The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-07-25
cushions and laugh


cushions and laugh.
l like to see poor white women take
in washing, sewing, &c, to h%clpsupport
usl
And it's nice to sec blacksmiths shoe
horses till their back aches, to see ma
sons lug and toll, till their hands are
hard-to see tho mechanics going
along with their cold dinners in little
tin paIls-to see poor people working
all day, TO see women mending, darn.
ing, coloring patching, turning, max.
ing over, piecing out, and doing ell
sorts ofwOrk, from morn till midnight,
to support us Radical a~ristoerats.
You see thoy must all pay taxcs,
frst-look out for themselves after,
wardsl-Two or three persons since
the days Of Adam have gone front this
world alive but / never heard of one
going without paying taxes, till l heard
of bond holdersl
1.-THE poor fools should repudiats
the national debt-oh murderl Oh,
that is impossiblel
The credit OF the government-us
being the government
We must not let the people repudi.
ate! No, mol
They repudiated the old .Continen.
tai debt, but that was all right, as war
then was carried on for Liberty. But
the late war was carried on TO do
stroy liberty to divide the Union our
fo%reiathers made--to build up an aris-
t%ocracy for New England Nabobs-to
enrich the few, to dojust what haR been
] HHnof A nd fLo ,n.oWln w,,,.N - ..owt
refuse TO support us, or they'll get rich
and us bond holders will be obliged to
work and pay axe as honest folks
do.
"raxation shall be equall" All, that
means for poor fools-that don't in.
clude bond holders. That Is for the
poor farmers-workingme who must
give . ftheir earnings ono hundred and
eighty millions u year 10 support us
bond holders-then give q hundred
and fifty millions more each year to
deiray the expenses Of this, 1.-The best
government the world ever saw.
Oh, we were sharpl Cunning chaps
us bond holdersl We yelpeG, howled,
prayed, whined, ranted and preached
"loyalty" tlllwe fixed things. We
knew better than to tell the people
} that we intended to divide tho Unit
un.
To build up our little aristocrscy.
To make slaves of the w~orkingmen.
= To exempt one.third of the wealth Of
the country from all taxation.
To make those who hold no bonds
support those who do.
; And TO mortgage their farms, their
! children, TO us Radical aristocrats for
I evcrl
: Ali we played it NIGEL We did.
3 And il was the wealth Of tho coun-
try that put down the rebellion! Good
. jokcl
a., Old money-bags carried a musk.t!--
; That's good
. Old bank stock Rte bareback. FIX.
! And old bonds died in the hospital!
! Ha, ha, ha, gIoriousl
= Poor folks amt so bad after all.
! they put down the rebellion, and now
: they insist IN paying us bond hold
: ers for letting them! Bully Cor she
u slaves!
J So work away poor people--'tyill
u make you healthyl Pay your taxes
Il without grumbling, but for Gods SAX {
don't talk Of repudiationl We can
= stand your protests, your hard palms,
'Irty fingers, your patched garments,
. your long hours Ct toll, your poor
homes, your wan, careworn wife; your
q ignorant children, your thin beds. yoLr
, seant food, your low wages, your ap,
p,als for aid--cau stand all these with
! out being affected in the least but for
Gods sake don't mention Reputation
that would make all OF us Rump.pro,
. tccted Radical aris.ocrats sickl