Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-06-05
For the Standard.
EoIIAL SUFFRAGE.

u, En,non. II 1vas shown in a former NUMBER o,
your paper, under the presenI sHa.;;,;on works
Section of Art. LIST, AMENDED CohsIl'u'Cn' I'll
unequally and unj1sty IN eAcluo o who contribute
1Ir ~ the amount of taxes, upon whlch 9ena'ol
il s.cted, merely because, Percnance Sucn P..;od
AL not own fifty acres of land. Two ascel'dlIeu
80. were aGduced in iustratlon-one, OF Iai ~ -
ao;.aIst living in Wilmington, who pays over @iUo
If tax the other that of man paying Out 'e"
lars If tax; the former being allowed no vo'e' oe-
cause he CHANGED not own the tallsmanlc my ace'
and the latter permitted to enjoy the 81,
viIece because his happy lot had been cast upon my
of the taEsmunic soil. This idea has since oee
enlarged upon by Ger. Saunders and Presen'e1 oy
through your columns, in such Clear anu ;I
manner that any further pursuit oil IL mere 10 . =:
unnecessary Any one so blind to the llght as not W
GO The irresistible force of Gen. Saunders cogeh'
reasoning is so morally purblind that no arguhen''
however lucid, would penetrate the Ios 'na'
his mental vision. hiao.
r. a. ,sot of Senator tvere based upon tGTeS Pdto
,oL.L, bu L1rdhoLders then, IL 0oun Oe Te"so'uo "
ercIIde all Others rich and poor from Uot'ng IOr mem"
save and ercept L1ndhoLders. ,.;L. ~
We will now see, if the rich who contrloute 80
IsroeIv to the tax are DISTINGUISHED how 1t is win
the poor man, ard man of moderate means' VINO pays
"a much of the tax in proportion to his PecunlaiY OPP
portunities as the wealthy. In looking INTO uis'
will discover too that as the landholoer uoeS ~. PaS
oil the tax upon which Senator's seat is erected So
he ia clearly not entited-as he has been-to 'he
,ok privilege of filling that seat with Senator Oh
his choice. ,Lo t.vcof
large portion of the money paid into the tax-Go
fars is derived from aggregate OF many "Potrs -
sums collected from those who pay into the Sale reas
urv onv their rated poll tar. Nearly every class In Inc
community-except large capitalists and lanohooefS
lis represented by individuals who pay PoH ldT
mime to the State Take any Senatorial district and
its tax paving Statistics and investigation will discover
large amount of taxes accruing from g polls" This
proves 10 be the especially in mountain DISTRICTS
where much of the land has never been suooueu oy
the plough and hoe; and lying still upon the hands
of the State, pays tax, or bought up at nominal
price paws but a trife. Add up the poll ltems' ana
we see that upon the very amount OF taxes pom "hicn
Senator's seat is based, these polls count mp no In
considerable item Suppose, by way OF Illustrating
th.t Senator is elected upon $4,000 of taxes, the
item due to polls will in some districts amount 10
$500 or nearly fourth of the whoe and this at
ter confnine the $500 to persons paying only poll
far But all these payers OF this large Item are de-
MED the privilege of voting upon so large contrbu-
ton. Strange say, this amount Is dlHused among
the Iandhoders to enable them TO send Senator.
For take this poll item out of the general amount IN
any district and andhode rswoud have to increase In
numbers and expand their land to be entitled to
Senator according to the present ratio of taxes thus
emitting them.
The wealthy man-not owning the hand-though
uniusty deprived of the privilege OF voting Tor a
Senator, has it pecunary in his power to obtain the
privilege to bride it, as II were, out OF the Constr
tuition, by purchasing fifty acres OF of freedoms or
free soil ; but many, very many who contribute the
poll tax have it not in their power to purchase tine
land, are not able buy land-right. In the case
of the wealthy there is injustice with redress and
remedy; in the case of many worthy POll-Payers,
there is injustice and inequality without hope of re-
dress remedy.
Thus it will be seen, that landholders do moi pay
all the tar they should not be entitled-as they are
to all the voting privileges dervable from the tax.
And it will be that large and estimable class
of taxpayers denied the privilege of voting while
the very taxes they pay, 60 to swell the inadequate
amount paid by landholders, product sufficient
enable them privileged citizens) to send Senator.
Justice, liberty, fraternity, equality at the ballot
box. CLlO.