Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-06-22

gone down for the simple reason their
integrity had not been thoroughly cs-
tab.ished. Remember poor ketehsm.
How soon the dying hoofs of his iron
graS.s clattered with him to his de-
struetion, Remember poor Gay. st 30 |
wears of age astonishing the world l
with his fortunes and his forgeries-
Remember that famous man whose
steamboats, and whose opera houses
could not atone for his adulterous
rides through Central park i'm the face
of decent New York and whose be-
haVior on Wall street by its example
has blasted tens Of thousands of young
men OF this generation.
hold mp the polluted memory 20
warn young men whose moral princi-
pies are not thoroughly settled To keep
out of Wall street. IL is no place for
man who shivers under the blast of
I temptation Let me say also 10 those
who are doing legitimate business on
: that OF similar streets of which that
is n type 10 stand firm in Christian
| principle. You are In a great com
mercial battlefield. Be courageous.
| There is such n thing as hero Of the
bank and a hero Of the stock exchange.
You be that hero. have not so much
admiration for the French empress
who stood in her balcony in Paris and
! addressed an excited mob and quelled
! IL as I have admiration for that veneer
able banker on Wall street who in 1864
stood on the steps Of his moneyed in
stitution and Quoted the fears Of de-
positors and bade peace 20 the angry
wave Of commercial excitement. God
did not allow the lions 10 hurt Daniel
and He will not allow the bears" 10
hurt you. Remember. my friend. that
al these scenes Of business Will soon
have passed away. and by the law of
Gods eternal right all the affairs OF
your business life will be adiudicated
Honesty pays best for both worlds.
At certain times almost every pros
porous merchant wakes up. and he
SAYS: Vow. I have been successful
ia my line OF trade. and have a toll
cradle income. I think I shall gS
down TO Wall street and treble Il in
| three weeks. There's nv neighbor
| He was i'm the same line Of business
lie has $500. 900 or S4OO. 900 from tn
e simple fact that ne went into Wal
street. ] think 7 shall 20 too" Her
they come. retired merchants VIII
, want TO get a little excitement Il
( their lethargic veins. Here they come
the trustees OF great property. 4
( fool everything away. Here they come
men celebrated for prudence, TO trih
with the livelihoods OF widows an
orphans. Do YOU wonder that some
times they become insane? 1t is il
sanity. Do YOU know there are hun
1 4 10 ~
ing under the passion for stock gan
y bhng2 DO you know tnat in a
u Christian lands this is one OF n
3 greatest curses2
Il j. not peculiar 10 mercurial Anne
leans. oh. moi Almost every matte
has INDUCED in il. The HollandeT
I! the most phlegmatic people in n
world, had their gambling seizure
1888. IL was called the tulip mani
II was a specula tion in tulips. Pro
critics worth $500. 900 were turned in
tulips. All the Holland nation eth
buying or selling tulips One tut
y ROOT sold Tor $500. another for S2.O'
:. Excitement rolling on and rolling
until history tells rs that one A.
= sterdam tulip which was supposed
=, be the only one Of the kind IN
- the world actually brought in 1
y market S1.sl6.OOO. That is 4 matt
- Of history. OF course, the era
came. and all Holland wen' co.
= under IL.
- Bot France must have it's "a
bling expedition. and that was
a. 1916. John Laws Mississippi seher
a. IL was called. The French !
ii heard that this American contin'
= was built out OF solid gold. and
= project was TO take il across
= ocean and drop IL in France
-. element beyond anything that
vet been seen In the world. Tn
- hundred thousand applicants
-. shares. Excitement SO great q
- sometimes the mounted militia
- had 70 dispense the crowds that
- come 10 buy the stock. Five h
.re dred temporary tents built &c
Nm commodate the people until q
81 could have opportunity OF intervi
"a ING John Law. lady OF Ga
=, fashion had her coachman upset
80, near the place when John Law
,,u passing in order that she mi
an have an interview with that benz
nan lent and sympathetic gentlen
,nx Stocks went up 10 2.O50 per Cd
the until one day suspicion got into
arv market. and down il all WENT
end | Laws Mississippi seheme-bury
nd it's protector and some OF the gr
for est fnanciers in all France. and
ere almost as bad as French revolut
, be sedate England took its cha
ties I'm l72O. That was the South
|, % hobhle. They proposed TO tran