Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-21
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BOndhOlders' FestiyRI-sjpeech ot
the Hon. NlnmmO In BOND hOlder.

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BOndhOlders' FestivpI-sipeech Of
the Hon. NlamnO IN BOND h0lderi
AMEssRs, EDIroRs:A- The Bondholders held
a grand jubilee at SAristocracy Hall, 10 this
clty,o on the 18th inst, at which Hon. Green.
back Millionaire presided as President and
Mr. wholesale Defalcation acted as Secre-
ttary, y k CD ~ =
%To the toast-"The American Bondhold-
ers-the only true representatives OF Euro
pean Civilization in America" the Hon.
Mammoth Bondholder responded as follows:
FELLOW BoNDHoLpERs:--We We are a power
In this Government. We own thirty hund-
relimillion dollars in bonds and greenbaeks.
. Itwilr take over one-hfth of all the prop
erty of every description in the United
States to pay us these debts. We own one
horse in every five; one cow In every five;
one sheep in every Hive; one acre of land In
every five; ,ope-tlfth of every homestead IN
the United States, and to secure the pay
fnentof these, we hold damortgage on every
! farm and every article of property in the
I United States. [Cheefs.
! More than this, Brother Bondholders
/ This vast wealth goes scot free of taxation
Verde over the public roads and we pay
I no road tax. We send our children to the
public schools, and we pay no school tax
/ We projected in pitrJp perspns and prop.
erty by the State, county, township and
corporation officers, and yet we are un-
! touched by taxation Tor their support. 1e
Gods, can the nobility of Europe boast OF
more9 prolonged cheering, and cries Of
,Brothef 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 oui
bonds. We havethem in our power. Last
week | invested 100000, ip bonds, and
thereby took that amount off of;thes sduplf
cate for taxation, and loaded the taxes Of
that amount upon the broad shoulders OF
our noble farmers, mechanics and returned
soldiers. BY rising one hour earlier and
working one hour later they can easily pay
their taxes, our taxes and our sprincely in
comes on our untaxed bonds besides. [Vo-
ciierousapplause!l - E'g AfNGES
The invalid soldiers and soldiers widows
have the impudence to complain that $06 a
year is not sufficient TO feed, cl0the, shelter
and educate siX,helpless children, whose ia
theirs bones are Bleaching on the conntry's
battle-fields; and that If the Bonds were
taxed the pledges made-to the soldier when
he left his home, that if he fell his family
would be reared and educated, eolad be.fai-
filled.
Brother Bondholders, listen to no such
entreaties. The Government had the right to
draft the, life of the poor man, but 1t had not
the right to seize the property of the rich man
Property is worth more thanlifes We stand
on the terms Of the contract forced out Of
the Government in its necessities by our
power and patriotism. We now demand
the "pound of flesh" and the blood with it,
if it enslaves them all.
Oilers the rneetingIwas distdfbed bysonpe
"Boys in Blue" who were standing BY the
window with me, and .wbo declared they
didnt'want their wages for the last four
years taxed out of them again to, pay
princely incomes to uhtaxed stay t-h6me
patriots, and in the confusion that followed
l became INVISIBLE. .