Very telling State of Affairs even way back then!
In 1861, President Lincoln approached the Rothschilds for funding to fight the civil war. They agreed, but only at a 24%-36% interest rate. Lincoln refused and created his own debt free currency that became legal tender for private and public debts. By 1862, $449,338,902 worth of debt free money was printed and distributed, that same year, the Times of London, a Rothschild owned publication printed this: “If that mischievous financial policy, which had its origin in the North American Republic, should become indurated down to a fixture, then that government will furnish its own money without cost. It will pay off debts and be without a debt. It will have all the money necessary to carry on its commerce. It will become prosperous beyond precedent in the history of civilized governments of the world. The brains and the wealth of all countries will go to North America. That government must be destroyed or it will destroy every monarchy on the globe.” In 1864, president Lincoln became aware of the Russian Tsar's problems with the Rothschild's attempt to subvert the government and institute a central bank under the guise of communism. Lincoln asked the Tsar for help during the war and Russia sent fleets to San Francisco and New York with threats to intervene if the British, Spanish or French interfered in the war. The next year Lincoln stated: “I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me, and the financial institution in the rear. Of the two, the one in my rear is my greatest foe.” Later that year, Lincoln was assassinated.