New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-06
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
pALADIN OF FINANCE; CoNTd a on ss9 % Lon
NERS BY EDWARD JENKINS sNo' PP o.
Son Trr0ner < Co.

A. .Sr,no,it;on in the book writing world for
.vo,,oh,e subjects so keen the scent fds new game
in contemporary manners that the folly OF the 'i'io
10 shot as il flies The rapidity with which the
satrist arpears upon the has one striking au
vantage In this instance His plot would seem
fantastic and grotesque IL the facts on when IL IL
based were not fresh in memory. The scheule Vi
religious banking and the development oil INC
Paladin's "cosmic idea" Of Catholic finance seem
ingy bear the marks of deliberate exaggeration' ye'
the recital is justified by the secret history OF 'no
rise and collarse Of the Union Generate. There -
very little in Monsieur Cosmos oratory ana III
trigues his business methods and foreign entoi
priscs his appeals to religious feeling ana Pa'
greed his success and downfall, tnaV can ,.ro
garded as oyerdrawn. 1t sketch ioiii '"0 -''''
accurate in ali essential details.
Tho credulitv of the aristocratic classes III
Partisan society was q characteristic feature Vi VIZ
recent mania for stock speculation Inc tehuch'S
in this respect was much the same as IN John La"
day. His schemes had the support OF the ou'H VI
the French nobility, and in like manner 'he nlo"
Generate was a bubble inflated with patiiV,"
b,eath The official chairman was a Duke the list
of directors contained several names OF the lenesS
ranK; the Legitmist houses with the so-calicu
IIonrvV at their head invested heavily i'll the
shares. great ladies were among the most reckless
stockqamblers: the losses of one OF the patrlchin
families exceeded - OO0, 900; the scheme OF rellg-
ions banking was supported by some Oh .no
highest ecclesiastics and in Vienna, Duua-i eS'i'
The Italian cities, Madrid and the German courts
soyercigns archdukes princes temporal ana princes
spiritual were among the foremost specuia'o'
The credulity OF the patrican classes was auuieu
by "A specious Righteousness. This was os'ehsioiy
scheme of finance devised in the interests OF re's-
ion The institutions of Holy Church and cain
n u
Cardinals were reputed to have lent their S"hc''oh
10 the enferprise the Holy Father himself II was
xvhsnefed secretly favored il as a new method Oh
propagating the faith. Now these were the ch'r-
acterisic features of the Union Generates ana 'hey
are faithfully reproduced in this study OF contem
,,,rorv manners Monsieur COsmO enthusiast ana
adventurer goes to Paris with the prohts OIL many
years of INSCRIPTIONS speculation IL one pocko'
and with the written benedctlon OF the lopc 'i'"
letters of INTRODUCED from great Cardhai III 'no
other and unfolds his Idea. This was to induce
Catholic society to do with its wealth WhaI 'nc
Jews were doing with theirs. The Church was
,;ob it's members were rich: but it was disorgan-
lied wealth His plan was to PIT that wealth. III
motion TO turn it again and again, and III this way
IN enrich Catholic society and to enable the Chulch
10 grasp power in the world. immense masses Vi
CAPITAL were TO be combined and shTewdy ihVcsteu
in industrial, mining and railway schemes SO rs "
Weld an enormous increase. Money was to be
made the lever by which polite Church shouiu
move o cOvetous and practical world
This was the great Idea which the Paadin Oh
Finance communicated to the remnant OF Parisiah
aristocracy upon his arrival from Italy. In accom-
pishing his purpose he was aided 10y consheraole
powers of head and tongue. but principally by an
exceedingly efficient pair of eyes-organs WHICH,
themselves nscrutable, were constantly LOOKING
people through and through and spying out folDies
and traits of character that could be worked upon
eyes which had strange magnetic power Ill
them. One of his fist cOnquests was Monsieur
Dumaresque the conductor of Legitmlst anu
Ultramontane journal and a conspicuous inquire In
the inmost circle of the religious aristocracy. Inc
next was the MarQuise dc Rocherae. lovely plouS,
discreet. with practical taleut for business OF
which she was inclined to make the most and with
n natural bent for intrigue and diplomacy which
put her in correspondence with the most lnnuehtial
Catholics on the Continent. Monsieur COsmo
enters her boudoir which is frequented by bishops
and the Eegitimist nobility, and by single
harangue, with the pair OF optical magnets ana
microscopes previously referred to, commands her
enthusiastic support and her active influence IN her
exclusive circle of acquaintance. She has TWO
secretaries ore a chaplain and Venal, the other
frec-thnker aud incorruptiblc; and also husband
aged, enormously rich and as syarlciouS as his
vices to the foreign adventurer. The frce-thlnker
is instinctivey opposed to the financial enterprl
although loath TO offer resistance 20 the Marquise,
whom he adOres as well serves; hence his
ac0uescence cannot be secured until a secret meet
ing has been planned through the agency of con-
cert-singer and the financicTs powerful eyes have
discerned the weak place III his Characteristic self
esteem with which re regards himself an lnstru
ment essential to the prosperity of the house OF
..-t,a h,,tYe
hold has turned against him. is prevailed upon to
invest heavily in the enterprise, and to accept the
most prominent position in the Credit Fnancer
Catbodue The honest but free-thinklng secre-
tary is held personally responsible for the invest
ments and leagues himself with another OF the
Marquise's admirers, Baron Plumm, business-hke
dandy, who buys horses TO match his trousers and
inyeuts champagne boot-posh. Meanwhile NJ.
Galuchat notary of the Congregations, has been
forced 10 accept the logic of Monsieur Cosmos
calculations and a swarm of capitalists and specu-
lators have been talked over and brlDed by NJ
Tcbeck a Slavic intermediary, whose greediness is
rs great as his usefulness and WHO invariably gets
stipulations from both sides-the documents in his
inner vest pocket being protected III some mystic
rious way from the fnancler's penetrating gaze.
The enterprise is founded, succeeds like magic,
enrches all who take part in it, and finally impov
ershes all who do not sell out before the crash
comes. Baron Plumm not only withdraws from the
direction and disposes of his shares in good time
but IN conjunction with the financial secretary
makes desperate effort to avert the ruin menac-
ing the house of Rocherale. The Marquise, be-
witched by NJ. Cosmo. who toward the last is be-
trayed INTO a momentary lapse from finance into
sentiment, will not heed the warning. The great
system of Catholic finance suddenly colapses. The
Msrquise, saved from bankruptcy 10y prncey gen.
crosby. takes refuge for a in religious exile
with penitent eyes which have been suddenly