The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-06-16

ion2 Damn the Union if only get office and
hold bonds. That's what makes the cream
elevate ITSELF
And then didn't go in for bounties, and
go it strong in patriotism and play it big on
loyalty Guess notl Guess patriotism don't
| pay Look at these little fellows with fggers
on the face, and these little coupons on the
end Of them. How are you my suffering
country ~ issl ltls ss30f
1t takes smart man to keep out of the war
and entice others to go. The Eounties was
what fetched them, poor fools You see they
went to fight. i f ae9
From all the towns, cities and counties - 81
To war they went to get the bounties
Some were killed higI EEEA 1#A
And some wounded! 81
Some were shot se.
And some were drownded. t
And some "when this cruel war was over"
came back. l had farm. sold il and put
my money in bonds. Bonds beats farms len,
to nothing. And / speculate in things
And sold stuff to soldiers. And got their
bounty money on shares. And filled town
quotas and made niceli haul by that
And put my cash in bonds.@z fr<}ss ~
Bonds are just oldrosewood with giltredge.
Let me see. ] have now one hundred thou
sand dollars in bonds. How love my gov
eminent 1t is the best the sun ever shone
on. These bonds average me eight per cent.
interest in gold. Eight per cent. on one hun
dred thousand dollars is just eight thousand.
And get it in gold, worth thirty five to forty
five per cent. premium. This makes ia green
backs the snug little sum of eleven thousand
dollars, round numbers.
And the beauty of itisI don't have one
cent oftaxes to pay. $
Isn't it nice Z l.3T ~
This is the best government the world
saw. Rich men hold bonds-poor men pay
them. Tne tax-gatherer don't bother me. 1t
don't cost me one red cent-let me see go
To pay State expenses. 1
TO pay government expenses.
To pay County taxes. ,.5 -
To pay City Taxes. & 1ss.rse
To pay Village taxes ed 4a
To pay School taxes .}aa1f
To pay Road taxes. so ea-a haa
To pay Poor taxes. e saerra ~ la
To pay for building churches, school hous-
es, bridges, railroads. Improvements, or even
interest. g -sseq 81 sft a5b
am one of the supporters of this govern
ment Good thing fit had not been for
such loud mouthed stay-at-home guards the
war never would have been ended. E'ced
You-see weraised them by taxation, of
course. And you see we taxed the property,
the real estate of the town. And weissued
town bonds, city bonds, county bonds, State
bonds and every other kind of bonds. And
we sold them dog cheap to pay the bounties
And US fellows bought the bonds at dis
count. And we gave the volunteers money
to go to war; And while they had gone we
had a nice time. And we sold our farms
cheap to the wives of the soldiers. And we
got our bounty money all back.
And better still. The soldiers came back
from the war and are now working to pay
the taxes to pay interest on my bonds.
Isn't it nice?
The id fools went to war, and now come
back and work like dogs to pay US the
interest on the bonds we sold to give them
money. They are now paying themselves
for getting shot at. Bully for US bond hol-
ders. q r.>
/ And now they work to pay the interest.
When they get used to it we'll make them
pay the principal too. What good govern.
ment this is. Bio avGai- rs 1co-
| g This war didn't cost me one cent. didn't
spill one drop of my blood, but key rhiei,
how did bawl out against the Democrats.
And now L sit in my parlor, smoke my
cigars, drink my wine, enjoy myself and
have no taxes to pay. Look at that poor
Icuss across the creek. He amt worth
thousand dollars, yet he, poor dog, is in
debt, and pays half his earnings in taxes.
He pays alIthe taxes, and then his wife sells
butter, eggs, WOODEN yarn, milk, vegetables,
and such little things she wants to get the
money to put in the bank to pay me the in
terest on my one hundred thousand, as it
falls due every three months.
You see this Isl financial science. Poor
men support the Government, make US rich
err; do all the fighting. Us bond holders,
Office holders and such patriots do the blow
| ing, get the Offices and money, and have a
| good time of it.
Now eat fine food while that chap across
the way eats coarse. And wear bfoadcloth
and he wears patches. And my wife faunts
her silk and swing her balmoral skirts under
the nose of that poor mans wife, and be is
the poor that supports the Government and
me too. slz
Work away, you poor fools, Toll your
fingers to the hone, and de- poor men. for
my sake. The war was G8d-send to me,
thieves, swindlers, towards, stay-at- home
patriots, abolition agitators, republican Office
holders, robbers, and in fact all of eur crowd
of Union voters. Damn the Union, if we
can only hold bonds and Offices, and keep
the people in poverty.
Guess this wasn't rich mans war-puess
not. And guess you folks dasn't 90 for
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