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values, the character and lives of our children, of
our young people, of our women and of our men
are being offered in sacrifice to the artificial scar-
city of money?
DOCUMENT I
Letter from the Rothschild Brothers
to an international banking firm
The following letter, from the Rothschild Broth-
ers of London, was addressed to an international
banking firm in New York:
London, June 25th, 1863
Messrs. Ikleheimer, Morton and Vandergould,
No. 3 Wall St., New York, U.S.A.
Dear Sir:
A Mr. John Sherman has written us from a
town in Ohio, U.S.A., as to the profits that may be
made in the National Banking business under a
recent act of your Congress, a copy of which act
accompanied his letter.
Apparently this act has been drawn upon the
plan formulated here last summer by the British
Bankers Association and by that Association rec-
ommended to our American friends as one that if
enacted into law, would prove highly profitable to
the banking fraternity throughout the world.
Mr. Sherman declares that there has never been
such an opportunity for capitalists to accumulate
money, as that presented by this act, and that the
old plan of State Banks is so unpopular, that the
new scheme will, by contrast, be most favorably
regarded, notwithstanding the fact that it gives the
National Banks an almost absolute control of the
National finance.
“The few who can understand
the system, he says, will either be so interested
in its profits, or so dependent of its favors that
there will be no opposition from that class, while
on the other hand, the great body of people, men-
tally incapable of comprehending the tremendous
advantages that capital derives from the system,
will bear its burden without complaint and per-
haps without even suspecting that the system is
inimical to their interests.”
Please advise fully as to this matter and also
state whether or not you will be of assistance to
us, if we conclude to establish a National Bank in
the City of New York. If you are acquainted with
Mr. Sherman (he appears to have introduced the
Banking Act) we will be glad to know something
of him. If we avail ourselves of the information he
furnished, we will, of course, make due compensa-
tion.
Awaiting your reply, we are
Your respectful servants
Rothschild Brothers.
We beg our readers to meditate attentively
on this document. One will see at least: that
the American Banking Law of 1862 was written
in accordance with a plan designed in London;
that this law was prepared for the greater profit
of the world’s banking fraternity (plague to the
American people); that an American public figure,
member of Congress, an aspirant to the highest
representative function of its citizens, was deal-
ing with the Rothschilds of London for the profit
of bankers; that this same public figure, i.e. Sher-
man, subdivided the American people into three
categories, all of whom could easily be maintained
on their knees: those who were invested, those
who sought the bankers’ favors and the unknow-
ing multitudes. The latter bear all without com-
plaining, unsuspecting of their being sacrificed Of
course, an individual like Sherman is a man to be
encouraged and rewarded (only in a Satanic world).
DOCUMENT II
Reply from the banking firm
to the Rothschild Brothers
Here is the reply from the New York banking
firm to the Rothschild Brothers of London:
New York City, July 6, 1863.
Messrs. Rothschild Brothers
London, England
Dear Sirs:
We beg to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of June 25th, in which you refer to a com-
munication received from the Hon. John Sherman
of Ohio, with reference to the advantages and prof-
its of an American investment under the provisions
of our National Banking Act.
The fact that Mr. Sherman speaks well of such
an investment or of any similar one, is certainly not
without weight, for that gentleman possesses in a
marked degree, the distinguishing characteristics
of the successful financier. His temperament is such
that whatever his feelings may be they never cause
him to lose sight of the main chance. He is young,
shrewd, and ambitious. He has fixed his eyes upon
the Presidency of the United States and is already
a member of Congress. He rightfully thinks he has
everything to gain both politically and financially
(he has financial ambitions, too) by being friendly
with men and institutions having large financial
resources, and which at times, are not too particu-
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