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

t1lheu IN ne Hccinfatipn 81 lhurnenus
ence, 4 that All men are free and equai, :
10 exclude from dis fAlued privilege
any freeman because % his not being !
landh0lder.
Equally opposed to this principle i
the rule BY which political power Is
measured by the basis Misrepresentation
in the Senate. To place Il in is most
favorable light. the Senate represents
property, and not pers0ns-money. not
men-matter, not mind. Bot ITS obi.
business does not stop here. Yau are
all familiar with the subjects Of tara
ton, and these taxes are represented
not you. the people. All white males
between the ages Of 81 and IS are sub
ject to a poll tax ; and all slaves. male
and female. between the ages Of ls and
so are subject to the like tax: so that
three-ffths Of the negroes are repre-
sented in the House Of Commons. and
all the negroes between the ages ADORE
designated. are represented in the Sc
nate; but your wives and children have
no political rights. Pedlars, Billiard
Tables, Bowling Alleys. Circus Riders,
Playing Cards. Retailers Of Spirituous
Liquors. Brokers, Merchants, Watch
Is and Carriages are all taxed. They
have their Senator's in the State Legis-
lature. But -FOUR wives and your daugh-
tiers; your old men who have served
their country; your young men who
are rising up to be its hope and lis stay;
and your poor men. upon whom misfor-
tune has laid its heavy hand-have no
one there to plead their cause and pro-
teet their rights. Is this libertyf Is
this freedomi Is this republican equa-
litys
Your Bill Of Rights saws " That all
political power is vested in and derir-
ed from The people only" Is power in
the Senate of North Carolina derived
from {" The people oniy?" Let il not be
said that taxation and representation
60 hand in hand. That principle has
no application here. IL L. true that our
ancestors fought the battles Of the Re-
volution upon the principle that they
were not to be taxed by body in which
they lwere not represented. But who
represented : Certainly the people
those who paid the taxes--hot the taxes
themselves. Our ancestors never claim
ed that their property should be repre-
sented. They claimed, and justly too.
that they should be represented. In
the Senate, properfyis represented and
not The people /; and the same principle
which prompted our ancestors to that
glorious contest, and sustained them in
II, which terminated in the achieve
ment Of our liberties, should prompt us
to war against this most odious anti
republican remnant Of feudal aristocra-
cy by which the people are taxed by a
body in which they are not represented.
Apply the principle and see its in
justice. Ten men in any one county,
own as much property and pay as much
public tax as five hundred men imam
other county. They all own the same
species Of property. Each Of the FIVE
hundred is equally interested in the
preservation of his little mite as either
Of the ten. Each one has perhaps made
It by the labor of his hands, and by the
sweat Of his brow. 1t is all he has, by
means Of which to maintain and provide
for hi. family. 1t is the dependence of
his children for education-for susie
nance. And yet, by the present sys-
tenn. the ten are equal to the FIVE hun
dred. Is this justice? Is this libertys
Let war break outlet civil commo-
ton arise--whose lives are exposed for
the protection Of this propertys Who
are sent forth TO fight the battles of
your country The five hundred 60
forth to fight the battles Of your coun-
try; to vindicate IT'S honor; to MAIN
tain its glory leaving their wives and
little ones to struggle on in poverty
and indulgence while the ten stay at
home; enjoy their wealth, and boast of
the honor and glory Of their county, the
bravery, the freedom, and equality Of
its citizens. Save us from such free
dom-save us from such equality! 1t
is no freedom--it is no equality. 1t is
downright tyranny--tyranny 10 its most
odious form. The few grinding into
the dust the many, under the iron heel
of power--power under the pretence of
being derived from " the people only"
Under the operation of This principle.
there are some startling facts. Accord.
ing to the census Of 1910. and the appor.
ti,nmeni of Senators made under the pro.
vision Of the Constitution by the l.rgis.
lature of 1912. seventeen Western Spna.
Tors rcprespn, q majority of the white in
habi'ants nfs North Carolina. At the APP.
porlionment which will be made in 1851
sill greater discrepancy will be found
TO exist. The Improvements which have
hereinfore been made. and are still in PRO.
gress in North Caroliua, tend to a great
increase Of the value of property and Of
the subjects Of taxation in Eastern Carroll.
ma. The Wilmington Rail Road, 10 which
the Stale has contributed so mach. has
added greatly Ia the value Of property Of
every dpscriplinn near IL. and The anoun,