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Mr. Bell's Letter of Accftptanee. . v ewjwawawaa WASHINGTON HUNT TO JOHN BELL. pr- Baltimore, May 11, I860. Dear Sir : It has become my agreea ble duty, as the presiding officer of the National Union Convention, which termin ated, its session in this city last evening, to ipforin yon that you have received t,he nom ination of that body as its candidate for the office of President of the ttnited States. After a frank interchange cjf sentiment, in which the. merits of all the distinguished candidates presented for our consideration were t canvassed in the most 'friendly spirit, the Convention resolved with entire trna mmiity and great enthusiasm to place your name before the American people as the chosen representative of its principles of constitutional liberty and -onion. With a just appreciation of your known modera tion and justice, your uniform support of wise and benincent measures of legislation; yur firm and heroic resistance ot the re peal of the Missouri compromise and ah kindred. measures calculated to engender sectional discord, and your; life-long devo tion tb. the union, harmony I and prosperity of these States, it was decided, with one accord, that you are the man for the crisis; and that With your honored name inscribed on our banner, an earnest appeal shall be made to the people to rally jjifor the preser vation of our national institutions. We feel, one and all, that your j election to the rre&idency would ensure tjhe integritv of SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAi MORNING, JUNE 22, 1860. NO. 10. their respective professional pursuits ; others distinguished by their intelligence and well earned influence in various walks of private life, and all animated and united by one spirit and one purpose the result of a strong conviction that our political system, under the operation of a complica tion of disorders, is rapidly approaching a crisis when a speedy change must take place, indicating as inbuones of the phy sical body, recovery orflHP$ The Conyention, in nWBrdin? the use of platforms, exacts no pmQges from those whom they deem worthy of the highest trusts under the government ; wisely considering that the surest guaranty of a man's future usefulness and fidelitv to the gfTMt inr cr ests of the country, in any official station A . Lint I ' a . " i . - w wmon ne may oe cnosen, Is to be found in his past history connected with the pub lic service. The pledge implied in my ac ceptance of the nomination of the National Union Convention is, that should I be elec ted I will not depart from the spirit and tenor of my past course ; and the obliga tion to keep law pledge of a double force from the consideration that none is requi red from me. You, sir, in your letter containing the official announcement of my nomination, ' have been pleased to ascribe to me the merit of moderation and justice in mv past jsuvuu taKer. xou nave likewise given me credit for a uniform support of all wise ana oenmcent measures of legislation, for a firm resistance to all measures calculated to engender sectional discord, amd lif long devotion to the 1 union , harmony and prosperity of these States. Whether vour personal partiality has led you to overstate my merits as . a public man or not in your numeration of them, yon have presented a summary a basis of all sound American statesmanship. It mav he objected that thing is told in this summary, in express bciuia, ui me oungauons imposed oy the Constitution : but the dutv to resneet and observe them is clearly implied, lor without due observance in the conduct of the gov ernment, of the constitution, its restrictions and requirements, fairly interpreted in ac cordance with its spirit and objects, there can be no end to sectional discordno se curity for the harmony of the Union. I have not the vanity to assume that in my past connection with the public service I have exemplified the course of a sound American statesman J but I have deserved the favorable view tateri bf it in your letter, 1 may hope, by a faithful adherence to the maxims by which I have heretofore been guided, not altogether to disappoint the confidence and expectations of those who have placed me in my present relation to the public ; and if, under Providence., I should be called to preside over the affairs of this great country as the executive chief of the government, the only futther pledge I feel called upon to make is, that to tbe utmost of mv ability, and with wb our government, restore the peace of the strength of will lean command, all thepow Umon, and afford an unfiling guarantee era and influence belonging to mv official SUBSTANCE OF THE REMARKS Or HON. GEO. L BADGER, BEFORE THE WAKE COUNTY AD VALOREM CLUB, for the supremacy of the Constitution and the laws. I have the honor to be, with high respect, your obedient rservant, WASHINGTON HUNT. To the Hon. Johtt BellJ . -. f fSOHK BELL TO WASHINGTON HUNT. Nashville, May 21, 18604 Dear Sltt : Officiar information of my nomination to the Presidency by the Na tional Union convention, offwhich yen were the presiding officer, was communicated to me by your letter of thellfh iost., at.Phjl adelpnia, on the evo of my departure with my family for my plaie W residence in Tennessee, nnctdiffident as I was of my worthiness, I did not kesilate to signify my intention to accept the position assigned to me by that distinguished and patriotic body. But for convenience, and. under a sense of the propriety f acting in so grSve a matter with greater? deliberation, I concluded, as I informed yu at the time by ja private note, to defer A formal, accep tance until after my arrival pome. Now-that I have had all the leisure I could desire for reflection upon the circum stances under which the nomination was made, the purity of the motives and the lofty spirit of patriotim by hich the Con vention was animated, as evinced in all its proceedings, I can appreciaife more justly the honor done me by the nonSinaon ; and, though it might have been more fortunate for the country haditfallen ilpon some one of the many distinguished statesmen whose names were brought to the ;notice of the Convention, rather than myself, I accept it, with, all its possible responsibilities. What ever may be the issue of the I ensuing can vass, as for myself, I shall erer regard it as a proud distinction one. worth a life long effort to attain, to be pronounced worthy to receive the highest office in the government at such a time as the present, and by such a Convention as that which recently met in Baltimore a Convention far4ess imposing by the numlierof its mem bers, large as it was, than by their high character. . In it were men venerable alike for their age and for their public services, who could not have been called from their voluntary retirement from public life but by the stron gest sense of patriotic duty ; others, though still in tho prime of life, ranking with the first "men of the country bjt hobors and dis tinctions already acquired in high official positions, State and national : many of I tnem statesmen worthy to fill the highest office in the government; a still greater number occupying the highest rank in r station shall be employed and directed for the promotion of all the great objects kv which the government was instituted, but more especially for the maintenance of the Constitution and the Union against all op posing influences and tendencies. I cannot conclude this letter without ex pressing my high gratification at the nomi nation to the second office Under the gov ernment of that eminently gifted and dis tinguished statesman of Massachusetts, Edward Everett, a gentleman held by gen eral consent to be altogether worthy of the first. Tendering, my grateful acknowledge ments for the kind and complimentary remarks with which you were pleased to accompany the communication of my nom ination, I am, dear sir, with the highest respect, your obedient servant, m , " JOHN BELL. To the Hdn. Washington Hunt. OLD ABE'S PERSONAL PULCHRITUDE. The New York Express of Thursday evening has the following "Personal" item about the Black Republican standard bearer : One of tbe speaker at the inauguration of the Republics! Wigwam in Brookljn, on Toes day evening, related a "Lincoln story" some what in the following strain. "A banter once accosted Mr. Lincoln, and agpting bis rifle towwds tbe Rail splitter, was on the point of firing when tbe latter asked kMftrb&t he meant The banter told him that be had made an oath that if be ever net an uglier man than bia.self he would ahoot him. Lincoln thereupon res ponded, "Well, if I am any uglier than you are, firs away I" We will oaly add that if tbe likeness in Har per's last Weekly bears any resemblance to the original then the man ia tbe ''story who did not shoot "Ol Abe" at sigbt, certainty deser ved to be doubly rhot himself. We have seen some faces of the ultra-ugly stamp in our day, but this photograph of Harper's beats them all' eat of sigbt. The election to the Projideucy of a man fcith. so horrible a ph, would b, of itself, cause enough for a dissolution of the Union. We have heretofore thought that gor gens were merely fabulous existences, but af ter reading tbe above anecdote, and seeing "Old Abe's" photograph with our owa eyes, onr decided Imprefsion it that such realities are rendered extremely crediblo by this living Black Republican specimen of infinite ugliness in tbe person of its nominee. Pettrtburg Expreu. At a meeting of the Ad Valorem Club, of this County was held at the Court House in this city on Monday evening last On motion of Kemp P. Battle, Esq., Mr. Har ris, of Forestville, was called to the Chair. It being generallv known that tb h. ject of the call of the meeting was for the purpose of hearing an address from North Carolina's most distinguished son, the Hon. George Badger, one of the Onnonitinn Electors for the State at large, on the pen- ionwuD ui true uay, ine vourt House was Crowded with a large and intelligent audience. Major fl. W. Hosted made a few humorous remarka by way of introdu cing the distinguished gentleman to thn audienoe, stating that he had seen it in print that Mr. Badger would not dare to meet his competitor before the neonle. and iL.l ill- "It W i - i -. m- a 9 maw iiHjAiuD naa astea Mr. B. to appear under their protection, so that it might be ascertained whether he could venture to risk himself in public debate. Mr. Badger arose, and after thanking f : TT . 1 r . mjur xiusrea ror ine nattering terms in which he had been pleased to call him np, ana oneny referring m a humorous manner to the remark of a Democratic journal that he would not meet Mr. Haywood, one of mo democratic eiecton lor tbe State tt large, on the stamp, he proceeded to say that ,ht appeared before that audience on an intimation thai the Wake County Ad Valorem Club desired to hear him upon the pcuumg questions ot tne day. Jaiven if be had felt at liberty to do so, he was net dis posed to decline the call. We have, said Mr. B., two important questions now before us, demanding our earnest consideration : One directly pres sing upon the country, and the other of the highest importance "to our State and her people, vis: the subject of so altering our Constitution as to permit the Legislature to take the property of the people of the state upon the Ad Valorem system. The pending question before the coun try is that of the election of a President of the United States. This country rs now in a situation in which it never before was placed. We have but two National can didates before tho country for the exalted offices of President and Vice President Lincoln and the party that nominated him cannot be called National they are sec tiool. With regard to ray Democratic fellow-citisene, laid Mr. B., their parry ii shattered to pieces, and is, in ay opinion, totally unable to re -unite. Bat the people of the United States have new before them the names of two men distinguished for their statesuansbip, conservatism and patriotism -I allude to John Bell, of Tennessee, and leman al bert a burglar or something of the sort, latter but where is there a man of a purei and more. spotlesn- character, or one morelsnexceptionable in every respect ? The very moment thst Massachusetts be came Abofltionited, they turned Mr. E erett out of the Senate, becatfse, he could not apeak the voice of Massachusetts. No, Edward Everett was too hones: and patriotic to suit the Abolitionists. Edward Lverctt wan a scholar, patriot, and he liked to have said Statesman ; but somebody hadJ toia-wni tqat bis young friend, the Hon. D. IsJ. Bsrringer, had said in a speech a short-time since that Mr. Everett was no stateinfan ! Mf, Barringer Will the gentle lof I to interrupt him in order to him-! I did not ssv that Mk Badger No, sir, I cannot give way to fhigntlemsn. M,. Barriner Issw ron on the street and tld you what I said. M. . Badger I was just coming to thai My young friend is too impetuous. He shonjj have more patience. When he heart that hi. young friend had made that rem, he began to think that possibly he migbvbe mistaken in his estimate of Mr. Ever tt's statesmanship, as be (Mr. Badger) unlUrj his friend, Mr. Barringer bad nev er bejjai a Minister to a foreign country, nor indeed had he ever been m Secretary of State. Put the impression was pretty geneymi tnrooghout the country that Mr. Everett troi a statesman, and he thought if he as not it would be very hard hearted in Mi. Barrioger to tel! on him. Laugh ter J Mr. U. had represented hie country as Mi istcr at the court of St. James, where he ac Jued himself with signal abilitv. and 1 had b'ten Secretary of State, ia which po sition ne bad displayed such ability as to comm )nd the admiration and applause of tbe hole country. , Indeed, everybody was b ;der the impression that Mr. Everett was a jtatesman. Bat even If bff were not, what ffrfference would that make ? We onlv intended to. make hie Vice-President LaajUer ind Applause. Therefore, as we di not intend to make him President, he thought our Democratic friends had no causos H cooiplaint. He met Mr. Bar rin ger blithe streets a few days ago and ask cd" hiti if he had made the remark imputed to hiii; in reference to Mr. Everett Mr. Barrier told him that he did not say thstlS. Etfrett was no statesmen, bnt tbtwJ was not a first class statesman, auch & ClaV and Webster. Well, if Mr. Evcrei came neat to Clav and Webster. 1 . ' ' ne ta jgut he plaus WntaxAS, Great iaeowaUtv stuu in the present mod of taxaHoo.aalit Ujoat and right Uolder ion au prapertj sooaid eoatnbote its proper lion towards tbe bardeos of State : RmUd, That we recommend a Coaveation of the people of the State be called en the fed eralal basis as early as practicable for tie par t a pw oi so aaaanytog tbe loesuta'ioa every species of property may be taxad amg co its value, Wttb power o diterisabate onlv in favor of the native prodttou of the Suie and (be iodoatrial paraaita of her cittern. Can as j body deny the j uaiico .of that p jaiti Il gro slave valued at 11,000 is oaiy taxed 80 coats, or 8 eeoto on ib'e $100 vaius, is it right to tax lead 30 easts on the $100 valoe f In the resolution jast read there are two eaocptbns allowed to tba hdui! nli rJ Correct I laaanop, tii : Witb power to A I " K 1 . M jmm"" - k tc 'juij io iavor or townative sridasts State and the industrial pursuits of her riti mus. What ssss can stand op in the face of the People of this ate aad deny the jus tice of these diacriminationi ! If a man owe 030,000 io slaves, why not tax his tioo should not e Wfceu be m favor ef the efav tae 11th reaolutioa of their platnrm and eata to the word prema ture," he was aader tbe impteeabn that their ejection to equal taxation was only for the present. H theagmt that they might not en pose it at aootber time. Ana whan fee senaerens fee still 1835 trrooert f(if witl1 maa who owns 120, 000 ia ld f We air know that before tbe Convention of . 11- 9 .a Tt . m wm ohicq, toe weat h been for a on aensa of years urging the calling of a Cfocven uon and some of tbe Western people bad gone so far as to threaten to hold a Convention themselves sad to change tbe Constitution, whether the East was willing or not In 1885. several causes operated to induce the East to asnee to the exiling of a Convention. Tba West oould not bare called the Convention without tbe consent of the Bast- The Conven uon was called for a specified purpose, sad the members were sworn not to disturb tbe Consti tution ia say other respect One of the Con stitutional comprosaUea agreed upon by that Convention was the maintenance of freehold suffrage. Why was thst insisted upon f It was f be Idea of tbe East that if the West get the power she would ioerease the taxes upon the slavo property and lessen H on land, while the Wast feared that the Beat night harden laud with taxes, to tho partial exemption of slave property. And thus tbe compromise was fffecud the Und bolder being protected by freehold affrage from oppressive taxatioa, and tbe slats bolder being picketed by the capi tation tax from U ft die taxes on hfs pr overt v We have abolished one oftlesn efeMfomises fey the adoption of free suffrage, and wbst eoold be more jut than mow to abaage tbe other 19 as to admit of the one being taxed euuliy with the other, according to value 7 Can anybody give a rraaoa that ft sboald not be so? One of the the tbioga that give rahse te properly is tbo ability to daseese of it What is the rea son that one Treasury note ia worth more than a doaen prossssusory notes f ft is feeosens tbe Treasary note can anywhere he conversed in to gold ia an iaseaat So with tho negro. If t he would do nrettv well fAo- " r1? 10 P tate bim Clay and Webeter are ffone:snd ProDD,J fsts inrebaser, while o ' ins trrn m n wm ''danjArons'' time parsed they- its sflvoeatc Hat when he cnsse to ' oes" to nay aad highly nafe to-aaosrow: hat to say that it is "wajaes" shone the they never will agree that thia spcemo ef property shall he teaed like other property. Perhaps they meant that it was a sanorone" imfesitioo to oppnaa, and "aajast" feeeaaae they they alone art entitled te the txeloaive power aad con trot over pablto affaire. Altar iu festof "prematsrs, Iswpontle, nansjerona and onjoet" to alter the Ceesiltnsiei ee that the Legislature may tax slaves efaaUy with oxher propai tj, what do they propose "at tbe same tone we deem U the daty of the Lcgiilatare whoa paseiif seta for the raising of rs venae, so to sdjaet taxatioa, as to hear ae equally aa praottoabta within the limiu of the uostitattoo, open tbe vsrtons tot daises of property ia ail sections of t That nto say, while they deem it impolitic, dangerous and onjutt uot mi riW," to bars fair taxation, they regard it the Why cone, canno .be got back agaio, and he thought u wota ne a pretty good com promise to get th man that comes next to them. App ,use McBarringcr Will the gentleman ex cuse nee. lie has MiBadrfer The gentl ciuan must Edward Everett of Massachusetts, f An- plause.) He felt called upon especially to cose . 1 cannot give way say a word in reference to that nomination- atjfTr..ii . r. i because, as one of tho Opposition Electors for the State at large, it had been reodered peculiarly necessary that he should say something, particularly in reference to Mr. Bell. He had served with him in the Sen ate of the Unied Staes, and knew him to be a true man there was no truer man to be found. (Applause.) He had led no armies to victorv. but he had IWn T negro oao be aold io 4 boars. Nbedv ore poses to burden tbo negro, bat to tax bisa equally with other property. What do onr Democrat ie friends say in the 1 1th rreoluti o of their Platform : "R'solnd, Tba we are mp flood to dutorb ; ing soy of the srctiooal eompromiaea ef oar Cotratttatroe State or Xatiomo " Who talk about distorbfftf the National C nstitalton Ti.n La 1 J B. .1 ... . . ?r-. rt.r-r;o,r,;-.:l w LT" " -""Z lorowa to ids wbale. 1 j A. 6 Lr..ou(J ;uu Tney are oow deroaUy oppoeed fo di.to.bm, not 8Aed Jhe conversation as it occurred the eompromise. of the Con.tiiut.ou i between us. . I said that Mr. Everett wae wore they a few years ago ia regard to Free both ajschofar and a statesman, but more I Safrego t Mr. M condaued to read from the of a scholar 'than a states man. iDsmoersile platform Mr. Bidper The gentleman might have ex saui tna it to ni his sifts t inihis speech, hut he did not say ; and several gentlemen who heard ch Kare told me that they did not i u ne uau dcmi ,m . .hhmi . n . . w j known to the country in the civil walks ofi ?ear 11 lhenl LAPP!U,-J nie m tho aaministrhuon of National f. '"'i.113 wiuwimw incnua very nara to 1 i a - m ft. i mrm. - "ftft . w m ,Lawk4l' exclaimed Mrs. Partington, "what monsters these msster buildsrs must be! lam told some on cm have as many as a hun dred hands." lairs rand not one blemish can be found ftpoo John Bell, either as a politician or a patriot (Applause.) A friend had naked him (Mr. B.,) shortly sfter the nomina tions were made at Baltimore, how he liked Mr. Bell ? He replied wry v?eti (Laugh ter and applause.) But, said his friend, he don't like you. What has that to do with it f said Mr. Badger. A man may make a very good President, and yet not like me. Those who think that I, said Mr. B , am indifferent to John Bell's success are mistaken. He possesses statesman ship, patriotism and administrative ability, and indeed, tvery qualification essential to to the office of the Chief Magistrste of this Republic. (Applause.) If he knew thst Mr. Bell hated him, he would b inaf ready and willing to support nim as he was now. (Anlause.) The countrv would h safe in his hands safe to the Sooth and to the JNorth, because Mr. Bell was a devoted Union man. (Apnlausr. John Bll .t above calculating tbe price of this country he would give everythlag to his country. (Applause.) If be were to say that lie preferred Mr. Bell to everybody else, "he would say what was not true. Nothing wonld have nloaspd him an rrrnph nn t-k a 9 F wv uvii a Slav nomination of his distinguished fellow-oiti-son, that pure patriot, honest and capable man, Wm. A. Graham. (Applause.) Next to Mr. Graham, he would have preferred his venerable person and political friend, John J Crittenden, of Ky. (Applaud.) With these two exceptions, there was no man in the country whom he wonld be so much pleased to see elevated to the Presi dency as John Bell, of Tenn, (Applause.) He did not believe thst Mr. Bell disliked him ; indeed, so kind and generous was bus nature he did not believe that Mr. Bell could dislike anybody. His feelings towards Mr. Bell were those of sincere and cordial respect. (Applause.) In reference to the candidate for the Vice Presidency of the Constitutional Unfbn Party, where in all this brood land will you find a man more unexceptiona ble than fehvnrd Bverett T True, he ex pected shortly to hear that he was a rob- please" and particularly those Who had of late It t our party and joined the Demo crat. Applause.' They would bo satis fied w, ih: nothing we could do. He thought it was the beat joke of the campaign for anybci iy to attempt to maintain that Ed ward jverett was not s statesman. Ev erett t is not only an drutor, sage, pstrlot, but statesman, too. He has sufficient ststesi anshap to govern this country in such T manner a? to restore it to peace and happiss. Loud Applause. Mrj. had folt bound to ssy this much on iotiooa! affairs. Our Democratic fripjodjf have held their Convention at Charlton, but what was the result ? They$ad disagreed upon a platform, portiot of the members had seceded, snd they bad finally broken up, one portion to meet -again at Baltimore and the other at Richtiond. , We can't toll what they will do. Mr. Randolph had once mode a very severe remark about the cohesive power of the "$ve loaves and two small fishes'" with the Democrats ; but it wis now doubtful Whetbnr thst power would have the effect of re-ooglng them. Ite didn't thlhk they could get feogeher again. But ss matters now aland tfiere arc bat two National can didate before the people. We woroe now, said Mr. Badger, to some thing jrhieh particularly interests is all, vis : tre question which had led to the for mation of this Club. He begged the audi ence ycuse him if, in tho coarse of his remorfl, he should accidentally use two Httle I tm words. The question referred to was whether there shall be equality in taxation. As tbe Constitution now stands the Legislature has the right to tax every thing "according to value except slaves. Slavesow are required only to pay a poll tax, ac that only when tbey are between the aggof 12 and 50. By the present mode (4 imposing taxes, the Legislature ia bouadib pit too much tax on some things end tod httle on some others. Whst are the positions occupied in reference to this mauer the two parties in thia 8tateT T1k foil wing is the position occupied by tbe OpJjAsitinn party : "sod that are i specially deprecate the introduc tioo at tbts timo by the Oppositloa Parly of North Carolina into oar State politic of s question of Const tati anal amendaett itsstiae the basis upon which our re venae is raised.'' "IreprecoAe at this tiaw," repsotod Mr. & What other time would bo more suitable than tbo present ? What paxtiealai objeetieo have tbey to Mis timt t They go en to tell as "believing it to be premature?' What do they ssesa by "premature V This oaa of the worl pressatares' ia-tbe Demoerat is platform reminded bios of a fellow at Cbsp el Hill, essse years ago, who on a certain occa sion was oWirens of otteodiog the raeca St Hi IsboTc, wbkb were to eomo off some days thereafter. He was wet a very bright youth snd apon applying to one of the f itors for per' miMi n at that time to go, was informed by the Tator that his application was ''ptoatature." Never havrog heard the word "premature" bo fore, he task it for granted thst it implied per missioo to go; so off be went at ones. On his re torn he was brought before the Tutor for disobedience The Tutor asked him why he went to flillsbofo without his pertatonoo ins toy repaed "ion gave me penamsioo " "I gave yea pcnUwe," raid the Tutor, "what did I sat V "Why, sir," i ssiisiilsi the hoy, "you said it was pre mature t aad I iheq-hl by that that jon meant to give use peravi)oo." Mr. B. thought when wo discovered aa evil then was the ttsae to remedy it If slaves petd tbeir fall proportion of taxes, then might they with some propriety sail it premature. tfiO.. 000 io load paps SO cento en the f 100 value, or one-bub of one per cent What reason wae there why $60,000 io lead should pay $100, while $50,000 ia Degrees only pay eheot $40? Bat the Democrats say it ia "premature," sod ne are left ia doabt as to their mesoiog Mr. B then road from tbe platform ibe word sns osedlng "premature," vis : "Impolitic" What policy is there io eooUaoioi lo tax ia North Carolina oae species of property much as ano.ber kind is taxed f I that it is impolitic io their estimation simplv because the proposition eossee from the Oppo sition. Very well. (Coamiouiog to road from the platform,) "Dangerous." To whom ? asked Mr. B Who ia it going to damage 7 The only danger that be could tee to ret alt from it would be that some people's property io sierra Id bare to pay as much tax as tbeir neigh- it read from the 11th reeolaUoo. "aoiaet" What sort of aa idea have onr Democratic friends of jtuiice aaked Mr. B. Negroes don't par 01 onto oo tbe $100 valoe, while land pays 20 eeats on tne etw. u it an;at for stead a poo the same foottngf Ths doable as daty of the Legislate re to lax equally, species of property, except exempt slaves r It is raosoaable slaves from taxatioa enenliv nith any, ana to exempt notaiog also r l am a slaveholder myself, said Mr B, though not a Urge one, and I don't see why I should not pay as mneh tax oo my property, qaoordlaf to tat valoe, as say one else. If a person owns a large camber of csyooo, the oeteraJ mcrease, in the eonrss of 20 years, will doable the val oe of bis property, while land don't bnt on tbo contrary, will io $0 years completely wore oat Two tracts of laud don't beget a third tract fXsegtrter aad spptaaee ) Whet do onr efmeaento say hi sinasitioa to oar platform f Thev are ia trouble because tbey profess to think we ore going to tax the poor msa's t ia rape, and make on to-rend en bi ben tnist. Ine well know, bowerer. that nobody ever ptimsasd or eoe template snoh oisng. nwgreat i tbeir aneonoo for the work ioc mao that they raollv believe' what thev doa't believe. fLaarbter Ther oarbt to he ashamed of tbemsclres. r" riTinaed T eonh ter and Appmeae.) Oar plea is simply to so alter tbe Conetttatioa tint all oronrrtv mar be taxed eooally, aeeordion to valoe. Bat even if wo were going to tax tia sops, lot an tec what aoeh a tat would amonot to. at 10 centeoo tbe 1100 worth. He would allow 5 tio COOS to tech faetilr though ka this aUewanos was too liberal, for be uch retpeet for soy man te sowpose that be wonld prefer a tio cup to a gem a, salsss it was ' M' I irtry to if A ri V n a viilk.r r,.- r.-.-r. bsps tbe tin cop wonld be lisrtoohsi (Iomjfc tor ) Five tin cope ralaed at 6 seats a pises, nwold be 6 esarts The lax on tia oapa far one year would aseonnt to one fortieth port of sno seat, or ia other words ear esnf would pay the Ux on the nn cops of oae family for fmfg town. Now let as are what wonld be the tax oa ebiekeor; bat by, tbe way, he would hires to that, hceeasc he-had them to bay, aad if they were Used the country people wonld bo sore to raise their prices oo them. Suppwo we allow 100 to each family. At ten eeote a piece tbey won d be worth $10. Tbe tax on $10 worth rer one year wonld be ewe rear. Tbe united tax on the ehietens and the tin sups of one family fur ens year wonld bo onr nod one fortieth of a cent (Leegbter and an. plauae.) 1 ill leave it to some belter aritb metieiae than myself to calculate what per sent of thai assent the soUeetor would receive (Ooetinued laughter and applause ) Vse would pay the tax on sS tbe chicken i sod til caps of one family for fmw jwtrs. Con oey bodj conceive' of men making soeh complete ossem of themselves as to swppoae that wo hod any idea of using these things? Bat let- as see what the whole tax to the Stale wonld be on all tho eliefcens snd tio caps. We will soppoee there are 90,000 families ia the State. Ai it Is only the poor people who sa mark excite the compassion of onr Damomatio friends, we will enppose that out of the 90,000 families there are 40,000 poor fV ilirs The whole tax for ooo year en the tin chickens of the whole 40,000 only amount to $10. There are two ekver gentlemen on the Democratic ticket in this couDtj Messrs Hordossf and 0oxt sash of whom be sapposed owned at least 100 If the prioeipls of Equal Taxation be adopted, these gettlemeu weald seen have to pay oa their negroes shoot $100 taxes in stead of $40, as now. Of eonrss, though, thtj don't object to tbe increased taxation an them selves, bnt tbey object to Ad valorem beeanee it will tax tbe poor mao 'a lie cups. Nobody impemaed that the resolution ia tbe Orpofivion Platform to regard to a Coaveatioo over osov tosvpia'.ed aoeh a thing as the taxing of tin eepa. Wheo the reeolation woe before the Opposition Coa van tioo, Mr. Turner wanted to amend it so that it would exempt tin reps, pewter plates, k , bat knowing that the Dem- BTspfttwJ mim2mmwT wJardiae if The resolatioo provides that ws shall dmenmi ale " io favor of the oof i so anoonato of ear sum." What nooa shot snasn? Why, as between what is prsdaeed by onr own pis, end the prodnasiano of the people of "Aad the sadantrwi pnrsattOs of how WbattoHhe sseaniarof that? U her' a mads. If that's the oaly danger, needa't tremble OS moeh. (Cootinuiog to r tTaNoapa if tb plresn, and snony ether pt fiom taxation. It wan by the Oamontsoe that avJia no If be wets disposed to criticise the Demo cratic platform, he eoold show that they go Ut rnxiog tin esmr chairs, Ac. They say In their platform that the Legislators should "so ad j oat uax alios as to boar as equally as practicable within tbe limits of the Constitution upon the various interests and amnios of Roptnv hi all reetjoe. of tho Stat. He did act lewevor, attribute sny aoeh purpose to them, bo! merely wished to sail el teat ion to the same feature is I I a 1 J
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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June 22, 1860, edition 1
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