The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-03-05
CHARLOTTE. N. C. MARCH 1891.

-gh and Gasion Road; The Cape Fear ~
oi"vem"nIs the sppfopfi u "ps io y. use r
, vef; 10 Ta' River r"thc Weldun kaIiro az
all have The same Tendency. Aud tie N
nrnse amount ot money, therefore, xpeudt
10 Nouh Caroina, viii have She feet dlrec
y under the present CtnsIi uiion. far the ne,
twenty years. 10 Cause u. IN the West, ~her
we have M joriiy Of the free white people ,
the Stale TO have IA The Senate only 1nIRTEE
MEMBERS; while the minority, of the ~bii
people will have THIRTY.sEvEN MEMBERS |!
We do not desire 10 b. uode rsiaod ss np
posing IN The least proper ~ siem of later
nal Improvements; nor ss making any CON
plants against what has heretofore been dnn,
by our Legislature. Nor are We Ia be rep4r
ded ss taking any ground against The prnrec
ton Of property. We should be panied I,
see the day come ~ Nufth Carolina " hen q
system"i Agrarianism would be pfe.rmineot
when our people would BIZ les. ut.r,vant n
la"; les. irRa'dtul m right. The ,ru. the,
nIy OF Fee Government is ihr pf"ier protec
ton "' ITS citizens IN the aaJ y mrnt "f life,
liberty aud property. The ryl Of property
ia r'gh attached 10 the person Of y citizen
and he Is 10 be projected IN us erlo, m-nt.
Taxes are unIioim; aud he who pnssr.ses a
ii''Ie Is as deeply interested IA lis erl,, mene
az one possessing grea,er share; md 'quai.
ly-nay. more opposed TO the ,ulpnsu,on Of
high taxes.
Properly has no zig Is independent Of per.
sons. You can give II 10 puht- nor paw.
iepes, nor immuni,les ~hch sf Ct n G|ane
II Is ma'ter and csnn"' iet nor -, Y ueh,. ;
but. IN consequence of II. p",s, ,-,"n, ven
ma' give us o.rer political power aud priv.
'lee-s. If. then, you pro,.c, ca, z~ns in The
oJ"ymfm "t property, rs not IA" pis.essnr Of
hundreds 'quaiiy enr,,led 10 prorc,,ou MS the
owner of Thousands 7 Is his erjo, ment the
less d. You measure Ell ym.ut by The
qnan'l'y erj"Aedl Suppose ,'u take from
the rich msn has thuusa, d., i "nl, his at
II you ke from The pour h- hnudted--u -
n. oil too. Whnb ~tii cng I" NJ al wih
u ~lth more guard; u-r / m"fr spatln |. !;
and m"ie carefully provide that II shall not
be Consumed by p'ufu-e aud LAVISH rspeud
lures Of Government II Is nnro,lou, thai
the poor complain most Of high taxes. and 1t
is natural they should II Is harder f"r them
to pay them. 1t dImin,shes ne aggregate of
each more, although the amount taken away
is less; and every poor man hopes and ex.
poets TO improve his condition, and ona day
10 become rich. Hence ii is that ia Western
North Carolina We are more interested in the
preservation nf slave prnpef,, because, al.
though We NAV have fewer slaves, Ne have
more Stare ovnfrs, and Of cour,e a greater
number of persons Ia watch over suv ages
SONS upon It. The same ls true uf band
We have more land owners, aud owners Of
every SPECIES Of property, aud fever Of that
c'as. # persons who have nothing 10 protect
or de'rnd, but their rights Of person.
To connect together he people Of the State
in one common bond Of interest, II IS oniv ne
cesar, that they should possess the same kind
al properly, and that taxes should be dir-c,
and unfit rm Indirect taxes are seldom rep
reseutal,es OF he wealth Of the community
where lhev are collected The amount nf
revenue collected IN the CITY Of Nv Yo.k
l. u" sure test Of the wealth f thai C,N.-
Add many uf our taxes are Indirect and lur
nlsh no index OF the wealth of the Couutis.
IN which they are paid
II II IDLE, then, to sa, vou must give more
political weight tn the rich han the poor
10 the owner of thousand. thsn 10 The owner
oi hundreds. A Thousand ow nets nf anv par.
iIcular species Of property will ntf'td i, much
more .tsctual protection than one owner 'f
the same amount and species under auy form
of government that would be tolerated for
moment 10 free country.
II the Wes, ba. less capital fewer slaves,
and land less valuabe-lhey will guard their
little more carefully Than the East; and, IN
guarding their own, they vii guard and pro.
tecl that ul their E,s-in brethren. We are
one people; ard iud gent that the time ma,
come when W. ma, feel that Ne are nnl com
uon eaem,rs, but tha, our lnir,rsl. ara the
same. The ruggle ,hsl has he,e ,et"tore ex
isied has not resulted IN IN public good.
Many of our c,,tZans are gr-a'k opposed
TO the election Of Judges by The lie .I.la,ur-,
as is required by thu Cons,lru ION. II can
not be disguised hat our own Legislature has,
IN many in>iarces, been the scene of intrpurs
euiitely al war with our IDEAS Of the pu,i,,
Of the bench and IN which II vas shown that
neither character. nor qualifications. we're
made he tests of fitness for office but sim
ply party services. Legislatures are small
bodies, usually elected upon poluicsl grounds;
and they feel bound, in The elec''"u Of at of
6cers, 10 serve their pa,,, ; and that, too, IRE
qu"n'ly at the sacrifice of he best interest.
ot the peope.
Under these circumstances, mnnl hch.r
that The peopi" would be- the sae>t depns'to.
ries of ,h,. power. The opportunity aud ia
cil,'y tor corruption AID intrigue would not
exist: ard the people, in acl,ng. would no,
he influenced b, the fear Of dcnunc,ai,on or
punishment, Of party men. The system has
been tried in many 5 a'cs of the Union, and
found 10 operate ." we'll tina, !, Is much to hr
doubted whether II viii not, III TINE, be Il.
uopitd IN all,