was anything
but pleasant Starting i'll the evening and
expecting to reach port by daybreak.
there WAS not mOutnful of food on board.
Delayed by calm the schooner did
not come To anchor until noon. The Gus
tomhoUse officers were al breakfast. and
kept our hungry voyager waiting two
hours for permission to land, and then the
aggravating police authorities took up all
the rest of the day in examining his papers
before he was allowed to crafty his raging
appetite. what will you haves" asked
the polite waiter, when, worn out with
hunger and VeYatiOn, he seated himself at a
cafe table. "EverytLing, anything-beer, |
bread, fruit, cbeese-bring it all at once" |
was the response, and the walters prompt |
compliance tended greatly to soothe the |
travellers exasperated sCnsibiIities.
fhe next morning Mr.. Hazard expe- |
rienced new sensation. He suddenly !
found himself millionaire. His first act |
on rising was, TO adapt himself TO the Gus |
toms OF the country. and ask for cock |
tall 1t was we'll fabricated and enoyed |
With xest. Then ensued the following dia.
logue:
How much = asked.
Thirty dollars monsieur
81 start back horror struck. Thirty dol
lars for drink [ see it. I am a poor,
miserable American, disowned by his gov
eminent, in foreign land, aud these bar
oarians know it, and now tuev Uant to
sWlndIe me-. But the old spirit Of 20 comes
strong upon me, and | get reckless vow
VIII not pay it; and drawing from my
pocket u silver coin OF the realm of America,
ya'ue ten cents, declare it is all the money
| have.
TO my amusement the mild barkeepet
SAYS, i haven't the change, sir
, "Ah begin to see 1t, and with A prince.
ly air say, oh, keep the change = :"
Later in the day Mr., Hazard was in
o'ned by the banker 10 whom he anuIied
10 nave draft for few hundred dollars |
GaShen' that one dollar an gold was worth
louI hundred dollars il the paper currency |
:" re country, and that il he had his draft |
c"Sheu ne would need half a dozen mini, |
arts 10 TAX" away the bills! He left TN. |
lIAlt a. the bank, and drew only q f.w
-houSah's Tor spending money