, 1880-11-06
Money Is King, nnsl the Bcg-
EnrS Arc the polltcst
l'cOplo.
Egotfsm, superoiliousneBs, and Check
Of tho Average Manhat-
tanese.
sptetat oorr.pondence o. 1ns Chicago 1stt

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10 strangers would ho ono Of tho "lnst arts"
III New York.
snobbcry increases In the Metropolis In
proportion M wealth accumulatcs. Money
commands respect-niAhl,ooa M0nc.
MONEY IS KING;
and, like alt mtentates, Il Is Bonlcw,nt Of q
despot. II IL tho sovereign before wlnnl ait
bow. The rich man draws to himself power
III proportion to his wcnltii. Tho power ho
acquires IL derived from, tlloso WIN hive not
wealth. Hence, insolcnt st1crcilu,sncss OIL
the ono hnnd, md cringlng scryiity nnl
crawling 0bsr0nin.sncss Oil tho other, nro
more apparent hero thni in any other Atlcr-
lean city III which 1lnve over hnd the opU0r-
tuntty of observation. Wealth Is the goal
which NIL strlve to attatt, without much re-
gard to tho means employed.
New York Is Tie contre OF 'wenltl, ami the
cratlle Of the achievement OF the Nation. 1t
Is tic mother Of hll gtHAntic enterprises, altt
ut lcnst tho nNclo of NIL lGsser ones, It Is
connected by tlcs Of consanguinity. more or
less remote, witt, NIL Important undertakings.
Sleepless energy and tfretess ae,lr'ty, con,-
blncd Will bollness Of purpose, stnlwart
strength, md courage, md monumental self
c0ncelt, with small conscience afM loss coin-
passion, mako of the successful New-I Iorkcr
4 MoDEHy GOLIATH,
whom no David with n s,hontt pcbble chi,
sIay. There Is IL sense Of might, mud power,
and bigncss associated wlth everything ona
meets here. Here nrc found the nblcst
flnancers, lie wllicst politicians, tho astutest
lawyers, and the most t.latnutt clergyinen,
rs well rs tho most notorious scoundrc1s, tho
Nation has ever produced. The Devil ll1ul-
self WINS undoubtedly born on 1tanlsat,an
lsinnd; md there Is abundant evidence that
Ito has always manifested Il deep concern
about tho ptnce Of his nativity. There. IL i.
Sast d,IgrS;,ss ;yss, between lG Esespl" Hf te
which nlsc Acclst0!hWl TO tho ways OF tile
former readily INrcClvcs.
THERE ls AN uNrLus1i1S0 IMrUpEScE
and II tranquil assumption Of superiority
about the peop'c, hero which is excessively
exSsisrHtaS 70 9 WfStern ;n nm No one niis
he tllsegnF.eons to tho President Of tho
United States, yet many will doubtless rc-
member lloW, so'no years agn qulet,!nni'-
stnySE srs Eef1fa of1 ts Mho ~, nntcTcd Gosctos s,,
Inquiries 1!bout TIC mnyemehtso IF that n!lIeia1.
Wasscnt ahout hIs business hva young rnltin,i
occupying high stonl. ;rlle rnnssuWlna
eentlem91., WIS Glen. Grant, thon President
hfgh stool was tho son Of ono OF the first
families of Ngw-fnrk, Nru true expOnenti
Of tho cultivation of the city, unconscIously
rcycAlcd.
"a moso iecent ,,s' allassra.on Of ,,,,
occurred or the M &C. esHson ot ths lay{nF Of tho
trai rark, fow wv wccks 'si, slice; % ni;si tio cir cir
r.s,,stauee IL ,rccnrtlatl II, UM clty pIpcry.
Grand Marshal lshiers, Of The Order Of Free
WenliIan, President Of tho Park Commission,
r. "Mos9 on! 7S,II 7M!,inrcat NJ. Wel'mnll
threatened 70 llavo Ellvrs arrested. a po,,
tiGe,nn', to ni'l'E i.eAI Hhn'tiGl " c!Cn nI
tter rS a,, ,Stn HSnM a,,o,,,no! g Hy f,y II l0
ccaso. e or % ia NoW ypSGsn Ursas. Or g. io,,s
eM ;,s ;',sss1 s11'naF9s!aK !S9a coa i9S lag
@ sYGIi, tIo,, ~ %s n he !etS nfG fs' soewlt .,
toneM ao%''' ~ cop'ed 'cfoat'tn 1roni city
>,ln1 e&sG;nnneo OF Mort!a between Granl
A!nlshhi Ehl9fa hhl l'lesltltht Weh'liili1,
i nrciy "e iH Irs u s" ki WJ
tte MeLfololltah slslsutlltl tt AT, 20 TINT tho
tl0usi.has OF ,spcethtors might seh tho
cothet,Stono o1 I,:; teseeiM ihto Ns crypt,
asa, ., ,o Wien 10 @ real;1estGe Mu1hber ot
cll1cn ' 10 nloye. ,Ihg iIn!u AlarsliA! !nastsd:
t;ra1Si AiaTs!,aI, Wi!o stlll insI;teG; 'rl'ercat
ill., '! asfte a ~ ho Msv % u;G 1sh AFT.
Tin nh,ni Hlr i mil rfv,mw hIa T,,',t, md
nnca If ra.lde,r%s JAW rnnfnn,st. Nn,v ,n1va ~,
ninnr. s,rf Ifern. i;ownyur no',r','nii1rop rsp
ssn,,nnd IN nrti an{d. t'i'iis rnn lcn,nu IL ti,a
i;r,MtdnnNt ~ ~ W th~ Park t,n,ntss;n,,' = Snt tt
antl.t + ) ~ -'s "A ~o'''''os'''' nav
triM. Hmar,cor nco,,,o o-n an ronr,v bomo.
t,c,"os iHnt Il mn ncarco,n ~ a " 9.tj,
trutL tI,at thev Mnvn incoi urantnrat,n. nH W1
Nnw !t.re nrk IL '' "''" 4oe"' o''"sae'e''a''cs'
tso" @ulA .' -
Az EXCEPTION TO TIE Hut.E.
a Now-inrker Will make himself known
wherever lie uAny be; nnd, IL lle Is rot over
t!!nttcnl. There isn stnlWurt lNnnlness n,lIl
talrect'esS as,ntt hin. WHICH one secretly nt|-
mlrcs. md wlllc, utter all, Is .,nnTo plenslng
than OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. II sayes tl,ng'
too. and makes Ito p!qun.it nttl p0lelnicnI.
There is something gratifying 70 wrct.c1,eI
hnmH,,, nature III helng ,ah!o to tnlk buck,
The New. Yorker beAtA down ntll tra,npIes
upon te obstacles which como In Ills Wny,
With his, pnlidnr0Ms body nn.t eiepl,nntllle
tl1lck-npckrd, hroatl-shonllercsl, pal,,rl.y,
tlenyy;cg9etl ntc, anywhere Us iave sren
~ WILL sirent IN half nn tour q. y busy .lay.
II se!itls to i,e q Inv Inherent IN Anthropnl-
ogy that lnaM's success II, lIfu must bu III
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