Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-07-31
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Leaves its tapsess - tAs sesl.
00kO ANO GaEENDACKs.
A good sailor a& Celiao had sent money
hems 70 his wife BY me-a double eagle Of
gold, and two. dollar greenbsck. While
was writing lettsr y send with them, by
express, 70 the good woman, the two lay
together on my table. OF course, the gold
lay on the greenback, and being on .op,
looking down and msttsred . something
which did not clearly hear. Greenback
Suffered and answered,
"Yes, you're on sop Of me. You are
heayy-you kept me down. They say you
are worth more than an. But, after I'll,
! do moro work shanyoa do, and make more
people happyi don't care if you are solid
gold. I'd rather BE- busy than precious, like
you."
Said Gold, contsnptuously, You are not
money 1t all-not atall. You are only pa
per, with . promise sritten on you. But
am money. l am twenty dollars. Any.
body that gets me Ets money. But you,
what are you worth You didn't cost two
cents. It is shamst to call ysx twenty dol.
lara
stopped writing be letter, and began TO
think. Which is wSth the more, gold OF
gresaback7 money osa good, true promise :
Said I
what is that you promise, Greenback7
Il do not promise @ything. l Just run
around and tell psopb that 'THr UxIrED
SrArEs will pay the teassr Cof mel twsaty
dollars at the treasury in New York, ,-and
people believe the psymise. And 90 they
sss wiling 70 work hesd and take ne for
pay
But how happened The United States 70
make such promise I asked.
Greerback replied, Il remember we'll
what the promise on ns WAS given fer. In
1865, vas young cd new, and nobody
bod ever owned me. Oue day was taken
out Of little iron boxby . man whom they
call Paymaster-someioes they called him
Major. He took the hndle l was in, and
came up 70 . little bedin . large room, and
put me and four more like ne into sick
mans hands. saying There, Corporal,
there's your pay IN hll! The sick man
took n, but did mot lpk at ~, nor sssd ths
promise. He held vi in his hand till the
Major went away. Then be sent for the
hospital Chaplain. want you to write .
letter fer me- said he Coporal. can't
see. I reckon never shah zee aay more.
Tell me what i on tlese new bills that Pay
master gave me. Rad hem to me- So
the Chaplain said, m UNITED SrArEs
will pay the bearer twenty dollars at the
treasury 10 New York WELL said the
Corporal, you put al gre Of them into .
letter, and send thea to my wife. She's
nice. little woman - you ever saw; and
| ns,se nat hal l. Ill h>, A.. -
the debt on our house, and good people vill
be good friends 70 her, and help her TO find
work to tssp the childsn togsther.'
20, Corporal eaid Chaplain, you'll 80
home yourself and ses her, BY and By. I'll
write your letter, thoos,, just - ron say.
4 hardly want 70 gobome.' answered the
Corporal "A blind mn can't do much,
you know. I'd rather fnish up here. as City
Point, end lst Usels Ssm bury me with the
boys. They'll Psy ~ little wife pension,
wont theyr
sCerainiy. certainly said Chaplain.
They promise TO; and The United States
never break their promise.
So the Chaplals took u 6vs ssw and
clean promise, md put us in . letter, and
wrote to the Copssars wife, and read 10 him
What be had written, and1hen asked, shall
I write aaything more?' p
sN-n-no, hid the Corporal, slowly.
I may think Of soneshing- me keep The
letter till to-mosrev.' So be put il under his
pillow and fell a1eep, By and BY he woke,
and took al Eve Of - out Of the envelope
and counted % ogss-'one, two, three, four,
five-tventies. That's : hundred. The
United States vii pay my wife . hundred
dollars, and abe viii give The United States
her husband. Iwish ! vas worth more
And be put " an back into the envelope,
and sealed il with kiss and We could ses
no more.
In the morning We heard the Chaplain
come again. Hs took the sealed letter, but
did not open il. He wrote postscript on
new half.sheel, and we heard the Corporal's
wife read it to her children, . week after
wards:
"P.S. No Dear Mrs. G.-I send you
the sealed letter which took FROM the lips
Of your dear husband, Corporal G., who un>
expectedly died last night. He was . brave
man. He did hia duty. He loved you and
the children. God viii comfort you, and
good people will love you, the United States
will care for you."
And that's he way continued Green.
back, Atlee pause, IA0ss the way tn0
Uni,ed States came to make the promiss
written on me and say il Is - good -
gold any day. Idon't ksow what b vas
doing. Perhaps be does.'
Gold, little red in the face. replied, Il
was reservsd.'
Reserved ? said Greenbaek that means
hid, don't itf
well, yes,-usefally hid. The currency
was disturbed, and coin retired. Specie
payments we're suspended said Gold, with
digsity.
That lmeans,' said Grsenback, that you
were % precious, that when our country vas
in danger. and good men we're dying to save
her, you hid away, and leit NJ greenbacks
to do the work. And now ysu snees At US,
and call ~ nothing but paper promise l
tell you, . promise we'll kept is better than
coLDr
'Perhaps so,' replied Gold, coldly; but
suppose the promise is not keptr
Not kept The United States not keep :
promise I The United States cheatf The
United States tell lies and swindls folks Z
You ought to Be ashamed 70 speah Of il !!
And vas 90 angry at Gold that
/ woke up, and finished my letter to The
good sailors wife in Brooklyn. and sent it to
her By express, with The double eagle and
Rreenbsck twenty inside Of il. But love
u. L.