The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-04-18

what blessing the war has to me- 1t kill
ed off my poor relations and left me in luck
] am worth-let me see how much l an
worth in bonds.
There are seven -twenties ...............S25,0 90
There are Of six-forties s...................25 90
And the seven thirties. 90
And the ten-twenties. 90
$4,000
Now one hunlred thousand dollars i
nothing. yet it is quite little plum. Whe,
the war began | warn't worth a copper, un
less it was in debts Now am well off,
But | am cunning cuss! Didn't / max
war speeches, and denounce Democrats, ant
mob "Copperheads, " and go it strong fo
the Union? You bet! Ha-ha-ha-ha Blu
the fools are not all dead. Some of then
are-that is, they were killed, And didn'
| get the poor people to erlst and fight t.
preserve the Union? Damn the Union, if
only get office and hold bonds That wha
makes the cream elevate itself
And then didn't | go in for bounties, anG
go it strong for patriotism and play it bis
on loyalty? Guess not! Oh no! Cues,
patriotism don't pay! Look at these
little tellers with figures on the face anc
these coupons on the end of them! How
are gcu my suffering country?
II takes a smart man to keep out of wal
himself and entice others to go. The boun
ties is what fetched 'em poor fools! You
see they went to fight.
From all the towns, cities and counties
| 10 war they went to get the bounties!
Some were killed
! And some wore wounded!
Some We're shot
And some were drownded!
And some, when ''this crnal war was
over, come back. had farm. | sold il
and put my money in bonds. Bonds beat
farms ten to nothing! And ] 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 guilt
edge. Let me see. | have now one hun
| dred thousand dollars in Government bonds
How 1--we my Government! These bond,
average me eight per cent. interest in gold.
| Eight per cent. on one hundred thousand
dollars is just eight thousand And | get
it in gold, worth thirty-fve per cent pre-
little sum Of eleven thousand dolars-round
numbers.
And the beauty of it is | don't have one
cent of taxes to pay.
Isn't II nice?
This is the best Government the world
ever saw Rich men hold bonds-poorme
pay them. The.tax- -gatheror don't bother
me. 1t don't 6ose me one red cent to let
| me see
10 pay state expenses!
10 pay government expenses!
10 lay county taxes!
10 pay city taxesl
10 rayviIlage taxes!
| To lay town taxes!
To pay school taxes!
To pay road taxes!
10 pay poor taxes
To. pay for building churches, school
houses, bridges, railroads, Improvements or
even interests.
| am one of the supports of this govern
mcnt! Good thingl fit had not been for
such loud mouthed stay-at-home guards,
the war would never have been ended =
And the soldiers bounties 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. 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 hounties. 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 good 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 war and now are working to pay the
taxes to pay interest on my bondsl
Isn't 1t nicei
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. 7Hey are paying Themselves for
getting shot at. Bully for as bondholders!
And now they work to pay he interest. -
When they get used to it we'll make EN-
pay the principal too! What good gov
ernment this is!
This war did't cost me one cent. | didn't
spill drop of my blood-but key rhist, how
| did bawl out against the Democrats!
And now | sit in my parlor-l smoke my
cigars-I drink my wine-l enjoy myself
and have no taxes to pay. Look at that
poor cuss across the cieekl He amt worth
a thousand dollars, yet he, pocor dog, is III
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 suce little thing she wants, to get the
money to put in the bank to pay me the in
terasts 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, =
Us bond holders. office holders and such
patriots, do the figuring, get the offices, the
money, and have good time oft
Now l eat fine food, while that poor cuss
over the way eats coarse. And l wear
broadcloth, he wears patches. And my wife
faunts her silk and swings her balmaral
skirts under the nose of that poor man's
wife, for | rich, taxless bondho' der, and he
is the poor cuss who supports the Govern
ment and me too.
Work away, you poor fools. Toll your
fingers to the bone, and die poor men for my
sake. The war was a God-send to thieves
swindlers, towards, stay home patriots,
abolition agitators. republican Office holders
robbers, and, in 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. u...
Guess this wasn't rich mans var--gucss
not. And | guess you folks dosn't go for
equal tardtion orrepu'sation--for It'll wrong
to injure us chaps who support the Goren-
Nlent.
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