The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19
ShylOcks Whose Memories Should
Cause the Blush of Shame
to Mantle the
Cheeks of Honest Yeomanry-HOw
the Soldier on the Field
of Battle
Fought to Perpetuate the Union,
While Money MOngers Schemed
to EnslaVe the Nation.
The Debt Ought to Be Repudiated
and John Sherman Hung Higher
Than Hannah,

my life last November. l want to know
something about ouY bonded debt. l
know there is one and that it was the re-
suit Of the war But will you tell me
something about its history!
JAMES PAYNE.
ANSWER.
Here is young man old enough
to vote, and yet born after our
bonded debt was created, who is
just beginning to take an interest
in the affairs of the government.
And here is a man who was in the
army three years before he was old
enough to vote, who will try to tell
his Kansas friend something about
our "bonded debt"
1t is an old story with us, but we
realize that half the men who are
doing the voting to-day know little
or nothing about the real origin of
our government debt. Here is our
answer.
In the spring of 1861 the bugle
blast of war broke the silence of a
long peace in our heaven blessed
land. Eleven, of the states had
seeded and declared war against
the Union.
The life of the nation was at
stake.
The Union must be preserved.
The old flag must be maintained.
The constitution must be upheld.
And-God willing-3, 900, 900 slaves
must be freed.
Two things the government need
ed-men and money.
Able bodied, brave hearted, fear
less men, to carry the musket. Pat
riotic generous-seuled m en- to open
their purses and furnish the sinews
OF war. These were the two essen
tial things-men and money.
A call to arms was issued. And
what an uprising!
From hillside and plain; from
farm and workshop; from city and
hamlet, men rallied to the call of
the government.
The pages of history can be
searched in vain for such spon-
taneous outburst of patriotism; for
such magnificent uprising of the
people.
Wives gave up their husbands.
Mothers gave up their sons.
Children gave up their fathers.
Sisters gave up their brothers.
To the music of the shrill fife and
drum these undisciplined boys in
battle.
Regiment after regiment, brigade
after brigade, division after divi-
sion, corps after corps was organ
lied.
Before snow fell a million brave
hearted, unselfish men took their
life in their hands and said:
Here we are, ready to do service
for our country.
Here we are, ready to endure the
hardships and privations of camp
lif e.
Here we are, ready to Law down
our lives, if need be, for liberty,
Union and the constitution.
Was there ever grander sight?
Recall those old times-you who
are old enough to still remember
them.
And then for four years the battle
ragged.
Bull Run; Fort Donelson; the
Peninsular Campaign; Antietam;
Fredericksburg; Charlottesville
Gettysburg; Vicsburg; the Wilder
ness; Spottsylvania: Coal Harbor;
Petersburg; the march through
Georgia!
And finally Appomattox.
What grand history.
What tribute to the valor, the
courage, the patriotism of the able
bodied men!
Behold the National cemeteries
filed with heroic dead!
Think of the unmarked graves on
a thousand battle fields!
See the dangling sleeves and the
wooden legs!
Listen to the signs of widows and
orphans!
What sacrifice to Law unstint-
ingly upon the altar of the repub-
lic
Turn the wheel.
Let the panorama of historic
events change the scene!
Men and MONEY, said we.
MONEY as we'll as men the govern
ment needed!
How about the MONEY!
The boys in blue left home in the
spring of 1861. They waited for
months in camp for the want of
equipments. They waited for uni
forms. They had no money to send
home to loved ones. Landlords had
to have rent; grocery bills had to
be paid; the little ones needed shoes
and clothing-MoNEY was reeded for
pay day.
How did the money men rally?
The first $3.50, 900, 600 cost the gov
eminent IA per cent discount!
Patriotism of the purse gone to
seed in the very springtime of the
contest.
Then comes request from FL
nance Minister Chase to the bankers
to meet him at Washington to dis
cuss the necessity for money.
Two propositions the patriots of
the pawnshops offered to the gov
eminent in its distress in Decem-
Der, 1861.
FIRST; We will buy bopds at the
hig1 psf market price-f,k we can
r311 u market prize. xsxsa