The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-10-07
Money Against Eg Ndl

The poor man, the lxorkingman, was
compelled TO risk, and in thousands Of
instances to lose in the war, What all
men hold dearer than every thing else
they possess. =" W 7o4
What was the rioh man compelled 10
do? >.
Nothing ! ~ -.. ,,,-,, a " - = - "a
Not even to give his tii6ney, though
the poor man give bis life, of little as
the former was in comparison ! to the
latter. ,-.-..-.--..-.r
But the rich man loaned his money,
if he pleased, or refused to loan tiff he
SO pleased, and did loan it(enly when
I he could exact such terms as suited bis
aVaricious views When he could CON.
vert his one dollar of gold into two dol:
lars or more cf legal tenders, he made
tt he convection, and with his greenbacks
thus obtained, went to the goyerDment
and exchanged them for its bonds, up.
on which interest was made payable
semiannually. 1JLI / AUQJ
In gold!
BY this process he made sure Of re.
ceiving the interest in gold, on two or
more, when he had only lent the equiv!
alent of one dollar in gold, aud what
he had actually 'boug ght With one such
dollar-thus getting from twelve to
fifteen per cent. iibtert st, in gold, on
every dollar of god which he converted
into grecnbacks TO lend to the govern
ment. "
I But this ,oas NOT aN s.aiz@i
II e took care to exact the fur,her
condition that he should psy noataxoss
on his bonds. / 0HES7 .GuEHT
Nor is this all! --
He now demands, that for every
green5ack dollar that he lent ii was. :,
nth only forty to fifty cents on the
dollar, in gold, he shall receive gold
dollar, and Grant and the Jacobin party
arc pledged to sustain him in this desol
mand. ...,e .:i,L.ts- = Fn s.1teg
Though the bonds provide for pay: a
nent of the priR Rcipal in lawful money,
which greenbacks are declared to be B."
Jacobin la,c, the Jacobin Congression-
al majority has attempted, at the legiss
lation and in the interest of the bond-G
holders to perpetrate moustrous fraud
upon the people, and rob them of six
hundred millions of dollars more than
the present amount of the public debit
by taking up the outstanding legal ten. a.
der bonds, and issuing in lieu of=them
bonds expressly ayabe in gold, which II
it would take six hundred millions more
of legal tenders to pay than to pay the
bonds as they now stand. d~,.'gG ~
No,o strike the balance Letaveen mo'sr -
ey and life!
What is paid for the poor mans life,p
which he was obliged, by the Federeio>
conscription, to sacrifice in the wal. 2igu ,.
Look around among the widows and
orphans of those whose lives were thus
inundated upon the alter Of abolition 2
fanaticistn, and. in their destitute andsn
suffering condition, behold the evidenr ~
ces of liberality and justice of the Gov- ?
erument towards those from whom il
tore their bread and providers On
How does it treat the bondholdeT =
1t pays him twelve to fifteen per o,
cent. interest on the money which rheuo
condescended to lend, during the time :;
the loan remains outstanding, and when
it shall come to pay the principal of u
the loan, the Jacobin party insists that Z
it shall pay him two ollars in gold foF- a.
every dollar that he originally lent, #. o
But more tbqn this.
% The bondhoider is exempted from 20
taxation on his bonds, and the soldier
who came out of the war alive, and the ID
widow and children of those yho were d,
slain, in common with all others of the
working classes to which they belong, 30
are taxed to Lay these bonds, and all n
most the entire burden of taxation for =,
the payment !oof the bonds falls falls upoF 81
theIn.
Then 1t comes to thus . 81 -i-''1't1 -
3. The worliDgmen gave their livesti 4
The workingmep. pay the tazesled ha
The workingmen pay the bonds
The bondholder gave nothing
The bon dholders pay no taxes!
The bondholders pay nothing
The soldier who received his pay
and bounty, had to take them in green-3s
backs lent by the bondholder upon theb bsI
bonds which he noE claims shall be- 4,
paid in gold, The Jacobins would now
tax this same suldier, and make him 81
pay back what he thus received for his ~
services. ~4 .e...ifaq2s .p .Iafui,,y 95 Ijad
Sill acorseI f.+..f, a..... 49,. .,- a. =
They would make him pay it 10 gold
to be handed over to the bondholder A''
for the greenbacks he lent to the gov- =
to pay this soldier for riskihg VI.
his health, his limbs, his life. .,e. ,,,o-'
Thus the pittanoe which the govern
ment paid the soldier is taken back -
from him in takes-aye. double the =
pay to tho bondhhlder ~
twicethe snn they ever lent.:-;- Erchange, p.