The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-04-25


But this Is nice
Here am a rich prosperous, loyal man, with Md
ing to do but enjoy myself Ecod what bless|n
the war was to me- 1t killed off my poor relations in
left me In luck | am worth-let me see how much
am worth in bonds
There are of seven-twenties. 81, 40
There are of six-forties. 25,fG
And the seven-hirtes .........-......-..... 25,gO
And the ten-twenties. f..s... 1920
s1oo,do
Now one hundred thousand dollars il nothing, Vie
it is quite a lite plum. When the war began l waft'
worth a copper, unless it was in debts. NOW l an
well off. But / am a cunning cuss! Dldnt maze
war speeches and denounce democrats, and mob cop
perheads,n and 20 it strong for the Union! You bel
Haha-ha-hal But the fools are not all dead. SONIC
of them are-tlat is, they were killed. And didn't
get the poor people to enlist and fight topreserve te
Union? Damn the Union, if | only get Office and holF
bonds That's what makes the cream elevate itself!
And then didn't / 60 in for bountiess and go 4
strong on patriotism; and play it big on loyalty+
Guess mott Oh, no Guess patriotism don't paw
Look at these little feers with figures on the face and
these coupons on the end of them. How are gov, mi
suffering country
Il takes smart man to keep out of the war himself
and entce Others to 60 The bounties is what fetched
'em Poor fools You see they went to bght.
From all the towns cities and counties
TO war they went to get the bounties!
Some were killed and some were wounded,
some were SHDt anu sunni hSlC uloulGSus
And some, when "this cruel war was oyer" come
back | had farm. / sold it and put my money in
bonds Bonds beat farms ten to nothing! And l
speculated in 'things" And sold stuff to the SOL
diers And got their bounty money on shares. And
/ filed 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
government bonds. How love my government It
is the best the sun ever shone on! These bonds
age 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 from thirty i've
TO forty five per cent premium. This makes in green
backs the snug little of eleven thousand dollars,
round numbers.
And the beauty of it is, don't have one cent of
taxes to pay.
Isn't IL nice
This is the best government the world ever saw.
Rich men hold bonds-poor men pay them. The tax
gether don't bother me- 1t don't cost me one red
cent to-let me see
To pay State expenses
To pay government expenses
To pay county taxes
To pay city taxes
To pay village taxes!
To pay town 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 government
Good thing If it had not been for such oudmouthed
stayathome guards, the war never would have been
ended. And the soldiers bounties j Ecod! 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 EN- dog cheap to get the money to pay
bountes. And Us fellows bought the bonds at a dis
count. And we gave the volunteers" money to go
to war. And while they gone we had good
time And we sold our farms cheap to the wives of
the soldiers. And got our bounty money all back
And better still! The soldiers came back from the
war and now are working to pay the taxes to pay in
terest my bonds.
Isn't 1t nice Z /
The id fools went to war, and now come back
and work like dogs to pay the interest the bonds
we sold to give them money. They paying them
'sves for getting shot at. Bully for as bo1atolders
And now they work to pay the interest. When
they get used to it Wen make em pay the principal
too What good government this is
This war didn't cost me one cent. l didn't spill
drop Of my blood-but key-rhst, how 1 did bawl
out against the democrats
And now sit in my parlor-I smoke my cigars-I
drink my wine-I enjoy myself and have no taxes to
pay. Look at that poor euss across the creek! he
lin't worth thousand dollars; yet be, poor dog is in
debt, and pays half his earnings in taxes. He pays
al the taxes, and then his vile sells butter eggs
WOODEN yarn milk, vegetables, and such little things
she wants. to get the money to put in the bank to pay
ne the interest my one hundred thousand dollars,
as it falls due every three months.
You see this is financial science! Poor men sup
port the government, pay all the taxes, make US
richer do all the fighting. Us bondholders, Office
seekers, and such patriots, do the figuring, get the
offices, the money, and have a good time Of it.
Now | eat fine food, while the poor cuss over the
way eats coarse. And wear brOadclotb; he wears
patches And my wife faunts her silk and ewings her
'amora skirt under the Of that poor mans wife,
or am a rich, axless bOndbolder and he is the poor
uss who supports the government and me too.
Work away, you poor fools. Toll your fingers to {
he bone, and die poor men for my sake. The war
vas Godsend to thieves, swinders towards, stayat.
ZONE patriots, abolition agitators, republican Office
oders and, in fact all of crowd of Union voters
Damn the Union, if only hold bonds and off
es, and keep the people in poverty.
Guess this wasn't the rich mans war-guess not a
nd guess you folks dasnt 60 for equal taxation or
epuiaton-fori its wrong to inure chaps who sup
ort the government.