Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-05-09

lfUn IhS L. ulS6SS Dsneerss.
Hat this y mics
l8ers / %, rish, prosperous, loyal 1aa,
vlth nothinoxHe@e but - snjey 4yec-l
EIeod ShsSS bl(psine3As wss - t1lbs.
!. i I'.sa 7 I Ios:s ssss & 81 q -
{ In verth @tbondsf n - L.
There Ire d oeven twentiss. 80. .e96 900
There are Of 81, -forties. ........... 5000
Ahd the seven -thirties. .........o 9o.VVV
AID the tsn-twsnties. ............ 5000
E9aW 9TsI 1ieo, -
Nov one hundred thousand dollars 10 |
nothing. yet it 10 quite little plum. When
tn var began wasn't worth copper. un
lets Il was in debts. Nov an well Of
Bit I sm-acunping Tuss Didn't ! make
IL, spkelhls, end tienounce Democrats, and
mob :.copperheads," and 60 It strong for |
TIE Union! You hetl uasha hs-hal Bot
tho fools are not al dead. Some Of them
aSe-that is, Tier eere killed. And didn't
let the poor peop'e 10 enlist and fight fo
p1eservs the Unions Damn the Unief, I'll
only get Office and hold bonds That's
vhst makes sbe cream elevate jtselfl
And then didn't 90 in for bounties, and
I'd il strong on patriotism and play y big
od loyaltyy Guess notl Oh no! Guess
pstriotism don't psyi Look atthsss little
fellows with figures on the face and these
col pons on the end Of them How are you,
my suffering country
Ii takes smart man to keep out Of war
hiinsslf end enties oshess to 20. Thsbouts
tics is whist {, tched emf Ysu So they
went to fight.
From all the towns, cities and counties
10 war they went TO get the bountiesl
Aud sops were wounded,
SONS w0re shot
Ard some were drowned.
AID some, when ''thiS cruel war was
over" come back. hada farm. Isold IL
and nut my money in bonds. Bonds beat
farms ten to nothing! And speculated IN
| stuff And sold stuff to the soldier.
And l got their bounty money on shares
And filed town quotas, and made nice
little haul BY that. And I put ny cash in
bonds. f
Bonds are Just old rosewood With gilt
edke. Let me see have nov one hun
rsd thousand dollars in government bonds.
How love ny vesnment! II 10 the best
the suh ever shOYse on These bonds aver
age me eight per cent. interest in god.
Eight Der cent. on one hundred thousand
| dollars is Just eight thousand. And get
| il in gold, worth thirty five to forty i've per
cent. premium. This makes.in greenMcks,
lars-round numbers.
A~ul Al - Il 1OUSk I1a0
cent Of taxes to pay.
Isn't 1t nicef
This is the best government the world
| ever saw. Rich men hold bonds-poor men
pay them. ThAtax gatherer don't bother
ms 1t don't cost me one red cent to-lct
| me see
To pay State cxpenses'
To pay government expenses
To pay county taxes!
TOT city taxesl
To pay village taxes!
To pay town taxes!
To pay school taxesl
To pay road taxes
To pay poor taxes!
TO pay for building church es, school
houses, bridges, railroads. improvements
Good thing. cit had not been for sucl
loud mouthed stay>at home guards, the wal
never would have been ended And III.
soldiers boun,ies E'cod that is the bes
Joke Of the season.
You see We raised them by taxation, o
course And We taxed tho property-th
resi- tate of the town. And We issue
town bonds, city bonds, county bonds
State bonds. and every other kind Of bond
Aud we sold en- dog cheap to get tn
money to pay bounties. Aud US fellow
r bought the bonds at discount. And "
i. gave the volunteers money to 60 to VA
Aud while they were gone We had goo
time. And VIC sold our farms cheap to tn
!. wives of the soldiers. And we got on
! bounty money all back.
III And better still The soldiers cen
back from the war and M " are working
pay taxes to pay interest on my bonds
u Isn't it nice.
= The id fools went to war, and no
come back to pay US the interest on Il
bonds We sold TO give them money. The
are paying themselves for getting shot =
Bully tor us bond holders
n And now they work to pay the interes
n When they get used to it we'll make 'e
pay the principal too What good SO
J. eminent this Is.
This war didn't cost me q cent I didn
u spill drop Of my blo,d-hut key this
how bawled out against the Democrats
y And now SIT in my parlor-l smok
u my cigar-l drink my wine-I enjoy my
self, and have no taxes to pay. Look ,
e that poor cuss across the creek. lie ain
worth thousand dollars, yet he, poor do,
rs in debt, and pays ha his earnings
e taxes, and then his vile sells butter, egg!
e wooden yarn, milk, vegetables, and sue
little things TO get the money to put in III
Il bank to pay me the interest on my vn
II hundred thousand dollars, As it falls du
e evtry three nunths.
You see this Is financial science. Poo
i men support the government, pay all III
taxes, make us richer, do ali the fighting
Us bondholders, Othceholders and such pa,
riots, do the figuring, get the Offices, III
money, and have good time Of it.
I'll Now I eat fine food, while that poor Gus
$ over the way eats coarse. Ana | wes
brosdclo,h, he wears patches. And my vii
a flaunts her silk anu swings her balmor:
d skirts under the nose Of that poor man
il wife, for am a rich, tsxless bondh ldel
G and he is poor cuss who supports the 60,
: ernlpent and me too.
Work away, you poor fools. Toll you
i fingers to the bone, and die poor men for NJ
sake. The war was q godsend 10 thieves
s swindlers, towards, stay>at home patriots
!, abolition agitators, republican officeholders
robbers, and, in fact, al Of our crowd o
g Union voters. Damn the Union, il We ca
only hold bonds aud Offices, and keep tn
! people in poverty.
!, Guess this vasn'k n rich mana var
: guess not. And guess you fnks don't G,
for equal taxation or reputation f"r it i
q wrong to injure us chaps who support tn
government.
The Dubuque Herald informs US that Al
, attemtp was made on Sunday last TO burr
the building on the corner Of Iowa and 6tl
streets, 1t that place. owned BY Corneliu,