The North-Carolina standard., 1850-07-24
For the North Caroiina STANDARD.


,on for either the Senate or House of Commons.
Our basis of Representation for one branch Of the
Legislature 10 taxation, for the other 10 federal pop
ulatou The abolitionisis Of the North wish to des
troy the basis Of federal population upon which We
are represented in Congress. regard their course
on the subject as mischievous and dangerous, and
should regard similar movement in relation to our
representation aught with equal mischief and danger.
C5L Reds address,
The School fund ives created to school the white
children Of the State, and particularly the poor and
ignorant potion. Col. Reid had voted to distribute
that fund according to federal population instead OF
being distributed according to schate popuation as
skouM haye been done The west had thus iost tnou-
;ng Counties Of Tie East, where they were able TO
send their children abroad school, reee1ed O" undue
nronorf;on of the School fund. Col. Reds position
on free suffrage" would not equalize the right OF
suffrage. For illustration, the County OF Onslow'
With 400 voters is now entitled to senator, while
the Counties Of Wilkes, Caldwell, Burke and Nc
Dowell with 1000 voters are only entitled to one
senator. This is glorious reform indeed! Yet
Reid ,oas opposed to any change !" the ba'is repre-
sentation to remedy this Gross lNsusrIcE-Gou Many
a. reported BY tie .Gree":eoro' Patr'of, wntgl.
ernor on Constitutional reform and important cues
ton Of State policy. l wish my Eastern Whig
fiends to look It full in the face. No blinking, gem
tlemen! Are you so welded 10 party that nothing
can induce you to condemn in Wing candidate TOR
The rights Of the people OF the East. or will you
eyade it by the miserable slang we sometimes hear
that Reid PLAYED the demagogue about " free sui
frage, " and that Manly is beating him at his own
came. Recolect Reds address is published to the
Gov. Manly is s.umping it in tie West. Did we
hear any thing of this in the Governors address at
Raleigh1 Were such positions assumed by him in
ls49 in the East?
have not time to 60 into a minute calculation
about the School fund, but venture the assertion
without the fear of contradiction, that the distribution
Of the School fund according to ache population will
make at least difference of 900 annually to the
East And let it be remembered that the larger por-
ton of this fund received from the General Gov
emment according to fedora! papaIa'on; and let 1t
be further recolected that the East pays much the
largest proportion of the State taxes; and while the
Governor sneers at the " ,veakhy Slarshoding Coun-
ties of the East let the parents of the poor and tg-
s,orant ,vhie children " Of the East remember that
Gov Manly proposes to take from them at least one
half of the public fund, (now entirely too smal)
which they now receive assist in the education OF
their children. The great battle on this question, 1t
will be recoected, was fought in the General As
sembly Of 1910. 1t will be remembered with what
perinacity Mr.. Boyden OF Sury resisted the dstrbu-
ton according to federal population until his annoy
that he was scraped do,vn in the House of Commons.
Ap-opos, is this position taken by the Governor to
mollify the opposition of Mr.. Boyden, which rumor
says at one time was very intense Well DO we
remember the unanswerable arguments of the memb-
His statistics were overwhelming. We call upon
that distinguished gentleman to publish them now
when they can again be of great service If We re-
member Alright he made speech also on the same
subject in the Senate of the last Assembly. We call
upon him. upon Hon. William b. Shepard of Pas
qnotank, Hon. William H. Washington of Craven,
Mr.. Thompson Of Bertie. Hon. Kenneth Rayner,
Col. Joyner of Halifax, Mr.. Halsev of Tyrrell. Mr.
Eborn of Pitt, and their constituents to condemn in
the most effectual and decided at the ballot
bog this unjust policy recommended by Gov. Manly
But this is not all. The basis of representation is
GROSS INJUSTICE, says Gov. Manly. Make the basis
.rh;e population, and the East loses at least eight
senators and ten members Of the House OF Commons
We are to be taxed then without stint. and there is
corrective to an unequal tax. While the Constlu-
tion provides that capitaton " tax shall beequal,
what will prevent tax slaves property accord
ing 10 their value, and then how will stand these
{" ,reaAky Siaueholding Cbuntie: Of the East 90 Am
told that the Governor is demagogueing"a little,
with no serious intention to lend his influence in
summating this policy! Look to it and remember
it is the same spirit now pervading the North, and
the authors Of that aggression upon Southern rights
which is shaking OUT glorious Union to the centre.
The South numerically is the weakest, SO is the East
of this State. Poscer first, and then aggression and
tyranny. While thus address the East am satis-
fed many of Western brethren will as decidedly
condemn as do this outrageous and reprehensibe
course Of Gov. Manly, the effect of which must be
bter painful and fra,ricdal controversy, which all
good mer, alair and impartial minds, Eastand West
must deprecate.
Freemen of North Carolina ! we call you to the
rescne In Reid you have frank, able man, devo-
ted to the best interests of the State, who descends
to no'subterfugss, injustice, doube-dealing to
secure your votes. When you vote for him you
know what you are doing. Can the same be said of
his competitor, who is found endeavoring to array
section of the State against another to his
election! MORATTOCK. |
Gov MAnLY's STRAIGHT SrREAK. His Excellency |