North Carolina Newspapers

u : f ... NEW SERIES-VOL II-NO. 41. WADESBOROUGII, N. C., THURSDAY,-JULY 12, 18C0.: WHOLE m. . mm "HI i , FUBI48HED WEEKLT TEXTOM PABLET, . mwwa nm .nMCRIPTIOlf. Single toplM, Tw, Doam per year, Invariably la To Clob of Tow aa pirU, It will be furnished fet Oki Dolub HxLf per eopy. . -No sBbseriptlo received far lee than ill Booths. , EATE9 OF ADVERTISING, 'bxs joisa, uiu ob lui lunii, fcno insertion I?" TaW IkMrliou .... -ft SO Wo asontat, nln insertion ...... I 80 TkrM eetii, kr thirWoa Insertions f 00 Hix biob(1ui 00 On year ...... 00 Adrcill- snnt stale the number of times they wUk IMr neWtrtisemeflt Inserted otherwise tb wtn bo contused Oil farblddra, and charged o ril ing to tfco above. Agreement wilt bo Bad Ith yearly advertisers ea liberal uid advantageous terme. Profeastonnl and Button Card, sot exesodiag nve lino brevier Im Uogth, will b InoorWd for f 5 a year it oxooeding Ive linos will bo charged (ho otno ejtbor odrortiooaonti. ObltaarT Bailees tree who oot excoodieg twenty Hum; eu.abov w"V ttatATneni I B NORTH CAROLINA ARGUS, H W.T.DAVIS, fllCTICIL WITCH 1AIEB AM JEWELER, u Wadibro I.C. B RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCES "TO THE pooplo of Auoi aad tbo whole raandiu eoaatrv. Cbot ho boo MrBH--' " Bendy located hie4f la tho TOWN OF WADE8 BOKO', whoro bo ia prepared in every way to aoccm snodat bio old frid, and all otbora that aiay favor hiia witb tboir pattooaga- 'oot aot heeiteta to aay that bo i ia every way folly competent U ropair tbo . FINEST aad aioat DELICATE TIME PIECES ia a WORKMANLIKE MANNER. Owing to tbo provioot adranUn ho ha had of iaprovtng aad preparing himatlfla tbo FINE AST OF WATCH MAKING and REPAIRING, bo dooo aot fool bioMolT Infcrljr to aoy taaa la tho South. ! addition to all of tbo nbov. h call attention to bio iploadid ttoek of WATCUE8 and JEWELRY of tho boat that oaa uo ooutneil ia uia connirr. oui cobo aad oo for yoaroalvt, aad bay low for euh It M aoodlca to BMOtioa tbo article, for yoo eaa eco for yonrtelTo. W. T. IMVia. liareh IS, 1800-79-6m " HOBTU CAROLINA White Snlphnr Springs, liriLL BE OPENED POR VI8ITOR8 ON THE . . IT lot of Joao. They or eituatod near the pree ' ont tormina of tbo Wutera North Carolina Railroad aot an hour rid by luporior oataibuae and Uge. Tb Proprietor ha proem ed tat eerrice oi THOMPSON TYLER a Manager, wbooe oxporioooo at lb ajoet Faehlonable" Watartag l'laee or vtrgioia, aaaea ia nu oomniana. lag appearaaoo and gontleaunly bearing, injure good ' ardor and good faro. Tbo very beat BALL ROOM LEADER and BLACK BAND OF MUSICIANS that the city of Richmond, Virginia, afford, bar boa procured . HI DINO VEHICLES and HORSES, BILLIARD SALOONS and BOWLING ALLEYS are at tho com- enaad of cMitor. Tboooaatry i leratad aad bealtliy Tbo ooor-err I bcaatifal, and road moat excellent: aad -the ploaoara groand orteaeiT. There i no bet aer water thaa that afforded by tbo North Carolina lvhito Sulphur Spring. The patronage of tho Corolla, te eoBideatly ro lled oa to repay tho Proprietor for tbo espe neire out lay b baa ad to It np a Watering Placo luited to tboir want. And ha promiae that no pain tball be pared by hiaueir or ha gOBUeaanly a Mutant to run dor all who may Tialt him pleaeant and comfortable. H. L. ROBARDS, Proprietor. May lS.18SO.8Mf TO THE foiEB OF CABABBCf AMD VtinVt COVNTIES IIH AD TAIOXIM. , , 1 0SMOOBATIO AD V AL0BBXU uu ta lh nnarat auitt of Uoa, ind It to In at and ri(M Uwlhtoaal ecenraoilMi af oor.O iHPKOPKKTY ilwuM oDntrlb-Ulutloa, Slate or Natloaai, aad ale He Ofonornoa to wink) iMthet w mboIHt ("' the Imm m auui aMnaaonoa at ma hum i w Hmut, That we are 1P't k dwtertilat aajr- of too Ji-ohtd. Tint weiwwmnMadkWrtiloa Dartr i Mart Car- t eoBToaUo WtU BMnim-f tkcjllM l0 our Mate aoiUloi of WaU to a IM oa ta rodoraiUaaioaof aoaaUtatlaaalaaMad. unlika aJtago building Ml upon a wooden found ation. What ia such a ijstcm but compelling th weak to boar tbo burdem of the strong I Wbtt is its tendency but to make tbe rich richer , tad tbe poor poorer f Where will it end, if j emumurt. ) has been bouRht in llio Btate and Hio other half I To such of either anrt. I have not a word to sav. - sllectinir tho lai udoh which revenue it raiwil. out of it. What ta docs ho pay Just "5 on LTo all of nobler mould and more enlarged views, beliovins it t 1 premature, impolitic, danpnro'u ' that pa'r'ch8C. or more thaulntfnr.nl IL-n.AA Vr -u .. -i..t k. .s,., ih.n "d unjnat. itwy sre opposed td i-laiinB , nm a; l ? ..rf-f r .!...n .i t i . . ... . iavc any otucrwwe tntHiMjH'woita. lliu w all pay, did 1 M7 I should j-athor haro said the the Drincinlc of taxation which we nrooose ? u; ... .i... ' ... ..n t... . I a a IB 1VI LilflllJa . Jlav VlfSt.il 1 Vl'lUU Ul UB wnil It must be so. wa, at auir a pnethiabia, ajBm aBMtinf in mmmm um Uw aeruaat ef o aaoeltytac taojwblia) oar ffaveaa feOMO. OoiMtltatlna IkaterorT mmoIm oTJWTtag It ta he pi IIH k FROPKBTV mmr he taud MWt Im and nj im wo aaow. u nrdUw la UM bJua. milt im tol thm uu t Ikt tmtimt vn4ud, V-nrWol. loMOlna n ft tho raWaf of and UU IndtftriiU pmrmriu olraroaa, ta aiUaat laiallva at htr tUfmu. rktrlumlk M-tt Soar at fmnUf at sfwaHo iallv aT Us OutmmU. Ptat-U fUM UU Umi of Ikt Oa- Ibrm. LlllaOloa. im M -JfOm LOOK AT THIS: TUE LABCEST AKD FI5CEST STOCK . or MILLINERY AND DRESS GOODS XVSB OFFERED IN TTADESBORO' ! MISS AGNES IIOBN IS NOW OPENING bor stooh of OOOD8, Mleoted by herself with ear, embraelng muiy articlea aot heretofore kept ia an eetabliehmeot of the hind in Wadeaboro' among which may bo foaad a largo aaaortment of PRI.NT8 of tho very best aality; HOMESPUNS, GINGHAMS, LUSTERS, BRILLIANTS,.; Udiee and Miaaea HOSE, GLOVES, COLLARS, HAND KERCHIEFS, Aa., to.; TOILET AHTICLE8, each COMBS, HAIR BRUSHES, PUFF BOXES, PEK POMERY, ., o.; JEWELRY, embracing GOLD BRACELETS, EAR-DROPS, BREASTPINS, FIN-OER-RINGS, a., a. all of which will bo sold a low for th aa a, aay other store la Wadeaboro' or Aaxoo county, and oa tim to punctual oaatomera. The public, and Ladies especially, are reopeotfully Invited to give me a call. I pledge axyietf to use every oxortioa to giro eatufactioa. gear BONNETS TRI MJ1ED aad DRESSES MADE In tho very lateet atylo. I tak the first Fashion Plate in tb United State, and bar Patterns every month from New York." SS-tf IMPORTANT TO MILIi OWNERS. om tkto out) afOn" A. McJIA.IHE.VS ' CBLIBBATXD ; SUIT AD SCREE.MVG If ACHIE4 II MANUFACTURED AT SOUTH LOWELL, N. C, 1? I aad shipped to all parts of tb United State at iie shortest notice. Liberal reduction made to those rho have need my Machine and wish them exchanged. Tbo public are cautioned against mitaiumt and i'mm atKHU. Noao gonaia unless accompanied by my bill nd eartl, and sold by my legally authorised ageou. Aaaren, ju. a. mojia.t.hc.h,. South Lowell, Orange Co., N. C. - Mrcb 22, 1MO-8O-105 - d liiiwaPMOPUt. T mU smssmu mfllm s( Fellow Citixetu; I find I cannot meet with you, in all probability, eTeTaJof tbe principal Ux-gi the rings. The 6heri& of the two eoan lice have triad their appototaieatt so ss te con flict both with eaoh other and with my Courts. Under these circumstances, and especially ai I atn personally unknown to many of my fellow-citv tens of SUnly county, I deem it but respectful to submit to yon in this form, as briefly as I can, my views on the important question of Taxation, involved in the present eanvssi. There is do other, comparable to this in magnitude, whioh demands your attention at the Aujnit election. Let us advert a moment to the state of the question, it is very important for yoo to clearly understand the precise issue in dispute, as it will serve to put aside a great deal of frivolous mat ter with which a discussion of the subject is usually encumbered. It is not, then, a proposi tion to increase or diminish the taxes. Nobody, of either party desires to raise more money than is necessary to meet the public wants and liabili ties; nor have we anyrepudiators among us, who would be willing to raise less thsn is necessary for this purpose. A certain sum of money must be miscd by taxstion ; and of course no change in the system of Revenue can either increase or diminish it; any more than if a man owed a debt, the means which be might adopt to pay it, could not afleot its amount Nor is it a question as to WHAT shall bo taxed. Tbce is a great confusion of ideas on this point. You are foretold of what will bo taxed and of what will not be taxed under the proposed sys tem of ad valortm, with as much confidence as if the Revenue Bill were already passed. To my mind it is strange that any man should be fool enough to think he was proving any thiog for or against ad valorem, when be was gabbling all the while only about taxing or not taxing partic ular articles. We know what must be taxed un der any system. It is the jx-operfy of the State that must ever be the main, source of publio revenue. It needs no prophet to tell us that. You may get something from circuses, privileges, licenses and the like but it is all as the dust of the balances compared to what the properly of our own eitixens must contribute." jSome States have public lands or other funds to relieve their peo plebut North Carolina has no such resource. The real issue now stands out It is purely a question concerning the mode of taxation. We differ about the manner of doing a thing, which all agree must be done.' A given amount must be raised for the Treasury that is admitted. It persevered in, but in the prostration of our feebler industrial interests Observe, again, moro partictfiarly, tho Inequal ities among these items'. Tho aggregate' slave property of the State; yoo perceive, is taxed less than 6 cent on tbe $100 worth the landed prop erty at 20 cents on the same amount. So that (and pays throe times as high a rate as slaves. Besides, you most remember that, under our Constitution considerably moro than half of the slaves in nuuibor and not far short of half in Tslue, pay no tax at all, while land from the start and of . whatever quality, is taxed according to value.' To illustrate the practical diflerence; here are two men, one owns a piece of land worth 1500 : by his own labor he put improvements pon it, which spprcciate its value to'H.OOff. The State makes baste to send the tax-gatherer after him to ooinpel him to pay on his enhanced value tho product of his own labor. The other man owns, say a negro woman or two, giving birth to children and thus adding every year or so, one or two hundred dollars to his wealth ; but the State waits along time before she comes and reck ons with Aim for this constantly increasing wealth. She gives him twelve years before he is asked even to return a cent of it for taxation. Let me remind the landholders of this Senatorial 1)U trict who owo no slaves, that the outrageous in equality of which I have offered an illustration is continually going on, in over varying propor tions, all around them throughout the IJow long will they suffer it ? . No man will submit to such a per cent on his purchase without taking account of it in his sales. And when we consid er how this tax reaches out its hundred arms and fastens on all that wo cat, drink and wear how tho rich are able to avoid it by purchasing fur themselves in tho large cities, while tho poor oint buy from tho retailor at home consider this, and tell me ha,thorourmorehant.i and their customers have not good reason to lhank Democracy and take' courage f I could extend (linen rofr.lirl.-fi tirr.n ifin inn. qnalities of the tax-bill to any length; but it is 6t decmod ncccssaryv I conclude with a single general observation. A revenue system not se euring something like equality, uniformity and eioif'iVity, it must be conceded, is radically do. fective. Ours, as we have partly seen, is not only grossly unequal but it is, besides, so complicated and involved "in a double night of darkness," that all tho revenue bfficcis in tho State can't see through it, nor do they pretend to any uniformity of practice under it. It embraces a list of articles more 'in number than the letters of the alphabet " twice-told" over, and almost every one is taxed at a different rate and in a different way some; times sd valorem sometimes on capital some times oft profits sometimes on purchases while slaves sre taxed as white men. A part of the subjects is listed a part unlisted a Clerk col lects tho tax on some tho Sheriff on othors. Taking it altogether, I think we may nll'confi- State. i dently affirm, with the Democracy of Cabarrus, that in such a tangled, ill-arranged system a But is it much better as between those who 'jbhange is imperatively demanded. are both landholder and slaveholders 1 Here j' We come to consider now what that. CHANGE are two men, worth each $ 25,000 in land and i should be. I .beg each voter to- read carefully slaves one has f 15,000 in slaves and $ 10,000 1 over for himself the platforms of the two par in land the other ?15,000 in land and 610,1X10 ; ties, herewith published. He will be struck in slaves. Every body would say that they ought rwith their retharkable agreement in: this, that to pay the same amount of taxes, and under ad they undertake, each of them, to prescribe a valorem they would do so. How is it now? At J mode of taxing property alone. We derive rev. the present rates of G cents on slaves and 20 on ; cnuc from other scirces, besides property for land, one would pay 36 on his property and the ' example, from amutcnieiilit, such as circuses and other 129 a difference of f 7, for no reason that , other strollers: from licensct, such as retailers, is worth a two-pence. . pedlars, &c; from privilrget, such as Banks 4c. But we hear a great deal about the taxation of But neither party has pretended to lay down any slaves for county purposes. This is one of the rule with respect to amusements', licenses. or pri v trump cards against Equal Taxation. And cer- ileges. Property and property alone is alluded tainly, when we recollect that the revenue for to by them. Now - what is the just inference county police is derived solely from the bind and : from this omission ? Why, evidently thatho Can any thing bw more simple, uniform and - they are fur, they aic not an clear, and there ia a equal in its operation ? Supposo our proposition ( dispute even among thumtelvcs. 1 have turned carries, and! tbo Wislaturo comes to frame a tax-i ,hcir l,l,'tform uvi!r '.d over Jookcd at it thi . " , . ... , . , ., way and that way, read it backwards and for- bill under, it, what will bo done so far oa tho anJ j c'muke nothiK ut of u Lut property of our citizens ia concerned? . After t,j. th,-,t while they aro opposed lo duluiMiig exempting a certain amount for eaoh tax payer, j tho constitution buU of revenue in regard to nothing will remain but to fix the rate per cent., 1 slaves, thoy favor at the same lime, the taxation which must bo laid on the other property in J 01 al! VtMt3 to -value. They , .,,. ,m . . 1 eertaioW aim to get as near emialitv ns they can. order to ra.se the dcareJ revenue. V hat the 1Vy Jy fQ TheJ d,a ihJ Uxi. amount of this exemption should be, is a matter j tion 0ught to be "so adjured as to bear as of detail, which must be deter tniocd upon a full ( emily as practicable, withiii tho limits of the knowledge of the average coudition of our pco- j L'onstitution, upon the varioa-4ntcrc3ta and pie and the exigencies of the Treasury. ck,sser" " proper-." Now ad vaforem is equali- . m I c . '5- It bears "as equally as practicable upon all Maryland, Georg.a, Texas ami other States, , tf)(J. ;Dtm3ts an(j 'cafic, J propcr,.. trhat it which have adopted the ad valorem system, have 1 touches fulfilling tho very letter of tboir re laxed on various amounts. But whatever may be ' quircmcnt. When they tell us they intend to done in this particular, the operation of the sys-1 8- M "i" FactlcaW to particular point, tern is still uniform and equal. Jor if a roan aDj ,h ? f "ent t'gn7 to it, of . . ,i .. . .i .. ' course they will take tunt way, or confess they have oot the specific amount of the-exemption, men wbat ,t ms, be pays nothing on property, but only on his f0fe; go ad valorem on all property but slave., or it lie nave more, be pays on the excess i bead, alone. ' rrn The thing which should concern us first and most is to secure an amendment of the Constitu tion so that the Legislature may tax every species of property according to this just rule. It is fully to be wrangling over what shall be exempted else their answer is ".dark, ambiguous and with double sonsc deluding. Some of them, I know, in order to get out uf this corner, have urged, that, though opposed to qitaliiiiij taxation, they are in favyr of rqnnliziwj the Lurdtnt of taxa tion. ill these gentlemen bo pleased to quit their hair-splitting and distinguish for us plainly between this tweedledum and twcedledee 7 i -t.-. .... J i j .i i ' powever, i can gatner any sense at all out u. u uuu. c prwureu . i- , q h mclns & nition of this great principle. Can it be possible r be made to pay a diepr.jportionatelax on his that one class of property holders should bo will ingto retain or seek to acquire a Constitutional protection against oppressive taxation, which is not enjoyed equally by other classes? What must be the effect ? Let me give you a homely illustration. Suppose a halt' dozen of you uu property, simply because it may come easier for him to do it, llotv are you going to mcasuratho disproportion: How ur will you carry it? Against this montrous doctrine (if it bo what they mean) I protect with uplifted hand in tho name of common honcMy and good government. Incorporate it into your revenue policy, and you' tbo polls and that slaves are as much interested in the maintenance of that police as laud, we should look for something like equality between real es tate and tbe black poll in raising couDty revenue. What is the fact? - Take Cabarrun county, where real estate is assessed at 81,755,2G4, and slave property is quite as valuable Land will pay this very year, in tho aggregate, for county purposes, 5,272 07 and slaves lr732 80. Is that any approach to equality ? ' Putting State and county taxes together, every thousand dollars worth of dertake, to carry a heavy log. If all stand , wl" SOl,n render taxation popular with tnosc IcU squarely nn to the work, each man aooording to 1 ,0s w,, are Jown at ,",cls anJ out at f'bow.i. his strength, why the log goes right where you JUU "it"-u, peiiira luiceu, uj aira want it, and nobody is' overburdened But if ! o" jour position, and to make the rich pay n'l tho one or two can manage, while making a great ndo, really to do next to nothing, of course nn undue proportion is thrown upon the1 others, and it can not be long before the excessive weight will lell upon them. Here, fellow citizens, you have the practical effects at ence of the' present system of ad valorem: In the one case, certain property holders are notoriously allowed to stoop from the burden of the public debt. - In the other, every man will be compelled to bear that burden in pro portion to his ability : the rich, according to their iielies : the poor, according to their pover ty. But I am told these are mere catch-words.xl They are no such thing. Ihey express with critical exactness the .very object we have in mode of taxing such things is to remain unal tered. To argue that because they are in favor of taxing property, therefore, they are against taxing circuses and the like, is just the same as to say, that because a man thinks it right to whip his child, therefore ho is opposed to whipping his servant at an. ii wouiu oe wise, inoeea, 10 suit your manner of taxing, as well as that, of whip ping, to the nature of the particular subject. Nor because you tavor the application of one rule to property, are you thereby concluded to apply the same.rule to amusements or privilages, taxes, because, forsooth, they can afford to do it. You open -wide the door, through'thc preTogarivir of taxation, fur plundering the estates of the wealthy,1 under the pretext of supporting tho government. It is fit to remind tho advocates of this dishonest, scheme of equalizing the burdens of taxation, that if some of our countrymen sro poor, they are also just? They will tolerate no appeal to their aensu of poverty, which docs vio-' lence to their highc sense of justice. They will sanction no system of taking money from their pockets for the common defence and welfare, which does i)ut deal equally by all according to :very man's ability. Neither tho rich por tho poor ought to ask for less or to submit to more. yjgy- : : jJUk.4eiuvciuiiu leuuuro uiujr mijuii m hp mejf jiii-nau. i'ou ask now, perhaps, what effect ad valorem There is their hand-writing; and upon every" will have upon reducing your taxes ? Thisques- principle of fair construction, it commits them lo tion, as I havo stated, is wide of tho issue. The j AD valorem on ail the various interests and aim of ad valorem is not to make one man pay I chases of property, except slaves. This narrows mn anil another man nav lesa : hut to Miualizn ' the field of controversy to a single issue: Shall the taxes between them, so that neither vi!l land in Cabarrus will drop into the tax-box, at the next circuit of the Sheriff, five dollars, while which are not property for this would be to ab a taxable slave worth that or more will pay two gnrdly argue, because a man thought it well, to dollars. I suspect things are a9 bad or worse in ' feed his child with a spoon, therefore he was for Stanly county. I have not, however the facts at j feeding his pigs in the same way. At any rate it hand. Taking tbe whole State over, 1 find the j must be manifest to all who can understand tbe amount borno by each species of property towards! Enslish language, that every argument, drawn must be raised chiefly out of the property of the j couuty purposes, was, in 158, in round numbers, 1 from the Whig platform, to the effect that we do State that ia also admitted. How (ball it be for land $343,000 and for slaves $125,0U0. I not intend to tax amusements, licenses and priv- raised ? that is the disputed point How ahalj the property of the State be taxed ? that is' the questiou which is addressed to your intelligence Thus we see that slave property is doing very j ileges, or that we intend to tax them like property, little more for the County Treasury than it is fur comes as near borne to the Democrats as it does to the State Treasury ; and for the reason that the j us. There is not a word more in one platform than in the other, touching such subjects ; but I do not .i . . ...i in... ... . ... -. .. value? Wo shy they should be. The Demo-., crats say they should not be. In regard to all other property, we agree that the principle of ad valorem is right and should be applied. There, fellow ditizens is the precise question. Judge ye ! And can you fail to see that, if the slaveholder in Nurth Carolina occupies a bad emi nence now, forasmuch as lie , alone is protected against taxation in our Constitution, it must in- think it would be reasonable or honest to charge on that account, that either party meant to ex empt them altogether or to tax them as property. Let us now go back a little way aud renew the real question here the only question to which in the present canvass. To this question each of same constitutional obligation, which binds to- the political parties have given a different an-' gother the whito head aud the black head as with swer, te wljich I beg your attention. a chaiu, lies alike upon the Justices and the Leg- Before I come, however, to state the positions islature. of parties on this question, you may inquire I have compared at some length tho taxes upon hether there really be aay occasion for chancing 1 these two kinds of property, because they consli- our present mode of taxation? Put politics tute our chief sources of wealth and revenue, and ! parties have spoken how should the property of aside, and van will searcslv find tma onininn it is esoeciallv important to secure equality be-' the State be taxed? According to valve , J -F ( . - A - . , amonc well-informed men on this noint. In twecn them.' . i ! says the hiss. That answer drives the ccn- pite of the prejudice -with which partisan seal But they present by-no means-the only or most1trc. , It is straight . forwaid and-can t be misun and attachment invest the subject, even "the glaring instance of inequality in the tax-bill, derstood. But it is unconstitutional at present Dnmnnrat nnnnnila that th nrnannt inT.hill i. i Take the tax on labor: for cxamDlc. whioh is i to tax all property according to value. That is glaringly defective and unfairly burdensomo, ! per cent, on the income. You see at once, '..so, Tho Constitution puts a limitation on the pay more than his due share. Since, however, you ask the question, it may as well be answered. Upon the supposition that the Treasury will re quire no more, revenue under ad valorem, than it does now, it must be evident at a glance that tho effect will be to lower the tax on ninety out of every hundred tax-payers. I need hot trouble' you with figures and calculations, though 1 have them at hand.' Test the thins in this way : Suppose there be a churoh, of which fifty of you evitahly be tenfuld worse under 'this proposed are members. Your preacher needs 8400 a year, Democratic scheme? A slaveholder myself, I and wants no " more. You raise it, but with j should deplore the rosuhs of its success. Can you pretty hard work. Suppose, further, you get an j give any good reason for believing it fo be "pro addition of a dozen to your membership, and mature, impolitic, dangerous and unjust" to tax overy one of them a rich man, bringing with him j a slave according to value ; but timely, wise, safe a liberal free-will offering into the church trcisu- and right to tax, in that way, the white man's la ry.' Do you ask mo what is the effect? Why, J bor, working by his side at the rate of one per of.eourse the rate upon eaoh of you is reduced j cent., as it is this day ? Can't everybody see it for the preacher's support, and, if need bo, you "will not " lighten ought each man's peculiar load" have to spare for other useful purposes of the con-' but the slaveholder's? ' And what must that load . grcgation. . Now there are in the State, at least, '. be in the end. The public debt is already well-. NOTICE. ' The Largest Stock Yet. 7PHE 80B8CBIBER IS NOW RECEIVINO I1IS I SPRING AND SIinnER STOCK OF GOODS, consisting of the LATEST STYLES AND KABUlONS iiW Tilt 8ABUn,eniralngin n Figured Silk, Black Silk, Organdie, Oro Derui srt irgandio, Oro DeKine: Fancy Beragea, Plaid Berages, Silk Tisanes, Florinda; Muslin of all atylo, Robe of all description; , Print and Qiogbams, Jaokonet and Swiss Muslins; Plaid Muslin, Jackenet Edgings; Bleached Shirting, Brown Shirting; Osnaborgs, Brown Drilling; Ready-made Clothing, Hat and Cap; Bonnet and Flat for Udlei) .Hardware nd Cutlery: " Orocori a good stock; ' Drugs, Medicine and By Stuffs. . JOHN r. KENDALL. FURTIIKHNOTICE. KENDALL A BOSS bg le.f to Inform tbe pnbllo that they keep aonstantly on hand th best Lome mad BOOTS A H D S HO ES. All order will be execnted in short notic and naat style at their 'hCdr ftill, Aneoit, NC,, Mwh lSuUatMf 1IT II. MrRtRT k. CO.. YV a AdKNTS VOH ASD DEAISKS IX NO. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO; -RHFSE'S MANIPULATED Ul'ANO; SOMBRERO OUANO AMERICAN QUANO -" LAND PLASTER, o , ftoi A large (apply eonotaatly oa hand for aal ia lots to nit. ' " ' ' ' Wilrc-ngton, N. C. March 8, 18C0-7O-tf that they implore us not to take it as the best they will do, if they are only continued in power. Especially-, has tho Democracy of Cabarrus spoken out on the necessity for a change in our revenue policy. At a Democratic meeting held on Tuesday of last Janury Court, over which Col. Coleman presided, it wa resolved, with one accord, " that our present revenue system is un just, oppressive, and imperatively demands a ebange." And accordingly the delegates from this county in the Democratio State Convention last March, cast tbe vote of Cabarrus for ad va. Iorem. With the Demooraey, therefore, of this i county (unless indeed they meanly cat their own words) I have no controversy. Many of them, I rejoice to believe, ia contempt of party leaden and machinery, will go bravely forward and vote for the change, whioh they resolved was so im peratively demanded. - But for fear some of them may be inclined " to turn their backs upon tbeui- selvos," let me beg them calmly to consider a that a clerk in a store or a working man in a shop, power . of the (Legislature in respect to taxing who earns 8500, pays more into the Treasury than j slaves and slaves only, requiring those over 12 and a slaveholder on six taxable negro fellows, that j under 50 years of age to pay neither more not bring him in 1000 or f 1200 annually. Upon j less than tho white poll. Therefore, say the what principle, too, is it -,that .LABOB-is taxed I Whigs, " We recommend a Convention on the more. than four times as high as money. al tricr-ffedcral basis forthBTurjosffTJf Wodifjlaglhe eir ? The capitalist has a bond well secured for Constitution that every species of property MAY $1000, and pays the State thereon 2.40. The be taxed according toits value, with power'to dis btborer earns 81O00 by the sweat of his face, and j criminate only in favor oFtho native products of the State takes 510 of it the capitalist has some- j the State and the. industrial pursuits of her 'ciT- "thing laid up for a rainy day. The laborer, at the I izcns.'" Our proposition, then, is simply, to end of the year, finds his little inoome all gono to ; amend the Constitution so as to put every species feed his wife and children. Their very bread and I of property, with the single exception of home meat is taxed I give the Democratio party joy products, on unequal footing before tho Logisla of this admirlecontfivaiiceTor tho benefit of ture in respect to taxation.. Not to tax fiery the laboring classes.' . . " i '.'1 thing, as. Democrats falsely assert, but to give the Equally oppressive is the tax upon mcrchandJsq Legislature the same power over slaves as it now It is imposed upon all purehanet, no matter how bas over other possessions, and to define the prin oftert inado or whether for oash or upon credit, j oiplo upon which it shall proceed in taxing, every What is the effect of such a tax but to drive out I kind ot property. Wo do not distrust the pco of the business enterprising men of small moans J pie, speaking through their representatives, in' few facta and figures touching the inequalities of 'who have to operato upon tho money or credit of , 'he "matter of taxation especially whcn..J,heir our nresent tax-bill. - , their friends? Is it not a devise to exalt the nana is held back, c-y an equal constitutional' pro- .... - ... : . . , , e Look on the following table containing some of wealthy merchant over his poorer rival r How . vision, irow pressing narucr upon one spocies oi the principal Items ftom which revenue is de much more sensible it would be,to tax the capi- i property than another. We are willing that our rived, with- the .aggregate values and amount tal employed at an ad valorem rate, which would', alaves shall take pot-luek wkh our land, our rid paid by eaoh t (Comptroller report, 1859.) place all upon an equality ! x . j ing vehicles, our merchandise, and (if Democrats Worth. Paid. This tax is levied, besides, nt the rato of of will havo' it so) with even our household and Slav property. '""'"'' 'lW r1 P pon purchases of ordinary goods 1 , kitohen plotter; It is not 'possible for mo to loiiey 'ai intoroiitjnn! 8liA38831 76003 per cent on clothing 5 per cent on liquor bought ' make our position plainer. Merehant . Capital. '"jf' S'li, ; in tho Suto and 10 per cent on foreign liquor There are some men who oan look at no pub- Wl IOHIVI;MttH J I .. - - inooni of lac or. 180,000 slaves, worth at a fair valuation 870, 000,000, that don't pay tno oont of taxes the remaining 150,000 worth 8130,000,000, are taxed indeed but in no just proportion to other property or to their value. These slaves 'are in thebandsof rich men, a.large majority of whom, I am persuaded, is willing to have them rated like other property. Whatever is raised, there fore, under ad valorem, from this immense capi tal, must come in roliof of land, merchandise, &.o. Observe, too, that this effect is produced, not, as Democrats' tell you, by taking it off of land, for example, and putting it on slaves, but simply by equalizing the taxes on each ; by mak ing, in other words, that which before paid little or nothing, come up to tho proportion required of other property.' Y- - : And this is the system, fellow-citizens, which is to bring the tax-gatherer down on tbe triviali ties of our homes and our farms ; on our tin-cups and pewtor spoons! -Raw heads and bloody bones, wherewith to affright children ! Justus nii;h ?'J,0U0,000. It cannot fall far short of twice- that sum by the time those great public works aro. completed, to which the faith of the State hi pledged. Naw possible that as slave owners we are willing to laden the shoulders of our fellow property holders," each , according to. his lull sirengtn, wun tuis grievous burden, wnea w scarcely touch it ourselves with ooc of our fingers? Think of the fairness of a scheme, tcii'i-4 taret everything equally, except one hundred ntf eighty or ninety iJtbusand tlaves, that it don't lax at all. So longns the seat of the evil is in the Constitution itself, it is idle, be assured, to talk , of applying legislative quackery. There is no remedy but in the healing virtue of the"Sovereign people. ...... I close. I have passed right on in the Hue of my argument to cet distinctly before you tho real issue, believing that if you see that clearly there will not be any difference of opinion amonryou, cxpt on tbo part of those who look into their pocket books for theirprincipirt. I have not Stayed to notice the worn-out- and con-, tradict'.ous objections to taxing slaves, according to vrjuo," like other property. Those objections, ir.aeed, run all through each other nnd.over each Other, like an, aruiy in disgraceful flight. I must reserve, however, what I have to say of tlieni until I can meet you face to face. 1 shall not fail then to notice a certain Address issued by K. O, Haywood it Co., which has been carfecj about this District, I .learn, with especial dili gence a document, by the way, which has.Jbeon l!862,'iQ(l , 13,627 ! Now take a case for illustration : Suppose" a mer. lio mcasuro but through a mean personal solhsh- Now observe, first,' cenerally, how as each oPr chant has made this apring a purchase of $7000 j ness. There are others who can see no truth, ... . I . A.annn a w AA '.1 these items depreciates la Talue, il ausUins pro- worth, as followa : 5G000 of ordinary goods SoOO , though it be as clear as tho light of heavoa at the hlTS not fcft to doul poriiooably i heavier Wight of tagatigunot 'of clothing f 500 of liquors of whichone-hali. noon, that makes again thir own party erocd. 1 ure opposed to any "eonsti If a man, jointlyounrwithnbther for a debt of 81000, is working his little piece of land to death in the effort to pay.it. A friend shows him unmistakably that this co-obligor is concealing abundant means to pay one-half of it, and offers him assistance in the attempt; but the stark foal turns away from his friend and says, '' No 1 n ever ! If I look for any relief from that quarter, tiie She riff will surely come and not only take, mv land. but won't leave me even a poor nnn' dowrv." I would not have vou to fonret ihn r-nnnln.ilno- words of our platform "vith power to diserim- appla-ided by the Black Republican press tit the mate only tn Jaecr of the : native products of our ; ortn for its abolition. teiidoncie.'i. State and the induttria) pursuits of' hercithfJu.' f I cannot conclude without invoking vonr v.eal- Tbere is avowed a blessed policy '''for North ; ous support for Mr. l'ool, our candidate for Govt Carolina, jf we cV.n-get it thoroughly rooted ! eruor 'a standard bearer without fear and without and grounded in. her fiscal legislation a policy .i reproach. The bannef bvcr himisEQUAtTAXA whiehi by impartins new vicor to the arm tion ! And let come what may, and let fall who mav of liome industry. , will -at one relieve and in courrtvskirmishes, every man who loves iustico stimulate the productions of the plough, the loom should rally to Sim who bears that banner so and the anvil. It is the old Whig doctrine of nobly. Dur cau?e. must triumph iTljhe end. discriminatiiju in favor of our own products and To joul t it would be to doubt your intelligence, our own lr.'oor against all outsiders. The Demo- , Gov. Kill's has entangled himself in the meshes, crats praie flippanlly enough about itsiiow; Jut ofhis owa euuniug. The Democratio party ha don't every body see. that they are plowing all scattered itself to the four stmJs, so that you the while with our heifer? There is not a word"'-' finJ 1n with a search warrant? It about discrimination for anybody or anything in boasted nationality is clean gone. . Wlicro,"under their platform; and we know that the toachings these circuiii8taric"cs, Will the honest masses go, of tbe Sonthern Democracy are bitterly hostile, bukto that well organized hand of p'awiuts.whWe-- Ao Iha-doctrino. - platform is Kqi auty at Tax -Box,; TBS Con- We turn now to the answer given by the De:n- srfTrTlox o? thk Coi'.strt, THB Usros OS ooratic party to the question, how should property the States axd the K.NFoacsMtsiTpF thu -be taxed? I am Dot sure that I understand our Laws? . ., ' " Demooratie friends here. In ono respect, indeed, ! I am, fellow citizens, your obedient servant, doubt or niistake, Thcv j " ICTOa-CBARRIXGER tutienal amendment 1 Conrord, .V. tt June 20. 1800, -