The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-06-13
REPUTATION.

There cannot be anything more dis
honest and disloyal, than the howl raised
by the copperhead press and orators all
over the country, against the holders OF
Government bonds. But it is not sur
prising that a party that justified the
stealing of the wages from millions of
negroes, should advocate the swindling
of those who loaned the Government
money in its extremity.
We notice some men pretending to
be radicals advocating this rascally,
swinding scheme. A writer in the
Athens Messenger urges reputation, or
taxing bonds, which is the same thing.
As specimen of the cry for repudi-
alton, We give the following from one
ofour copperhead exchanges:
BOND HOLDERS.
1t is the business of the Bond Holder to draw
his interest, pay no taxes, and grow rich.
eren on their OWR R0teS, to raise money to place in
bank for the rich, non-taxable bondholding
ariStacrats to squ0nder.
Every United States bond is o screw to drive the
sweat out Of the present generaton--it Is a mort
gage OF steel on the children and foreigners yet
to come.
Our patriotic fathers left US one lepacv--we
leave our children another
Tell us as you wil--the iron of facts is entering
the souls Of working men, and the Bond Holders
will ere long be compelled to work or starve, as
better men must
Working men-talk about these things. Re-
pudlation Is your wealth.
Now we will venture the assertion that
the man who wrote the above does not
pay one cent Of taxes. Look at the in
come returns forthis county, which we
published last week. There are 65 men
in the county who pay incomes, and OF
that number only IL are Democrats,
leaving Sd Republicans to pay the tax-
es, and one man, Mr.. Bundy, pays We
nearly as much as all the Democrats in
Jackson county.
Bnt the dishonesty of reputation is
the thing to which we object
Let us see how this is. During the
darkest hours of the late war, there was
no money topay our soldiers. Without
money no soldiers could be had, and
without soldiers the rebellion would
have succeeded. Gold was up to 800
per cent at one time, and the cry of the
cOpperheads was, that the Government
must fail as it could never pay the pub
lie debt. The greatest joy existed il
the Democratic heart, when the credi
of the Government was nearest gone
No copperhead loaned money to the
Government, and the party exerted it.
self to the utmost to prevent Union mer
from loaning their means, and the I'm,
ion men were told that if they did loar
their money, they would never get il
back. The Government was sorely
pressed, and a proposition was made tt
give out the procuring of loans to Jay
Cooke. He at once advertised in all tht
papers in the United States, and the
people came forward and loaned the
Government their spare means, upor
condition that a certain interest should
be paid, and that said bonds should neve,
be tared. This was equivalent to al
additional interest. Union men Loaned
the Government means to put down th,
rebellion, and upon an express contract
which tho Supreme Court has severa
times held to be binding. Now YOU
copperhead comes along, and says tina
this contract must be violated-repudi
ated, because some Democrat is taxed
TO pay interest on the money which thu
Democratic rebellion compelled the
Government to borrow.
Wehopeno Union man will be caught
in this rascally copperhead scheme.