The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-12-20
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GREAT AMERICAN SHOW.

BOndhOider TO his W1e.-Now, my
dear, we will ride out and see our show
1t is so nice to have a show of youl
own, and such a show as never was
seen before.
Go slow, driver, so as not to jolt mad
am and L.
You wonder, my dear, where I get
all my money. | will tell you now.-
You know that tin box which | kee,
in the bank? That is full of United
States Bonds. My fortune is in bonds.
draw $600,000 year in gold as inter
est, and as have no taxes to pay, OF
course we can enjoy all this style.
You see this first cage? That is a
farmer-one of our slaves. He is a
working tool of ours-a well meaning
man carried away by the negro gag,
crazy on that subject, but entirely will
ling to devote his days to labor to pay
taxes to support me in idIeness. l pay
no taxes-he is willing to pay them all,
and to pay interest in gold ON my pile
of bonds.
Whatdoes his wJe do ?"
All, my dear, she works hard--wash-
es milk-pans, churns, rubs, scrubs,
patches and darns-sells eggs, butter,
chickens and turkeys to us to geta little
money to pay back to us as taxes
Sometimes she weeps and mourns over
her lot, but we must not hear her, my
dear!
The next cage contains a returned
soldier, a mechanic. He was a nice
man, went to war, fought, lost a leg,
came home and is now working to pay
taxes to support the governments and to
pay us nabObs.
rs that rigt"
PshaW! my dear! Don't ask such fool
ish questions Might maNes right, you
know! He wa poor fool. He believed
all US Radicals said, and was so engaged
fighting for his country that he did not
notice how nicely us good, loyal, stay
at-home Radicals, by the aid of our
loyal, specializing Congress, wound the
bands about him. He had a brother in
the army-kiiled on a raid for the cot
ton our cousin made so much money
from, you know. He is now working
to redeem his home from the mortgage
we put on while he was gone, and to
raise his portion of the $500, 100000 a
year in goId we bOndholders demand a.
interest.
You know poor men always work the
best when they are in debt! That is
why national debt is national bless
ing! Drive on slowly!
Who is that poor rOnlG12 2"
Oh, she is another one ofOur victims.
She had a husband, he went to war,
took a cold while on a raid for cotton,
mules and silver ware for the benefit OF
Curtis, Logan, Butler, Banks, and other
thieving Generals, and at last died in a
hospital. His wife, or his widow, is
now working to support the children
The government is real good to her
pays hera bounty-a few pence day.
As us bondholders pay no taxes, and
it does not cost us one cent to support
the government, we are willing all the
women of America should hare bO107ties,
so Tong as they pay them Themselves from
their o,rN earnings and do not force as
protected 6Oadh0lderS to pdy Mem.-
Let them have bounties-by all means
and our interest is payable in gold!
Drive on, slowly!
"jThO is IN Mot cage A.
That, my dear, is poor miner-he is
digging gold for us boLdholders. Don't
disturb hiIn-don't say anything till
we pass him, for the returns from Cali
fornia and Montana lead us to fear a
little trouble from such fellows.
But here is cage, my dear, which is
nice. You see those orphans at work ?
They are our slaves-their fathers died
in battle, and us bondholders support
them. To be sure we don't pay for their
support, but we levy taxes on the farm
ers, miners, mechanics, widows and
children of the country to support these
institutions. We mix up these things,
taking care to draw our interest in gold
and to sandwich our claims between
bounies and orphans, and so the will
ling people Of America toll on! Amt
it nice, my dear, to be smart, and run
this show to suit few of us bondhol-
ders?
Never mind that cage, my dear!-
Driver, crack up the horses a little!-
Touch that off one little on the f1anks
with the whalebOne
That cage is fall of fallen women, vic
TINS of political preachers, members OF
Congress, government officers, lecherous
Old deacOns and.Others of the God and
morality party. They were once good
girls, good women, but they fell during
the war But they pay taxes to support
us bondhoIders-they furnish amuse-
ments for our manly sOnS-they add TO
the revenue, and their cages are stills
which gather gold from infamy, and
that gold buys the laces you wear, my
dear! Drive on, Jehu!
What cage is that 2"
A very pretty one, my dear. Hold on,
driver. Don't you hear the music OF
machinery? The victims are the fac
tory operatives ofNew England-slaves