The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-07-11
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
,a,oH. H, ROBINSON,
PUBLISHER AND PRoPRIEToR.
From the la Crosse Democrat
The BOndholder's SoliIoauy.

Mma1 uiesslnB tne war was to me. lt
killed on my poor relations and left me in
luck. am worth-lct me see how much
am worth In bonds
There are df seveii.twenti,s Iu Sot mn
Ihere are Of six .iorties ,.... .. o5 O0o
And tte seven 4thirties ), ntn
And the ten -twenties t.., ~. o. M
Total .a.a .....l.... 100000
Now one hundred thousand dollars is
nothings yet II quite u little plum. When
the war begun want worth u copper, Iln-
less II was IN debts. Now | am well of.
But am cunning cuss. Didn't make
war speeches, and denOunee Democrats.
anu mob '%opperheads," aud 90 il stlong
ior the unionp You bet IIa-ha-ha-hal
But the fools are not all dead. Some of
tnen arc--that Is, they were killed. And
didn't l get the poor people to enlist and
night and preserve the Dnion? Darn the
mnion If only get Office and hold bonds.
IThats what makes the cream elevate itself
And then didn'tI go In for bounties, and
go u strong on patriotism, aud play il big
on loyalty Guess noti Oh no. Guess
patriotism don't pay Look at these little
fellers with figures on the face and these these
coupons on the end Of them! How are vou,
my suffering country? tst
lt takes smart man to keep out of war
himself and entice others to 20. The bonn
ties Is what fetched 'eml Poor fools You
see they went to fight.
| rum hil tue towns, Cltles anil counties
| To war they went to get tho bountics
! some were killed
And some Were wounded
! And some were drowndedl
And some, when "ths cruel war was
over came back. had u farm; sold n
and put my money In bonds. Bonds beats
farms ten to nothing! And specuated In
thyhgs," And sold stuff to the soldiers.
And got their bounty money ON shares.
And filled town quotas, and made little
haul by that. And put my cash in bonds.
Bonds are just like old rosewood with
gilt edge. Let me see. / have now one
hundred Thousand dollars in Government
bonds; How love my government IL
Is the best the sun ever shone oni These
bonds average me eight per cent. interest
IN gold. Eight per cent. on one hundred
Thousand Is just eight thousand And
get It In gold, worth tweEpy five TO thirty
hve per cent. premium. This makes in
greehbacks the snug little sum of eleven
Thousand dollars-round numbers.
| And the beauty of 1t is, It don't have one
cent of taxes to pay. l..a
Isn't IL RiceY
This Is the best government the world
ever saw. Rich men hold bOnds-pOor ,ncp
pay them. The x-gatherer don't bother
me. ltdont cost me one red cent toilet
me Sec
To pay State expenses!
TO pay government expenses!
10 paBgcoWity taXesi
To pay city taxes!
To pay village taxesi
To pay town taxes
10 pay school taxes!
10 pay road taXesl
10 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 1t had not been
ior such lond-mouthed stay-at-homr
guards the war never. would have been
ended. And the sailors bountiesl E'cod
that Is the best joke of the season.
on see we raised them by taxation, Of
course. Ana we taxed the pr0perty-thc
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 bounties. And us fellows
bought the bonds Mt discount. And we
gave the 'volunteersp money TO go to war.
ANA while they were gone we had good
time. And we sold our farms cheap to the
wives of the soldiers Aud we rot 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!
Isn't it Hicei
The id fools went TO war, and now
come back and work like dogs to pay us
the interest on the bonds we sold 10 give
them money. They are paying for them
selrcs for 0etlfag shot al. Bully 'Jor as bond
hoiiersi l
And now they work 10 pay the interest.
When they get used 20 it, we'll make 'em
pay the principal too! What good Gov
ernmsnt this isl
This war didn't cost me one cent.
didn't spill drop of my blood-but. KEY
rlist how / did haul M AZ
Democrats t NJ
And now sit In my parlor--I smoke my
drink my wine-l enjoy myself
and have no taxes to pay. Look at that
poor cuss across the street, He amt worth
thousand dollars, yet he, poor dog, is In
He pays taxes, and then his wife sells but
er, eggs, woolen yarn, milk, vegetables.
IND such little things she wants To get the
money 10 put IN the bank to nav me the
interest on my one hundred thousand dol
ars, as IL falls due every three months.
fou see THIS is financial seiencel Poor
men support the Government, pay all the
axes, make us richer, and do all the fight
ng. Us bondholders ofilce-holders, aud
nch patriots, do the figuring, get the
'iiices, The money, and have good time
Now eat short steaks and oysters, while
he poor etss over the way eats salt innk
wears patches, And my wife fiauuts her
ilks and swings her balmoral skirts under
he nose OF that poor mans wife, for 4 anna
ich, taSless bondholdcr, aud he Is Tho
'oor cuss who supports the Government
Work away, you poor fools. Toll your
Ingers to the bone, aud die poor men for
ny sake. The war was god send 10
hieyes towards, swindlcrs loyal league
'atriots. Abolition agitators, Republican
fiice-holdeIs, robbers, aud. in flci, all of
ur crowd OF Union voters. D-h ne Ln-
pn, if we can only hold bonds and Offices.
nd Keep the people in poverty
Guess this wasn't rich mah's war;
h no. tH
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Peter Criner, while driving a reaper. n
ew days ago, on the Glrm al Mrs. Gilmore.
= Afhambrl iilipois, fell irom the horse
9 was riding, when the reaper gathered
lm la lis awful embrace cutting him IN
, a terrible manner, and killing him iT,t
lantly. IL Is supposed the unfortunate
,sn was sm-struck, AS he did not answer
Is oonpanioa who called 10 hin, ~ ,,;l