The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-01-22
The New Gospel.
Seorge Greenback DiseOurseth with
sChar'es Ciiizen-sHbsequeutIy he seIiIo-
quiseth.

G B.-rhey say, Charlie, you are rich man.
Now, how much have you gotY
O. CT haven't got enough TO make ma
fich man. Let me see-I have got about
| S17OG.
G. B.-S17OO! Where did you get it? Who
gave it to you?
G. C.-Nobody gave me anything. l hs-
| saved all could of my earnings; have spent
nothing uselessly; L have used no tobacco nor
liquor. Whsn 1 got little ahead L loaned
what could spare to good ands and got the
interest Then made some good trades. You
know when Squire Norman's things were sold.
Well. bought the gray gslding-I saw it was
going pretty low-for $3.50 L knew Tim
Withers had its match exactly, and 1 thought
he would like to have it, he was away at the
sale, bat as coon as be came home he was after
it. Says he, "Charlie, what will you take for
your horse?" Says I, $3.50" Says he. "you
don't mean that. You didn't give but s15O'
What's that to do with it, say, 1, 'suppose
somebody had given him to me. Is that auy
reason should give him away? Yoa know he
is worth $3.50. and nobody shall have him a
cent less. Will you take that price for yours?''
Says he, Charlie, it's no use talking. I'll
take him." And he counted down the $3.50.
made good many other trades in small
way which helped considerable.
B.-Now Charlie, you know you and
started together, and have had the same work
and pay all along. Now you have got S17OO.
and | haven't got dollar in the world.
What's the reason of it? Luck-luck, nothing
else. Now think it would be aboHt the fair
thing to go halves with me-Won't yon,
G. C.-If were disposed to divide it couldn't
oe done very conveniently, things are so
g. B-Why how is that? am not particu-
lar. am willing to take any kind of prop
q. C-The greater part is in a Government
bond, and the rest is mostly let on good names
cau.t agree to your proposition.
u. B.-Well, as you let money, let me have
some; VIII give yoa my note for $l0O at six
months, or on demand, l don't care which
@. C.-I must decline your offer Erit
Charlie
Mr. Greenback's soul is grieYed, and he
nsSoar9fa'ly and sadly solilOquizeth t,isly:
yos may depend. He eot it BY chestlng, knay.
cry. be is cursed aristocr4t aud capitalist.
bloated Bond-holder. How bold and bare.
laced It makes man to bs backed up with
pluoder He avowed without the least shame
that he was Bond-holdsr, one of those mean
sneaks that don't pay taxes, bat throw all the
burdens of the government on the Door labor
log men. don't know as L ever paid any
taxes, bat no matter; we honest laborlOg men
do pay all the taxes. What is wsalth? the pro-
duct of labor. Ain't it plain then that they who
10 the labor ought to own all the properly?
Plain as the nose on your face. We have been
cheated cut of it by these Bloated Bo3G- holders
and capitalists. They have stolen it from us,
aud it Is our perfect righE TO take it back by
aDy means.
Charlie admits that he is fraud IL tina.
horse was worth $3.50 he cheated the seller out
Of SlOO. and II hs was worth but $3.50 he
cheated Tim W,thers out of 500. He is
= sed fraud any how. L sm an honest man,
pay all my deots. | don't know how it
would be if any body would trust me- but let
that pass. VOW, L should like such a chance
as as ne had with that horse, but never had a
that goes. Wby? Bscaase L am honest and
distribute my earnings. By the way, L Just
heard that jim Wlthers sold his span in
Boston for $1,000. What chance if I had had
that money. But no matter, we shall have it in
good time. We honest laboring men can poll
great In sjority of the votes, and when we
get we'll OF ganized we will help ourselves to all
this Dlnnder that the cursed Bond-holders and
CAPITALISTS have stolen from us.
The mean scoundrels will then know what is
right Now Charlie is worse than scoundrel
or thief, he is q traitor.
We know that the Internal Revenue sustains
our great and glorious country (or which is to
be glorious after we get the controO aud that
the principal sources are the taxes on whiskey
and tobacco. Now Charlie avows that he don't
use either. aud he evades paying his part of the
tax. He IS trying TO cut short the revenue end
cripple the Government. He is traitor, and
ought to bs hanged.
90! how We shall serve these rsscals aud
villains when we get control of the Govern
ment; We'll make them disgorge their plunder
s9d stealings. May lhs happy time soon come.
Hnrrab!i
Mr. GreenbacE ftm5les his pockets: and find
ang dime, he StTaightaoay aojourns to place
of OfconS0Lation and erdtation; lchere he recrliteM
has courage to combat all the eUils of society and
restore the Golden Age, or super bonun,, the
GeenbdcE Age