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EQUALITY AT THE BALLOT-BOX : EQUALITY AT THE TAX-BOX. By Sherwood & Long. GREENSBOROUGH, N. 0., MAY 19, 1860. Number 2, THE LITTLE AD. M. 8. SHERWOOD. JAMES A. LONG. SHERWOOD & LONG PUBLISHERS. Published Weekly, and to be Continued Three Months. PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. ADDRESS Slierwpod & Longr, Greensboro', IV. C. From the American Advocate. The Candidates at Newbern. Having been present at the discussions be tween Messrs Pool and Ellis, the candidates for Governor, at Goldsboro', Newbern and here, wo publish an account of them, the first from the Raleigh Register and the other from notes taken by us. Tho subjects embraced in each discussion as well as tho line of argu ment pcrsucd, were nearly the same' at each place. Wo here givo somo points in Mr. Pool's speech at the latter places not em braced in the Goldsboro account. Gov. Ellis openedthe discussion and as he didno't vary the position taken in Goldsbo ro. published in this issuo, and heretofore published as taken at their places, we jJecm it unneeessarj' to repeat them. - Mr. Pool commenced his reply by saving that his competitor had just said that he should discuss this ad valorem issue princi pally, as the nominee of tho Charleston Con vention was not in the field. Ho said if his competitor continued to discuss that ques tion only nntil tho Charleston Convention put a candidate in tho field, ho thought ho would continue to do so until tho day of the election. He said the Democratic party was claimed to be the "only party" capable of saving tho Union that they had had a dis olution of the Union among themselves and tljat a party had so divided up was a poor reliance to save the Union of the States that tho Union-loving conservative people of the country must unite and form a party to save and protect tho' Constitution and the Union of tho States that his competitor claimed tho South had a party and that the North had a part'. It is now time for our country to have a party and a convention of conservative men will soon meet in Balti more and present to tho American people a candidate upon whom wo can all safely ro 1 to bear the banner of the stars and stripes with this motto inscribed upon its folds : The Constitution, tho Union, and the Exe cution of tho Law." Mr.; P. then proceeded to disc uss the ques tion very much in the same manner as ne is reported tfimvedonc in to-day's issue. And we propose to notice only some of the points made by him at this place and not n (erred to in the published report of the Goldsboro' discussion. TOLL TAX. lie had been represented as in favor of staking the poll iuv.!. Ho had never said he favorcforajraint.it.' lie said that he akirg no proposition to take it off. was a matter that oujrht to be left with 1iio discrc'ti n of tho Legislature. At pres ent tho legislature has no power to take, the - Mr. IV M H"i i n he h iJ tax oif white v. as in v. a.-. making no Thai 1 t i I la:: oil niie men wiiuout ai.-so taking the Jitiro-tu.. d" slavo proper . Ho and his y:riy weie now proposing so to amend tiie c ntiiution as to disconnret the tax on white poll from the tax on slavo p ro pert v-Li'al uc of that labor and and m that way place it in the power. of the IvUlalure to relieve white men from the poll tax whenever it rany be deemed expe dient to do so. The only proposition that we ruake is to give the legislature tho power to reflect tho will of the peoplo on this sub ject. SENATE BASIS. Mr. P. said a convention on the federal I usis would represent tho samo sentiment and interest as the House of Com jions, which t- elected on that- tasisthat this 'matter of changing tho basis had repeatedly been be f ro tho Iiouseof Commons and had never goiton anything approaching a respectable ! yot that the interest represented m the House of Commons and which would be rep resented in a convention on the Senate ba sis. It would therefore be impossible in such a convention to make any change of this kind; but the Western people favor no such change indeed they express themselves opposed to it, and my competitor has no ground for representing in the East that a change is in contemplation in any section of the Stato. I have received letters within the last few days from many of tho moat promi- XT' nent estern gentlemen assnring mo tdiat no such purpose is contemplated, and reques ting mo to defend tho West from such a charge. The district convention whicn as sembled in Greensboro' on the 24th of April, having heard that my competitor was mak ing this charge in the East against the Wcs people; unanimously adopted the following resolution : "Resolved, That should a convention of the people be ealled we are in favor of the pres ent basis of Representation in the Senate re mainingjust as it is, and that we will not fa vor any change of our organic law in this respect, and that wo understand such to bo the sentiment of tho West." The extreme Western papers and speakers on the stump are taking the same ground, in proof of which I call attention to the follow ing from the Ashville Advocate : "We would call the attention of our Eas tern friends to aremark of Col. Gaither'sin his speech before our County Convention. He said no doubt it tfould bo used against Mr. Pool in the East, that it the West got a Con vention, the Constitution, would be torn to pieces. The West simply asked that tho Constitution be so assembled that slaves may be taxed according to value. She would be content with that amendment. And this we believe to bo the view of all thinking men here." It is therefore apparent that this scare crow ot my competitors manufacture has no foundation and that he has not truly rep resented the sentiments of the Western peo ple for whom he undertakes to speak. RAILROADS. Mr. P. said, my competitor has compared the amount paid into the treasury by this dis trict with the amount paid by the 8th Con gressional district and has been comparing tho amount paid by each county in which we have spoken with tho amonnt paid by Burke county and has based upon these data an ap peal to Eastern men against Equal laxation upon the ground that the East has contribu ted largeh to Western Railroads, and that the West is already largely indebted to them. Such is not the fact. The East is rather in debted to the West for a largo proportion of the-Railroads of the State. I have had an in vestigation made of this subject which 1 be lieve to be accurate, and 1 do not believe that my competitor or any one else will deny its accuracy. Of the G84 miles of railroads com pleted in the State 480 miles are East of Ral eigh and only 204 miles West of Raleigh. The East has more than twice as much rail road as the West, and two dollars have been expended for Eastern Railroads where one has beeu expended for western roads. If this then, is a question of sectional indebted ness we of the East are alrcadjvlargely indeb ted to our connection to which 1 desire to call to the attention of slavo owners. Rail roads are especially for. their benefit, for by increasing the facility of getting the products of slave labor to market they increase the add largely to the profits of slave property. The railroads of the State run through many of the largest slave holding Counties, and three fifths of the ic hole slave population of tho State is in those counties through which three Railroads run, to say nothing ot the adjoining counties which are also benefited by them. The black polls of the Counties traversed by Railroads sum np as follows : Showing three -fifths of the black polls in the State in tho counties through which these Railroads run. If wo shouid count also tho counties adjoining these, any reason then, why slavo property should not contribute its equal proportion to the building of these roads? But even Railroads in the West, while furnishing facilities forgetting to mar ket, arc of equal benefit to the East by furn ishing freights to our roads, and pouring in to the lap of our Eastern parts the rich pro ducts of the fertle lands of tho West. (Ap plause.) I said in Currituck and elsewhere, and I say here to day that I am in favor of runing tho Western Extonsion to the Ten nessee line at the earliest practicable time. Gov. Ellis sajs that ho is also in favor of this. I voted for it in the last Legislature, worked for it and talked for it, and intend to continue to do all I can to accomplish it whether in the East or West, whether in the legislature or out of it, or whether elected Governor or not elected Governor. It is no question of East and West; it is a question involving the interest, the prosperity and the glory of my native State. Tremendous applause. South Carolina and Virginia'have had tho credit and tho benefits of tho products of North Carolina. This should be permit ted no longer, North Carolina should be uni ted in interest and feeling as it is in tho glo ry arising from the memory of the past. I deprecate such sectional appeals as I havo heard here to day. Wo are one people wo have a common interest in the deeds and fa mo of our revolutionary fathers-a com mon reverence for their memory, a common' pri.de in the battle fields of liberty. We arc linked together by' the glories of the past, and by tho hopes of the future, let us also be linked by the interests of the present. lam an Eastern man and am speaking to Eastern man and I tell them that if I am elected Governor i shall bo no Governor of the East, no Governor of tho West, but a Governor of N. Carolina. Applause. I was born in tho East and reared in tho East and I cherish the , associations of my early days. Iam attached to her plains and her sea coast to the sluggish streams that wind by tho place of my humble birth and washes the play ground of my childhood to tho broad river whoso swelling tides pass by tho scenes of tho labors of my mature man hood. But whil I cherish these, I thank my Creator that I have a heart large enough to desire the prosperity of every portion of my native State. Continued applause. I give no ear to sectional appeals acknowledge no sections in the good old North State, but shall continue to labor for the prosperity of every portion of it from the mountains to the seaboard. 4- The speech of Mr. P. was frequently inter rupted by enthusiastic demonstrations of ap plause. It was truly one of close, logical ar gument and thorough investigation. His reputation as a debater was well sustained, and his friends were buoyant, cheer "ul jubi J lant at the bril'iant success their gallant standard-bearer had achieved. The force and evident effect with which he pressed the policy and duty of the Eastern people and the slave owners in sustaining the great prin ciple of Constitutional Equality won for him tho confidence and tho admiration, not only of his own party, but also of many who have been decidedly opposed to him in polit cs. Tbis effect has sent an electric thr 11 of joy and enth-siasm to the hearts of his friends that will cause them to work or tho succoss i of the cause. No Wbijr candidate has left Craven County with more ardent admirers than John Pool. If our friends throughout the State give as good an accountof them s. Ives in August as Craven County, tho good old Stato is irreversibly "redeemed, dieen- i thralled and regenerated." 1 Ral. & Gaston R. R 23.3M Wil. & Weldow R. R 16.583 I N. Car It. R . 10 17:) i A. & X. C, R. R 7.921 I West N. C. R R 5.120 ! nil x. Charlotte It. R 16.877 SCO'S Get your enemies to read your works in order to mend them ; for your friend isso much your second self, that he will judge, too like yourself. Speech of William W- Holden in the Char leston Conveniion. "Mr. Holden, of North Carolina. I beg leave as a delegate at largo from tho Stato-o North Carolina, to make a statement to the Convention. My Stato has thus far, been a modest one in this Convention. I ask leave now, to explain my position. I came hero to ask this Convention to distinctly re pudiate squatter sovereignty. After consid eration and reflection, however, uton this subject, I desiro to say that, for the purpose of harmony and conciliation, lam willing to take the Cincinnatti platform, pure and sim ple, subject to the decision of the supreme court of the United states (applause), the Dred Scott, decision, and all future decisions on the subject of slavery in the Territories of tho United States. Sir, I profess to bo a National Democrat, out and out, while, at the same time, I declare myself a true Southron man. I camo here, not to a sectional Convention, but to a na tional Convention. I have read with glowing and gratified emotions, Mr. President, the noble declarations made by you in one of the free States, consequent upon the John Brown raid in the State of Virginia; and, sir, so long as you sit there and sustain t he action of a majority of the States, without regard to sec tion, I will stand by you. (Applause.) Mr President, I havo to say that my sym pathies, my most profound and heartfelt sym pathies, are with my Southron brethren in the movement they have made, but, Sir, speaking for myself alone, as a delegate from tnetate of North Carolina, I will do no act and will unite in no movement that shall look towards a disolution of tho Union of these States. Sir, in ray humble opinion." the des tinies of this Union are inseparably inter woven with the prosperity of the National Democratic party of this country. But. if the lofty and noble columns of this Constitution' are 'destined to fall if discord and dis solution shall prevail where lawand order now prevail if tho'great light now illumines tho Western hemisphere, must go out in dark ness and night, no man may say that up to this hour tho National Democratic party is responsible for the consequences that may follow. In my opinion they havo so far done their wholo duty. 1 have no sympathy with the reflections I have heard cast upon tho noble and faithful Democracy of tho North ern States. (Applause.) Mr. President, Lhavo this further remark to make. I shall respect and abido by the action of this Convention so long as it remain a National Democratic Convention, compos--ed of a majority of all thcStatos. But if this Convention should be left without a majority, 1 would then have no course to chooso but to re iro from it, and to do the best I can for my native land. Men of genius arc often dull and inert in society, as the blaziug meteor when it de scends to earth is only a stone. A Sensible Young Lady. Said a young la dy, who was fashionably educated at tho boarding sehoo1, and indulged in 'Men ess at home, so that there was neither strength or elasticity in her frame, "I used to bo ho fee ble that I could not even raise a broom, and the least physical exertion would make rao ill for a week. One sweeping dny I went bravely to work, cleaning thoroughly the parlors, three chambers, the front stairs and hall, after which I lay down and rcs'.od until noon, when I arose an! eat a h at tier meal than for many a day Since that time, I have occupied some pert ion of every day in active domestic labor, and not only are all my. friends congratulating mo upon my im proved appearance; but in my whole being mind, body and spirit I experience a won derful vigor, to which T have hitherto been a stranger. , Young ladles, try my Catholi-con." Tht Conventions. Tho Constitutional Un ion Convention will meet in Baltimor on Wednesday, 9th instant ; the Black Repub lican, wool-gathering Conveniion, at Chicago on the 16th instant; the Constitutional De mocratic Convention, at Richmond, on the Ilth June, and tin-adjourned Squatter Sove reignty Convent! -: in Baltimore, n tho 18th June.
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