Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-03-26

Bondholder to his wife. l.Noy
my dear, we win ride out and Sc
our show. 1t is 30 nice to have
show Of your own, and such d sho'
as never was seen before.
go slow, driver, so as Not to 10,
madam and l.
"You wonder, my dear, where
get all my money. | will tell 70
now, You know that tin box whic
| keep in the bank2 That is ful
! of United States bonds. I dray
$50, 1000 ayear in gold as interesi
and as | have no taxes to pay, q
course, we can enjoy all This style.
s'You see tlis eager That is
farmer one Of our slaves. He is
working tool Of ours--a we'll mean
ing man, carried away by the negr,
| gag; crazy on that subject, but en-
tirely willing to devote his days tt
labor to pay taxes to support me il
idleness. l pay no taxes, he is will
ing to pay them all, and to pay in
terest in gold on my pile of bonds.
9 What dnes his wygdo9n
"0h, my dear, she works hard
washes milk pans, ehurns, rubs
scrubs, patches, and darns-selli
eggs, butter, chickens, and turkeys
to us, to get a little money to pay
back to US taxes. Sometimes She
yeeps and moNrns over her lot; but
we must not hear her, my deari
a"The next cage containsa a return.
ed soldier, q mechanic. He was a
nice man, went towar, fought, lost
a leg, came home, and is now work.
ing to pay taxes to support the
government and pay us nabobs.n !
/. rs that rghtg' Y
@"Pshawl my dearl Don't ask
such foolish questions Might makes
right, you knowil He was a poor
tool He believed all US Radicals
said, and was so o-engaged fighting
for his country that he did not no
tice how nicely our good, loyal,
specializing Congress wound the
bands about him. He had brother
in the army-killed on a raid for
the cotton our cousin made so much
money from, you know. He is now
working to redeem bis homo from
the mortgage we put on while he
was gone, and to raise his portion
of the S300,OO0O0O o year in gold
we bondholders demand as interest.
"You know poor men always
work the best when they are in
debit That Is why a National debt
is q National blessing. Drive on
~ sas
/" Who is that poor ,ooman? 4
"Oh, she is another one of our
victims. She had q husband, he
went to the war, took a cold while
IN a raid for cotton, mules, and sill
zerware, for the benefit Of Curtis,
Logan, Butler, Banks, and other.
,hieving Generals, and at last died
n q hospital. His wife, or his
widow, is now working to support |
he children. The Government IS
eal good to her-pays her bounty-l
few pence a day for her to dream
# her murdered husband. ia
GAS the bondholders paw no
axes, and itdoes not cost us one |
ont to support the Government,
We are willing all the women of
america should have bounties, as
ong as they pay themselves from
heir own earnings, and not force
q protected bondholders to pay
hem. Let them have bountiesH
y all means--and our interest is
ayable in goldl l si
HDrive on n.slowly |"
"Whois tttkdt caget'' - T
"That, my dear, is q poor minor
he is digging gold for us bond
olders. Don't disturb him--don't
~ anything until we pass him,
II the returns from California and
Lontana lead ..us to fear little
,ouble from sHehafellowsaaa te1a
"But hero is my cage, my dear,
'hich isnice. You see those or +
hans all at work2 They are our
aves- their fathers died in, battle
1d US bondholders support them,
0 be sure, we don't pay for their
lpport, but we levy taxes, on the
rmers, miners, mechanics, widows. !
I'D children of the country to sup
1rt these institutions. We mix up
lese things, taking care to draw
lr interestin gold, and sandwich 4
If claims, between bounties, or :
lans, and 50 the willing people ofIt
merica toll ON! Amt it nice, my a
'ar, to be smart, and run this show
suit q few OF us bondholders? +
4e'er rnlIiiu Cnat cage, my dear h
river, crack up the horsesta little,
'uch that off one little on the
,nkswith the whalebone.p'
"WhatcageiS thatPa y
"a I; very. pretty one, my dear Z
'ld on driver. Don't you hear ID
? music Of machinery2 The vic =
nsi are the factory operatives N
,ves TO wealth, toilers to support y
We work them early and late =
pay them in greehbacks, while b
: interest is payable in gold
they work more hours each day
IN ever did the slaves of the 81
lth They live poorer and work
rder. We raise their wages once a.
! then,loweritth work 4
the sound OF the whistle ortap ofE y
bell--narch to their boarding. q
lSeg in lof,rr ilinaa ltLa no,,,,;nt thl