M Eril of the Day. '.6
I'he annexed stirring and patriotic
letter from the lion, John A. Gilmer,
of North Carolina, appears in the Phil
adelphia papers i . y
itoVSE-V Hfif ifiSOTATIVES,
March 2d, 1860,
C. W. Littell, Esq :
Dear Sir : Multiplied and pressing
Engagements here - have delayed my
Answer to yours, of the 28th ult., re:
questing me to attend a mass meeting
of the friends of the Constitution and
the Union, to be called in a short time
at Oermantown. I regret to say that
xny duties here" forbid my accepting
iisV on niri f a t Im i nlthnfiarH. XTPTP. it
possible, nothing could give me more
pleasure. I am satisfied that unless
"y. the growth of sectional prejudice and
' hatred can be stooped, we will soon
" be hurried with' precipitate steps into
the destructive vortex oi disunion and
civil war. , To suclh extent has sec
tional jealousy already gone, that t
do verilv believe, were both General
Washington and -Dr. Franklin now
a.live. and in the vieor and prime of
w , U
their lives and they should be nomi
nated at the Chicago Convention for
the offices of President and Vice Presi
dent of the U. S., On a sound conser
vative Southern platform, they could
njOt get the votes of the majority of
the slaveholdlng States, So, on the
contrary, do I believe, that if the Lhar-
Win. H. Seward for President, and
Charles F. Adamsjfor Vice President,
with the Republican platform, they
could not command the votes of a ma-
jority of the free States. You may
. smile at this statement, but it illus
trates, the truth, a earful truth, and
one to which the eyes of the great
masses of the people in all sections
When fairly examined, this will be
I found to be the true state of sectional
prejudice afr this time; yet all fair
1 minded citiiens, who will extend their
inquiries, will soon become satisfied,
-that they have permitted themselves
to become excited about things more
imaginary than real, more abstract
than practical. ?so sensible southern
" ' I 1 " !
io confront each other on bloody bat
tle jfields. .History. has never yet re
corded such sanguinary butcheries, as
these will prove to be. When Greet?,
train ed unqer the influences of Grecian
freedom, met Greek, it was called
" the. tag of war." A distinguished
Mexican on seeing a display of Am
erican courage, in the late war with
Mexico, 4eclared that Americans
fought more like devils than men."
But jthe description of the first conflict
in arms between Northern and Sou
ther! American freemen has yet to be
invented. The war of the Roses in
Engjand would be but a faint type of
the iwful struggle.
But enough of this My heart heaves
withj anxiety to see the great conser
vative masses of Pennsylvania, and of
every State in the Union arise and
takejtheir own work in their own hands.
Thelreal people have left the destinies
of this great land too long nnder the
control of office-holders, placemen,
office-seekers, and mere politicians.
lhey can , give the country peace.
They have only to say5 the word, and
the ijFork is performed.
Pllease accept assurances of my high
regard and esteem.
Yours, truly
JOHN. A GILMER.
We
Equal Taxation,
make the following extracts
fromkhe Enquirer, the Democratic
organ in Newbern .
"Eastern North Carolina now pays
four-fjifths of the taxes, and if onr op
ponents break now our Constitutional
safe-guards we will have to pay nine
tenths, and whether the rich men or
fthe pW men of the East pay the tax-
. i I. :n i r
es, inje-money win ue iuH.eii iruui us,
and e would all feel the loss, for our
interests are one and the same. Let
us understand this . question. It is
this : (The labor of the East is done
principally by slaves the work of
the West is done principally by free
labor. We speak in general terms.
Affterjthe formation of our State gov-
ernrujnt, the West, year after year,
urged a general Convention for the
purpose of changing our Constitution,
which! the East with jone unanimous
man ever expects slavery to! go and! voice, without respect to party, refus-
remain in anv territory north of 36
30. The influences of climate, soil
find production fix this. The status
6f slavery is already fixed in New
Mexico, which now embraces Arizona.
As. to the "Indian Territory, if the
Government keeps in good faith its
treaties with the Indians,, we can nev
er have any dispute about slavery in
, that Territory. This disposes of all
the territory we now own. If the
status of slavery in New Mexico is
ever changed, it can only be by the
free -and Voluntary action of its own
citizens ! Of this neither section can
complain justly. Then, where is there,
in a practical point of view any ground
for this sectional feverish excitement ?
We are permitting the. country to be-
come most dangerously maddened
without Cause or lustincation. 1 take
, it for granted that should New Mexi
co,' when her population becomes suffi
cient, fairly and voluntarily adopt .a
constitution of berowp choice, arid
1 apply for admission , into' the Union,
thih a majority of the Representatives
from the free States in Congress would'
not be found voting against hen ad
mission into the Union because she
admitted slavery whatever mighty be
; their opinions of slavery, and the ad
mission of a, slave State. The conse
quences of rejecting a State, thus free-
ly, fairly and voluntarily organised,
woukl be tbo momentous to permit
prejudices to be indulged in negative
votes to any extent. The power may
. be claimed, but I have too much con
fidence in the good, sound sense of
the people of the free States, to be
' lieve that they will ever think it wise
nnder such circumstances to exert it.
V-The masses of this country must be
' aroused to the dangers which threaten
and hang over us. The Constitution
and the Union must be preserved.
The v laws of ; Congress passed under
- the authority of the Constitution must
be enforced. The peace of the coun
try must be preserved. To this end,
all sectional agitation and sectional
agitators in and out of Congress must
be put down. There is now no time
to inquire-after the incendiary. We
see the country is on fire and we
must rush to the work of extinguishing
the flames. We have no time to be
inquiring into Democratic, Whig, Re
publican or American fancies likes,
or dislikes. No one party, as such,
can successfully do tbo work. Nor is
it desirable that it should be underta
. ken. The dangerous exigencies of
the country invito -the conservative
masses of all existing parties to unite
their exertions for the general welfare.
We must preserve the Constitution
and the Union. This the honest mas
ses of the people can do, and, as soon
as they can be properly advised, in
my opinion,-will do, in defiance of de
signing politicians. We have only to
, be advised by the father of his coun
try, and all will be well with us again.
Every citizen should be induced to get
'ft copy of his farewell address, and
rad it every flday. It would revolu
tionise the country, and give peace.
No sane man can believe that a se
paration of these great, prosperous
and happy States can ever take place
in peace. It cannot be done. We
have only to look into the consequenr
cee of dissolution, to be satisfied of the
importance of dispensing with all use
less and abstract sectional prejudice.
I envy not the heart of that man who
can look forward with composure to
the day when this prosperous country
shall be divided, and involved in fra
ternal strife and blood butchery our
fields laid waste towns and . cities
burnedour shipping destroyed our
improvements and trade stopped. It
is enough to make the heart, of every
true patriot melt within him to con
template the consequences of bringing
i tilt frss and proud American citizens.
ed.- And in this they were Obstinate
in thear refusal for the very reason
that the West would attempt to tax
the slave labor of the Eastj leaving
her own labor untaxed- For instance,
an Eastern farmer cultivates his lands
with four slaves, worth $4,000 ; a
farrnejr in the West cultivates his lands"
with flour free laborers, on which you
are not permitted to put any value.
According to this new doctrine of ad
.valorem the Eastern farmer would pay
forty-one dollars, while the Western
farmer would pay only Ave dollars J
Is this just ? Is it right ? We say it
is not and our fathers very properly
considered it unjust.
Lets us' look first at the statistics of
this Newbern organ. It says that
Eastern Carolina now pays four-fifths
of the taxes, and under equal taxa
tion will have to pay nine-tenths. Is
tins true.: .Let the reader turn to
the tables which Ave compiled from the
only official source, the Comptrollers
Report, in last Thursday s Ubserver.
It will there be seen that the East
pays $164,773, whilst the West pays
$14iJ702; Instead of four-fifths, this
is bud a little over eleven-twentieths.
And instead of nine-tenths under the
systei of equal taxation, the East will
pay but .about six-tenths, and this sim
ply because the East has more in val
ue of property than the West. Of
coursc'-we do not suppose the Enquirer
would deliberately mis-state the facts,
but such random assertions are of as
evil tendency as if they were made
with fa purpose to deceive. V e sup
pose that if any one would take the
trouble to sift out the proportions o
interests, merchants' capital, kc. paid
by the East and West, about the same
proportions of taxes would be shown
but .the argument of the Enquirer
would be weakened ; for it, as the Dem
ocrats falsely assert, equal taxation
meajns equal taxation on every thing
thci, as the East pays the larger share
of tpese minor kinds of taxes, an
quajlization of every thing would re
ducfc these and increase the taxes on
lands and negroes
We deny also that there is any such
marked difference as the Enquirer con
tenids m the kinds of labor of the tw
sections. It appears by the same of
ficial statistics that, we- have publish
ed that there are about two taxable
bh.ck polls in the West to every three
in. the East 58,897 to 89,016, And
it s said, and we believe it to be true,
fhat there are as many slaveholders
in,1 the West as in the East many
Eastern people owning each very large
niimbers. - .
Again, on the part of the West we
rich or poor. The farmer who. owns
84,000 worth Of property, whether m
slaves or anything else, ought to pay
p, tax upon it as property, whilst every
white man pays a poll tax as a con
tribution to the government which pro
tects his person and his life, in peace,
as he protects, or is expected and re
quired to protect, the Government and
the property in time of war. ;
The Enquirer, after some further
remarks, reiterates its Democratic
doctrine, so insulting to laboring men
in every; section, whether rich or poor,
as follows 5
"Democrats of North Carolina, snchJ
is this boasted ad valorem The slave
labor of .the State, -which is owned
mainly by the East, is worth 8200,
000,000 f The free labor of the State,
used principally in the West, is worth
what? Why nothing, because you
cannot put any value upon free labor.
Now apply this delusive ad valorem
system and slave labor, at 25 per cent,
on the $100, ad valorem pays into the
Treasury 8500,000, while free labor
ad valoreln pays nothing. Where is
the equality ? Where is the justice o
such ad valorem ?
u25 per cent, on the 100" would,
according to our calculation, be 825
on the 8100, and instead of 8500,000,
as the Enquirer says, would amount
to a tax of fifty millions of dollars.
We submit that nobody proposes to
tax slaves 25 per cent., or fifty mil-
ions of dollars a year. Nor does any
body propose to tax them eyen 25
cents on the 8100, which is what the
Enquirer probably meant. As we
showed on Thursday, a tfax of 10 or
1 cents an tbe 8100 of lands and ne
groes would yie!4 about the same a-
mount of revenue as is now derived
from those sources. And it is not
true that free white labor pays noth
insr. It pays a poll tax, which is how
higher than ever before, yet not so
high as the necessities of the State
may hereafter require.
W e beg our readers, m all sections,
to ponder well these Democratic doc
rines and statistics. The former are
as insulting to white laborers as the
atfer are grossly inaccurate and de-
usive. White men who do not incline
to be valued like a slave, will scarce-
y relish, such Democratic doctrines.
' . . Fay. Observer.
. . mi
be a poor man is a crime, i am proves
that the Democracy do not believe, that
a poor man is honest.
It is a Fact I That Mr. Nicholson
says tnat a man wno owns lanq is a
better patriot than one who owns none
thus proving that leading Democrats
beheve that a poor man does not love
his country !
It is a Fact I That a majority of
the Democratic members of Congress
from the South are the advocates of
a dissolution of the Union if a certain
party -a party of its own making
shall elect their Presidential candidate.
It is a Fact That the Democratic
members of Congress, and the Repub
licans, are continually making Aboli
tion and Disunion speeches when there
is no practical question with regard to
the negro question betore the country.
It is a Fact! That Wendell Phil
lips declares that he had rather see a
Republican elected President than any
one else, because he believes when the
Democrats are defeated agitation will
cease.
It is aFact That the Democratic
party of the North and that of the
South are as.widely separated in prin
ciples as are the poles.
It is a1' Fact That the Demo
cratic party are not agreed on any one
single principle, except they intend to
have the spoils of office though the
heavens' fall,-.
These are only a few of the facts
which can and Avill be established.
We defy contradiction on each and all
of these counts. And yet the; Demo
cratic leaders ask Southern men to
vote for the Charleston nominee. Rea
der, will you do it ? We will not we j
fffMl
EUGENE B. DRAKE & SON,
EDITORS AiD PROPRIETORS.
STATESVILLE,
o
FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1860.
Our Terms.
THE " IREDELL EXPRESS" is published npon the fol
lowing Tkkms, from which there will be do deviation.
Suliscribers therefore will govern tbenuelve accordingly.
1 copy one year, if paid in advance, $2 Uo ;
If paid within 3 months, , 2 25;
: If paid within 6 months, 2.50;
; If not paid till the end of the subscription year, 3 00.
Justice Demands (hat Like Values in Slaves
Should Pay, Eqxud Taxes with Lands and oth
er Taxable Property.
PEOPLE'SflCKET.
FOB GO VERNOR,
JOHN POOL,
OF PASQUOTANK.
Henry W. Miller, Egqr., of, Kateigh, has
been; appointed Democratic Elector the
Fourth district. ,
Mr. Miller was a First, Second Jand !Tlurd
Degree Know Nothing, during the ejtfatence
of the party' in this State and took upon
himself the " horrid oaths" which the Stan
dard Weeps over so much. Did Mr. .Miller,
get tired of the American Union, when he
went over to Democracy ? It would ! ieeni
so!
tain, victory, and with John Pool for
our captain, we will place our banner
upon the battlements, deal out justice
to the people,' and fend democracy to
mingle in rts native element -in scenes
of dark dispair. i
Behold the democratic line, '
With Ellis at its bead,
As down the hill they fast incline,
To dwell among the dead.
StIDGE.
cannot.
V
i
utterly deny and repudiate the idea
tlat her people would under any cir
cumstances "attempt to tax the slave
labor ot the East, leaving her own la
bj)r untaxed." It is a libel on any
section of the State to say so.
But we had another purpose in quot
ing these Democratic views, to-wit, to
show white laborers, whether East or
West, the estimation in which they
are held, by this Democratic organ,
whose Editor, by the way, had just
come from the Democratic State Con
vention, fully imbued, doubtless, with
the feelings which prevailed in that
body of leaders of the party towards
the working men, whose peculiar
friends they profess to be. See the
parallel instituted by this Democrat
between the white lahorer and the
lave laborer. On the free laborer,
the white man,) says this Democrat,
you are not permitted to put any val
ue! That is, if the "Whig doctrine of
equal taxation should prevail, the free
white poor man will be put upon a dif
ferent footing from the negro I Well,
we da not see that this would be any
great outrage ; indeed we rather think
It is right and proper that it should
be so, whether the white laborer be
From the-Chattanooga Gazette.
Facts ! Facts ! ! Facts ! ! !
It is a Fact ! That when the Dem
ocratic party came in power in 1353,
national peace pervaded the entire
body politic ; the Abolition vote had
been decreased nearly one half by the
wise and conservative course of Mr.
Fillmore ; the public debt had been
reduced, and a surplus was left in the
National Treasury. j
It is a Fact .r4 That the Democratic
party leaders declared in 1848 that
"there could.be no union ot the De
mocracy whilst the Slavery question
was recognized as a legitimate party
issue."
It is a Fact! That they declared
in 1852, that "when the Baltimore
Convention of 1852 assembled, the
Democratic party was split up into
three distinct divisions, in regard to
the slavery issues, whilst on all other
essential measures it was a unit. These
three divisions entertained different
and irreconcilable opinions as to the
merits of the laws passed in .1850, for
the settlement of the slavery question.
Une portion cordially approved the
Compromise measures as doing justice
to both sections of the Union ; another
portion denounced those measures as
grossly unjust to the rights of the
feouth, whilst the third portion repudi
ates them for their alleged concession
to the rights of the South.
It is a Fact ! That the Democratic
party in 1855 passed such a resolu
tion on the slavery question as to, per
mit Stephen Arnold Douglas and the
Northern Democracy to justify Squat
ter Sovereignty, a doctrine more odi
ous to the South than the Wilinot
Proviso, and more destructive in its
consequences than Seward's Congres
sional prohibition.
It is a Fact ! That the Democra
tic leaders professed to regard the
Compromise measures as a final set
tlement of the slavery question.
It is a Fact! That Franklin Pierce
in his first message to Congress, con
gratulated the committee on the adop
tion of the Compromise measures, and
pledged his sacred honor to faithfully
carry out its provisions in his Admin
istration, and,
It h a Fact ! That almost before
the ink had dried, he violated this sol
lemn pledge by advocating the iniqui-
X 1 . . IMI -.1 11-. f . .
vous xvansas 0111, wnn an ns gutter
ing generalities."
j It is a Fact ! That this bill was
the Grecian horse by -which armed
treason was smuggled into the South !
It is a I act ! That the Democrat
ic party ha3 furnished every Abolition
candidate that has ever made the race
for President ! j
It is a Fact ! That the author of
the Wilmot Proviso is a Democrat.
It is a Fact ! That the author of
the Homestead bill is a Democrat.
It is a Fact That the Adminis
tration truckled to the advocates of
polygamy in Utah Territory.
It is a Fact ! That the Adminis
tration has proscribed men for voting
for whom they pleased.
It is a Fact That the wishes of
the people have been thwarted by the
Administration's appointing every in
dividual who was ever defeated by
them to some office of responsibility
and emolument.
It is a Fact ! That party newspa
pers hareleen sustained oat of the
Jeoples money.
It ua Fact That Jas. Buchanan
declines to have his alleged corruption
examined, which is prima facie evi
dence of guilt.
Xt is a Fact That a Democratic
Senator from Tex&s declares that to
Opposition Convention.
A convention of the Opposition par
ty, for the 5th Congressional District,
was held in Greensboro', on Tuesday
last, at which Hon. E. G. Reid was
appointed delegate to Baltimore, and
John Manning alternate ; Albert G.
Foster, Esq., of Randolph, was ap
pointed elector for the District. Du
ring the absence of the Committee ap
pointed to draw up resolutions for the
action of the Convention, Hon. John
A. Gilmer was called on and address
ed the large assemblage present.
The resolutions approve the Balti
more Convention, ratifies the nomina
tion of Mr, Pool for Governor, and re
iterates the doctrine of dd valorem
taxation. t.
A correspondent writing to the Char
lotte Bulletin, says :
" I have just returned from a visit
to Iredell county. The wheat fields
throughout that portion of the county
where I traveled, have all donned their
robes of li vine creen in which they
present so animating and pleasing a
scene to the eVes of the beholder.
The wheat fields for a distance of ten
miles, extending from Statesville in
the direction of Wilkcsboro', give a
more flattering promise of an abun
dant crop than they have given during
twenty years of thepast. I hope tiey
will afford plentiful ''seed to the sow
er and bread to. the eater."
The stockholders of-the Atlantic
and Ohio Railroad, have, as I wasjn
formed, made it a ''sine qua ?ion"
that the citizens of Statesville and its
vicinity must take 50,000 of stock in
the road ; otherwise it will not ap
proach nearer than five miles west of
Statesville, en route to Taylorsville."
We learn by our exchanges that th auth-
& Gaston, KortU Caro
lina, and the Charlotte & S. G Railroads re
fuse to convey the mail over their roaifa since
the 1st of May. More pay is demanded1 of
the Government, which has not been
granted.
! !
First Flowers of Spring, j
We have to tharjk Miss Mary- Ifterr for
sending us a handsome Bouquet, 1 made of
rare and choice flowers. I
, -
We will publish the proceeding of the
Whig meeting in Davie, next week,!
, ,
"The New Orleans. correspc rident of
the Charleston Mercury sayc?j-en.
Geo. Bickley, who was run isff frenn
this'eity by Maj. Jo. Howell, afnH who
proposes to caU a Convention Vpf the
Qratefnl Offering of a Widowed Mother. Knights of the Golden Circle, ; Ral:
Mr. 11. X. Marston, a wcll-knowu Book-agent, who trav- ! eigh, N . IS Said tO hAVi Swindled
the j'oung men throughout thy South
out of a sum amounting to a;b4ut 40,
000, in the way of initiatiortfees.
There is no doubt but that ho i)an im
poster, or he would never hgye left
2ew Orleans under the grosfe-Jhsii-lt
and impeachment of bis character with
out a clearance or cxplanattahl- '
But how about "Col. G reeW T''
'Bickley" and "Greenhow," ''KifG,' Cs.;"
' Globe Ball-Rooms !" Divide Jl.e, Union:
pteal a portion of Mexico ; Southern Confed
eracy ; Convention to be held at Raiieijjh, on
the 7th May, 1860.j ; ' '
elled in this ctranty last winter supporting his family, ro-
siiling in Illinois, from the proceed of his business which
he-proaecutod with becoming diligence and prudence, at a
time of much excitement- died, a few months ago at the
house of Mr. William Rea, in Mecklenburg county, by
which' Providence his wife and three cliildren have been
bereft of tbir natural protrctor.
Mr. M:irstott, haj spent neveral years in North Carolina,
pui-gujng hi business, and we had reason to know he was
highly eisketmod by nuiny. pcrhnps ail, who formed his in
riuiute acquuiutauce uutl although, coming fioma noti
s4archoMing State, his avowod convictions and uniform
conduct were always in i"or ot tbe institutions of the
South, to whose citizens be was warmly attached for he
said they always were his Ust IrieirJs. It was Mr. M;irs
tou'u request, when be Uit took lejiTo'of his Cuuily, tiiat.
If he should not be spared to bee pheni again knowing j
that they would be lei'i dependant .to otter one of hi oliii"
reu for adoption to gome kind-hearted family of means,
North Girolina, who would bu willing to receive umlaut a
good-f'-end's part by her, and train her in the jiuths of rir
tue and usefulness. This inioniiatiou .has been Coinmuni.
catcd to us, within a few days, by Mrs. Marston. In com
pliance with her husband's request ohe proposes to part
with their eldest daughter, now about 10 years old, to the
care and pupillage of some kind lueaa teU family, having no
child of their own, to be adopted iinto their fcimily and
brought up as their child. The link girl enjoys excellent
health, has been well-trained thus far, is well-educated for
her years, amiable disposition, comely features, and with
opportunities would not fail in the attainment of those
qualifications and accomplishments which would render
her a valued compauion and Cotnfe-rt to any family adopt
ing her. We hope that this notice may meet the eye of
some good person, who will be williug to comply with the
wishes of both the living and the ead ; and that Isabel
Marston, may have a home in our 'good Old State, near her
iather's grave, and plant with hr filial bauds the roses
aud the green-turf, which, watered with her tears, will
embower and note tho swred spot. :
The address of Mrs. Mary J. Marston is Snarga, Iraqtlois
CeuiUy. Illinois.
. : , , : r
Morgan-and-Black-Hawk Horse.
We have been gratified to perceive on the
! part of many of our farmers and stock-raisers,
a disposition to improve the blood anj
jKxligree of their horses ; and Mr. O. G.
Foard of Rowan Mills, to encourage and sus
tain the improvement, now making in stock
raising, and ensure a pedigree of horses to the
country worthy the. highest consideration,
has obtained, at great cost, a thorough-bred
Morruit-and-Bliick-IIaak Stallion, from Cana
da. " Black-Hawk" was on exhibition at
his sta-bles in this place, Monday last, and
we being always pleased tt look upon a re
ally fine animal, made his liorseship a visit,
lie is, truly, a beautiful'.nmiiiial, exhibiting
the points -of his renowned ancestry.
Our fanners nuw have presented to them
an opportunity for obtaining a cross of two
famed blooded horses, both of unrivalled pe
digree -" Morgan" and ' Black-Hawk."
And as the trouble and cost o raising and
feeding poor stock, equals that for the best
blood ; while the latter is worth for any serv
ice, or to sell, five times more than the form
er, our stock raisers, ought to understand
what would contribute to their interest, in
the way of tine horses. See advertisement.
Wioare the Knights in North Citfolina?
Can anybody tell? ,
Oov. juis won tl lie a at mtici - as an
oyster. From Aim we'll never "Iins-srXoth
i "PC- j ; .
Sarsaparilla. I'i .
This trophical root lias a reputation wide a "the world.
for curing one class of tbe disorders that affiict'mnnRind
a reputation too which it deserves as tbe' best 5 titMote wc
possess fur scrofnlous complaints. But to be bought into
use, iU virtues must be concentrated and con binvd with
other medicines that increase its power. PJiie reliable
compound of this character is much needed tin; com
munity, ltead the advertisement of Dr. Sarsapa.
ruia m our columns, iiuu we know li mwi bo dcoiuiuiu
from us to give our titize us confidence in w.hat"he offers
i Orgtm, SyrtKpff.'X'. I".
For the 'Iredell ExprcnV!
Fayetteville, Apri2l,S(56
Editors Iredell Express : ;
The 'Indications. at the preset time
orfous tor our good par;v, and
are ir
Shameful Misrepresentation. .
The Salisbury Banner of Jast week made
amends for one wronjj it had done us ; and
this week it-perpetrates another, and a very
jrross one, in the fbllovviiii :
"If the object was to realize more taxes
from slave property, how comes it Mr. Pool
declares upon the tuinp at the Last that the
proposed change will not have that effect ?
and the i avettevtile Ooserver thinks with
Mr. Pool that under the change, slave pro
perty as a whole will pav n larger sum into
the treasury than now. And if what Mr.
Pool and the Qbserver sav be true, what be
comes of the Western Opposition view t.f the
matter':-"
a 6
And this is repeated over and over again
by the Banner.
Now all our readers know that our plain
and decided allegation has been the very re
verse of that attributed to us by the Banner.
We h ave contended, and have shown that
Mr. Pool contends, that the proposed change
will "realize more taxes from slave property,"
that slave property will pay a larger sum into
the treasury than how. IIow the Banner
could have perverted our plain declarations
into their very epposite, ia more than we can
account for.
The Banner farther asserts (speaking of
Mr. Pool and the Observer,)
, "That thev Id not Dropose to lessen the
"tax on land oraiy thing else and put it on !
the slaves notmow taxed. That would not
do to talk of itflbe East."
This, also, ia the very reverse of our argu
ment. We have Bhown, that if slaves are
taxed, like lands, -according to Value, the tax
on the latter may, be reduced from 20 cents
to about H centa on the 8100 value, whilst
the
aSSnSRt& tax on slaves will be increased
from $118,329 to $198,000.
The Banner goes on to Bay for itself,-as
follows:
"We assert it, and we defy, contradiction,
that a tax on alj the property in the State, to
raise the Bum now required by the treasury,
would reduce the tax now paid on slave pro
perty more than three-fourths that is, a
slave which now pays a tax of 80 cents would
then pay less than 20 cents."
We contradict this, here in the part' of the
State where the slaves abonnd. We say to
slaveholders, .plainly and honestly, your tax
ee on slaves will not be reduced three-fourths,
will not be reduced at all, but will he mcreas
ed. Your taxes on lands will Le reduced,
but not on slaves. -
If we cannot succeed without deception,
.we will he content with defeat.--Jtry, QU.
Dr. Edward Warren, of Edenton,
Jf. C. (editor of the N. G. Medical
Journal,) has been eleeted to a Pro
fessorship in the Uniyersit of Mary.
Charleston Democratic Convention.
The proceedings of this body have been
anything than harmonious. The first week
of the session was spent iif gerrymandering
and wrangling among the delegates, extend
ing to almost blows at times, so eager were
the factions for their respective favorites.
Monday last found them stiHl without a plat
Ibrni also without having made a nomination.
The committee having charge of the job for
constructing a platform, could not agree,
and on Thursday submitted majority and mi
nority reports. We would be surprised if the
delegates close their proceedings with great
er harmonv than thev begun.
It
Congress has not been in session for
the transaction of regular business since
Monday week, a large number of members
having been drawn to Charleston to attend
the sitting of the Democratic Convention.
This is not acting fairly by the public who
pay S3, 000 to each Congressman to legislate
for the,country. But Democratic politicians
act as if the people, belong to them.
democracy ih being used up. ,he can
didates for governor tire fairlyJIin the
held, and we are assured on eve-hand
that the gallant statesman, Jdl n I'ool
is pieparing for a noble- victoriWh the
4 th ot August next. - i!
Say to the West that tho EsBt w.l
repudiate a man who endeavofi to ar
ray one against the other, in oryier tluit
he may ride into power and feftl npon
government food, and will, consequent
ly, cast :i largo vote fur the -m&.i 'vho
says "that if he is elected Jie:.vill be
governor of No; th Carolina, knowing
no .Lust, no Wst, but the cr- ute at
large." John Poll has driven 4jis op
ponent to the wail, proving ;.')y the
journals of the Legis atlire ot "North
Carolina, that 'assertions whitkj Ellis
made are false. John W. Eli says
"the Western people are shrewVlcalcu
lators ; horse trading people ; hknowt
them well, and warrs the Eastt'fn -peo
ple to beware lest they fall isjto the
hands of the western fellowfj?' ' H
says : "1 know the western pettple it
will not do to tru&t them." Cai$a friiin
be a true statesman, a thoron, hon
est, North Carolinian, who speaks ii
suen language oi jier sonsf -ip-says
"the r,ast win nave tlie taxes ,o pay
to ueneiit ine y est. jl wctjdei'
. n t ill ' -i .
your citizens oi xreaeii, ;ao nyt .paj'
more in proportion to their --health
than the East, at this, tiine Mark
(tov. E1:is position, and vrattli him
when he gets in the West. Jcrt'-n Pool
stands square upon the platfoin,-tak
ing a position which will do hifvlionor
tdilve East and Yest. Jle Jias ;et out
to vindicate the cause of jtistictand e-
i : t i r a . i i 1 1 . . lift, . t i
iua.m, unu x ten vou. in neroie wu
stand by him in August W.-f hav
been "bamboozled" by democraly long
enough; the people are awakigv to a
sense of their situation; to thf situa
tion of our country. Amid th din o
confusion, caused by the two rcten el
ements of our Congress, a few; nob
statesmen have pondered our cfintry'
honorable historv, when a ClaX? and j
Webster's voices were heard dinissing
questions which re'atbd to ouj.whole
country, knowing no secti.onaTstiife,
but embracing the whole eoury for
which our forefathers died- T$ey. see
that, unless we "wear ship" shall
be wrecked upon theshore of jioirtical
corruptitin. They are souisdihj the a
larm, and, 1 believe that the people- of
the nation will heed. Ah, hotf .true,
that "from tho bywayis then pmeth
up' the stink of corruption." h
in this section ot the cauntrri there
For the "Iredell Express." j
Whig Meeting in Wilkes.
.A meeting of the "Opposition! of
Wilkes County was held at the Court
House, in Wilkcsboro', on Friday, the
20th of April, J860. j
On motion of A S Calloway, Thomas
II Saintclair was called to the Chair,
and Jas O Martin requested to act aa
Secretary.
The object of the meeting was brief
ly explained by D W Parks, Esq , who
introduced the following resolutions
which were unanimously adopted : '
Resolved, That we concur , in the expedi
ency of holding a Convention, for the pur
pose of selecting a candidate to be offered to
the citizens of Alexander, Iredell and Wi)kV,
as a suitable person to represent the district '
composed of said counties, in the Senate of
the next General Assembly ; and that we re
commend Taylorevill as the place, and the
first Monday a June as the time, for holding
said Convention.
Resolved, That the Chairman of this meet
ing appoint twenty delegates to represent this
County In said Convention. ;
Resolved, That we cordially approve of,
and endorse the resolutions adopted by tbe
State Convention of the Opposition party,
which assembled at Raleigh on the. 22nd Feb
ruary last.
Rcmviuf, That we preet with enthusiasm
the nomination of JOHN POOL as the Ou-
ernatorial Candidate of the Whi party;
n whom wg recognize an able, intelligent
and energetic man, a true whig, a public spirit-
j i i i i - .i- p
and that we will use all honorable means tu
remote his election.
Under the second resolution, the
Chairman appointed the following per
sons as delegates to the District Con
vention :
L B Carmichael, F A Harris, N A
Foster, Wm Parks, A A Whittington,
W H McNeil, A S Calloway, Johnson
Spier, R L Kicks, Pickens Carlton, Jas
E Kcynolds, E J Beclnal, Jas Ilol-
broe:, John Brown, Esq-, J) W Parks,
r Morton, bJ (jrenrung. lhos BrvaH,
J 11 Furgerson, Iiarrold liases.
On motion it was ordered that tlie
names of the Chairman and Secretary
be added to the list. r
Resolved, That any member of our party
from this Country present at the Convention
be requested to take,,their seats as delegate.
Rent-Iced, That the proceedings of ilib
meeting be sent to the Raleigh Register and
Iredell Express for publication.
Un motion, the meeting adjourned.
Til OS. II. SAINTCLAIR, CA.
J. O. Martin. See'y.'
For tin '-Iredull JCzpreH."
La PrairiK. 111., April 20, 18G0.
Messrs. Julitors : A friend has furnisheil
me with a copy of the New York-Tribune, in
which appears a letter, purporting to have
tteen written from Asheboro', N.C, just f-
icr me 1 1 liti vi ivcv. x'uuiei w ui vu. ih.i ine
writer is, no one knows, but I presume lie ia
an exotic from some of the hot-beds of North
ern Abolitionism, traveling South 'to cool liin
fevered brain, or more likely, he is conductor
on some underground railroad, looking et
lor stolen or runaway negroes to transport p
his hue. I
He speaks of hav ing visited High Point,
and calls North Carolina a secluded hermit,
age on an extensive scale, and as being igno
rant of the outer world and its vivacities, un
used, for a long j&riod, to strong excitement,
Jii-c., ic.
I suppose that this itinerant abolitionist
thinks, that because the, citizens of North
Carolina do not meddle with other people
affairs, and undertake to uproot the institu
tions of Other States, that, consequently, they
are secluded from the rest of the worki.
This hup of abolitionism, goes on toobnerve
that "while he was writing a few private i&
cendiary lines at the table in the Hotel Of
fice, an argumrntative party gathered around
watching with curiosty the process ol the
Northern gentleman's wielding his en."
He certainly makes a candid confession
here, for, no doubt, he deserved to be taken
iip at leat on suspicion, and placed in the
&ifety Valve alonir with his friend Worth.-
It would be well for the South to keep a
sharp look-out, for these "wolves ii sheep
clothing'' are sneaking round, aa very likely
this fellow was, (without an.v ostensible busi
ness) trying to ingratiate hiiiisclf ' into the
good graces of Southern people, and steal
something ; to defraud them out oftheifjulf-.
stance which is only a different dress.
I would fhink it the duty of every toft
and village in the South, to have their Vigt
lence Committees, to watch closely ard scna
well the conduct of all such "caje-allmi;set'
'as this fellow. He dates his letter the TiH
April'; it will not be difficult to locate the
man. He may be one of Helper's distribut-
-
Pool will be elected Govemon-if eve
ry section of the State- polls spr full
Whig vote. ' ' , ' j ' i -
.The work is moving glrioly for
ward, notwithstanding the denoeratic
sheets, some ol them, have extended
Who will he the Candidates ?
This question is- often asked in our hear
ing, but' as yet no one can furnish an answer.
But at the proper time, no doubt, shortly,
there will be candidates for all the offices to
be filled, and there will be no vacancy for the
lack of a candidate. In mixing among the t has not been such a waking timiy the
people, at the April term, we heard several j H'hig party in a long time, anj John
names mentioned, in connection with the
candidacy for the House of Commons, either
of whom, would make a good member: Col.
A. Mitchell, Col. AUUon, Gipt. A. K. Sim-
onton,A. RF. Gaither.Esq., and others were
i4-Kkimiir..Ann , 4 ... il. .-
ently qualified for usefulness in the halls of, ,
. - , ;. i .u r ii ci nei ot lying since t the last ca 4paign.
legidaticinoreoTer. have the full confid-. j ftm hi( to gee E n e
ence of their fellow-ct.zens jrQnt and d()j ffcr
i n ?MTt Torslatnrft will htt a. vrv imnon- I r,. t ii. . tl
tant one, and the ablest mem men who will
take pains to advocate Equal Taxation before
the people should he brought out in all tlie
counties.
District Convention-
By the proceedings published eJsewherejt
will be perceived that the Citizens of Wilkes,
propose meeting their Fellow-Citizens of Ire
dell and of Alexander, at Tavlorsville, on the 1 09 t0 car,T on the govern menrfbr thfc
Firat Mnn.lav in .In- n t r,;.,o - protection ofTQKIR NEGKOES. BltthlS
Candidate of the Ad Valorem party, to ren- i PrintiVe ! And wilt'we allodemoc
resent the district comprising the three coun
ties in the, next State Legislature.
vice for the cause of our ' party cause
in which is'involved tbe peoplt, -s best
interest. Gentlemen ! supposltbat 1
were the, owner of all the land tU .North
Carolina, and tbe negroes werpwnod
by the ballance of her popuI?ion; t,
in order to carrrv on the farnj, would
bo compelled to hire their tiefgots; 1
would support their negroes, pay for
their nvgroes, and pay most 'ofljfbe tax-
itiey unger to jam uowii ourrinroais
the doctrines which they " pach if -
vv itlw sutfr eorruntion tct srit.'invl a-
We would suggest, that Iredell hold a mee-; romid our public offices, as it as done
ng. u.. rMCbuy ui -Mn aim appoint and not use the power we ttst'ss to
delegates to attend eaid Convention. put-it-down ? e ',1 '
r or -ears our flar has wav5 id in the
ine. annual Artdreas. belore the Students : breeze, high above the filth afti 8 ime
of the SutesTiUe. lale Academy will be de- of democracy, though there re but
liTered by Eev. Wiiijam A. Woods, of Row. few to bear it onward. But "the find a
i
j ao, pn Tuesday, 29th Hay, I860.
grand array marching ibrwarjj to cer-
ini agents.
He speaks of High Point in rather aftraio
of ridicule, in regard to the burning of Help
er's books ; the Female college and, I sup
pose, the sale of Rev. Mr. Langdon's proper
ty; the auctioneer, the negroes, the specula
tors, the yonng ladies of the School, and all .
present. He then makes a general class ot
them all together, without distinction, aa all
being present attending the sale of negroes .
&c.
My opinion is, whoever this fellow may te.
he is a perfect scamp and ought to be brand
ed wherever he goes. -
I have taken the pains to send you the p
pej containing hid letter, to expose him. I
want it distinctly understood, that I don'l
read the "Tribune," but being informed oi
the letter in question, curiosity prompted iu
to see it. You can make such disposition of
thepaper as you think proper. , J.M.A.D.
The correspondence to which allusion ii
made in the foregoing letter, occupies nearly
four columns of the Tribune, printed in small
type, and headed from "our oven Reporter"
Thus, it would seem, that Greely sent a pe
cial reporter to Asheboro', where Worth wa
tried, to report the proceedings of the court
Which he has done very minutely.' We i
fer, also, from what the writer. has unwitting
Jj communicated to the Tribune, that it
not designed to reach Southern ears; that '
gents are secretly operating in the field from
which Worth was taken by the requirement
of the Law.
tlw fcIredell ExpreM."
.Bail Eoad Meeting.
A Jew of the citizens of Iredell Coon-'
ty met at Olin, on Saturday, the 28th
April, I860, for the purpose of holding
a Railroad meeting.
The meeting was organized by cal -Mr.
A A Sharpo to tho Chair, and ap
pointing W S Houpe, Secretary.
- Tho meeting was addressed, at con
siderable length, by Col. A MitcheU,
showing the importance of building,
and the beneficial results, were the At
lantic, Tennessee and Ohio Rail Kofld
extended througn this pai t of the Coun
ty y but especially the great importance
of extending jt to Statesville. VooM
were opened and some stock taken.
" The meeting then adjourned sun?
die. " !
4 A. A. SHAKPE, Ch'n.
W. S. Hotrtts, See'y.