The North-Carolina standard., 1850-07-17

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the Legisiaiare of North Carolina is based upon tnz-
alton and FsyaL Lau1sbers. Section fTet of the first
article Of The constitntion, provides that the Senate
shall consist fffty members g be chosen bienniay
by districts to be laid off by the General Assembly,
"in proportion the public taxes paid into the Treas
ary Of the State by the citizens thereof" There is
no mention Of land in this. The amount Of public I
taxes paid into the Treasury Of the State is the sole
OASIS OF Senatorial representation and this IS the
more apparent from the fact that quantity of land,
no matter how large will en,itle county to Sena-
TOT unless her taxes amount to the due proportion
CURED Were land the only source of to the
State perhaps there might be justice in conn-
ing the election of Senators landholders but it
should be remembered that every individual, who is
simply the proprietor of his head, pays poll
tax, and that every other description of properly is
equally liable to taxation with land Abolishing the
landed qualification for electors of State Senators
does not, then interfere with the basis of Senatorial
representation, which is not land but is taxation. Its
only effect will be to do away with nvidious dis
tlnctlon, which is neither in accordance with natural
Justice nor with the constitution of the Senate, which,
as we have shown, has its foundation in principle
totally irrespective of land. This is the amendment
contemplated by the Democratic party.
The basis of representation in the Commons is, as
we have already said, Federal numbers. We quote
the whole provision of the Constitution upon this sub
ject:
The House of Commons shall be composed of
one hundred and twenty representative, bienniaiIy
chosen by ballot to be elected by counties according
TO their federal population, that s. according to their
respective numbers which shall be determined by ad-
ding to the whole number of free persons, including
those bound to service for term of years. and exciu-
ding Indians not taxed, threeths of all other per-
and each county shall have at laeast one MEM
Der in the House of Commons, although it may not
contain the requisite ratio of population"
This provision is in direct accordance with one OF
the compromises of the federal Constitution, which
says that and direct taxes shall be ap-
portioned among the States in this manner and its
justice is apparent from the fact that in this State the
colored population are subject to capitaton tax as
Individuals This tax has to be paid, and it is but fair
that the saveholding interest should be duly represen
ted. 10 deny the justice of this arrangement in our
own State, would be to deny its justice in the Union
attack directly an institution already threatened by
the fanatcism of the North-and to acknowledge, in
so many words, that we claim for slave property
weight in the national concils which are unwill-
ing to accord to it at home.
We regret exceedingly that the reckessness inspir-
ed by anticipated defeat, should have led Gov: Manly
to himself in favor Of the abolition of the Fed
eral basis, as he has done. 1t is blow aimed di-
recty at the saveholding counties of the East, by
which he no doubt hopes to gain votes in the noun
tain counties, where the number of slaves is exceed
ingly SMALL and the jealousy at the East is stronger
than our people are at all aware of. The slavehold
ing counties of North Carolina owe il to themselves
to put their stamp of reprobaton upon any man who
breaches such a scheme.
We copy the above sound and sensible remarks
from the last Wilmington Journal.
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gument to be unsound, that Equal Suffrage is not to
be attained until the basis Of representation in the Leg
islature is abolished. One is question of SuFF-
RAGE-the other of POLITICAL POW Err. That
is the difference, and no man knows that difference
better than Gov. Manly. The question of political
power settled in the Convention Of 1885, by such
men as CASTOR, Macon, Swain, Spaight, Graves, Will
son, Biggs Edwards, Meares, Shober, Seawell, Kim
brongh Jones, Morehead, Rayner, Gillian, Crudup,
and others and Col. Reid is opposed to disturbing it,
What he demands is, that every man who votes for
the Commons may be allowed to vote for the Senate
also; but Gov. Manly goes beyond this, and advo-
Gates, platform Of Equal Suffrage, in his judg-
ment, the abolition of the basis which great ques
tions of political power permanently settled in
Convention, in 1885!
And now, suppose this change which Gov. Manly
advocates, effected-and what is the result! 1t is
we'll known that the main reason why Giddings and
Seward object to any more slave States is, that the
slaves are counted in the Federal and
if We strike down, here at home, this federal popua
ton principle in the Commons, and this taxation prin
ciple in the Senate, what may reasonably suppose
will be the course of these fanatics, when nine
members of the House of Representatives next pre-
sent themselves for seats in that body? Will not
Giddings tell them that there are two three too
many of them, o. according to the rule just estab
lshed at home by their own people; and will he not
claim their votes for alteration Of the Federal Con-
stitution to strike out of that instrument the
principle on which our slaves counted in appor-
tioning representation in the House! 10 We
beg the people, in all portions of the State, to think
of these things.
THE REGISTER" AND THE " "BANNER. -
1t is understood about here that the Editor of the
Register is under peculiar obligations the Hills
borough Democrat, for reminding him of the affec-
tionate in which he spoke, last Fall, Of the
Rutherfordton Banner. No longer ago than last No
vember the Register said:
1--WE have Inadvertently omitted to notice the re-
appearance of this excellent and spicy Whig Journal
published at Rulherfordton. The :. Banner was,
and is, Of our favore exchanges, and hail its
return to our table with unaffected grati6caton."
The Banner, having refused to 60 for Gov. Manly,
and having expressed preference for COL Reid, the
Register changes its tune-reads that paper out
Of the Wing pary-and tells it to 'go, poor thing,
there is enough in the world for thee and me-
OF this the Hillsborough Democrat says:
arrogance! We make them a deed IF eft of it -!
That is to say Seaton Gales, trumpeter of the
Raleigh Clique, own every whig paper in the State
We make presents of them whenever we please
they belong to us-Poor things We can bid them go,
whenever they do not bow to US! "Go poor thing''
You ugly Banner-you naughty Banner-you're
nothing but fly: am the biggest sort of bug
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