Maryland free press., 1866-07-26

but United States Bonds. They are green bills
-asiih red 6gares= themliie -ffe green -6eids-
with the blood Lost from my arm spattered and
spilled thereon. lie has hundred Thousand dol
lars worth Of these bonds. He boughtthetn With
'tke'mobey he made out m Of tie war. And there
are no taxes to be paid on them. You and I,
Maggy, wish otf little earnings and raisings-
With our old horse and hwagohL-by working
early and late-hy selling tie best and using the
poorest pay all the taxes, We pay the interest
on the town bonds-nnd we must pay the prinei-'
pal when the timelconies. - A9 80
: II W. pp.st hpildFtlle roads. aIo GiiBs 7isn"
We must build the iails 50
w. must build Ibe. bridges. .o-,,s sde''
Weifnhst erect sehdol-honses..' '' ssls
We must pay the town officers. ~. ~ ~
Mr.. Bond, the BondholGer, pays nothing. The
government protects him-but il can't protect
the poor, one armed farmer, who fought to save
the Union. -,o,t' 1'oah'
1t can't protect The poor men of the land, as it
did in Democratic DAYS. f7'o
n The bonihClder takes his ease. He pays no
taxes, for Congress says he need not. So he goes
10 the bankand swaps off his coupons for green
backs, and the government pays the bank back
for whatitipaid out, and paws itifot the trouble.
It's better to be Bond Holder than soldier
It's better to be dog than a poor man that Is
a poor man-that is poor man. The poor
black folks are fed and il is you and ], Maggy,
who feed them--not the Bond Holder. As II the
consequence than. the niggers who we're freed that
the white men might be slaves. How wish the
good old Democratic times tould come again,
when the rich Bondholder would not befastened
upon poor people for support. So much for Re
publican blessings to the pcoplel u :, sf
!; :; Thereis one inan--one editorlihA ahe country
who thinks as you and 4 des Maggy.A%I Il wish ev-
cry editor In the country thonehtso. wish sll
the papers Ia the country would say with you
and |, Sfaggy that II is wrong to favor the rich
and Cypress the poor. There is n man in the
country who dares talk boldly, as he does, when
he says that it is cowardiy, wicked, unjust and
damnable to build up Bondocracy at the ex-
pense 'of labor. 1t is cowardy TO send-to hire
--to drive--to entite poor:men to war---to bu,,
barter and traffic on their property and their
wants--to send them to the harvest of death, and
while they are gone, steal from them what they
had--to bring them back slaves bound in debt.
Call you this equality2 Is this the realization Of
the promise Liberty gave? Is this what we gain
by forsaking Democracy and building up an ac-
cursed Republicanism which grinds the life cut Of
poor men! Oil itisa shame, disgrace an in
suit to white men, a dishonor TO the soldiers of
the Union, burning bitter wrong TO the poor
women Of America that the only true patriots
should be by Republican Congress- made the
toiing slaves of u cowardly Bond Holding aris-
tocrucy, who dance, and ride, and sing and
dress in fashion on the blood and sweat of toll
ing millions. OH would that some man would
dare lead the way TO remedy for this damnable
disease for the hardy of toll will not long be
siuves-G0p never gave to O. white coward the
right TO grow rich FROM and be supported by
the earnings of those whose only crime is power
ty. Give US Evudl Idrdfion or REPUTATION.