The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-02-05

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f0fs ben danr s. Our i.fgisisinnr- AaI
80 - 10 he rrgaIdel = iahiHg gr0nnd
agsinsl lhr praper pIalerliOn a prnPer'y.
We should be panied 10 see The d-y r0me
70 Nnrh t'snnIina -hen a syslrH Of A.
grzrianism would BE- pre-eminrns; whsn
our people would he less ebsersni al law:
ifss regardless nf right. The irue IheoIy
Of Tree Government Is The proper praser-
ilnn Of rs citizens in the enjoyment az lfr.
liberty and property. The right az pro-
pesty j. right aHaehed 10 The person OF
. citizen. and he is 10 be praletled in iis
enjoyment. Taxes are unifmm and he
sho possesses liiile is as deeply inter-
esied in iis enjoyment zs one possessing
= greater shsre and equally.--nay. more
opposed % the imposition of high taxes.
Properly has M rights. nor privileges.
nor immunilifs whirh effect il alone. ID
Is matter and ranno, feel. NOR enjoy rights;
bur in consequence of lis possession. ynu
may give Us ownrr poliIicai power and
privileges. II. then. you project citizens
in lie enjoyment 81 properly. is moi the
pnssessnr of hundreds equally entitled 10
pr0ieriinn a. the owner al thousands is
his enjoyment The less, Da yoa measure
enjoyment BY ihe quantity enjoyed! Sup
pose you take from the rich man his
ihousands-ii is only his MI. If you
take from tie poor man his hundreds
!, is his all mo. Which will cling To his
al with the more periinaeiiy. Which
will surround II with more guards; use il
more sparingly; and more carefully provide
that il shall moi be consumed By profnse and
lavish expenditures Of Government. It's
notorious that the poor complain most Of
high taxes. aud il is natural they should |;
IL Is harder lnr them In pay them. Ii dr.
mishes The aggregate OF each more. al
thong The amount taken away is less; and
every pom man hopes. and expects TO i'm
prove his condition. and one day iobecome
rich. Hence il is that in Western North Ca
nnlina we are mnre interested in the prr-
sfrvalion OF slave properly berause. al
though we may hare lever slaves. we
have more siare opners; and. OF course,
= gresier number Of persons 10 watch over
any aggressions upon il. The same is
true 81 land. We have more land own
ers. and owners Of every other SPECIES of
property; and fewer OF that rlass Of per-
sons who have n"lhing 10 enjoy. nothing
10 protect or defend. but their rights of
person.
To eonneci together the people OF the
State in one common bond of interest. IL
- only necessary that they should pos.
sess the same kind Of properly. aud that
taxes shoHld be direct ani uniform. In.
direct taxes are seldom representatives Of
the wealth of The community where they
are collected. The amount of public
revenue collected in the City Of New York
is no sure iesl Of the wealth of that city.
And many Of our taxes are Indirect. and
furnish no index Of the wealth Of the coun-
ties IN which they are paid.
itIsidle then, TO say you must give more
political weight 10 the rich than the poor
tho owner of thousands than the owner
OF hundreds. A thousand owners Of any
particular species Of property will afford
II much more eiIeciual protection than
one owner Of the same amount and spe-
ries. under any lnrm Of government, that
would be tolerated for momen, in free
country.
lf the West has lrss capital, fewer
slaves, and land less valuable; they will
gaard their lille more carefully than the
Easl; and in guarding their own. they
will guard and proIert That of their East
ern brethren. We are one people, and
God grant that the time may come when
we may ferl that we are not common enc.
mics. but tina, our interests are the same.
The struggle that has heretofore existed
has not resulted in the public good.
Many Of our ciiizens are greatly op-
posed TO the election Of Judges by the
Legislature. as is required by The consii-
tuition. i cannot be Disguised that our
own Legislature has. 10 many instances,
heen the scene Of inirigues entirely al
war with our ideas Of The purity of the
bench; and in which il was shown that
neither character, nor qualifications. were
made the tests Of fitness for office. but
SIMPLY party services. Legislatures are
small bodies; u.ually elected upon poli,i-
cal party grounds; and they feel bound,
IN the election Of all officers. to serve iIl, ir
parry: and thai. too frequently at the sac
rifire Oh the best interests Of the people,.
Under these circumstances many he.
licre thai the people would be The safest
deros,tories Of this power. The oppor-
tam y and farilily for corruption and in
irlgne would moi exist; and the people. in
acting. would no, be Influenced by the
fear oil ,ienuacIation or punishment, of par
" men. The system has been tried in
many States Of the Union. and found 10
operate 81 well that i, is much 10 he doubt.
ell whether il will not, in time, be adnple,l
in all.
Others. loo. think that they ought 10
hold office Cor limited period. There
Is no other officer known 10 our laws.
bn, who is limited TO short period. af.er
which his power is laid down q, The f.,oi
uC those from whom ha rere;yaJ ~. .n,l