Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-27
Wall Street

within tue iiSC week tHcrC LIS
been another rascally attempt on the
part of n number of the money gam
b,crs of Wall street. New York, to
get up another pauic in gold and
money i'll order that they might rob
the country of q few millions of dol
lars. They went SO far as to cndcav-
or to circulate a report that there
was a deficit of $4,000, 900 in the
treasury of the United States. In
this they were fOiled.
There never was in the world be-
fore a fraternity Of greater scape-
graccs than arc the gold gamblers of
New York. They are very wealthy
people and the whole Of their wealth
was acquired by trick and stratagem
by preying upon the public They
have in the pursuit Of thcir di>hon-
est occupation lost all sense of honor
and shame. 1t is the wealth of these
men and the influence of their
bad examples that have dcmoralizcd
to a great degree New York fashion
ionable society, and given to riches q
title to respect or social prominence
that las been denied TO true merit
when unsustaincd by wealth. Coarse
men, real vulgarians, arc courtcd and
honored for their wealth ; but it is
also due to the vcnal spirit of fash.
ion to say that when those vulgar.
.iaiis are financially ruined by niisfor-
tune they arc cxiled by contempt.
But these gamblers of the metropolis
have immense power over the whole
Cn:cn. They have but to get up a
Idnic and within an hour, by means
of the telegraph wires, they diffusc it
through out the Union. Immediate
ly these wires are busted bearing Or
dcrs from all parts Of the country.
These orders are placed in tho
hands Of the robbers, and it is the
easiest thing i'll the world for them
10 combine TO lcfraud the tar-oT per.
sons who have been cntrappcd. III
this way one cunningly established
panic will rob the country of q vas,
sum, which dows into the pockets of
the gamblers. The manner ia which
unsuspccting inhabitants of distant
cities and towns are robbcd-is fully
illustrated in the treatment mctcd
out TO them in the settlements of the
transactions OH the celebrated .'black
Friday" The country speculato,s
had TO "pocket their losscs"a at 165,
but the robbers settled among them
selves at 133. The absent arc ALWAYS
wrongcd. The city government of
New York recently made Il raid upon
the faro dealers and keno and other
games. They are very small and
harmless sinners compared with the
Wall street gamblers. The latter
have robbed the country ofmore mon.
~ i'll IL day than all the faro
dealers in the United States have
wen i'll a decade. The faro gam.
hiers win and lose, and their gains
'"m over their expenses. What
""n cxtra,agauce and dissipation
they nearly all die poor. The great
est evil they do IS to lead the Young
into vice by which SO many are
LOST. But your money and stock
gambler ruins men of I'LL ages, and
ttenicralizcs whole communities.
They are Infinitely worse than
faro dealers. 1t was d mrckery for
the great city of New York to de-
vote SO much effort to put down
The faro table, when the gola gam
bicrs, who are no better than righ.
way robbers, are allowed to cary
ON their dishonest trade with perfect
impunit., society being always ready
10 receive the successful S'bbers with
open arms.