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EQUALITY AT THE BALLOT-BOX : EQUALITY AT THE TAX-BOX. By Sherwood & Long. GREENSBOROUGrH, N. C, JUNE 2, 1860. Number 4. M. 8. SHERWOOD. ?. JAMES A. LONG. SHERWOOD & LONG PUBLISHERS. Published Weekly, and to be Con tinned Three Months. PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. ADDRESS Sherwood & Long, Greensboro', HT. C. 1 From the Salisbury Watchman. Democratic County Meeting. The Democrats of .Rowan held a meeting in the Court House last Tuesday, to nomi nate candidates for the Legislature. Wm. R. Fraley, Esq., was Chairman, and Mr. Spel man and J L. Lyely, Secretaries. Dr. Nes bit, Col Moore, Col. Robards, and R. E. Love, Esq., were the cbiet actors in the meeting, winch brought its deliberations to a conclu sion by nominating Mr. C F. Fisher for the Senate, and N. N. Fleming and N. F. Hall, Ksqrs., for the Commons. Mr. Cantwell, of - mm w m r yi . i . Raleigh, and Mr. J. M. Clement, 01 JLavie, were the chiet spokesmen. Jtir. uantweii, we think, was brought up from Raleigh ex pressly for this occasion; but unless he im proves, ho Cant well persuade the people of Rowan that tho- moon is made of green cheese. Our neighbor of the Banner, who evidently knows how to blow, got off the following in his extra sheet on Wednesday. Wo copy it for its richness :- , "Great (gathering of the Democracy Ad Valorem tlain Panic in the Culvert ! ! One of the largest and most enthusiastic gatherings of the Democracy of Rowan ever seen, took place at the Court House, yesterday. We re peat, according to the testimony of the "Oldest Inhabi tant," that the gathering was one of the largest erer witnessed on such an occasion; and the spirit which animated the throng was well calculated to strike panic into the K. N. culvert. And we record it with pleasure, as one of the "signs of the times," that ladies graced the meeting with their presence -an unmistakable sign that the fair sex are indidnantly aroused at the propo sition of the Opposition to tax their chickens, their but ter and eggs. We tell the Opposition "the handwriting is on the wall," wiien the ladies enter the fild. Stand from under V meeting nothing "will hurt you here I'll stand by you. 'Democratic meeting !" said she; "ain't it the Court ?" 1 thought it was the Court and with that she hustled out of the house as an enraged woman only can. When she fot into the Court yard, she met an acquaintance, and still excited, but in a different way, she said,! ''Nancy, there's the tarnalest fellow up there (pointing) you ever seed in the world, and such talk as he is hav ing, and such eovortin' about and abusing of Abner Owen (ad valorem) you'd think they'll kill him as quick as they lay eyes on him. I wonder what he has done !" And thus the twain passed up street, glanc ing tho eye back towards the upper windows of the Courthouse as the voice of the "inev itable" now and then startled them. But in the course of our inquest in regard to the ladies who graced this interesting oc casion of the democratic party, we ascertain ed that there was another woman about the door of tho hall while the mooting was in pro gress, and with her a child, and with them a man, all of rich mahogony color brought there to answor the Court in a matter that con corned their persons and not their politics. These, we presume were not meant to be in cluded in the congratulatory remarks of oar rather enthusiastic neihbor. It is impossible for us to tell what propor tion of tho crowd which waited on tho delib erations of the democratic meeting was whig; but wo know it was large. The Court house was not full by considerable, counting all; and so we do not think the meeting was near so imposing as our neighbor reprebents it. Tho fact is, our neignbor is a stranger in theso parts; (almost a stranger in the coun try;) he lived at Raleigh several years, and has been used to meeting the democratic wire puliors of Wako in the editorial office of the Standard, and by making those gather ings the standard of comparison, the Rowan meeting was doubtless a rip-roaring rouser ! But we will not controvert all the points in this little piece of our neighbor's hifalutin The o!dct inhabiiant is authoritative, the world over. Let him pass "The-.spirit, which animated tho throng" was well from, tho account given by the "fair sex which graced tho meeting," frightful. Wo believe there was only one white woman present, and she a State's witness. She thought it was tho Court, and although afraid to stay in, yet she was afraid to leave, lest she might he out of place when called. She timidly took a back pew, and there sat Hie witnessed wno was i ir.aki.,g siu-h a to-do -about cwws, sows, and pig, goai-d and tin cups. He was the mad dent man sometimes, and then the "sorriest" looking fellow she ever "seed:" and wonder ed what ujon earth Abner OwenYatZ valorem) had done to him that he ehou'd talk about him so. After a while, a deputy sheriff hap pened to pass near where she was sitting, and seeing that she was dreadfully alarmed, ho said to her in the most soothing tones, (Moses is up to that,) "Madam, don't be alarmed I see you are excited." "Oh 1 sir," exclaimed she in a husky whisper, "what are they going to do what does it all mean, do pray tell mo." "Oh 1" said the deputy, "bo calm, Madam, it is only a democratic trembling with excitement, as the '-can vings-on" of that mart For the Little Ad. An Old Song with "Little Ad"-ditions. soko for thk standard tcxk ( Wandering WUlie.) Ilere awa' there awa' wandering Willie, Here awa' there awa' nerer once still; First upon one side, then on the other, Changing your hue, with Chameleon sk ill. Whiles for the Union, you prattle so boldly, Whiles for disunion, you rattle away; Douglas the demagogue, Douglas the Statesman, Both in a breath you can easily say. First upon one side then on the other, Like a tee-to-tum you skippingly go; Was not old Janus your dear elder brother? Faces both sides of him, Willie, you know. Your watch tells you, Willie, how easy the hours flow, You set it ahead too, to catch every change, It beats to the time as the Levers of Power go; It moTos with the clocks at the Treasury range. Here awa' there awa' wandering Willie, A soldier of fortune, you join in the fight, Where the spoils are about, and" the booty is plenty The cause is a good one, and robbery right. Here awa' there awa' wandering Willie, Here awa' there awa' never once still. . Whiles in the tree-top whiles in the clover, Hopping about like a young whip (pa) poor will. We've tears for our Willie, by woes overtaken, . We sigh that a sorrow our friend should befa' Oh, Willie! we weep for thee, snubbed and forsaken, Bo-Fressed, and be-Deviled by Ellis and a'. Dark was the day ye forsook the brave working-man: Bitter the pill that ye took from the Palace, Now in the harness, ye work like a Turk-oman: Scourged as a slave by the ''Tight Squeeze'' and Ellis. Come back to our bosoms! poor wandering Willie, Cease from thy sorrows, thy griefs, thy alarms; Waken e broezes ! Uoll gently, ye billows, And waft our dear Willie once more to our arms. List to the voice of our Union-toned lit 11, Willie, liark ! how the heavenly symphony lluws! March to the music of our grand melody. Glory will follow, where Ev-er-ett goes! Tho news comes to us from all parts cf tho State of large and enthusiastic Bell and Ever ett ratification meetings being held in almost every town and village. So, too, from all parts of the country, North and South' East and West, w ithout regard to section. Truly, ours are tho candidates of the people and the coun try, and thoir triumphant election in Novem ber next, notwithstanding what ultraists say, North and South, will prove them the men for tho times. JV. C. Argus. Another Defaulter. -The Stamp Clerk in the New York post office, following in the footsteps of Postmaster Fowler, is also a de faulter. Ho, however, stole but $2,000, while Fowler got 155,000. For the Little Ad. , BY SIKE 7 The '-Little Ad" is just the tool To cut the Loco's ranks, 'Tis like our candidate, John Pool, What shows the Locos' pranks. It makes them feel all o'er in spots; The mighty truths it tells, It shows their all deceiving plots, And gives them shaking spells. 'Tis lke a smarting cank'ring worm, "That eats into their soul ; ,And ev'ry isue is a germ, That makes a larger hole. It shows theAji. Valorem tax" Is just the fail est thing ; That one should pay on fodder stacks, No more than fodder'll bring. That we should value property, Negroes and land alike; And. pay our tax accordingly, No one 'gainst this should strike. The rich should pay on all they're worth, The poor should do the same; This is to all of, ev'ry birth, A fair and equal game. A man that owns of negroes told, Old men as well as small, Should pay alike on young and olj The value of them all. Besides all this, it is a sprig From off the old Whig tree, It plays a tune, that is a jig To trip Democracy. Then rally all ye Whigs of old, Around our young John Pool ; He'll take the place of Ellis "ooW," Who should be off to School. Newbern, May 25th, 1860. From the Campaign Advocate. AD VALOREM IN GEORGIA. It will be born in mind that among the ob jections urged against the striking out the feature in our Constitution which compels slaves to be taxed per capita, and no more than the tax on the white polls, is, that the amendment proposed will injure "the institu tion." In Georgia, and indeed the other Southern States where slavery is quite as im portant and valuable as it is here, no such provision is deemed necessary to the protec tion of "tho institution." The following is all that is said in the con stitution of Georgia, in regard to the power of taxation : "Art. 1. Sec. 1G. All bills for raising revenue shal originate in the House of Representatives, but the Sen ate shall propose or concur with amendments as in oth er Bills. Sec. 22. The General Assembly shall have power to make all Laws and ordinances which they shall deem necessary and proper for the good of the State which shall not be repugnant to this Constitution. Georgia is selected as an example, because the State is at least as deeply interested in "tho institution" as our owiirrttUe, and any system that would affect unjuriously in this respect, would operatefnore decidedly J and powerfully there than here. They had I tried the old system there long enough. And mark, since tho free sou party commenced growing to so formidable a tize, the people of that great State "the Empire State of the South" have adopted the ad valorem sys tem of taxation on slaves. But the slave j owners of Georgia have not grown so vigi lant of Southern rights, alter eight years ot experience as tho present Governor of North Carolina and his party. There, they think that the ad valorem system is the proper one "at this time." They have not yet, in eight years, found out that it is "premature, impol itic, dangerous and unjust" to tax slaves as other property. No, that has been left to the peculiar ken of Democratic vision in our own State, as embodied in the logic of Gov. Ellis and his supporters. Ad Valorem was adopted in Georgia in 1852. There as here, were many objections urged against it, and it was not until after a long and woil contested campaign of years that it was adopted. But it finally succeed ed. Of its success and popularity we hero tako liberty to quote an extract or two from a let ter we received a fewjdayi ago from a friend formerly a North Carolinian who resides in and is sheriff of ono of the largest, most wealthy and populous counties in that State. Although a privato letter, not designed for publication, yet the statement is so appro priate we cannot resist the temptation to communicate the facts set forth, asking par don of our correspondent in advance. Ho "The ad valorem system of taxation in this State (Georgia) was agitated for a long time, and finally adopted after a long struggle. It is the only equitable mode of raising a revenue to meet and defray the ex penses of the State. The whole minutiao is explained in the "digest" I send you. When this system was first adopted the State tax was a fraction over 8 cents on the $100 worth of property. Now (this year) the tax is 6 J cents. Ia eaeh county an extra tax is assessed according to tha wants of the same." z . "If you were in Georgia you would find it a very dif ficult matter to find any one opposed to the ad valorem system of taxation, unless biased by some peculiar sel fish motive." Now, with this statement from a gentle man of intelligence, and whose position af fords him the oest facilities for knowing the operations of the law and opinion of the people concerning it, what confidence can we place npon the speculations of this and that opponent whose knowledge must bo nothing and whose bare opinion must be; of littlo value. We hero see that after an eight years trial, amidst the "irrepressible conflict" times that if we were in Georgia we "would find it a very difficult matter to find any ono opposed to ad volorem, unless biassed by some peculiar selfish motive." There is no law on the statute book that is not met by tho same sort of objection. Then if it is thus free from objection in that State, it were more so here. "We hear nothing of ad valo rem affecting "the Institution" there not a word. One other item in the above extract. It is stated that formerly a fraction over 8 cents on the 5100 valulation was the amount raised by taxation for the State, and that now it is only 6 J cents., Georgia, bo it remembered has almost trebble the railroads that we have. Yet with them all, and other improvements, CJ cents on the $100 worth of property pays off all her liabilities. Is that equal to our present tax of, for instance, twenty cents on the $100 worth of land or on money loaned twenty four cents ? on goods purchased fif ty cents? on profit or Tabor, or salaries or fees ono dollar ? riding vehicles used by the people in their travelling, visiting &c, &c, one dollar? Sojac slight difference between these amounts as arranged by our last legis laturo when our Democratic opponents had a majority of about two-thirds, and 8 or cents on the 6100 worth of property as in Georgia. This presents so palpable a differ-. ence that the reflecting mind will at once cast about for the cause and the true remedy. Tho firtt great obstacle is the Constitutional inequality Which w propose to strike out, and allow that instrument, in a matter of such great interest to the people to be in fact what it is in name republican in its provis ions, so that, in the language of our platform "every species of prooorty may be taxed ac cording to value, with power to discriminate only in favor of the nativo products of our State and the industrial pursuits of her citi- zens. Appointments, i Tho candidates for Governor, Messrs. Pool and Ellis, will speak at tho following times and places, the speaking to commence at 11 o'clock A. M. Wednesday, June Thursday, " Friday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, 13th, Winston, Forsythe. 11th, Yadkftisville, Vadkin. loth, Dobson, Surry. 16th, Gap Civil, Alleghany. 18th, Jefferson, Ashe 20th, Wilksbor', Wilkee. 22tb, Lenoir, Caldwell. 23th, Morganton, Burke, iloth, Marion, McDowell.
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