The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-07
A Suggestive Di0lOaue.

A Suggestive Dialogue.
Farmer-Well, now, Jane, what's the
use! You know you must support the
government, and it is our duty to do it.
Wife-I know it, john, but just look
herel The harvest is over. We have
sown, gathered, thrashnd and cleaned up,
and this little bag full here is all ours
We have good crop, l helped to clean
up-I shoveled in, you turned and little
Billy raked away. And we have put
the crop in bags. This big one is for New
England and tariffs then this big one is
for bonds to support the bondholders;
then there is one big one fox the nigger,
and one so big We can't stand it up for
taxes. And we have cleaned up, aud this
little sack is al that i, left for us-all
there is of ours!
Farmer-Well, / know; but you know
we must support the government which
protects US.
Wife-Protects us! Oh, John, how
you talk |! Is it protecting US to make US
support bondholders, niggers, New Eng
land sharks, army spectators, and all the
crowd who eat up all our earnings in tax
es? Is this the way a government pro-
tects It's supporters?
We raise the grain, and hard work it
is. We have no bonds, nor money to buy
them. If We had-if we had stolen from
the government and invested in bonds ex-
cmpt from taxation, other poor folks
would have had to work to pay US interest.
1t is pretty bad, John, when this little
sack holds all there is of ours, and the
heft OF the crop goes to fill them big bags
there. You know John, that in democrat
ic days this little bag held all we had to
sell for taxes, and We had all the big bags
full to sell to fix up the house with.
Farmer-But, Jane, we have had big
war, and we had to whip the rebels to
save the country.
Wife-Yes, we had war, and our two
boys were killed. We supported the gov
ernment. Mr. Bondholder did not go to
war-now the government supports him.
The negro did not fight more on one side
than the other, nov the government pro-
tects him, The nabobs of New England,
who made the west DO the fighting, did
not spill drop of blood, but they ha 4 ar
my contracts. got rich, bribed congress to
tax us in the west to benefit them, and now
they are protected, while you and I, John,
who lost our big boys in the war. must
support the government aud the drones
too.
Farmer-Well, well, We had to do it !:
you wouldn't let a democrat rule, would
you ?
Wife-Yes, l would. They never rob-
bed us to benefit the negroes, bondholdcr,
freedman's beauro agents, collectors
and shoddy makers. Democracy cares for
us-republica ms care for only negroes and
aristOcrats.
tell you, John, it makes me feel bad
at times. All our work is for others.
We can't fix the house, the barn, the shed,
or the fences. 1 can't get new dress
this year as you promised should. You
need shoes, vest and new coat, and
some shirts, and lots of things; and John,
when this little sack holds all there
is of ours and we put the rest of the crop
in theirs, it makes me feel discouraged.
[ worked hard, harder than you wanted
me to, once, John, and harder than you
lhouShl WHEN }ou cOlIc W aSA ue lo iuaT-
ry you. But | worked willingly-I did
work to have home. l get up, John,
before you do, and work long after you
are in bed, too, for there is much to do.
| mend, and patch, and darn, and save a.l
L can. but We are growing poorer and
poorer, and older and older, and more
tired every day.
When the government called for men
our boys were freely given. We did not
give them to destroy but to save the
government which protects us, John, and
this is all the thanks we get for it. And
here is little Billy, who has no education
yet and | don't know that he ever will
have any. There is something wrong
and you love me, John, as l love you,
you would not be willing to work all your
life for bondholders and niggers, while
your wife is often hungry and tired and
hungry and heart sick.
1t may be all right; but If l was man
| would vote for democrats, and that de-
mocracy which protects US and ours, as
much as theirs
Farmer-Well, Jane, 1 believe 1t is time
to have a change, and if l can get a news
paper devoted to principles and white
folks, | will read it, ard see if there is