Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-11
From the Ia Crosse Democrat
THE BONDHOLDER'S SOLILOQUY.

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Here am a rich, prosperous, loyal man,
with nothing to do but TO enjoy myself
Feed what blessing the war was to me.
II killed on my poor relations and left me
IN luck. am worth--let me see how much
I am worth in bonds:
There are Of seven-twenties. ....$25, 900
There are Of six-forties... ........ $4,000
And the seven-thirtiea, ......".... $4,000
And the ten-twenties. ............ $4,000
800, 900
Now one hundred thousand dollars IL moth
ing, yet Il Is quite little plum. When the
war began want worth copper, unless IL
was In debts. Now / am well off, But l
am q coming cuss Didn't make war
speeches, aud denounce Democratic and mob
"coppsrhcads," and 90 II strong for the IN
ion2 You bet Ha-ha-ha-haf But the
fools are not ell dead. 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, II only get
Office and hold bonds That's what makes
the cream elevate ITSELF
And then didn't 60 In for bounties, and
60 II strong on patriotism; and play II big
on loyalty2 Guess not 7 Oh mol 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 suffering country rty
II takes smart man TO keep out of war
himself and entice others TO 90. The boun-
ties Is what fetcecd 'em You see they went
10 fight.
Prom all the towns, cities and counties
10 war they went TO get the bounties
Some were killed
And some were wounded,
Some were shot
And some were drowned.
And some, when "this cruel war was
over came back. ! had farm. sold 1t
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 Billed Town quotas, aud made nice
little ball BY that. And ] put my cash in
bonds.
Bonds are just old rosewood with gilt edge.
Let me see. have now one hundred thous-
and dollars in Government bonds. How
love my Government II Is the best the sun
ever shone onl These bonds average me
eight per cent. interest in gold. Eight per
cent. on one hundred thousand dollars il just
eight thousand. And get in gold, worth
thirty-6ve to forty-fve per cent premium
This makes In greenbacks the snug little sum
Of eleven thousand dollars-round numbers.
And the beauty Of it Is / don't have one
cent Of taxes to pay.
Isn't it nice2
This is the best Govrnment the world ever
saw. Rich men hold bonds--poor men pay
them. The tax -gatherer don't bother me-
1t don't cost me one red cent to--let me see.
To pay State expensesl
To pay government expenses
To pay county taxes
To pay city taxesi
To pay village taxesi
To pay town taxesl
To pay school taxesi
To pay road taxesl
81 To pay poor taxesi
To pay for building churches school houses,
bridges, railroads, Improvements, or even in
am one Of the supporters of this govern
ment. Good thing. If II had not been for
such loud-mouthed stay at-home guards, the
war never would have been ended. And the
soldiers bountiesl E'cod that is the best
joke Of the season.
You see we raised them by taxation, Of
course. Ana we taxed the property--the
real estate OF town. And We issued town
oonus' Guy ponds, county bonds, State bonds
ana every other kind OF bonds. And VIC
soiu EN- dog cheap to get the money to pay
oounues AND us fellows bought the bonds
at a discount. And We gave the "volun-
teers money TO 60 to war And while they
were gone we had good time. And we
SOLD our farms cheap to the wives of the sol
uiefs. Ana we got bounty money all back
Anu Detter SUIT The soldiers came back
from the war and are working TO pay take:
10 pay interest on my bonds!
Ism ~ nice.
Inc ID fools went to war, and now
come pack ana work like dogs TO pay US the
interest on the bonds we sold to give then
money. They are paying themselves for get
ing shot at! Bully for US bondholdcrs
ana now they work to pay the interest
When they get used TO it we'll make EN- pa,
the principal too! What good government
this Is.
This war didn' cost me one cent didn'
,sp'h drop OF my blood; but key-rhist, how
oawi Out against the Democrats.
And now sit in my parlor-I smoke IN,
cigars; Il drink my wine enjoy myself, an,
nave no taxes to pay. Look at that poo
cnss across the creek. He amt worth
thousand dollars, yet he, poor dog, is in debt
and pays half his earnings in taxes. II
pays all the taxes, and his wife sells buttel
WOODEN fah nd axa