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Statesville, N. C, Friday, July 6, 1860.
No. 31t'
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tor tb "Irejell Elpwtft.
" Dedicated, to Uxa "Social Circle."
As one of the invited members of the 'Cir
cle,' I salute, though late, that charmed ring.
Thanks to St. ledgerjs generous heart for
establishing this lneaifs., of enlivening many
hearts and homes, by forming a band of ear-
neat souls and active ininds to spread abroad
a healthy and beneficial influence. May his
ibest and highest hopes be realized.
To the homeless Wanderer, the 'Circle'
ibrrags the sound of familiar voices "Voices
heard before", on the ijile of LonggOi" and
that same cheers and animates lm heart.
Through the 'Circle ue Jiieet again our
friends, we interchange ( our tkoughts and
' feelings, we delight i their inflection a8 -of
o5d, ad the oldest bfjus, despite -the realities
round -us which', with sober look, point pth
1 erwise, grow young aain. Indeed, the 'Cir-
! -cle' ia peculliarjy suiteid to the culture of the
iest feelings and emotions our natures are
capable of. Sparkling wit, gentle humor,
deep thought, biting sarcasm, or cold specu
lations, may do muchj to amuse or instruct ;
indeed, all are properjy within the province
of the 'Circle,' but the simpl exposition of
', our feelings as prompled by affection, or a
, heartfelt interest in tjhc welfare of others.
forms the high and piecious privilege of the
" members. . The lettef, then, that shows our
t, experiences dimly showed forth as they
i may be engages ouir earnest attention.
I Mrs. Prowning tells up that letters should be
i "our talk put down oii paper." The hand-
grasp, tne ncan-tnron, tnenpeaKing eye, iue
lore aAvakened smile, ami the sweetr voice
that is low, get deep 83 the well of the heart
is deep ; all arc Fecn in the letters of "those
wc love, and those thftt love ua," when we
read them either on the manuscript or the
printed sheet. How jften have some of us
seen or felt all thesie ill life's journey !
To St. Ledger khi patron saint of the
Circle' I offer mytHanfts for his good will,
and promise to be hisjco-laborcr. To 'Mary
L.', my warmest admiration is due ; and that
phe may often brightn the 'Circle is my
wish. 'Pilgrim,' whq lately came to ask thej
hospitality of the 'Cirffle,' has my sympathy
nnrl rofrnrrl snfrh as isi due from an exile to.
a pilgrim. And where are the others?
What has checked the warbling of the moun
tain songstress, 'Linnqtte V Why is the gen
tie 'Minnie Mons' silent? From "The Oaks'
we have heard, and have been delighted
'The Ppes,' tno, havel their eloquent repre-i
tentative ; then will ni)t some spirit move thei
energies and inspire tle hearts ot those iast
' mentioned to'repreBent the 'Laurel' and thei
And now dear 'Cirdle.Aanv thou eh t which
. mnv be suegested by reflection, or any emo
tion which may-, be prompted by scenes of
beauty and lovelinessjor any which may be!
. engendered by such thoughts or emotions, i
deemed worthv of penisaf, will be dedicated
a vnnirlcind roiiaiderat ion. as the humble
and affectionate tribute of an EXILE
"The Magn-ouas," June 21, I860..
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Fot the 'rodi-ll Exprese."
To the 'Social Circle.'
Having had an invitation to join your 'So
ri:il Circle.' I now make rav best bow to yon
all; but while doing po, I have a vague con
fiction that there are mighty few of you, or
fhnt von are nil extrernelv taciturn. I had
at least expected to find her of 'The Oaks.
and him of the saintly cognomen ; but being;
in v first appearance anjong you, it would
vince bad taste to cominenoe by grumbling
I can do that when I get more familiar with
vou all. I hope the absent ones will soon
and regularly fill their seats in the 'Circle
by the injrle side. But I believe the 'duty!
which devolves upon me, is to explain my
self anent some.- particulars ; and my maiii
motives for obtruding my presence upon your:
, harmonious nartv. In! doini so, I would not
mar the existing 'concord but I would have
' a little more variety than the common chord
produces; I. would have more, volume oj"
Bound, and a little morfc of ihe fugue, or conj
versational style. I would like to hear the
bold avowhl of opinions on any 'topic (save
on religion and party politics) so as to afford
a good vent for the ..spirit of contradictor!
which we all,' imperfect creatures i.that wf
. are.jjospcss, to some extent, in common; b$
that we thus riiight be amused, abused, praisf
' . ed, blamed, enlightened, &c, &c, in ..turnst
,In this way we. can each be a convenience
and a spur to alj the reft ; each will be use
ful and needful to the) -others. I want ti
make friends' of jou allj hut what is the use
' of having friends in thepsocial circle' or else
' where, if rtc don't appropriate eome quali
ties they may possess, to one's own gratifica
tion. Shakespeare says, "friends are tin;
most needless creatures living, should we
never have use for thera.7 We, in the 'bo
cial circle, will (have to) confine ourselves
to appropriatingfand enjoying .one-anothcr'a
good qualities of head and heart, and not re
sorting to the more gross practice'of making
1 a friendly use of each other's corporeal sub
stance by which "I mean 'filthy lucre for
though there is often much money in friend
ship, there is no friendship in money matters)
and the surest way to lose the good will of a
friend, is to lend him money. Doubtless yo
an Degm to toinic j am an unsentimenta
and selfish curmudgeon Well, I am, bu
not a whit more so than th rest of youi
Don't you, each one, love a friend all the betj
ter when he good-naturedly allows you to be
witty at his expense, to laugh at his foibles!
or any awkward mishsp which befalls him
(however painful to him such as his hurried!
ly sitting down on the floor, after carvinga
fowl at dinner, under the conviction that hid
chair behind him was in statu quo, but which1
..you,or Bome one, had elyly withdrawn, aj
foot or two T Don't let us throw sentimental
- dirt m each other's eyes about pure and un
alloyed friendship, when we all feel, and!
6Mte know and admit, that it is purely a
lfish-Btitution. Solomon, or aomothej
good and wise man has said, "love your
friends, but don't pull down your own hedge,"
by. which ho weans, I suppose, get as. much
amusement as possible out of your friends;
but keep behind a" coat of mail yourself- in
short, 'take care of No. 1.' Much as has
been spoken and' written . about friendship,
in all sorts of ways, ethically, sentimentally,
satirically, farcically, sententiously, religious-i
i ly, politico-ecOnomically, critically and hyp-'
ocritically, yeti some think it etui remains to
be proved whether the thing itself be a real
ity or only a pSiilosophical whimseys a 'dag
ger of the mind,' or an absolute nonentity
believe t to be a myth, floating in the wa-
terv brain of the Transcendentalism There,
think I have thrown a brand amor.gyou,
which will stiif -you all up, for doubtless moet
of you will warmly dissent. Now, though
thus courting contradiction, prav "do not
udge ue a- pedantic wrangler.. I merely
ove it for the piquancy and sparkling vivac-
ty it imparts to social intercourse, but I pre
fer it iu the easy, entertaining and instruc
tive style ; and it must be conceded, my bad-
nage to the contrary, that it is to the 'social
circle' that we must, almost Exclusively, look
for pure earthly happiness, and as au anti
dote to the appalling horrors of that ghostly
and terrible Apprehension, Death, which but
too frequently and painfully forces the door
of our thoughts, when deprived of the socie
ty of the congenial ones of our species. For
my own part, I confess that I fear death : the
fear of death is common to all Religion
and Philosophy may welcome it, and passion
may disregard its approach, but our instinct,
which is always true, first commands u to
fear. It is not the pain of dying, but it is
the 'pompa mortis,' the array of death, and
dread of being alov&in the dark, dark gravg,
that makes the brain seethe and trie mind
recoil while brooding on the certain, but
stealthy and unannounced coming of that
shapeless phantom, Death ! What achee.r-
ing solace,' then, is the fellowship of kindred
minds. It is wise to become attached for-we
are very dependent on each other, particular
ly are the male3 dependent on the females,
who are so gentle, so affectionate, so true in
sorrow, so nntired and untiring in sickness.
Let us extract jail the pleasure we can, then,
from kind intcrcouse, communing of thought
and mingling f Sympathies, w frequent con
tributions to the "Social Circle.'
Ydurs, &.c,
AlfGUS.
From 'the Raleigh Register.
Discussion Between the Gubernatorial j and discussing it -upon lacts and pnn
Candidates, at Goldsboro'.:' i ciples, had dealt in unsupported assev-
LARGE, IN'TELUGEXT 4 ATTEOTIVE AVDIEXCE.
POOL GLORIOUSLY TRIUMPHANT!
Ellis' qwii friends admiitin his
utter demoiitioa !
The jjiscussion opened at 11 o'clock,
26th ulr, at the Court Hfmse. '
Gov. Ellbi made the openingspcech.
He commenced by complimenting the
Democracy bf Wayne, and, congratu
lating himself upon the' vote he re
ceived two years ago saying it was an
indication of their adherence to the
time honored principles of the Demo
cratic partyi
He aid that the Opposition Con
vention which met ' in Raleigh and
nominated his competitor, had presen
ted a new issue to the people of this.
State, which was no less than a" change;
in the time-honored Constitution which
hacHjeen adopted by Our Revolution
ary fathers in 1784, and that this pro
position had! been made the main point
between his fcompetitor and himself:
that it was a proposition to annul a
sacred comnromise between the East
juiu ircaii iu n int. ii iuc vuii ciiiivjh ui
1835 had given form and shape that
this compromise was put in the Con
stitution to secure the East against
paying an unjust-proportion tf the
taxes, that the proposition to tax
slaves, according to value instead of
taxing them as polls, would increase
the taxation of the. East, which was
already pacing its full proportion.
He said thiai was the second Congres
sional District, and that it paid into;
the Treasury one hundred and fivel
thousand dollars,- whilst the 8th Con-I
gressional District, where the v had
large pfopriations to build Railroads
paid only forty-three thousand dollars
into the Treasury, that the-large Coun
ty of Burke, which gave many more
votes than the County of Wayne, had
500.000 expended in it for Railroads
the interest on which was 30,000 a
year, and that it would take the taxes
paid by that County 7 years to pay
the interest for a single year on the
amount expended in it from the Pub
lic Treasury. He said, by ad valorem
taxation the taxes of the East would
be increased, and those of the-West
diminished and in that way the West
would lose one or two Senators, but
that his competitor advocated an open
Convention on the federal basis, and
when-that Convention assembledrthe
West would have the power in it, and
that they would change the basis of
representation in the Senate to pre
vent the loss f Senators thatdVe was
a Western man and knew their views
and that they "would not consent to the
loss of a Senator!' ; He. then went on
to Bhow that Mr. Pool had voted a-
gaint Gorrejl's Bill for a .Convention,
and also Turner's BUI in the last Leg-
islature. which he .said was inconsis-
tent with his present position; He
said the Opposition platform would tax
I l v.
evervthin? and would exemnt riothina
m proof of which he.wouldcall- at
tention to an amendment Differed by-
Mr. Turner; of Orange,' mtbe . Oppo
sition Convention, proposing to ex
empt tin eups, &c. which T?a8 ; voted
down, showing that thejr re-fused to
exempt tin cups, and that if they would
go down as low as tin cups, he sujv
posed they would go as low as any
thing, and a party which, would do that
ought to be called the "Tin Cup Par
ty '; that any Government that would
tax a poor man's necessaries was the
worst species of tyranny ; that ' ad
valorem would break into the corn
crib and the smoke house; that he
himself was a poor man, and that he
idid not want an ad valorem tax ; that
he was in favor of taxing luxuries more
fthan necessaries ; that the private bil-
hard table arguea luxury and ought j mg it power to discriminate" only in
to be taxed more than a man's land of1 favor of "native products and indus
equal value. He then went on to re- trial pursuits." That this would give
for to Mr. Pools votes on the subject a substantial guarantee and protection
bf ad valorem' and said if those propo-J against unequal taxation, not only to
sitions were not the same as that which i the slave owner, but also to, the land
he now advocates, why did lie not in-; owner, to the owner of bank" stock and
trotluce his present proposition in the i 0f monied interest, and all oilier lead-
Leeislature ? -He said ad valorem
would drive slaves from' the State
that the wealthy man could take his
slaves on the -Railroad and carrv them
to Arkansas where they Would earn !
more than, they do m North" Carpli-
na. . - - : . J -i-tland is taxed 20 cents on the hundred
He said? there" were two ways to dollars valuation, while the slave js
equalize taxation on6 by putting it taxed only 6 cts. jh the aggregate,
up on negroes, and the other by bring-1 There was a 'protection h the -consti-ing
it down on land ; that Mr. Pool j tution in 1835 to the land owner for
wa3 for increasing taxes -on negroes, fthe Senate was elected by and repre
whilst he was for decreasing them on jsented but the owners of land. . Free
land ; that the Public Treasury would ! Suffrage annulled this' provision of the
permit a decrease in the present a
mount raised. Here ended Mr. Ellis'
first speech. - " '-
MR. POOL'S REPLY.
He said: this was the first time he
had appeared before the people of
Waj-ne -that he knew they were op
posed .to him politically,, but that when!
he appeared before, the people of Iv,
C., of whatever political faith, he was
appearing before his countrymen who
cherished the principles, of , American
liberty, that every man had a right to
entertain and express his political opin
ions, that he knew the people "of
Wayne County, though opposed to his
politics, were North Carolina gentle
men, and were willing to hear'"toth
sides of the question fairly discussed
that his competitor, instead of coming
up laniv to me issue uctween tiiem,
tior, ana taKen up nis- tune in skirm
ishing on the out post of the question,
that he had involved himself in con
tradictions which he should take pains
to point out to the audience.- His
competitor had said that there was a
proposition to alter a compromise
i -i t i i ' nr ill, .1
whien naci neen euecteci oetween mc
East and West, which had been made
for the benefit of the East. lie (Mr.
Pool) did, not see any ground for as
serting that -this was a compromise for
the benefit of the East that the East
had voted against . it by overwhelming
majorities in every county, and he
proceeded to show the votes of the va
rious counties on the subject.
EASTERN COUNTIES. .
. For ll
Agaipst it
Wayne county
Beaufort
Bertie -.
Currituck
Camden
Chowan
28
90.
96-.
22
66
n
, '. (
3
29
85
12
9
7-
' 9
966
639
315
115
333
! 322
391
1 1324
r 617
423
'376
431
776
-320
795
757
286
j Columbus
I Edgecombe
Franklin
Gates
Green
Hertford -
Hyde
Johnston
Lenoir
Martin
Naslt
Northampton
Pasquotank ,
Pitt
16
54
14
- v 8
! 12
. 7
32
- 10
1
'. 14
442
710
421
459
. 409
- Against it.
44
22
1
33
: 8
18
: -42
61
. . 24
-68
2
4
71
. 8
13
Perquimons
Tyrrell
Wasington
WESTERN COUNTIES.
. . For It.
Anson county
Buncombe
Burke
Davidson
Haywood
Iredell
Lincoln
Mecklenburg
Rowan
Rockingham
Rutherford -
Surry ".
Stokes
Wilkes -
Tancev
815 .
1322
1359
1034
481
1194
1887
1097
1570 -T612
1557
1751 1061
,1757
564-
How then could his competitor say
that this was a compromise for the
benefit of the East ? and urge before
"an Eastern iudienee that it was adop
ted for the protection of their interest
when it Kad tbeen forced upon thein so
plainly against their wishes ? that his
competitor, was raising ine cry m jsasx
an,d West ; thaflje deprecated appeals
to sectional feedings upoa agreat.ques
tion of justice' and equality ; that hte
competitor had- represented, his piat
form as pronvsing to strike out a pro
vision of the present constitution and
- . ...
: put nothing m Tts place ; that the con-
' stitution of K. Carolina permitted the
- i legislature t& taverytning accora
ing to value exxiept slaves.; that.it per
mitted no taac to re placed upon slaves
trnder 12 n3 ofet,50; and pn Jthose'
between those ages Jt pmitited na
higher tax than that placed npoxrwhite
polls ; that the proposition was now to
strike out this restriction and to put
in its place a provision that every spe
cies of property may he taxed accord
ing to its value, with power in the leg
islature to discriminate only in favor
of the "native products of , pur State, I
and the industrial pursnitg. ot her citi
zens.", Tnatthis would not only al
low shaves to be taxed . according to
value, as property, but compel the leg
islature so to tax them, and at the
same time to lax an. uie leading suo-
iects of taxation in the fame way,giv
ing investments of capital. Much b as-
been said about protection to the slave
owner. Where is the pratlection in
the constitution to the land owner?
and the owner of other property ? He
has none "and as the result of it, the
constitution and left theland owner
with protection. My competitor and
his party did all in. their power to ef
fect this, having none .of the sacred
reverence.for the compromises, of the
constitution so ostentatiously paraded
here to day. They talk much of the
protection to the slave owner, but have
no regard to the interest of the poor
land owner. I voed for Jree,. Suff
rage because it gave' equality at. the
ballot box, and I deemed that equals
ty of more importance than the pro
tection which was sacrificed to gain
it. . :
I am now in favor of equality at the
tax box, and I am met by the cry that
it will annul the constitutional protec
tion to slave owners. But the propo
sition of our platform, while it would
break down the prese7it mode of pro
tection to slave owners in order to gain
that equality at the tax box, it at the
same time proposes to insert in the
constitution another and a better pro
tection to the slave owner, as well as
to the land owner, and the owner of
other property. My competitor did
sacrifice the land owner s protection
for the sake of equality at the ballot
box, and crave him nothing in its place,
hut an increase of his taxes, and now
he is unwilling to take equality at the
tax box, because he fears that some
protection to the negro will be taken
away ; and even when the proposition
to gain that equality contains a pro
vision of ample protection to . the ne
gro, and at the same time to restore
the lost guarantee and protection which
the land owner enjoyed under the con
stitution oi uo; My competitor has
misled to-da into the belief that we
would strikii out and insert nothing
whereas we propose not onlv to strike
out but also to insert, so that under.
the constitution, when tax v is raised
upon one species of property, it must
also be raised upon others, compelling
every man to pay for the support of
the government which protects him in
the enjoyment of his property in pro1
portion to the value of the protection
which he enjoys. If one man is pro
tected in the enjoyment of $1,000 and
another in the enjoyment of $10,000,
it is a clear principle of iustice tha
one should pay ten times as much as
the other towards the support of the
government. Who says' it is righ
that the man who has SI, 000 worth o
land should pay as much afcthe man
who owns $10,000 worth? No'earth
ly reason can be assigned why. there
ehould be a difference when you come.
. .... i . xi. : . . i ', ' -.i " '- f
to app'y iuis ruie to me owners o
slaves. J5ut my competitor ; will. not
eome up to' this point," but, runs off , in
to a long talk about tin cups, the old
woman's goose-eggs, chickens, &cin
order to. prejudice the minds .of: the
poor man against a svstem of taxation
which is clearly and just.lv for bis
benefit. He pretends that he is a poor
man himseit, calls mmseit apoorjnan
and says he is. one of them, and he
does not want Ad Valorem.',. I am
now talking to poor raen4 arid, if he is.
one of them. let. turn sit. there- and me
talk to him. s But I understood him
to. make sorne , strong appeals , to the
interest and prejudices of the rich slave
owner, He said 1 would.increas th
taxation, of the. East, because the greai
slave interest is in the Last, and in
crease the tax on slaves, so jnuch as.to
drive them from the State. --As -we
liave only a certain-amount of. revenue
i to raise for. the support-of . the- State
government, .can it oe expiamea to tne
poor men, here- how an Ad Valorem
system -of taxation, which he says
would so largely increase the taxeaof
- l.the rich, would aUo increase-the taxes
- 1 of the poor? He must know that to
i raise a given amountv if-the taxes o
j poor must be decreased. -To"rais6
- ; given amount, ja system tnst would tajc
a rich-man according to Jiia - wealth
would certainly: tax a poor man ac
cording to-hw poverty. He-plays
awhile to the rich, and j thn -turns
around and plays to the poor,- and says
that he is one of thenj.He has two
strings to his bow, hut unfortunately
for him, when he uses one, he is ob
liged to break the other. He seems
to have been aware of this, and, there
fore, finds it necessary to claim per
sonal fellowship with the poor-man,
and throw dust in his eves about tin
cups, goose-eggs, &c. He says, any
party that would tax tin cups ought
to be called tlje ftih cup party He
does riot state directly that either my
self or any member of mr partr pro
pose to tax. those things, for he linows
that it is distinctly disclaimed in ev
erysection ; but he says that it is an
infe)ren?e which he draws from our
platform. Then let us examine the
platform of hoth'partie and see which
is the 'tin cup party' and who is the
tin cug man -He seems5f6 mistake
that cur purpose is not fo piit a revenue
bill in the constitution, when it is sinr
ply to insert a . great principle of
equality, and justice, .and .to, compel
. 1. T - 1 ' . - .' -
ine legislature to oDserve ix in passing
revenue laws. The -Legislature t -now
has power to tax the tin cupvnd
goose-eggs of the" poor accoi-dinto
their value, but has no power to tax
the slaves of the rich. We declare no
duty of the legislature. We spe'ak on-
y oi power. We would give. the leg-.
lslature. the Bame power to tax-slaves
according to Value which it now has to
ax other property in that ay,' and
in giving that power, we would com
pel the legislature ' to tax all .leading
subjects of capital upon one uniform
rate of value, so that one can be taxed
no higher than another l but at the
arae time, our platform proposes to
discriminate and to discriminate only
in favor of our 'native products and
industrial pursuits.' " Thjs is the plain
etter of the platform put in print fpr
the world to read, and yet our oppo
nents persist in misrepresenting' it.
It is in the following words: "that
the constitution may be so modified
' that every species of property may
be taxed according to its Value , with
power to discriminate only in favor of
the native products of our State arid
industrial pursuits of her citizens.
Now, the best way to discriminate in
avor ot industrial pursuits, is to give
the legislature, elected by an indus-
nal: people, power to exempt . from
taxation those articles necessary to
carry on the operations of labor. This
is a question of power, and the legis
lature, fresh from the people, can,-from
time to time, exercise it in accordance
with the will and interest of the peo
ple. But the Democratic platform is
a very different affair. Undertaking1
to prescribe the duty of the legisla
ture, in passing a revenue law, it holds
on to the prohibition in 'the constitur
tion which forbids them to tax slaves
according to. valuet but in regard to
every other species of property it goes
on in the following words : " We
deem it the duty of the legislature,
ivhevb passing acts for tlc raising of
revc&e, so to adjust taxation as to
bear as equally as practicable withiyi
the limits of the constitution upon the
various interests and classes of nro.-
perty in all sections of the State."
It would bear then upon every species
of property in all sections of the State,
and it asserts the 'duty' of the legis
lature to make it do so.
I ask my competitor if tin cups are
not one species of property ? He an
swered yesterday that1 they were.
Then let mm tell us how much he can
bear upon a tin cup. Are goose-egg's
a species of, property ? Then how
much would he bear upon the old "wo-
men s goose-eggs. He must "bear
upon them some if he would "bear '
upon every species of property. f It
would seem that my competitor is the
'tin cup' man, and his party the 'tin
cup party. Redeems. to have been
aware of this unfortunate position m
which his party has placed him, and
can find no way to get out of it, ex
cept by taking the 'start'' of us and en
deavoring jto putjt upon onr shoulders,
when Jt was' upon his. My competit
or is not the originator of this system
of tactics. , It is. not Original with him.
It is upon the old principle of thief
crying 'stop thief I . In . his .KaJeigh
speech; behind my back, and when my
f riends-were, Jip allowed ' J,'. correct
any mis-statements ot , my .posijtiop, he
raised this nnjust-cry againstrtoe, when
it reallyle1dn'ged to his own shoulders,
arid theiTnrinted it-in. namDhlet form.
arid hasleen pending it By thousands,
to tne lncnmpranca.ojTtneiaaiis, jui
over, the State, into all $e cross roads
apd .dark corners, wherever it wascaj-.
eclated jtpfdeceive. tie peopIe..as : to
our relatiy positions. Jbetit un
derstood thajL -my 'competitor , is Jthe
'tin cup' man and., his party is the 'tin
cup paty. j But this game of my
competitor could serve- only .to- throw
dust in the poorer and more ignorant
classes, and deceive tljein into oppo
8itionutQ a,measure calculated forjiieir
goodw-But'my comptitoi: is. evident
ly preaching prindpallyoi theyTOte
of the slave owner - -Jie ays rihat-e
qual taxation driven slaveSf from. tbe
State. . I say that any maa-who.would
leave the State because ho has to pay
nis justproporxion oi nis xaxes, wouia
leave. Jus. gantry for . his cojintrT s
gooa, .waerewonia rry
rpntrvrtb vJ&l. and fi-rham rir:
Iginia, Uxs slaves as property nd
not as persons. orth Carolina ajone
goes upon the Black Republican idl
and taxes slaves as persont, ,equ(ly.
with the white, poll, and not vas o
perty, like the other jBOuthera Staffs','
South Carolina taxes verr nesnto. bld
and joung, Valuable end .worty.lss
one dollar , a piece. Ho ' certa
could not carry them therexfor 4iat
would be a much higher, tax . thanji he.
pays in" North CaroUna. I Xho statis
tics now show thatthere is.rkrt less 4 sui
$700,000,000 property -ia this Srte
If $100,000,000 were exempted na ter
tne aiscnmiaatmg clause pt . our pat
formi which iwould be. nearly $1,00
in the hands-of everv vote)r,lt would
leave ?ovv,vvy,yyu.. ; ;i iijs, prepetty,
taxed .10. cents ; on $100 . yajuafn,'
wouhl raisp the amount of 'revenue.;! at
present necessary for , the" .State, z :
$600,000. These figures are admit
ted by my competitor totbe , neatl e
nough corrctfor theargument .oft mis'
Question. Slaves, in. thef atfgretfie.
do not now pay quite 6 1 cents ori $M)p I
valuation, wnust iana pays ZUceS,r
and some other prpperty 'irioreJt
ought to be equalized.' It' would n-'
crease the aggregate, tax "ton la'v;4.
cenx,s on xne iuu vsjuation, ana de
crease it on land,10.i?ents on the $$0.
valuation. Foi!fr cents on the $jP0
valuation certainly would not drSve
slaves but of the State. But my coxa'H
petitor says the discussion of this pfes-
tion would increase- the 'jealousy ml
non-slaveholders against slaveholders.
This is ab imputation on the honlst
non-slavehorders of the State. Bui I
think the fcest way to remove jealousy
is to remove the.causeot it. JS'ottjg
is so-well calculated to beget $is
jealousy as for the non-slavehdlde $o
sec itzitL me cia.7 ywuer 3 nut PJV'g
his -just proportion of the taxes, Ktia
that he is paying his taxes for1' im.
It is said-that slavery -''is !in danlf,
and that we are upon the Verge offac-
tuai war witn tne aDontionists mne
defence of' negro property. Wlt is
to fight the battle? Slave owracrs
have scarcely 20,000 fighting mef' in '
North Carolina, according to the jjkfc
sus, while the non-slave owners rtave
near 100,000 fighting men. ""Slave
owners must call upon them tovfight'
their, battles,-their families must he'
left and reduced to distress, and tjieir
bosoms must be bared to the- burets.
of the enemy in defence of ' the slive
owner's property. I appeal; to tthe
magnanimity of wealthy slave ovsij&rs
if it is right an1 honest jn j-theiyj to
cling with a miser's grasp to acoti-'
tutional advantage which they 1 Kvc
over these poor men, by, which "hiey J
torce them to pay the taxes wich
slave property ought to' pay, , $f Dri
est slave Owners ought to be wiUnvg
to pay their just proportion' of the
taxes. 'My competitor will appetto
their prejudices in vain, unless I nprch'
mistake them. Equal taxation would
give to the non-slaveholder, an inter
est in the institution -Of slaverypje
cause taxation on slaves wpuld lesseri
his taxes. This would strengtheri.the
institution of slavery, which now rieeds
strengthening. The other southern
States have .strengthened it in:tBis
wayj and it is time North
CaroKha
had followed their example.
She-tax-
es slaves as persons they jas "proper
ty. Let her unite with them in mak
ing no difference between slaves apd
other property, tha,t the 'south xtiaj
present an undivided front gainst$Je
abolition doctrjne, that slaves1 should
be treated as persons. But my coin
petitor is endeavoring 'to make this a
sectional question in tho State 4 by
preaching up East agiinst Wst. i'It
is not a. question of East- and" Wst
but interest ..against interest TJhJere
are no more slave owners Bast ttsn
West, although. there afe mbre srlacii
I deprecate raising an issue hetsweri
the sections..-1 do not krtow .wfjch
section ;has the greatest ambuntofj
property, but which ever seaitiohres
nave the greatest amount of propaty,J
that section ought, in- justicey toiay
the greatest amount of taxes. ut
toy competitor is endeavbrifig to frilrt-
erl Eastern men with t'the imaginary
horrors of,a convention on the federal
basis-He. saya l am for; a Convri
tion on the federal basis, My platform-
does not say whether it ia lobe
an open or restricted convention- but
I have no. objection to an - open on
.ven'tioji on. the federals basjL.. '.TKereC
is ncKuanger in it xa any secuon."iji
savs the. Wst-wouIl grasp after Ww
1 er arid would change; the basis of jp".
they Icould put their. handa. in astefn
men's pockets arid build their Jkatl-
roada. . Thexonvtntion onli rv
the same basis ss'the 41cmserpr ajir
tnons, and the opmioa of tbathodyn
proposition -to change'the,. Senate. ba
sis, naa peen several limes .peiore ine
fHguse of Commons, but neer receiv-,
ed a respectable vote. It .cameun.
distinctly, twice in the session- of ;&0
arid '5L .On one ballot . it I re9eike4
only 25 votes, and on the other.oj&ly
Jmkora tLw.. Aaw
iy oui oi me .wnoie nnmoer of,lzU
or desire a change in the Senate1 ta-J
Their newspapers are saying-jjo,
Lnd lneif Eneaker7ar vini
g This is aUscaieo of
lu- rri:. . t '.- :
mJ mpetitor'a manufacture toftighu
en the -Kastagainst equal taxatjon.
1 He says he is a W estern man and
the subtect ot. chancrin? the JSntcla.
basit will show what be thft.on-hpf p,0pe-rl
knows Westertr men, and t say West'
em men know him'-ahojrtiawlLT
Her is n extract f rtins -ttfiKwfcefxII'
Advocate, pubiishe4, inTthd -extrestf
tvesx.v-.as- mases acorrws pceaictzoa
of hj ompetitor'srcotirse in the"Efist
; "VWe would" caliattentiotirr
our-Eastern fridt tf "1 Vemarl
Col. GaitheVViriHsspcliheTQrext"
County Convention Hoiajdno ddiibVf
it -would -be txsed" against Mr. Pb &1: ia?
the East,- thai if the Wesf got a jCoaf '
pension, tne Uonstifutlpn would ' be .
torn to- pieces. ' The ' West Bitriply
asked that the sIAy may ' h taxed '
according-to . valdei ' She would iqf
cdmetit. with th4t a'me'ndtner) "And"
this we believto be the. view ' f- all
thinking men1 here.' 1 "
Since Thaye7 beeii in 0bld$Vorp-
have receive
mment'
here-
imputations Which' njy3op6titbis -
casting'- upon;. therr purposes. jChey.
ask tn& to-hlsurethc Eastenr people "
that tfieV havet'm) such-purpose orae-
sire, and spurn-thfinifiutatioh' of auchf
sinister InUnjtntf'it fe my wirpbie8
lature,' -and that It is iricbn;sisterititb
ui v uicsciH uvaibiuii.- x yuieu w ivy '
'TuTnet'sdjiil upoft'the tare' because
It. j. V it klii "--T '1
lb ptupuseu vo ouuiuit xue xegist.aiive
act to a decision of the people Tt&
had objectionable 'features in 'refer-;
enceto the mddefor fakin' the' -vote j
upon it, and' Jroosed la . OouVentlonV
for' various.' purposes objcclioBableltd
meo'I voted against Gorrell's bill bef ,
cause it "did not specify that the Con
vention was to'be.called on, the feder
al basis. I would vote against both !
those propositions now. 'But my comv
petitor says if I 'did not like these pro
positions and those - of Mr. B'cdsoe
and others, about Ad Valorem taxa--
tion, -why tlid" J'not introduce mjpre
sent proposition to change the Consti
tutionfof the. State ? I will ! answer
him.MltMftV9cnt.t0 the Legislature
te pass statute, and not to change th
fundamental lawf of fhelanoV uppri"
p6int8 that-had riever been hr ought to
I the attention of my constituents. Any
fm atnlkii 1 rf 4I1 n T .a vial a 4 A mnnli 1
vote -to change the Constitution 'dna "
point that had never beenrjme4ted beJ
fore his, constituents would betray tir
trust confided in him, and be uriwdr
tliy the confidence of those 'Who sent
t him there; -JDoe3 niy competitor dar
to deny the, truth- of thiS'- proposition
beforeithis -audience ?- IIe does not.;
Then thiSquestion is ?nsereir ?He
says he wohld bring doMn the tax on
land and not put .it up on negroes.
Then'he would decrease the amount
of revenue raised, , and would net have
enough to support the . State govern-"
mentl W lie would, therefore, be oblig
ed to putit pn sbrnething. Lpt him
tellj ns where he would put it.' AHe.in
timated that the Trea'suryWould,'pef?
mit , x eduction on the prcierit amount ,
raised,; but does riot tell tis iiow pr
where. . He isnot able to-tell 1us V
thought so in the last LegisIattrre,
and made a speechrgmg a redutJtidt).
tt: x "J , . : J ... '' r
xxis paxvy rciueeaio reduce t, -iJUX
this does not alter . "the principle.-
Wether.youeollect mvtrh or IJjtUejt
ought to be,collected upon the; prinV
ciple of equality. Every man isbould
pay fox thesupport of the gorxhnent
in proportion, to the protection he en
joya ille speaks of- (axing- luxliries
xnore than necessaries, and says tthat
a government thai taxes necessaries'
is :a. tyranny. - I do not propose t
tax necessaries at;alL--We 'propose '",
to leave-.'thodctaib3nf taxatlon"tofthe"
"Legislature; compeUing it only !to tax -
I the-l.eadfng. suhjects of capitals and J
.'WUV. VUMgW, VtAwVl ' V lV
cording 0 their-vaue, iBuf the pff
sent' systenrdoes tajf yieeessaries -rf
sugar arid coffee,- salt'and " calico" and '
everything-that a pSor mart buys from '
a store' in the State and"' jt taxe '
them SO cents on erery $100 -valua-,tion
awhile the slave owner onlypa'ys
C cents on the $100 valuation: Then,
ac'orclnrg -to my cnmpetl .toj,his sys
tem of j taxation is V tyranny, "and-1
call uponhim tp help lie to changelt,
arid tp wipe outthis'blof toftraany
from th luHsprndenc pf the r State.
He askrtrie whatxI-wiAild: exemlt tf&
edertJfe disiriniittatirrg clause in 010
platform--'whether -I Would! exempt'
1 cattle and stock, and her'tWrilKS'?-
I: teJLhim.Nl.would'exempt nothing in
tb6dnstitutioh, but'would giTeTpow
ef to thVLegisUliirea discjrim
aniy: inaror, oCthe ''native " products
; and industrial pursuits of nrv State.-"
fBut hi"platfoVrh makes il the duty df
hiit :.r ...... . J'x. . r . ViOi 5 -
u. rupottf, every .
:jr equally, excepting
negroes. "iUe wonldf bear "as, e-
qually. j a practicalbiej" -ripotiCstock
andanriin,utens3s, &n&other
cestariesjl and, thus, make thajgorern
mentof the Stat,U-he.. confesses, a
tyranny. . . .
, The'above Is bel ieired to be a eor
reet report of the main speeches of
bothntlemen, and the reader will
see that Mr. Pool's arguments are un
answerable. In the short speech
which closed the discussion Mr. Pool
was most happy, and brought his dppo
nerif'-np standing"' seral times.
sd letters frotnlB everai nro-
Western mcri which 1 havo '
ibefote mer-ty6mmainiritf"oF the
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