The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-08-01

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farms ten to nothing! And speculate,
in things" And sold stuff to soldiers
And got their bounty money on shares
And filled town'quotas, and made MIC
little haul by that. And l put my cash Il
bonds. l-.-o 7-gcca .si ... F.
Bonds are just old rosewood with gilt
edge. Let me see. l have now one
hundred thousand dollars in government
bonds. How l love my government Il
Is the bestthe sun ever shone on Thest
bonds average me eight per cent. inter
est in gold. Eight per cent. on one hun
dred thousand dollars is just eight thou
sand. And I get it in gold, worth thirty
hve to forty-five per cent. premium
This makes in greenbacks the snug lit
tie sum of eleven thousand dollars
round numbers - :
And the beauty of it is | don't have
one cent Of taxes to pay.
Isn't it nice?
This is the best government the world
ever saw. Rich men hold bonds-poor
men pay them The tax gatherer don't
bother me. 1t don't cost me one red cent
toilet me'see --.....
To pay State expenses.
To pay government expenses
To pay county taxes
To pay city taxes
To pay village taxes
To pay school taxes.
To pay road taxes
To pay poor taxes.
To pay for building churches, school
houses, bridges, railroads, improvements,
or even interest.
am one of the supporters of this gov
ernment. Good thing! If it had not
been for such loud -mouthed stay at
home. guards, the war never would have
been ended. E'cod that is the best joke
of the season.
You see we raised them by taxation of
course. And we taxed the property, the
real estate of the town Aud we issued
town bonds, city bonds, county bonds,
State bonds, and every other kind Of
bonds And we sold 'em dog cheap to
get the money to pay bounties. And us
fellows bought the bonds at discount.
And we gave the volunteers" money to
60 to war. And willie they were there
we had a good time. And we sold our
farms cheap, to the wives of the soldiers
And we got our bounty money all back.
Aud better still. The soldiers came
back from war and now are working to
pay the taxes to pay interest on my
bonds.
The id fools went to war, and now
come back and work like dogs to pay us
the interest on the bonds we hold to give
them money, They are paying them
selves for getting shot at Billy for us
bond holders
And now they work to pay the inter
est. When they get used to it we III make
them pay the principal too What good
This war didn't cost me one cent.
didn't spill drop of my blood, bnt
key-rhist, how | did bawl out against
the democrats
And now | sit in my parlor, smoke
my cigars, l drink my wine, enjoy my
self aud have no taxes to pay. Look at
that poor cuss scross the creek. He a'int
worth thousand dollars, yet he, poor
dog is in debt, and pays half his earn.
ings in taxes He pays all the taxes, and
then his wife sells butter, eggs, woolen
yarn, milk, vegetables and such little
things, she wants to get the money to
put in the bankyto pay me the interest
on my one hundred thousand, az it falls
due every three months. 9
You see this is financial science Poor
men support tho government, pay all
the taxes make us richer; do all the
lighting, Us bond holders, Office holders
and such patriots do the figuring, get the
offices, the money, and have good time
of it, Ia - T.
Now eat fine food, while that poor
Guss over the way eats course, And |
wear brOadcloth, he wears patches And
my wife ilaunts her silk and swings her
DaInIUrai shirts tru,lvr tirv-rIvrJ,r- % that
poor mans wife, and | am rich, taxless
bond holder, and he is the poor cuss
who supports the government and me
too
Work away, you poor fools Toll your
fingers to the bone, and die, poor men,
for my sake. The war was God send to
thieves, swindlers, towards, stay at home
patriots, abolition agitators republican
Office holders robbers, aud i'm fact all Of
our crowd of Union voters Damn the
Union, if we can only hold bonds and
Offices, and keep the people in poverty.
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Cory 0'HRnUs on ReeCher's Organ