American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-05-05
9nrertca,t Repltbltcan,
MONDAY MORNING, MAY B, 1916.
AND BALTIMORE CLIPPl

MONDAY MORNING, MAY 5, lS45.
Convention IN SOMERSET COUNTY. The
Princess Anne Gazette of Tuesday last, CON
tains notice, signed by number of individu-
ais, calling a Omitted Convention of Tax-pay
ers. Farmers, Mechanics, and Working-men,
to be held in the Court House, Princess Anne
on the second Tuesday in June next, The OBJ
Iect of the convention is stated to be, to econ
fer and consult upon measures Of policy and
practice deeply interesting in the present de-
pressed condition of the country''-and those
are invited to attend who care disposed to
unite in endeavorng to devise means TO avoid
rulnors taxation, and provide for the reduction
Of the public debt-in fine, to arrest the down
ward course Of the great interest of the people
and to save the State from desolation and dis,
grace"
What may result from this movement it is
not easy TO toresee; but we shall sincerely re-
ioico if the proposed convention shall be able
of the State, for that should be the main object
Of all exertion. TO our common-sense minds
the rcadest mode of achieving this object will
be, for the people to pay up their taxes pune
tually.
The convention is not to be of partzan
character, but viii be composed of wings and
democrats. at is not intended" says the no
tice, ''that the meeting shall embrace any
Clique, Compact, or Combination of men who
are manly actuated by selfish considerations to
Che exclusion of due regard TO the general
welfare, nor those who have "sworn in" under
the present State administration. OF the lat
ter, however, it would not exclude those patri-
otto individuals who hive taken Office in obedi-
cnce to the wishes of their neighbors, and with
a view to the public convenience. But that it
shall consist Of The great mass Of the people
TIE BONE AND sINEw OF THE LAND-as its
title emphltically Imports
In connexon with this subject it may not be
improper to state, that the same paper contains
an address ''to the voters of Somerset county,
from LiitLeton d. Ttackte, Esq, for many years
representative i'll the House of Delegates from
that county. After stating that he has been
urgently pressed to become candidate at the
next election, and that he is vet undecided whe-
Their or not he shall comply, Mr., Tcacklc in
forms the public, that, in forthcoming series
Of articles he will submit "a score of ndepen-
dent propositions, to be acted upon, either con-
jointly or separately by the people, or the Ge-
neral Assembly of our State" We shall
look for these communications with some inte-
rest, as Nh. Teackle promises to shew, that
"there are other sources of public income, per-
haps more available and productive for the re-
Pletion of the treasury, and less oppressive ex-
actions than the taxes and exactions already
imposed" and which he thinks, are easily inn
provable for the public relief and "the extin-
guishment of the enormous debt" Fertile as
the genius of MIR. Teackle is, we think that it
will puzzle him TO point out those 'other sourc-
es of public incomer from which the public
debt can be discharged, and at the same time
prevent the people from being burthened with
taxes. We have some curiosity to know the
process by which this regeneration is to be pro-
duced. We pray that he may be able TO effect
our 'early eXoneraton from ruinous taxation"
provided that he can also manage to preserve
the credit Of the State. Without the latter
can be accomplished we should prefer to "bear
the ills we have"