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NORTH CAROLINA ARGUS, Tk krr tea fct't rUMtt dolt u eternal Tlfl kfP Htsaetaf strata of UU'im mi lull eH enaJrsJ .yf to 0. W. FENTON, Editob. WAPHBOKO'' 1. . T'ntm3DAY::::!:;::::::.""""JlTLY 26, 1800 FOR PRESIDENT, Tnnxt "RT?T T OF TENNESSEE, FOR VICETRESIDEXT, EDWARD EVERETT, Or MASSACHUSETTS. ELECTORS AT LARGE. Pt. R. K. SPEED, of PtctuoUnk, Ho.f. GEO. E. BADGER, of Wake. FOR GOVERNOR, jonN POOL, OF rASQCOTASK. FOR STATE SENATOR,. Gen. S. II. -WAIjKITP. n OF onoN. ''. FOR THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, E. R. LILES. S. V. SIMONS. L. L. POLK. Aim 4 BQlttunu: A SIS RlisWIATIO. Aiiistfliir-i-' I'HM Pa. '' sniUlmort, '" 'T1- . . bav had the eSWt to Unto lo wmb I of I Um Miltmi dlrwlMMof il eoeimr. o Taitlt H bole lb. prt of paUWUsm aad of 'r THE UNION OK THE 8TATM, ; AND THE ENFORCEMENT olf THht.AV.ll. - oSXmU sutal.le, protect sa.1 sarsXtXf unlMlr. uZJI35-0Wt' "I"'' -J oslioO..aal.rf itiTrttiE. IkeUallad MM maintain iuoi lrf ' ". HAnitV tnuwulllly. f'"' .SaT-oo" th. rr.l w,uU. tod K-cur. the Livings f Utortv w Ha:lm asd oaf posterity. jJ tWME IE WHK'ASIT SHAll . Whig Ad Valorem, r Democratic Ai Valorerr DM! oral lMniTt jra, "'" r lkTutoDWU wS, af ixo dlnruln- sny f lb. .cc- bBMrMOf bw. ...i.uui nartr at Nerth aru- aartos af tW snplef tb.vliu Into our SUM polili. f . MMUlntMaiUcd Pl abUM of PEOPEE c Jlotfon. !-.-- . THE EtECTIOS. To ly" M Wk, U tht iJ of lfotion. An Im portant iy to jro, jxopl of Korth Crolloi lM porttnt, la lt taltt, to twjr , worn. nl oullJ is th Uoitod SutW. To o it will bo important, on nccoont of lh gmt Jrinlpl InvolTod in tht Um f th ttruglo which wlU tht ij Uko ple-M iwu which will doeitlt whothw or not yon or to ronUnno to py Iho prtMDt nhorbiUnl Ui billi or whtthor intonnt of proporty iorttoforo oUxd nd n ftUl Urft nmonnt which hu onl boon hlf ttxti, fhnll U Uitd tocordlng to Iti tiluo. Thai-yon r now roquircJ to py Iwfnty nU Ui npon twj on hnn Jrl Jkllftw worth of UnU thnt yon own, whthr thtt Uni b poor or rich-whthtr It b eoltimted or not ---whrthr it b whd into gulli wlitbr it b old fitlJs, or whthr it b compocd of rich, produotlr bottom. Would it not b firr, if your UnJ wr tiJ ccordiof to thtir Tlu?' Von would not object to py twenty cnu on your good Und-your produc tit Uodi-tbongh tiry tre tuljfct to droutki nnd many other drwbcki. Yon can fford to do that but upon your trailr land y our fooJor nulhing UnJ; which ar a burdan and txpeiu to yon, ar yon willing lo pay twenty cent for them ? Yon ar now fmptllrd lo pay J it compelled to pay twenty ceoti for that which i worthies!, while millions of th moat produc tie property in th Stat ia not taxed at all 7 la thia furia it equitable? This la the issue. John Pooli if elected, will equalit your tain. II will mak alj th young nigger pay tax according io rtl4, and all niggers, young and old, pay a Ui otcrii$ I rn, and all Tour lanJa will pay n tax tccoriing to rolut, and th Ktult will b that your taxes will b reduced from twutr ecnu on th 100 to ten cent on th $100 worth. Thia ia the question for you to decide. (Joy. Elk is orooW to taxinr nigger according to their ralue, and a they are the only property that can b taxed, except hat is alrea ly ,taxed, if Ellii la elected, yon must pay tweuty ceuts on all your lands, nroductir and unproductire, autject as they must be inn still higher rate of taxation.-' Now, which will tou do 7 Tli question to b decided Is, shall niggers and lands b taxed according to Talue? Will yon pay twentr cents when tou need to pay only ten? Con sider these things! They concern you, immediately. There are other considerations, which, as ihty concern j,ou cqHal'.i with th people of other States, we will treat of 10 oilier article. BE CAREFIL Voter?, b careful I B cool! Remettiber to rot no ticket that hu not npon it. the name of tiro of our can. didates. No tingle shooting. Erery single ibot is an injury t your cause, and does not promote the suc cess of Tour candidate any mora than it would If you had anothefiaame npon H. Don't you see that the ticket haxlng iipon it two names, if one of them be the nam of your faforite, counts th same for him as though it had bis dam alone upon it ? by, then should you tote singl shots? Every single shot is oue roto In faror of Pemocracy. Be wide awake I Look to !he main chance t' Victory la within your grasp iglorions tictory orer the party, which ha for ta-elfe years dragooned the State, and made all things civil and political, to conJuce to the success of th Democratic party regardleas of Stat or country. It is now time for you to look a little after the in t -rests of your State after your own interests for they ar identical. There is but one way open to you at present, to accomplish this. But that way ia all sufficient, if you will embrace and improv it. l'ron. doubt It not (for h who doubts I, i TICKETS!! TICKETS!! W Wt randy for diatributien Pool Tickets, either 4 gir. away ar e l to those who ar disposed to pJ ba. T aut delsT Ton who cannot come for tbem yMrodTM, od. . ' ' MR. POOL'S APPOINTMENTS. W. se in th taat Charlotto Whig a list of appoint ent from Mr. Pool. By thU list he was to speak at Aahcbwr.' on the 23d, CharloU o f 2'b.nJ t CMrd 7trdy th 6th. To-dy (th 26tb) h speaka a Gold Hill, and to-morrow (the 27tb) at Ty en'a, in-Sunly. On Satnrday ww shall ha him ton in fttoawt', . JOHN POOL. On Satwdny, pwpl of Anon, yon wiU b nd drexMd at thi plao by John Pool, th candidal o th Oppowltion party for OoTernor of the 6tot. Donbti yon win gir him a Siting reception-a rnecptton worthy th. high position which h wil, hortly b alecUd to 1 by . Urg majority of th un. howglit anf rat of th ppta of th Bute. H. will , .adnM yon wpow th subject of ad lorm taxation, .xl h will intter to th winds nil doubts and preju dice which may hare been instjlled into the minds of any f row by Democratic presses and orator . uome imA kaAr klaa. all t naopi. iwk.iiv. af la. justnesa of the can he adTocatas. Lome ana Unrm fro hi own lip, th operation of the system el taxation which he nropoM to inaugurate a ays ' tass whioh will enable yon 1o pay your tax bills for al tint to eats., wilaoai touching a .tin cup, or a chicken , kalehad or nnhatehed, and without causing yon to pay m. bMdia the tlOO worth of lanl. Hear Uaa. ' Th beawtifnl gnoe adjoining th. raatlenc - of B. T. HU1, Fq., h nn aeleeied. Prepemtion will b mad for tk comfort of ladies, scat Ac. pro C ladies and hear your champion the caasspiea of qul rigUU and 'ual pririlege. ESCORT W anderstand th Anon Guard will tum oat and t Mr. Pool to our towa. That is righttxactly right Bacce to th Anion Guard. CONCORD CAMP OROCSD. baawMch j Mr; Pool, on Friday, will addres the people of Btanly at Tysons', end on Baturdsy th peo U of Aaaoa at JtadefUro, it is thought bert to port- pea th eaeeting at the Camp Ground until further aotice. , ,. EEATKS. ----- rroi atooucla from U partaof ae State, and ad iioa oa th part of Democrats, we have no hesita ia in (.Tine that Got. Ellis will b th worst beat bmb that was ever in th State. Well might he asy to lir CliTn, a despair,'-!? you cannot do something fornte, I am gon!" Going, going, "gon paor Trkkr' . l"Ala v Oa Monday during th diaeussion at Gum Spring, it - was iontoaaW by a Democrat that if niggers were taxed a. proparty they eould not b. oplld to work th Hr4i. Th abanrdity rf; thU proposition waa exem- ylsliedbraeBeral Walkup.' .xeUiuiing, "to b ur. if you tax a eow, H will prereot her baring a el a? readers, we hop, will orerlook the absene tH mu- Mual new, miscellany thi wk. Thi ia the but ten, before th election in which w caa gir matwr kaariaf th great cans w adeoeat, WIM id nope f aidlag aad adraneing u. Th. waalher, since our last, catiaaea vary afi-j Maay parts of the county hat been tiail .. d fcy wary aWlilhtfal bwr, teudiog, ta a great x- tan, to d lps th fears of aaany that th corn crop waaid be UiaAy aWuvyed. Tha prospact bow I for lskhMtfMr Coa i doiag Try wall, - vn fdaaante aaf awali atiB aMar a, UUto ,4- , U th laaairf loaaiity of thU il- ag., which a- otto bar 'be a axaah trd a. . ther pat, rf tb ja tf. .. am. ThCatitatiwal I'aioa Coaeeation ef Coa- dence ay, dunoedj uoa nimsen uas opeueu up iu wj v, capi- for you. Look, the Egyptians are upon your track! Tor many year you hare been hewer of wood and drawer of water for them yon hare made bricks to build them fine houses to lire In but now you are on the line, of march to victory and freedom, The way i open before you. ' March on, then. Your euemiea ar following yon In vast numbers. They think they wlU find yon hemmed in between the sea and th mountains. They ae not. th way of escape which Providence ha prepared foryou and lighted np to guide your steps to safety. PaOver, rnends, pass ovca th Pool ia wide and deep pu over, dry-shod. Tea, tb Pool is wide and deep. Turn and look! Be hold the destruction of your enemiel Loat in the whelming waters of th Pool, they sink to that ohllv- on which know no waking, aave that which summons them to judgment. Is not tb way plain 7- N Follow your gallant leader vote for him I and remember( voter of Anson no-single shots! i harge ootn Bar rels! We have three candidates for the House of Commons, vote tor two of them each shot w don't car which two they ar all good no better no best but vote for two thus shall yon discomfit yonr enemies thu shall your noble leader, when tb con flict is over, find himself surrounded by boneat men, who will aid him to discharge his duty, a Governor of th State, in such a way that yoar interests and her interests shall be greatly promoted, and th eaus of (iod and man prosprd. Vota all double shot 5r "Gov. Ellis will never give you equality, only that equality whioh makes no distinction between you and the nigger. John Pool rates you as whit men John Ellis as niggers;" Vaditkoro' Arjvt. Now look at that, and se how Gov. Ellis i mis represented. When did Go. Ellis ever rate a white nun a a nigger? Tb peopl can ee by th abov to what extent th Opposition are carrying their enmi ty to Gov. Ellis. Will they tolerate such unfair charge for electioneering purposes ? Vatcrn Demo crat. ' "Take another view of it. It is not Gov. Ellis, but i. Joli Rati. -who.- in -th. United States Senate, sought to make no distinction: betweeo. the free whit, man aad th fre 'nigger.' " FaycUaille Courier. When did Gov. EUi ever rat a white man as a nig ger? By refusing to tax iba nigger other than as a whit man! 'What better evidence do yon want 7 But, aaya th sapient editor of th Fayettovill Cf n'rUr, it is not Gov. J!llu, but J Sell, who, in th United State Senate sought to mak "no distinction between the free wtito man and th fre Vigger.'' Th ques tion ha nothing to do with tb "fr" whit man and th free nigger. W thought all while men were free. With th free nigger we hav nothing to do.Jt is with stores w hav to do( which comprise so much of the nrooertv of tb State, (and by far th most valuable.) John Pool is in favor of taxing tbear properly, ac cording to vulu, Gov. Ellis is in favor of taxmg them ae rftie people. John Bell, neither in the Senate nor nnt of the Senate, ever "sought to mak no dittinetion lwm th fre whit man and th fre nigger Th Democrat, th Courier, and th Standard seem to be beating about for a "fil leder. DESPERATE FIVE DOLLAR FpR A TOTE. -L We wer shown on Monday last, a letter froniFay etteville to a gentleman of thi place, from which w learn that dt'perat gam ia being played oy tne Democracy ' ,lect !ueir eBdidto for Sheriff. Dem ocrats are offering" VHri for tort mnd vtemrny men to r(r for their candidate', N evenhelea, ay tb. writer, w ahall defeat them. I feel confident of a moA rain in thi ounty for John Pool! Fiv doIUr for a votel Look ont for breakers, friend of law and order! Dost yo think that eaus desperate, wbicn employs such desperato and dishonor bi aa to se cwr (access! God aav til. country from th tender bmkIm of a party who rackl, xlavefaae ana HblnabiBi corruptions hav. reduced it to th neci- ty of employing bribry and oath to enr otol XtUrt, caa yoa faieaUowiy (if yoars-ppw. Mrtv which tompto ma to vlolu thir eooscieac-r -kLd. hriba aad aorrwpta and drfil and rwia,ait aaly the audi hat th. inU af yoar fUaw beiag T tW" Let it b KUxmberH that ery chani. aad ekrk who vets, far Johi W. EUU will b. ia'ffect voting to eentiaw th pmeat oaronrnd unjo"t tag oa hia hud earned wage. - SHORT 80MMART OP Tn8 ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST AD twa' Pom., voters. Democrats aad Whig, and let a Ma son tother for a brief pa, ad tha (a U Uw- y.r say) " th Jury my tak th oasnd mak np their verdict,." -. - I- T beein. then, at the beditttttb. Whetlc 0rlgl nated, and to what eans ar w to attrlbut Ut In trel felt In, nd th Itnpdrtahe. attchd to, thi question aad why jut 1 As fnw t How, pan, "d think a llttl. Bom. thr are, Wh. to wara on ioe apprehended polMenl ffot of. It, affect t sneer at it aa mere noliiiesJ clsp-trap, gottea up by politician to aeeomprHh parly nd-bui 'that is all affoctatloa. Every on mnd se and acknowledg that th. cans lies far deeper than th inperfiilal chem( and trick of mere politician. It ha token too strong a now on th nublie mind. It is non of youf npty fret - fragt basinet no mer. ghost of an abstract theory! but ther I rrah.'y and snr In tn tumg. i ueu, what is th eaus.? how cam it to be thought of? and why Is it o aarasstty taken hold of by th peopl T Th answer 1 to b found In th fact that North Car olina owe a larg debt, du and falling due iu instal ments, which demands that It resources b proportion ately enlarged and increased. No complaint 1 now made, or (ought lo b made, of how thi dbt origi nated; It I enough for very tru North Croliaia to know It 1 juitly owing, nd vry ltiin, b he Whig or Democrat, feels that it end iM( be faithfully and promptly met. To do thU, new objects of taxation hav, from tim to tlm, bee Introduced Into our rev uu bill, and the taxes generally increase J, until th call of th tax-collector la getting to attract th serious attention of th tax-pyr. Disagreeable sensation. manifest themselves about th purs strings; reflecting men hav got to thinking, and as tru (tatcamanship would suggest, they have commenced by an enquiry into tb system under which the Stat revenues are raised they ar aquiriog, "Is it founded npon just and equitabl principle ?" "Is it o arranged in it dtails to bear equally and fairly on all 7" W assur them that th subject of our revenue eyttem I on of suffi cient Importance to demand serious enquiry; iudced,' it esnnot b. denied. Th burden of taxation is too seriously felt to allow any difference of opinion on that point. So far, then, we all agree. Well, w will as sume, as not to b denied, that for any lystem of rev enue to b just nd fair, its burdens should be borne equally by all, in proportion to each tax payer ab,Wy to pay, otherwise it is unjuit and unfair. Bv reference to our last revenue bill, it wilt be teen that an ad valorem tax is laid on sundry objects of taxation, such as land, merchandiie or goods bought. readvmade slothing, vehicles, liquors, Sc.; and on sundry others a epecijic tax i imposed, as on" whit and black polls, circus-license, gates, Mlliara taoies cards, Ac; and again on profits, such aa interest, me hanics. officer, lawyers and doctors' wages and fees As. Now, by eomparing the taxes laid under each of these heads, ther will be found many gross and gla ring inequalities; for'instance, $1000 tu value of good bought by a merchant is t axed $5. while 1000 value of ready made clothing bought ia taxed $15. Why this difference ? (And by the-br, who do you think pays this tax at last, th awrcAonf or his cmroner f and that cus. tomer, too one whose purchases at any one time ar so small that he cannot afford to go to Charleston, Baltimore or New York, as many of their more wealthy neizbbors do. and thereby avoid paying thia tax.) Sal aries, fee and mecbaniea' wage ar taxed $10 on th S1000. and polls, whit and black, eighty cent ner head. Ac. Ac. However, in charity, perhaps there should b tome allowance made for thes and euch like inequalities, for the last Legislature were doubtless -much pressed by the urgent necessity of raising money in om way, and they fixed up the thine th best way they eould at the lima, so a to secure tumnrttre enough to pan it: and, beside, their blunder can b corrected by another Legislature, so ..I.... the TniMtitution will permit. But the moat striking inequality is discovered in referenci to certain property, as to taxing which th power of th Legislature is limited aad restrained by th Constitu-tion-th organic law-that is slave. Th LegUlatur ia only allowed to ta thsm a polls, orperiont, not as property, and only ueh as ar over twelv aad under fifty years of ag; '"" r exempt. Therefore whatever tax is laid oa the'saw Is impoaed alo on the kead of th man, (an inconvenience appreciated, no donbt, by member of th Legislature.) Now A. own a negro of taxable age, but for a va riety of auppoieable cause, is not of much valu: " Is it just and equal that h should pay as much tax on this negro as B. ought on a valuable lav mechanic worth $V,600or $2,000, perhap morT While A. may pot reali inough on hi negro' aervlee to pay board and clothing, B. i probably receiving annually $500 or mora from the ervics of bis mechanic , Yet th LegUlatur i powerles to remedy thi injustice. Again: A. own a tract of land valued at $1000 hi. tax ia 2: B. own a negro worth $1000, and pays but eighty eenti. Wher i th equality or jna tice of thi? But th handa of th LegUlatur are tied by lb ContUtution. Th result, then, oi mis in quiry U tht there r rarioai and oppreuvet inequali tk, In ou'r revenue .ystom. But it appear., however, that this one prominent grievance th Lgislatur c noi remedy-thnX is, th tax on riuift. ThJ most be i.wl nriou. ner head, or no! at all. Now,tJ question naturally presents Itself here to every eandiu . enquirer ought not this co(iii(muiI barrier to be re-1 moved ? doe not justice and fainies say that a val- j nabl sUv mechanic hould pay more tax than the j slave not worth, perhaps, $200-that if th. Und -n ; taxed according to valu, so hould tiara bT The inequality between these two pecie.r property ue riv its importance from th fact that they constitute the chief lourtet of the Stato revenue, and in wrwier tartling fact, uUsclosed by tha Comptroller' last re port, that $208,000,000 in value or iiarrioniy ? $ 1 1 8.S30, whil only $98,000,000 in valu. of on' PW $191,980, making np an aggregate of $310,280 paid by land and slavesalone; more than nan w. revenue raised. Surely, then, aurely all will admit that this rrof grievance ought to be redresd. Hon- a it to be done t Only by an amendment of the Canttitution, so a to enable th LegMalurt to tax alaves aceordipg to value, of whatevw g. Th ditlintt, isolated prop otition, then, desired by th Opposition party to be .Emitted to th Popl Is, "Shall th Constitution be o amended a to remove the restriction as to (ai'ny sior." That is all. . And in connection with this, they also announce that they are In favor of , (as a nrin eiple, which thoulcrb adopted In th adjustment of tho'detaiU of a revenu bill by th Legislature,) ad valorem or taxation according to valu a th most certain, timple and pfactual method whereby equality can be attained. Now, what objection can ther b to thi 7 In it fair that th 6ar f $1000 worth of fir should pay 2 tax. and th owner ef a negro worth th. nam (bonld oaly pay mghty cent? Or why shoull $100 l..Mtad ia land dot twenty tenlt, and tb same euro invested In slave, pay only fiv and three-fourth cent? Again: U it juet and qua! that a waif me ekanie ihould py a tof$10n tb $1000 af hi rniog, whil th owner of a tlare mechanic, earning .1.. Um. .mount, only pay eighty cent ? P.t the. qwarttoa to yourself, aad answer, U It fair and right? But Strang a It may appar, oojeuo ,n mw, . thia nvooosltba tf impl jostle. As to slaves, It is Insisted that nsgroM under twelv ar rather aa n- .... . . . uluaf Take. ma rroca on to twir a crru i" your own or your .lghbor' xperienc for th pat tan or twelv years look at mat ngr wou . jv... or your nighbort,'who ten or twelv yw ! tor her rt ohild. 8h now ha tlx, right, or tan chil dren, wry probably. Whn she bor brv rt chUd tht u Worth $1000. What I th family worth now, making a raonabl allowanc for open of rl log, to., and what rat. of Interest has necn rem.. . i f ik aama amount ha ylldd a pens, than a profit, and thrfor aght ot to taxed. Now. H ta to b observed mat tai onjoewo- trtall v admit th Instn of ad Valorem applUii to atavaa between Utv aad fifty.. But 1 th objetia a. nlid on a to those under twelv 7 T aawr thi. w will (Imply Mk tb qaaetloa, "What bettw lavMt ' ment eaa t maa mak of hi money than In young a- VI -L.t Invealraent of th Mm (mount ha ylldd much, nay, half a much profit T Then why should thry not b taxed? Besides, What otner p. i property eaa b. so radily converted Into money at ril neiesaT Aialn: they say under th td valorem d.m vn-vibiiKr. va to th tmallest article of household warw, Ao., Htcb a tla up and th. lik, will hav to b taxed according to valu, which will yield but a trifling amount of revenue, and be vry an. noying, Ae. Row, with all ua rcspeci, w a this is quibbling about words, and show to what petty shifts men will reort In support of pad cu. When men undertak to lay down gtneral principl a id basis for futur action, or as th guld by wMa they prepar to b dirctod, general terms hav neMsrHj to be employtd, leaving details and minutim to b fg- ulatad atooeaelou may giv ris to eaU Uim lortn. So w any w ar in favor or th friary's of J 'o rem being adopted In raising revenue, (thU at on time was regarded as good Democratic doetrin,) thai ', ad valorem shall b th saain, prominntl and ditlinc tu t feature running through th general f ram. work of a revenue bill; of oourse in, settling th dttaiU of such a bill, thr. will vry probably occur instance wher it would b Impractical to apply th principle, such as taxes on privilege i. ., licenses to retailers, pedlars, As., billiard tables, and the lik. So, aUo, it would be a question how far the principle should b extended, practically, s to things of trifling valu, such as tin cups, A., all of which must necessarily be left to the s-ime discretion of tho Legislature. All men of coinmoa sense understand this, and we must ay such arguments ar unworthy the dignity of the subject. Furthermore,- however, by referring to tl platform of the Opposition party on this subject, it will b seen that, aa indicating their meaning a x plicitly as possible, they declare they art in uvor of so modifying tb Constitution that every species of property may be taxed according to it valu, with power fo discriminate only in favor of th nad'i-f pro ductivt our State, and th induttrial purtuite of her citizens." Furthermore, it is argued, and in a quar ter where more manly arguments, or silence, was to bo expected, that according to th ad valorem princi pl the table of the poor man worth $10, and the rich man or gambler's billiard table, of the same value, (a cheap billiard table, by-the-bye,) would conse quently, pay. the ram tax. Now, by such an argu ment as this, men not only betray the desperate strait to which they are reduced, but also that they are will ing to mislead, if thereby their ends can be accom plished. Why, what is a billiard table taxed at all for ? Is it- on account of the value of the table a an article of furniture, or tpeciet of property t Doe not every ten year old boy know that it ia on account of th use to which it is applied 7 Can it be possible that the distinguished functionary, who is said to hav mad th'u argument, really believed what he said ? If, as we must suppose, he did not, then his head is saved at th xpns of hi heart, or vice rerta. All thi kind or class of objections, however, ar to tally irrcleteut and inapplicable in discussing a princi ple, and ar more appropriately to be considered by the Lcgitlatur when they come to arrange Ih detailt of a revenue bill. Ah, but say they, thi ia all a political manceuvr to effect a party triumph. Indeed, is thi true, sod if true is it likely to enure to th permanent advantag of either party? What party first mooted thU ques tion? What is its past history In that respect? As far back as 1852, Governor Reid, a Democrat, tort i shadowed this much needed reform; lut hia party, then largely in the majority in the Legislature, per mitted it to sleep. Again: In 1857-8, Mr. Bledsoe, a Democratic Senator, with the approbation of the Xorth Carolina Standard, moved the subject, before a Democratic Legislature, and again it was allowed to slumber. The lute Opposition Stale Convention took the matter up it is incorporated into their platform; but still, however, it bed not snd could not assume a party cast until the Democratic Stat Convmti n, which tubl'juently met, had, as it was then compelled to do, assigned to th Democratic party the position they intended or desired on the question they took ground againtt the movement. Then, and not until then, did it become Identified with the Opposition party as a party question. -Then, in. all candor, we ask, who made it a party issue? How tasy would it have been for the Democrats, had they so desired, (and 'tis said some of tbm did very much desir it,) to hav fallen in with th movoment frankly ap proved of it as they should hav done, and then would bar ended all the controversy, and this impor tant reform would hav been achieved quietly, easily, and speedily, and bothjarlte stood entirely unaf fected by it in any way. So that it is quit apparent that if it ha assumed a party phase th Democrats have themselves to blame for it. But yet again: Ther ar others of onr Democratic friends who aay, "W are with yon on Ih merit of this rcformr but it is badly timd. W are just out of the Harper' Ferry raid, and just entering an excited Presidential canvass; and there Is already too much excitement oil tll subject of slavery, and th discn- sion of the meritt of thi reform has a tsndency to ar-ray-Dn-elaea of our citiiens against, another and tends also to encourag th abolitionists; jult F'' awhile and w will go with yon." Now, is this so? Truly, it strikes u a a very strange view of this subject. A our revenue system now standi,-with such manifest discrimination in favor of th slave owner, it is well calcuUted to arrsy the Bon-slaveholder against th slaveholder; and the obvious policy to prevent this result is to remove the eaas as speed ily as possible, aad let th non-alareholder ( that he has an interest in protecting thi kind of property, though not an owner, to tb extent of th assistance it affords in raiting revenue, and instead of arraying ctassc against each . other, they become more firmly united; at the same time we will be placing ourselves right upon thi question as a Southern State, by dis tinctly -declaring that slave In North Carolina ar property. Already bar leading Republican egresses been jubilating over Ih opposition mad to this , thing by the Democrats, and augur favorable result to thtir cause from it. So, we think that objection tell th wrong way. ; v , . Lastly: There U another class of our Democrat! friends who say they a fe in favor of ad valorem", but argu .very industriously among their wker brethteu somewhat in this wise: "Ad valorem U all right, and at the proper time I Intend to go for It; but tt i no party question; and besides, if you elect Pool hs can't mak tht: amendment, -and w will be no nearer it than we ar now. So don t Jet us desert our party oa this tide issue;, vote for Ellis, and when Ih question comes rightly before you then vote for ad valorem." Now, does, not every man see and know that although neither Pool or Ellis, as Governor, can amend or chang the Constitution in any way ? Yet a the elec tion of Governor u a convenient tim and method of getting at th Mntimento of th people on questions of onstitutlooaj ehaugss was retorted to oa th Fre 8uffrag qoestion, and I adopted bow for that pur pose; that It i universally so regaried, aad that etrry tatettet in the Governor' t elf Hon will 4 niewei and tmdrritooi at fit for or againet nd nlrem I mnd at tor day at the result that election may he, - wffl (he legislature fed ittelf instructed It men T not to more tn this natter; and without the movement of theLegiila lure nothing .tan it done. "... But how m. It thai thi t" . . . at. BUI. La l pressed at thi tim? Sitapy vaum u -debt, and th. debt growing largw. A f.w 7"H th Stato was rat of debt, ana in. -7 V7T only about $80,000. Tax, w-.qaotly, wr light. Now w. hav. to ral. annually about $600,000, with a probability of It going np to $800,000; and our taxe hav., In consequence, become a un i and each man feels disposed to inquire If h swlgfabor U bearing his tqaal share of thi bu'rda w'.th hlmlf. No , friend, ly aside yonr party-coloreu pciaoi, pat oa th eUar rytal glasses of anprejudiwd Inquiry after irwiA, and view thi whol. matter la H it phuea, and y If yon do not think with , tht ad valorem Is a ftut, fair and muth avtsM reform. know NorniNoiaw. For months past DnMraii papr hav acta Hied with tirade sgsinst Know Noth tuftsin and what tay were phrased to term th. Mrt wtrking of th order. Tb writer of thee artfeto paad thm ia dtaanc of thlr own certain kuowWdg that that organisation bad loatr ceased to (xltt, and that ther wa wot, la all th land, a tiugl lodg 10 standing. They apptared to delight in designating Joha Pool a a third degree Eiiow Nothing, aad oaly Mtsrad ihair alaawr against him. as inch, wbta that degrt Wa published to th aorld, aad it becasu vidat that there w nothing eodv.iiod ia it to whih th parest patriot -wnd meat devout a.tI consist Christ eoM with deny ob- ject. Let tu se now id praeucs oi wi; pany with th pracBfcig r It naawr. Ann vt.i u ure to nominate a candidate for th Senate to oppore Oen. S.muel H. Walkny, u wmne wuiy national party ta th counti v, they apparently gav it up ia disgust, aad th General rtoort, .uieeu, n only candidal, la th. field. That .Hy had ai leist two convention to aomlnato a candidate Cor th. Senate but could only agre. to disagree. Th. quondam great, invincible, InoorrnpUbl, ladiviaible, harmoni ous, "difler-but-Mver divid" party, aould ot fina a man who would openly and abov board, accept their nomioatioa. How are th mighty fallen! Who would hav believed, (tell'it aol ia Oath, publUh it not In th street of Askalon) wh eould hav supposed that th Immaculate Democracy,' would attempt, tetretly, to accomplish that which tw. conventions had foand mpraetieable! j Yet so It is. On Ih Delaware river there Is a place called PoInt-no-PoInt but in all our reading w hav never com across such a thing as a eandidat.-ao-ndidat. Ytt there it inch a thingl Democracy ha discovered a man, who, if elected, will SERVE, but who will not acknowledge himself to t a candidate for th offic of Senator) And this man is to b voted for in tec ret. 'Whigs of the District Democrats alt, who are op posed to an organisation which work in aecret which practice but to deceive-Utading you to believe that there wa but on candidate in the field, with the de sign of taking advantage of any supineness, on your part on that account, you believing that their could b no doubt of the success of tht openly eod legitimately snuounced candidate while they were secretly work ing for a concealed candidate for th am office Whigs, Democrats, w ask you if yow approv inch underhand work as this. Can yoa be parties t tneh deception a this? We dj not believ1t. W bliv yon will how your detestation of snch secret plot ting, by voting openly for Geo. 8 H. Walkup, who declared himself, publicly, Ilk a man and a gentl- man, as be is-who stands ap before th peopl and proclaim hi principle boldly and fearleaaly who is not askansd of the causa b advocates! Is not this tb man for you 7 Th fact U, Democracy it) in bar flurry. ' Sh die hard. No wonder, after such a life! She cau't die quietly. She could not liv hoawtiy. There ia no hop for bar in th fator aotaiag but a fearful looking for of judgment to cua. Kp out of her way. Sh U desperate. Voters, let your watchword be "Walk up!" At the polls, let the word be "gentlemen Walk up!" Aad ia the end you will proudly say to the General "Walk np, highr!"' ... Mr. Editor: Tlesing learned fromundoubtadanthori ty, that a certain Democrat of Anoa county, wrote to Dr. Williams, of Union, (th gentleman who declined the nomination tendered him by th Democratic con vention, held at Grassy Creek, to represent Union ad Anson ia th next Stat .Senate,) asking whstbtr he would accept their vote as a compliment, aad serve if elected, Xr. n repnru iuu wnn mu uni iur their veto, and would certainly aerv if k should be to fortuaat to b ('elected. Oen. Walkup wa informed or thes startling nets, and, atone of th Union precincts, called Dr. W. out, to know whether or not be wa a candidal. The Dr. stated to th crowd that h wa not, but told th Gene ral if h waa leted k. would sens th people s far a h wa able. What ha th great National Democratic party com to? Are they aot verging on to Know Nothingism, Uia arcanhatiM they hav. so vilely persecuted and slandered T I board oa. of th leading Democrats of Ansoa say, oaly a fewdayiao., that hi party wooid not atoon ao low. a to vet for aay saan set retry, but, sir, I hav. com to th oonclualoa, that t bey will do any thing, b. It ma, low, or falsa, to -accomplish their design. - r . unnamflitnmtmi Vow ar hlthly favored. " ha gtta yoa tpportyahy, hlh, If shithfnlly Im proved, will pi yoa and lb good Old North Stato I th prwudesl position occupied by the pop of any State ar oetrv la Ih world. Ton WlU hav th dis- 4iagnUhd honor of taking th first pall at th. Bli of th. Unloa-to eaa. H to ring rat It urs pai oi joy aad gladn, breast of a victory obtained vr Ak- olitioa, Disunion, aad BactlooaUam. Th eve ef God is upon yon. - Th y of all to peopl of all tb State which compos tb Union ar -upon yoa., Tour position I a fearfully responsible on, aad remember, vry maa of yoa, that this golden opportunity la placed before yoa by One wh will hold yoa to a striet account for th manner la which yoa improv or miaimprov it, aad in minions or yoar brethren throughout th Union, who look are find apoa yoa with an intensity of interest which mak Ih beatings of their hearts almost aodibl, ara impatiently wetting to glv. vnt to lhlr pent ap feeling la a (bout which (hall pier th very heaven and eaus a nation' hurt to mlt with gratitude, b. au. you, North Carolinians, are, vr,, faithful and tru lo Ih aauM of "th Union, Ih Constitution, end th enforcement of the Uwst" :. Do yoa lore th Union, your nativ State, your hearths aad firesides, your wivs aad llttl ones ? Is her pvprity dear to yoa, and tnlr bapplneat aeMuary to your own happiness T Tb oo and th. other can only b attained and maintained in th Union I Out of tb b'niou there U no bop for ithr. Th election of John Pool will hav. a powerful lnflu.no apoa tha PntUrnrml election apoa tb. ruecess of th only national party la th. country tb only party tho party of th country whioh oaa eava us from utter ruin from tonrpfet axtlaclioa, it may b, a a station of freeman. Ood help yra, peopl, m thi rlsi of roar ountry' fate. Ood betpyow awd forbid that M th yer of wear lif hoald b abitfcrd by tb gnawing of remor, for that yoa muimpvwved th opportunity threw away yoar last hop, d en tailed npon yonr ehlldrennrse Instead of blessings. -Think of iun thlng-ly thm to heort-for (( lurtf a Ood live., Obt or tb pther of the posiUon ya will occupy. Th ehoio U with yon.. Ood has gia yoa th opportunity. Improv If, and all wHI b wIU Eltcl John Pool, thal'a th firet tpl Hurrah for John Pool and ad valorem for Bll and Evtrett the Union, the Constitntion, and th tnforeement of the laws! . ' ' FOR BELL AND EVERETT. That venerable and highly distinguished friend f Hemy CUy, Judge Robertaon, of Lexington, Ky., ha written a letter, giving ia hia adheaion to Messrs. Bell and Everett. II think that with on (Itetoral ticket, the Democrat wotld probably a batn; di vided, as they are, they will, h thjnka, glv th vote of K:.lucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mimonrl, Mary lind, Virginia, North Carolina aad Orargia, aad pomi bly those of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and DU wre, to Bell nd Everett.i . Douglas, with th id of Bell' Northera vol, will prevent th lectio of Lincoln by th college, and then, Judge Robertaoa thinks, th "Constitutional Union Ticket" will (land a fair thane of success In Ih House. H any la addition: " Personally, I have kind feeling townl all th other candidate for th Presideacy. With Mr. Lincoln I hav had both personally aad cplstola. ry Intercourse. I hav no doubt of hi integrity aad patriotism, and hav faith that, if elected, his Admin-' btratiea woaid aol b controlled by any kilchea Cab inet, aod would b honest aad national. Moreover, -hi wift is a attire Kentuckian, and a daughter of oa of .Ih beat friend I vr had th late Robert 8. Todd f Fayelle. For Mr. Doaglaa I hav. strong sysapalhiea, beeauM against anwrpandnrocription, be ha stood ap manfully for bis principle and toais uaey, aad ha triuaipbtd ever a manifold teaeisalk. ' Mr. Breckinrklg 1 an hoaorabl and ehivalroa gen tleman we are personal friends h wa my pupil, -and I my neighbor. Nevertheless, as I feel it to b my lvi doty, as U has alway ba my practic, to vol for my eowalry aad not for th mere maa, I eould aot vol for either of lbor thre Mndidate ven if b wer my brother or my oni" ssV "Th. Democrat, after tb. Chaleaton Conven tion, Indicated it preference for Doaglaa, ytit fiad it perfectly eoasisteut bow to mpport Brackiaridg auu i.su, torn swuw w - . " ilrjw. As usnal. th Arn I acaia mistaken. The "D moerat" never indicated ita preference for Douglas, and we defy th Argus to show it. Before th Argu asserts anything so positively it should be certain about it. nettern-Democrat. , W trsr oertain w art certain, aad her i tb proof: -,r . - - "Such'men therefore, who belong to th Yancey school, need ao on to read them out of th Party;' Jar tret-it known by Hi fruit. But Mr. Douglas stands apoa different ground, and to far from reading bim out of th party, w hav avr read him aay where only whr we bare found htm oy at own ecu, ngu, u.- .u. question of slavery and la favor of a Constitutional Union. Western Democrat, June 6. , . Th Italic are onr. Again 'M Democrat says: Tbr. i Wm. Li Taae a maa who waat to pre; cipitat th State inte a Revolution, aad tbaadlmolv tb Union. W condemn hi course, aad dimpprov of his teheme now at w did last rammer when he md a firy (peecb In Charlotto. Western Democrat, Juntb. , II thia U not indicating a prtrertnet ror vougiat, why Mm w ar mistaken. Observe, now, reader, the language. "Such men, therefore,- wh belong to th Yancey school need bo oa to read thtm oat of tb. narty." flndlcating that (hy wre already, oat. "Th tree is known by it fruit. Mr. Douglat tanda on different ground," A. - la not this indicating a preference for Dougla 7 Aad ytt, la th lac of all thia, th democrat tay '"it av.r Indicated a pre ference for Douglas, and defi tb Argus, to hoW lt.,J Wrilj w hv shown it. Tb Democrat U iamMt pitiabl plight. Th po'noaed ehalic ha,bB pre sented to ita own lipt. Having "indloatedlfprtferenc for Doagla" and read th Yancey-Breckinridge fac tion out of tb party, It bow deserts th fiaetion it ap proved and stipporta th faction which It condemned. - VtW Lt mechaales aad elrh remember that'as be fore long a larger amowat of revenu will b aeded, and that as th nti-ad valorem party opposed the al teration of tn Constitution that all th slaves in tb Stato rasy b. taxed, aoeordiag to valu, they will, In th event of their success, increase th lax oa wage and talarie. Nor will they (top here : They will aot only tax all who get $500 aad upward more thsn thy are bjw taxd, bul thy will b eenplld to tax tho. who only get $000, $300 and $200, per annum. WWT Col. WaUou, la tb Senatorial district of IUch- moad aad Bob! wha waa aomiaated by th Demo cracy ra plao ef OI. W. L. Steel, refuse to run, aot having reealred aay emciat notio from Col. S. that h had decIlsM1 running for said office. 8o the probe- bili'y i that fjt. Dockery will bar ao eppotitioa. THE "NATIONAL" DEMOCRATIC COsNVEN TIONS. , The Democratic organ differ a good deal a to th . "nationality" f their two Conventions, it baiog th custom at th South to awear by tb Seeeders' Con vention, notwithstanding th loud talk about dUcrgan iiera who refuse to be bound by tb action of th par ty. Let n se which wt the Convention. Th Convention that nominated Mr. Dougla for President, wots prised a representation of ear hun drtd an iwtntyht deLyatet, after tb. Bottom had goat oat Every 8tate ia tb Union, but Delaware, Soath Carolina, florid, MUsUsippl, Texaa, Califorr nia aad Oregon, w rvqrweated la that Cooveatioa, and tb Stale aot reprettnted ia that Conrentlou hav a total .f oaly twnlu-tit electoral wolet. ' , Tht ScccaW'CoBventtoB that aoBMnatod Brectfln ridge aad Laos comprised 202 Delegate, prentloov only eighteen Stale. Thre wr only sixteen dtlb gates from all the Nw England 8tat, but two from New York, eight from Pennsylvania, non from New Jersey, aad aot or from all th seven North western State. Of tb sixteen New tngland del gate, thirteen were office-holder or Government con tractor, and Cushing, on of th other thre, 1 a . candidal for tb Buprem Court, Bench. H deliv ered th first out-and-out Abolition speech erer made in Congress. Lorlng, another, who put Breckinridge -XTSnmrnatlon' la an ex-ahaUtion editor of tb Garrison school, aad a very late convert to th Davit and Cush i.. rjemoeracv. B. F. Butter, th third, U tb brother-in-law of th pot-mtor at BpringlUld, and mid such free-soil speeches last falls when Democrat ic candidate for Oovrnr, a to Indue tb ExeuUv Commltto to threaten him with withdrawal, hnlui he mended hia ton. A bandtom record for lb. Brerkinridg parly I BRECKINRIDGE ENDORSES EVERETT7 jt no tupporter of Breckinridge In all th Sontli dare ver egain to whisper a word against th ound-. neaa, relUbility and patilotlam of Bowabb Evanxrr for Breckinridge himself hs most fully, thoroughly and triumphantly ndorsed him! We hav before n tb speech or Joan u. urecKia ridge, delivered in th Hall of tb. Kontacky Hous of t . .t .1 VH(,krl llaunhMV II ISA neprascniauvn, hm...., . - six months sgo by Invitation of tb Democratic Leg uUtur of hi State. . After boasting tf tb soundness of tht Northera Democracy oo th tlsvery qatiba . . 1- ! 1 J - l . Wr umsmnugQ piiub. 'Thtre it another element at th North, Bot large, but koblb ahp Taua. It consists of tu caitern co horts of tbeoo' Whig party,e menus KVl.iix.ti', Cboate, and their, associate, who. coscbttisis , ciLTcai and raraiorisa iu.an aoaiasr x -rciLiCA ALLuact. Beside the, there ara many n..,..nH. In tha Vorihara State who seldom attend tht poll, and whoa void hav not beta heard amidst tb. .i. .. l. t .n.M.nii il..i Tn all these let as appeal : let as solemnly domand a a.ri revon oi in viriu. and loyalty of th ooatry galnt lb pernicious pnn .nM ik.t threaten It (afrty, and when all tha forces are arrayed ia their proper rank, w ahall b bl to e what remain to hop or far."- vj-berd ati BrecWaridg' awa Word, tretlfylag that' Everett I a"nbl aad tru." patriot, "w hot. eoaatrvatlsm. tulture nd ptriotirm rebelled (gainst th Republican alllanear' Aad yt . airrcain- lAmm'm whlnnernanrjer. almnuttonloa (apportere In tb South, are swearing thai Kvwwtt U aa AboUUon l,t, unworthy of th oraatoaaac. aad support of Bouh era menl - " , ' Ketp BrecklnrMg' B4ortmet of Erwttt . for tb penpl!. - rll tillafrt in N Ufn on the latof Agu
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