The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-12-30
A Short Chapter for all to Read.

tenection, Let al reau anu ponuee.
To-day we are paying $3.50, 200, geo anna
ally to keep up the current expenses of the
government. OF this, $I50.000,000 is for
interest on the public debt
Millions more for the support of horde
Of lazy, indolent negroes, end that pet in
stitution of Sambo, the Freed Nigger's Blu
reau.
Millions more to sustain in luxurious ex-
travagance set OF swell-heads and popin'
jays, pimps for colored brothers, to enroll
and register the monkey voters in the south.
Millions more to keep up standing army
in the excluded states, to carry out the pol
icy inaugurated by the Rump Congress.
Millions more to enforce the so-called
"Civil Rights" bill, and to educate the ne
gro, while the poor mems children of the
north are kept at home for want of decent
clothing and money to buy the necessary
books.
These millions upon millions come through
every pore of the poor mans skin.
F. The bondholder Tolls in his easy chair,
Gathering his INTEREST far and near
While the poor maj tolls for his daily crust,
And adds to the aristocrats glittering dust.
1t is collected in every conceivable shape
by direct ard indirect taxation and in the
RdlnCEluk VI uitcSt tcucE" ItNCnuC.
two millions paid in, one million goes to pay
the assessors and collectors and their assist
ants; "red tape" must be kept up, and while
the farmer tolls in the burning sun, and the
mechanic sweats in his shop, and the miner,
with his little lamp, cramps his joints in he
narrow limits of his bank, the assessor, with
his aristocratic air, seated upon a crimson
sofa, gives in orders to half dozen assist
ants the work of one, and, in turn, these
fledgling aristocrats, seated in fine carriages,
behind costly horses and silver mounted
harness, 90 from door to door and farm to
farm, putting on more airs than a French
dancing master, and l., with more pomposity
than brains, grscously condescend to inform
you that the bondholder wants the interest
on a note he holds, which you never gave
that the edges of his scissors are rusting,
and nothing but the clipping of coupons"
will restore their original brightness-and
he books you for a portion of the bill.
While this is going on before your face,
thousand miles away there is another shark
preparing to rob you. This is the Custom
House officer, portly old thief, who walks
with a massive gold-headed cane. He is ad.
ding, through his subordinates Ia set of
long. lean, lank, bandy-legged wretches, like
Shakespeare apothecary, in Romeo and Ju-
hetl few cents on every pound of your
sugar, rice, coffee, tea, ETC., two cents for the
government, that is two for the bondholder,
Jacobin policy, Niger bureau and darkey
education-two for himself
We must bear in mind that nearly all this
tax is paid by the northern states.
In addition to liabilities for current inter
est on the bondholders' claim, we pay over
S200,000,000 in tariff tax. This goes for
the support of eastern manufacturing mon
opolies, free niger bureaus, Office holders,
military satraps, etc., to register and drill
negro votes, and ship them from state to
state and county TO county, to Cypress, tor
ment, prosecute and harrass the white race
to force them to adopt the policy of the
Jacobin CONGRESS- -~-@~ It's injurious
reconstruction acts.
you would stop these outrageous expen-
ses, you must change your rulers.
1t You want to pay your public debt IN the
same currency you receive and pay out
daily, you must change your rulers.
Ifyou wish equal taxation on government
bonds, you must change your rulers.
If you want TO abolish the swarm of Office
holders that swarm in the freed nigger's bu-
reau, you must change your rulers
If you want to open up the southern mar
ket, where yoa can feed twelve million peo-
pie with your produce, you must turn out of
office every Jacobin offce-holder, and stop
these leaks in the public treasury.
If the democracy get power in the govern
ment, they will reduce the tariff tax on all
you eat, drink and wear.
They will restore the Union, and turn over
all other southern states expenses to be paid
~ the south alone.
We will turn out and abolish ten thousand
abolition freedmen's Bureau Office holders,
and save millions of dollars in the peoples
pockets.
We will bid the south support themselves,
and go to raising cotton and sugar, and we
will continue to raise produce to feed them.
We will pay the public debt in the same
currency we pay you, and the same you pay
each other, and thus save millions more in
the pockets of the people.
If we pay the rich in gold, we viii pay you
in gold. If we pay you in paper money, We
will pay the plethOric bond-hoider in paper
money.
We will enact laws to enable you to buy
your goods where you can buy the cheapest
aud sell where you can get the best prices.
We will protect labor fro-a the encroach-
ments of capital.
We will leave each state to govern itself,
limited only by the federal constitution.
We will reduce the army in the south, and
send them to the plains to protect the from
tier and the new routes to the far west.
We will restore commerce, peace and good
will between the north and the south.
We will reduce the taxes, both state and
national.
We will lessen the office-holders and re-
lease you from taxation to support them.
We will enact laws inside and not outside
the constitution.
We will restore peace at home and main
tain your honor abroad.
We VIII inaugurate day of moderation,
order and good will, instead of hate and i'll
will, as now taught by Jacobin politicians.
We will give equal rights to all, and grant
exclusive privileges to none, and fix limits
to monopolies'
We will substitute calm craftsmanship for
mad Jacobinism.
We will make pets of negroes no longer at
the expense of the whites, nor force suffrage
for them at the expense and againstthe will of
those who have created and have maintained
the government.
If you are tired of bearing the unequal
burdens of class legislation; if you are weary
of favoritism in taxation; if your souls yearn
for retrenchment and reform, you must place
the democracy in power. Commence at the
ground and build up. Cast your influence
to the conservative ticket, and roll up
big majorities for the RIGHT!
We should not be led from the perform
ance of our duties by minor electioneering
good fellow" or another twas good SOL
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