East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-04-18

There are of six-fortos.. ............ % 600
And the seven hirties. ............. rs, 900
And ths ten-twentics. ................. 25,000
100000
Now one hundred thousand dollars
is nothing, yet it is quite little plum.
When the war began l warn't worth
copper, unless it was in debts. Now
L am well off. But i am a cunning
cuss Didn't j make war speeches,
and idenounce Democrats, and mob
"Copperheads," and go it strong for
the Union? You bet! Ha-ha- ha-ha!
but the fools are not oil deod. Some
Of them are--that is, they were killed.
And didn't get the poor people to
enlist and fight to preserve the Union?
Damn the Union, if i 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 for patriotism; and
play it big on loyalty? Guess not =
Oh no. Guess patriotism don't pay !
Look at these little fellers with figures
on the face and these coupons on the
end of them How are you, my shf-
fering country?
1t takes "a smart man to keep out
of war himself and entice others to
go. The bounties is what fetched 'em
poor fools. You see they went to
fight.
From all the towns. cities and couniies,
To war they went 10 get the bounties
Some were killed
And some were wounded!
Some we're shot
Aud some were drowndci!
And some, when "this cruel war
was over" come back. / had farm.
/ sold it and put my money in bonds.
Bonds beat farms ten to nothing |
speculated in things And | sold
stuff to the soldiers. And / got their
bounty money on shares. And filled
town quotas, and made nice little
haul by that. And / put my cash in
bonds.
Bonds are Just old rosewood with
gilt edge. Let me see. / have now
one hundred thousand dollars in Gov
ernment bonds. How | love my Gov
ernment, 1t is the hest the sun ever
shone on j These bonds average me
six per cent. interest in gold. Six per
cent. on one hundred thousand dollars
is Just six thousand. And l get it in
gold, worth thirty-iive to forty-fve
per cent. premium. This makes in
greenbacks the snug little sum OF
eight thousand dollars-round num-
bcrs.
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 gath
erer don't bother me. 1t don't cost
me one red cent to--let me see
TO pay State expenses
To pay Government taxes!
To pay county taxes
To pay city taxes
To pay village taxosl
To pay town taxes
To pay school taxes!
To pay road taxes.
To pay poor taves
TO pay for building churches, school
houses, bridges, railroads, improve
ments or even interests.
/ am one of the supports of this
Government Good thing! If it had
not been for such loud-mouthed stay
at-home guards, the war never would
have been ended. And the soldiers
bounties? E'cod, that is the best joke
of the season.
You sec we raised them by taxation,
of course. And we taxed the property
the real estate of the town. And
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 bountes. And us fellows bought
the bonds at discount And we
gave the "volunteers" money to go to
war. And while they were gone we
had a good time. And we sold our
farms cheap to the wives of the sol
diers. And we got our bounty money
all back.
And better still! The soldiers came
back from war and now are working
TO pay the taxes-to pay interest on
my bonds
Ism I it nice
The fools went to war, aud now
come back and work like dogs to pay
lis the interest on the bonds we sold
to give them money. They are pay
ing themselves for getting shot at
Bully for us bondholders
And now they work 10 pay the in
terest. When they get used to it we'll
make 'em pay the principal tool
What a good government this is
This war didn't cost me cent. /
didn't spill a drop of my blood-but
how 1 did bawl out against the DEM
ocrats
And now I sit in my parlor-I
smoke my cigars-I drink my wine
1 enjoy myself, and have no taxes to
pay. Look at the poor cuss across
the creek He amt worth thousand
dollars, yet he, poor dog, is in debt,
and pays half his earnings in taxes
He pays all the 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 interest on
my one hundred thousand dollars, as
it falls due every three months.
You see this is financial science -
Poor men support the Government,
pay all the taxes, make us richer, do
all the fighting. U. S. bond-holders,
Office holders and such patriots do the
figuring, get the Offices, the money,
and have good time of il.
Now / eat fine food, while that poor
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