Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-09-29
B0ndhOIder's Festivai-Speech
of the Hon. Mammoth Bond
holder.

holder.
|. tFrom the Ohio slatesman.
MEssas. EDroRs The Boudholders held
q ersud Jubilee at Atistocracy Halt in this
city, on the 18th lust, at which Hon. Green
back Millionaire presided as President, aud
Nc Wholesale Delacaiion acted AS Sscrets-
y.
To the toast--"The American Boudhold-
ers-Ihe only true Represented es OF Euro
peAu Civilization in America" tho Hon.
Mammoth BOndholdeF responded as follows;
FELLOW BoEDHoLDERE We are a power in
this Government. We own thirty. hundred
million dollars in bonds aud greenbaeks. IL
will take over one>6fth Of all the property Of
every description in the United States to pay
Us these debts We own one horse in every
Eve: one COW in every five; one sheep in eve
ry Ave; one acre Of land in every five; one-
fifth Of every homestead in the United States,
aud to secure the payment Of these, we hold
q mortgage on every farm and every article
Of properly in the United States. Cheers
More than this, Brother Bondholders; THIS
vast wealth goes scot free of taxation. We
ride over the public roads and we pay no road
tax, We send our children to the public
schools, and wa pay no school tax We are
protected in our persons and property by the
State, county, township, and corporation off,
GERS, and vet we are untouched by taxation
| for their support Ye Gods, can the nobility
of Europe boast Of morep Prolonged cheer
ing and cries Of "Go on "
Brother Bondbolders, we do not work,
neither do we sweat yet we have millions who
toll and moisten the soil with their daily
sweat, TO pay the interest on our bonds We
| have them in our power, last week invest
ed $1,000 in bonds, and thereby took that
amount of the duplicate for taxation. and
loaded the taxes of that amount on the broad
shoulders of our noble farmers, mechanics
and returned soldiers. By rising one hour
earlier, and working one hour later they may
easily pay their taxes, our taxes aud our
princely incomes on our untaxed bonds be-
sides Vocferous applause
The invalid soldiers and soldiers widows
have the impudence to complain that $50 a
year is not sufficient TO feed, cothe, shelter
and educate Six helpless children. whose
father bones are bleaching on the country
batlle-felds; and that il the bonds were taxed
the pledges made to the soldier when he leil
his homat that it he fell, his family would
be reared and educated could be fulfilled
Brother Bondholders, listen to no such en-
treaties The Government has the right II
draft the life of the poor man, bot it had no
the right To seize the property OF the rict
man Property is worth more than lite w
stand on the terms OF the contract forced ou
of the Government in its necessities by on
power and patriotism. We now demand th'
!. "pound of aesh," aud the blood with it, If i
enslaves them alL z $50 ttsi
Here the meeting was disturbed by SOM
"Boys in Blue" who were standing by tn
window by me, aud who declared that the
didn't want their wages for the last four year
taxed out OF them again to pay princely in
, comes to, ,untsxed stay-at-heme patriots, au
in the confusion that followed, became
g.aartu 10 IEyIsIsLE.