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EUGENE B. DRAKE SQN,
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TERMS OF THE
Vol. 1 1 1.
StatesviUe, N. C, Friday, July 13, 1860.
$2 a !Year, in Advance.
inree Linares, . m.uu . ,,io.w . . .i.wi
.Vliea oirectiona arte not ffiven hoVofW
FA PER,
; The opponents
to bring, any fair
the honest Voters
THE TRUTH ABOUT AD
From tl Fs3retteTi"lI" ObaerTer.
System "of Eqnal Taxation.
i great burcenf the .urgument contained in the Address
j of the Democratic Executive .Committee," issued shortly
;iner uov. jius aoinmauon. was tnatAQ valorem wouia -i m1r lnn,i i.,mo Tv,rtM
olLqual laxation being wholly una Vie, be wronr .because irould increase the taxes of the East Vated, unequal, and difficult to beTin-
derstood, than the levyine ta,xes, and,
Perhaps therfc is no sulgect on
aterage of $526 39 in 1858-to an. ay-1
erage ot 6i in 18oy.
cendi so law to mamtftu across wrong! power over slat eiaToSertY.
as Id atteipptioinipo? upon the South prwhichveutileVprotertv
gregate increased value cu all taxaBfe 1 opinlpiivof 1 Calhoq,n, one! of that kind to Tee's pffttepc.
arguments against it, .and finding that whjT the picseut Constitution was an agreement be-
ui iueidie,-.ue iu iavoi oi u aim uiai. tweeu .the Kast jmd -the .-West, in lbiib : anl that it would
conseojiehtly, ihetf are about to U beaten, are resorting ! make thMhstitution of stiver? unpopular and drive the
certainly there is jaor subject .which
ought o bV madenofe plain to the
meanest comprehension, for it concerns
to everv sort ot misrepresentation and talsehood to deceive UnAo .r n?Qfnfn T?f an aaa 'everman, n?gn ana low, o Know
ii7 n i i u ii it n r i i rn rt nn nmi iniTiaa
Ui A UUHH(ltlUll UU11W A
the rpeople and uiduce them to go agailistit. jaTarge.niajor of- the people, are in favor of making the
" Theysay tha Ad Valorem is a proposition to tax , slaveholder pay his 'fair share of taxes,- upon his slaves,
everything; tha: statement is false. ; ' they "have discovered all of a sudden, that those who are
Under the nresent-Constitution of Xnrth CarnYinn. iho ,1 Vol
the matter, .The law is eonstrued
dHFerently not bnfy by . private indi
vidfials but by public, officers. And
the "consequence is a. want of uniform
ity in bearing the burdens - which it
Legislature has the power to tax just as it pleases, every men of North Carolina, pe not deceived! JSro friend of Ad imposes. Nor does there seem to be
kind of property real and personal, even the
article of household or kitchen furniture
Negroes under twelve years and over fifty
cannot be taxed
those between tl
The. a-
property irom looo to. looy was no
less than 70,534,762. This ih,6ws
that the people may.be trusted. Jhodgh
I some persons appear to- thjnk. other-
By ,thes way, our, recent estimate of
the value of sjave3, at 600 oh ah av
erage, was complained ot by. the V u- habitants, instead of .Congress., tale
mington Journal as too high $4UU for. the territories, the executive.
was enough, said that paper, let j proviso assumes that ;tlie sovereignty
nere we niKi me peopie 01 . ueorgia , over the terntoneb ;s vested in the
ioHuuatcly,'' -howler, we are i)ot
left in' doubt on tuS subject. Mr.
Call
ken
He
ioun nas nimseit iOKen, ana spo- power coupitt,wu ueau-
uirmistakablv' ti March 1350. I tYof cuardlu e and rjroleo-
used the follo.insnanffuajre :'' " Hing :tKe" owner Jiu"liTa
"'in elaimincr the 'xrsrht for. the in- rights." J " VH'?'.
1
most trifling ; Valorem wants 'to do any such ikina. ' It is all stvff and .uch improvanent Iron, year to year.
- v i i tie nresent act is as oDiectionaDie as
except negroes, q amnion about taxinq stock and furniture and tin cups. xc. i nnv nfiu nrfWoysnr fnt nmb-
f , v " r...w i
years ot age, : Jt is not the poor mans stock, and furniture, and tin cups I aDty not owing to any want of practi-
at all. and all the balance consist inn- aP "n; r,.:iJJ v I cal business information of the Chair
- . - .. . - i " y -' v- ' , man cA thfl Hinanw ommittpft who
io ages of twelve and fifty years can only ; WM le (axed.
be taxed on the jioll, and no more than the poll taxof thej The opponents of Ad' Valorem, according to their pub
poorest white rnato in the community. This the friends 1 lished platform, are themselves 'the ineft -who are; in -favor of
of Ad. Valorem, tliink is wrong; and theydesire to change j taxing all the necessaries of lije and all 'tie articles of common
the tax on Negroes., Now, what change do they propose! use- et us see what -their platform is : after, stating In sub-
to make? The small sum that the negroes now pay is' a I 8t-anctV that it is premature, unwise and unjust, to alter the con- S pire State of the - South," we have
had the subject in charge, but to a
manifest want of it in the great, ma
jority of those who were associated
with him in the Legislature.
Having always had a great respect
for jhe State of Georgia "the Em-
poll tax, and the friends of Ad Valorem wisli to alter the stltunon 50 as t0 aIIOW neSroc to bc taxcd' iheJ say-we
i ii , ji t i i i ueem-ic me uurv oi l ie ijogisiaiurc wnen passing acxs ior ine
according to their value ; and hence the name of the meas
ure "Ad Valorem," which means according to value.
Land and every other species of properly that pays.' taxes,
is taxed according to value, why should negroes not be
taxed in the saarie way? 'Are they not recognized by
the laws of the Suite as property "? Arc they not treated
as,, property ?
lviuinry c $ rnf n n r c c n o rl i n v t to votinn o a f , hnn v n o nnilliT
as practicable .within the .limits of the Constitution upon the
i-'aiious. interests and classes of property in all sections of the
State." Now, recollect, that by the Constitution, negroes can
not be taxed as property, and you see at once that this platform
proposes to tax equally, everything upon the face of the earth
excf p't negroes,- your chairs, your water pail, your cupboard-
not- the slave owner protected' by law I w.af our ploughs and h6es, your stock and everything else,
'i. i.iiti---.i-z-;.i -T- r . ii .
nronertv9 ! "11";t)eionH vo-one oi ine "various classes oi property ; ineyare
All these questions must be answered, yes. Then why , , ,!
to AdVuloi;em, claims to stand upon this platform,. whicji pro
poses: o" tax all classes of property equally ; only negroes are to
in holding his slat
should not slave
property" be taxed like other property.
and pay its fair share of the burdens of the State? There
is no good reason why, it should not be so. There is no be left out of this scheme of Equality. It is the most unjust
actually giving in lheirs,ta yfear ago,
at 612 o3. This shows that we were,
as .we said, rather .under than over the
i , i . r r r r
marjc in tne estimate oi $ovu
former ; that 'they lie the same in
herent right 6f elf-giK:ernment as 3the
people in the States'. Jhe qsvtmptipn
is utterly untounaed, constitutional,
other ilescriptiou. 4 .Theoa.
ly -power conferj-edi w'the
The obstacle ,to the adoption of the without examnl. and .don'trarv ttr'the
Georgiasystem in thjs State, with such : cntire practice o f . government
variations as our difierent circumstan- from its commencement to the pngSent
reason why Ncgrd projierty should be favored above oth
er sorts of property. .There is no reason why laud, &c,
the-property of thj non-slaveholder, should be taxed high
er than the slaves bf the slaveholder, becauso both receive
equal protection frbm the Government
13ut under the jli'esent system the common farmers and
men who are not
higher taxes, than
portion to 'what th
A owns a tract of
the State treasury
rich enough to own slaves, pay much
rich men who own slaves pay in pro-
argd iniquitous proposition ever made to the people of North
Carolina. Thu friends of Ad Valorem are in favor of discrimi
nating in favor of all those things, and taxing the negro accord
ipg to value. As the prophet Elijah said to the children of
IsraeV" Choose ye between the two." j
Another way in which those opposed to Ad Valorem, try to
deceive the people Uthis; they say that under this system the
taxes' on Billiard-tables, bowling alleys, Lawyers, Doctors, re-
them he' pays not
years old and then
fair or honest?
tailers of liquors, &c, would be decreased. Now every man
i i "n " i r-i - . ... ... .. ...
y are .worm, ror instance : suppose f who unuerstands the subject, must know that this is not true;
and worth $1,500, he has to pay into ! those things are not taxed as property, now, but men who keep
and follow those pursuits, are taxed for an exclusive privilege
to do something which all their neighbors cannot do. Every
man cannot, practice law, or retail liquor, or keep Billiard-tables,'
&c, a 'license must be obtained to do those things, -and no
system of-taxation on property, lias anything to do with what
the.legislature may choose to charge men for exclusive privil
eges. All those thing, under the Ad Valorem system, would
pay as lriuch as thoy do uow and more if the Legislature saw
fit, to charge more for. such exclusive privileges.
Remember, tht or.v f ot cf h-nd in' the State, has to pnv
i ticenf if cents n .'..-j ,aio 1' .d (K liars worth, yearly into the
TiT'ai T. im !Ti')er. -iiat n.-irrocs under twelve and
vvci f.f.y - p:iy not one cent, while between those
:ges they p.iy i v a pull tax SO cents.
And remember, that the only way to lighten the taxes on
land and the white poll, and to keep the taxes off of things not
I twenty cents on' the hundred dollars
value,-which amounts to three dollars.; while his neighbor
B. who owns, a likiely riegro fellow worth $1,5S00,' pays
only eighty cents. ; . j
Take another instance : A young man receives from his j
father a tract of lr nd worth '$l,G00,tand settles upon it
to make a living, he has to pay every year into the publiej
treasury, $.3.20. JVnother young man receives from his
father two young jnegroes-, together worth $1,000, upon
lone' cent of tax until they are twelve
only a poll tax. Is this, right ? Is it
Wjill not every man who desires to up-
- . - , . ,1 . i C ITT
hold equality and justice say that it is wrong ; vc sag
to the honest voters &f the Slate, that it is wrong to tax the
land out of tvhicli men have to make their bread by the sweat now taxed i to give the Legislature the power to 'make, the
of their face ho enormously high, and allow millions vpon large slave property in the State pay its fair share of the pab
millions of 'dot irsicarth of Negro property to escape taxation file revenue.
altogether, and .other millions of dollars worth to pay only If you think that this fair and honest measure ought to be
, . j. .j . ' ; 4111 i adopted go. to the polls every man of you, and vote for and
about one-fourth as much as the land , - . i , , fnr.TAmMf uvnm.m, r
... J. . v . , . rrr ,. , .elect the AD AL0REM CANDIDATES. For, it depends
No man-can. defetid the present system of Taxation by i . 1
1 . ' upon how you vote in tins election, .whether the present unjust
any 'fair argument, tieither can any man who will stick to ;md oppvcs,ivc systtm ?ha1 be contitlucd; or whether, Equality
the truth, offer anV good reason why the Ad Valorem kn(1 fairess shnn provail.
pnnciple under which slaves would be taxed according to
been at some pains to inform ourselves
as to her system of taxation, in which
purposp we have been courteously as
sisted by the Editor of the Savannah
Republican and by Peterson Thweatt,
Esq., the Comptroller General of the
State. From them we have received
a copy of the tax laws and some of
the latest annual lieports of the Comp
troller. The tax laws, passed in 1852
and 1854, are very simple ! and brief,
not one-sixth part , of the: length of
ouss. The system is generally ad va
lorem, with some exceptions. Under
it the necessary revenue, , 436,121,
was raked by a tax of only 6J cents
on the 100 value of real and person
al property, as 'given in by the own
ers under oath. The aggregate a
mourit of property given in last year
was 609,453,983; viz:
lime
. Hence, to our.miod;nd, wrbejicive,
ta the minds of: all nien seekintr the
"truth, xtnefv hose yievjar.e hot distor
ted by political ambitto.i, this explains
tne language oi iir iinoun, as quo
'$149,547,880
' 82.129.314
271,620,405
c.m.7oi
13,531,68T
4.428.132
.2.12S,04o
631,731
3015)89
mer.says. he woulij !:(avo th0lwhole.
subject Mrhere the- ohstitution and
the, great principles jf self-government
have left it, ' fwus language as
not1onJ3r explanet( bg-the quotation
we.makt
btcpaens intended it have w'mtter-
i A
mark! quoted by' Mr5fetcphena; SvastH?0013 aote
made in regard to Iuter Jcntion, before
abovev but(U .effect Mr,Lare fafed dandthe
-'.v u.... :. proper Constitutional rem-
,eay wnicn, accorara to
their value, should not be adopted ; and therefore those
I .
opposed to it, arei eni leavoring to deceive the honest voters
of the country by every sort of misrepresentation. They
charge that, the friends of Ad Valorem wish to tax
Fruit Drying. -'-As
the season for fruit drying is approaching, a few hints on
the subject may Hot be' amiss, relative to the best plan for put
ting up fruit in marketable condition. A letter from a fruit
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l ii vv iivvw v --- VlLUlUll ill li 1 111 i.Ctt XV1IV c J t 11 1 ill 1U LlllO lUUi 1.111 ItlliiO kil V
thing, even stock, ' household and kitchen furniture, tin i-following suggestions or the subject :
cups, &C. That is positively false! and it would seem, "Cut ales and- peeled peaches in'thin slices, and dry in
that any sensible! mail, ought to see it at a glance. Now j open air, belore the t;;uit is iully ripe. L nneele.l peachesshould
De cut m two pieces oniy. vnerries snoutu nave ine puis iaKen
out. ' : ,
. When the fru't is uniform in quality, it is to the advantage of
shippers' to pack in barrels. It is also better to make a selec
tion and ship each quality under a distinctive mark."
The letter alluded to intimates that fruit will be pretty plenty
if the friends of A)d Valorem wanted to tax' stock, furni--
lure, tin cups, &c.,' they would not have raised this ques
tion of Constitutional reform, before the people ; they
have now. and always have had, the power to tax all these
things under the Constitution, and all they had to do was
to put them in the revenue bill. But they did not, and
do not,- desire to tax
-
. a -t iy . . -' .
vaxeu, mey are among tne necessaries me, umri
this year and consequently, greater-care in drying will be ne-
those things thy ought not to be ! cessary in xTder to obtain good prices. - Above all things dryers
to- trio nrcpssaries of life, every fam-! should be partfcular to keep the dark and light colored fruit
"to . i , . - . - . r
separate, a a very small jquantity of black, ugly fruit will spoil
a large quantity of ijice. . -. ---IV
- In this connection wc will call attention to the advertisement
of Mr. Wedon, in another column, who offers an apple peeler
that seems weir adapted to the. purpose of peeling and cutting
apples.--High JPoint Reporter.
' Severe .Hail Storm.
0n Tuesday last, a part of this county lying between four and
eight miles from town, was visited by a.seyere storm of rain and
decided by the voters of North Car-i hail, destroying crops of all kinds jri its way. We have heard
ot its reaching jjyncne s crecK on vue i ce .itec. -. ascex1-
taincd that it commencl at the UJue Kidge and passed, from
ily is obnged to have them, and keeping them, is itself a
tax upon every man. j But the friends oi ad valorem wish
to(tax the negrpes, according to their value, - they have
not the power so to tax them, because the constitution
forbids it,-and therefore they appeal to thp people yfbo
have tho dir'ect and immediate control of the Constitution,
so to amend it that slaves may be taxed according-'to
their value. - And upon this appeal, is the issue" and the
only issue to be now
olina. . ' '
The idea that the
friends of Ad Valorem wish to tax
33 759 223 acre land, average talue $4.43 ,
value of town aou real estate,
443.&4 slavrs, average. $612,63.
JJaney and solvent debts,
Merchandize.
Maotitactnring etocka. tc,
l'u, nnure, (uudt-r $M0 u not taxed.)
Shipping. .
Property not enumerated,
.$609,453,984
Besides the ad valorem tax on all
property, there is a poll tax of 25
cents on every white man between 21
and 60 years of age, 5 on profession
al men and artists, 5 on every free
negro, and special taxes on banks,
railroads, insurance companies, &c.
The law exempts from taxation, all
property belonging tq religious, liter
ary and charitable institutions; all
plantation and mechanical tools, all
furniture not above 300 in value, all
libraries, all poultry, all annual crops
and provisions, fire arms, (not for
sale,) wearing apparel, and $200
value of other property. ;
This seems to us to be a wise and
Lenelicent law, easy of comprehension,
and relieving the very poor of any tax
whatever, except the poll 'tax of 25
cents. The debt of ?sorth Carolina
is larger than that of Georgia-, and
we doubt if its taxable property is1 so
large, ('.hough Gov. Ellis and Mr.
Pool are siid to estimate it at 700,
000,000,) and therefore the poll tax
in this State could not properly be
reduced so much as from 80 to 25
cents, any more than the land tax
could be reduced to 6 cents on the
8100 value; nor perhaps could quite
so much of "furniture" and "otheri
property" be exempt ; but every tax
law ought to, and no doubt will, as
heretofore in this State, exempt the
other articles named. For the same
reason (our large debt) North Caroli
na may very properly require, a tax
for a license from retailers of liquors,
circus.-:es, billiard tables, and some
other such things now f taxed here but
not noticed in Georgia.
Supposing that there is $500,000,
000 worth, of property taxable under
this view of the question, in North
Carolina, exclusive of the articles pro
perly to be exempted," a tax , of 11
cents on tne fciuuwouia yieia oou,-
000, and the present or even a less
tax on white polls with licenses to re
tailers, &c, would make up the ne
cessary revenue of $b33,000, as last
vear.
The Georgia law requires every in
dividual to give in, .under his oath, a
list of his taxable property, affixing a
fair value to it. ' If any one should
fail or refuse to do so, the f tax
ceiver to list his property, affix, avaU
uation, and collect a double tax. - The
person giving in swears 'that his pro
perty is not worth more' than the val
uation." A conscientious man will
rather exceed than fall- short of the
value of his property
This, of course, puts it in the pow
er of the owner to. defraud the State
ces may require, is the existing con
stitutional provision exempting more
than half of all the slaves frOm any
taxation and affixing almost a " nomi- j
nal tax on the other nali. , lleraove
this unequal and unjust discrimination,
and there would be no difficulty in tei bv Mr. Stephens, which the for
tern somewhat as that of Georgia is.
These are our own views of what would
be a proper basis for a systein of tax
ation. Of course the constitution of
the State will not enter into particu
lars. It belongs to the Legislature
to do that. The constitution now pre
vents equal taxation. The yhig3
wish to remove that obstruction.1
It is no objection to us, whilst it
ought to be an argument with our
Democratic friends in favor of the
Georgia system, that that State is and
has long been Democratic. We like
fair and equal laws, whether origina
ting with Whicrs or Democrats. We
do not like our own unequal and in
comprehensible laws. Georgia is, be
sides, unquestionably first among the..
Southern States, in - progressive im
provement in all that makes a . State
reat. ' Her example -is worthy of
irnitation. . -
One more remark, and we will dis
miss this .Georgia system for the pre
sent. That State is situated like ours
r-an Eastern and a Western section.
The East, as here, has the greater
proportion of sWes, and of Jwealth
generally. Yet an equal tax on jrfl
property, slaves and all, , lias never
been complained of in any part of that
State, but appears to be universally
acceptable, and admirable in its prac
tical working. '-.Nobody in Georgia
appears ever to iiave imagined that
to tax every slave as property accor
ding to its value, would either drive'
slaves out of the State or give aid and
comfort to the Northern'fanatics. It
was reserved for the Democrats of
North Carolina to make such notable
discoveries. Is Georgia, Democratic
Georgia, le33 alive to the importance
of protecting that great interest than
the Democrats of North Carolina ?
The above shows where
Mr Calhoun resteil
question, and that his con
ndence was well placeof '
Those, wlr;,by lorc0. ,
the aggressions or, of the
aggressive tendency ojr$he
opinions of Squatter S6v
ereign Douglas and his
friends and defenders--liavo
been ' forcc to1 ad
vance beyon J the. octrTne
of' Norf-Intenrerition,'"au3
to, demand protection, ay
the as9ui-ance of tt "afft
taunted with being ln'cou
gistent. TK13 is .notsV.
They believe the.oldvdOC
trihe to be the true oijie
still.' litwnen thaTis
overle'apedand InterVeu-
t i o n Occurs a s1 )pglas
would Jiavo it",tlien tnejr
tection.
. v - . l .1 , r i . n t ,
everything, is a" pure f fiction. invented by its? orfofie; north-west to the -east., n eioseu onaturuay
nnd nnf 'u p J A.' ' 4 w t " u A k . morning last, the -path of the-storm and where but a day or two
and not thought of by them,, unttl lately, when theysee , aJ re xttfiat?ngT iir rich profusion,
rrV i nonest measure lstabout to beat tnem.t was ieft; the fields of cottoh appearing worse
Axit Mdieign standard, bov. hllis chior organ said, lmtne -n Winter, not a spear of vegetation to be seen on the
Non-Intervention
Under the stress of extreme neces
sity, the leaders of the Democratic
Party are being called upon for coun
sel. Accordingly we now see letters
from many of them all, or nearly.all
of them Douglas Squatter Sovereign
Free Soilers endeavoring to fasten
upon the South an acquiescence in the
fatal doctrine of Non-intervention,
ift the. sense of an utter abandonment
of all her rights in the common terri
tory of the union. And Mr. Ste
phens in hi3 late letter bolsters him
self with the declaration of Mr. Cal
houn in 1848, and that it was a part
of the Compromise of TeoO. AY e de
ny that Non-intervention was even
intended to be. applied in the sense
Squatter Sovereign Douglas and his
supporters are attempting to apply it.
The position taken b' the'seceders
from, the Charleston Convention, and
so ably defended by Col. B, C Yan
cey on Saturday last in this city, is
the true . doctrine which would have
been held by Mr. Calhoun, were he
iiow living. , Any other view is incon
sistent with all that great man s enorts
and opinions. .
Under what circumstances did Mr.
Calhoun make the remark quoted by
Mr. Stephens? It, was in l848,.and
iii reference to the doctrines embraced
in the Wilroot Proviso. That Paraviso
ntended direct luteryention by Con?-
gress against Slavery Mr. Calhoun
as opposed to this, advocated Non-In-tervention
-lis denied that Congress
had the power to either plant or pro
hibit it anywhere, and by necessary
implication, he denied the right of at
destroy the valueof slave property by
unfriendly Legislation. To say the
least of it, it is unbecoming the pre
tensions to fairness and to statesman
ship set up by Mr. Stephens, for him
to resort to such means as he does, to
induce the. Southern people, to believe,
that the dpctnne advocated by Doug
the Other question. a)se :hence, it
did not apply to the (cont c reerSOH
4octrine of Douglasijwhile on the
other hand, out quotation wasjuttered
two years subsequently, was an answer,-
to it, and, cohsuehtly direct
ly in point. . f . ;r : .
J. he second section; the Act or
ganizing the Territorvtf New Mexi
co, provides that whefiadmitted" into
the Union, it shall be itjeeived with or i
without Slavery, as thv-j . Constitution
may J prescribe at .the tuie of admisr
sion j and Seetion -fourth, provides
that the'legislaiive poter of the Ter
ritory shall extend to tj rightful sub
jects lof legislation conitent with the
Constitution of the United States, and
the jovision of this Aifc.' Tho. Utah
Act was of the samebjjlif acter. : . -
Now, Non-Intervent was therdoc
trine of Mr. Calhoun.'iThat seems to
be the doctrine ef i$ Compromise
measures of 1850. Ilftce, th? legis
lation of the Territorlfcl5Legislature is
restricted to ' all ri0fful subjects.'
Was, or is slavery a S'iflrtful subject
upon which sueh unfttyndly legisla
tion may be had in th,jCorri tones, as
to impair or destroy i Rvalue ? Does
not Mr. Douglas - re"rd slavery a
rightful subject of . legislation, with a
view to its prohibittpnf . Is not an at
tempt to prohibit, an.atjji Interven
tion against the Institution ? .-Is it
not, therefore, inexcusable and-unpar-
uonaoie iriiKng wiin larjgsjage ana a
base perversion" of the Sfe-time opin
ions aijid acts of Mr. Clioun, to at
tempt ito make him endorse the here
sies of Squatter S-orevevgnDouglas ?
Mr. Douglas says that ie Territorial
Legislatures have the riht, and hence
the power, by unfriend legislatiion'
io K.eep slavery- out, oi ..tte lerniiuies.
Mr. Calhoun says ;'the jitssumption1s
utterly unfounded, unconstitutional,
without example, suiti. contrary to the
entire practice of thep government,
from its commencementpo the pfeient
time j How can A it be clainjed tliat
Mr. ' Calhoun and Mr.. Jjouglas are a
unit ooi this question ? t is pernbs
terous, and an insult t&flommon sense
to claim it. -: ,
Where Mr. Calhoutfiwould have
stood toj-'day, in this cHfc is of course
matter-0i speculation. Hut Wie Enter
tain noi a doubt' kceprig in view his
speeches" and- his courgf- a a public
man, ne would nave Deijjiy aavocatea
protection. We knQiit is clainie 1
that heiavoided eldnmi It, because,
according to his vievito claim the
right of protectibnV admitted the right
of "Congress to legislate, , and that
would involve the Figbtf "to "prohibit.!
ioat evinced great cautpn ; ana j.t al
so leaves us to ' infer tryjit he .did not
believe that the prepostfii ous, 'uncort
stitutionaV doctrine of Douglas would
ever be set nn in cOodflSamest. .But
had the! institution beiM attacked in
the territories, and the! sue had been
forced on him in hia tf he, as it has
uponrt he wrotild nott4ja ve hesitated
to h'aVeAdcmanded protef tio'n." 1 To be
lieve anything else, Is tt) beKeve him
But suppose we1? afmit
inconsistency j what then?
If a man ha been a rpgue
all his life must hV contin
ue a rogue and refuse,.? -to
become honest, because5 it
would bolnc6nsitentJ''If
a man has been a wicked,
sinful man alibis li. e, must
he contiriue soV because 'to
repent would be inconsTs-
lent i ii a man nas oeen
anjnfidel all his life, must'
h continue to be1 one, af- '
tef being convinced xof. his
error, because ( to recant
would be inconsistent Jrr
And, becauso. the. Smith
once said ehfi was satisfied
,with and" endorsed" Ton
Intervention aa the tro
policy, shall 6he, after be
ing fully convinced of r -,
mistake, refuse torenbtruce
the doctrine, because to'jjo"'
so would be inconsistent?
Away with such folly,
The South has 'been" sold
and humbugged, thorough
the intrigues of her public
men for political prefer
ment, while she ha; been
divested of her rights. It
is time she should awaWe '
to. a sense of her -condition,
and we think she' is dding
So. FoY her present degra
tion she is as much indebt
ed to ,Mr; Stephens as -to
any one else. -A few years
ag'ho denied that Squats
ter Sovereignty was in the
Kansas-Nebraska btll.
WJiy ? Because h6 believ
ed the doctrine wrong for
at least that the Souttrwas
not ready to receive
Arow, he is defending it,
and urging, the claims ef a
Squatter t Sovereignty can
didate to Southern support.
Nat. American
other system that ever will be - devis
ed. V e do not thmk our people, hov
ever, less honest than those' of Geof-
by perjuring himself ; bat such a pow-
; inellpnfc to n- own nresent svs-
V iit n 1' J. 1 l..o n i, A i,I.a 4rjnrila U'au tliaf liol.l YiV
tein in ioriu varouua aim wwki y f ' wviwj v j
Mr. Calhoun, or that it formed the
basis, of the Compromise of 1850,. Un
der the Constrtiiuoa 6lavery is recog
11.
ttfWTO been ar traitor ffV hU section
Bat lit: Calhoun ';-wjs willing ,to
leave the subiect 'where.the Constitu-
left it 'f Where dis that leave
it ? To show' where, j ie qtJote f roin
the' Dre4 Scott case. H V; '
'Now, aa we have afjeady aaul in
diately after the adjournment" of the' convention which
ew)und. Some of the hail isvrepresented as being uncommonly
npmihated Mr. Pool, that 'thev fthe OnDositionists,l havei i rfTA. Altbouirh the farmers. along the tract of the storm have
inserted in their pktfcWa plank in favor if Ad Yorem-isuffefyery much yet Urtf cause for rejoicing, for it could
The oh'ectnfihfj f ,.'.,.. j rhae been much jorse.."naii cannot oe curea must oe en
y"" UJ w ioiax ntgroes uccoraim to-uieir, vatuer-r-x ;ntao,i rJnin fla.m-e bav. heard of some, wi
w . v uuicu, tii itiqj.vu,vv r - a i
r presenCYLpt pretending that' should ry andv retrieve-tke damage by trying-tQ improve thi
wieoa oj per capita as at' vresenV not nretendinff-thathbuldrv"
they wanted to tax anything not already taed ; and thet halancr of the season.-Charlotte Whig. u
gk, and there the system works well, j nized as property, having equal rights
A an evidence of this we mav men-i in the common territory of the Union,
t'mn that, tha nnn rU volnntarilv in-' with all other prone rtv. To admit the-
crease! the value of their lands from rdoctine that a territoriaLLegislature
1858 to 1859, 10631,910; that is,
from an average yalae pi 511 an
acrein 1858 to An. average of 4 43
in 1859. And in the same way they
voluntarily increased the value of their
slaves 44,154,478 ; that is, from an
an earlier, part oftlris ' fjnion upon a
different point, the righlyof , property
is expressly .affirmed ini ue Constitu
tion. The right to trfc in i like
an ord.inary article of hMlehandise and
property, was guara,nt&el to the citi-
State that might desimji, for- twenty
ivears. Ana tne uov3r3imeni in ex
press terms is pledged protect n an
all future time, Jtf. thot I Jave escapes
from, hisiowner. "This ,11 plain words
too plain to be iniamlftrst od. And
bas the right to Legislate "unfriend
ly" to it, so as to make it worthless in
that territory, would have been to
have surrendered a right he would de-
fanA aiA onrrendfir nnlv with his
' Ufe. ' Consequently, Mr. Stephens dea-' tion. which gifes' $Qag(& a greater; rouge
The Peruvian GiantsMore
Evidence. v
We noticed a short1 titn
since the finding of th re
mains of a. human, head of
an enormous size in 'tt lot
of Peruvian guano, at Pe
tersburc, 'Va. i The Nor
folk Day Book, df the 16th
ult., says that in a, lot of
that fertilizer I received $at
that port has'been found
the vertebrae of a human
being, about twice the "size
of that portion of the r hu
man frame to be found in
those now living,"; which
show? that a rfce'e of ' fiieu
of extraordinary size once
inhabited that part of J the
world. ' The same f paper
adds that various bones' of
extraordinary slie hive
been found. Thepreeutnp-
tton is, that the worken
have struck a burial grobnd
of some race of gianU, land
are exhuming them for1 the
benefit of agriculture, i
The new 'Crop of Coffee
in Braatl is" largfei? than
ever "before known, "$b e
limbs of the trees: having
to be propped nps to pre
vent their breaking be
neath -the -weigbb-"iF Uhe,
growing berries. The new
coffee will not be in -niar-ket
before the middle, of
June.-' -;; ;
The MisC o,f fisn
los. Scene a. Ladjrs Bou
doir. Julia: Why, dear.
,4yo'u do surprise me what
ever are you putting inac
abominable rouge on for?
Lady U;S Well, Fanny, if
you must miow, i am ,go-
wordier be found ibe Constitu-i mg to confess, and the
, which fives' ConSi'as a trreater" rouge is to hidemy blushes.
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