The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-03-10

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ksithous IT, consIut of il, part ! tax.
"a, and bypefsoia moi, inters4Id in
taxable property, Imposing = tax" Il
a very proper expression.
| A, veIdo a9treaa thsptoeseding.
ofthe Legislature = carefully a. we
should, = great many things escape US,
and we do not know Of their existence
until we see q leader on the subject,
in some Of our New Orleans contem-
peraries. Our independent and fear.
less friend, the True Delta Of the 7th
inst, has an article headed "A new tax
which savors 50 much Of novelty that
We cannot forbea,l making mention Of
it. 81 seii9H ns4sd g Hs4 A"vW
A bill it seems has been introduced
in the Senate, authorizing a poll tax
Of one dollar upon each and every
free person Of color in the State to
provide means for the deportation of
colored emigrants to Liberia. We
are indebted to some Of The gentlemen,
Of that very charitable and philan.
thropic body, the American Coloniza-
ton Society for this move and we re-
collect now, that there was tall son
Of New Eugland--a Spectator here,
two Or three sessions ago, with very
much such scheme as this Of the
beautiful operation Of which--else
where he had numerous certificates
from various scourccs. Indeed, the
was 50 kind as to give us a
yratituitious lecture in the Hall Of the
House, the object Of which, was to
present some Of the parts Of this
system tothe wisdom of the
state. Of course the gentleman in
question did not say, that if such a
ystem were adopted by Louisiana
hat he would like to hold the funds
objected, in trust bimself--or give .
hem to the society; this not being :
implied was understood. I'VE hope t
nr friends at large, will not think that !
'e are not fully impressed with the :
hdyitadleness Of the Colonization I
ociety, and fully convinced that a
here is not single man in it. not &C
mated by the common honesty of pur-
ose, which characterizes this age
bove all others. But may we ask "are :,
1ere not some fixed principles Of JUS c
ce, about which there is no dis. II
greement? If there is, let us bring 9
,me Of them to bear in this matter. "
Q whom, pray, are we indebted for the r
ee colored population 2 Il it not to G
lie Greeks, Trojeans, Armepians, o
auls and Saxons about usq Is not =
'e whole conglomerated mass, called !.
hristians-and governed by the
oly principle, do unto others, as
ou would not have them do, etc.
hen Why impose tax-partial, OPP .e
'essive, and radically wrong, in any I
'int Of view, In those who live
nongst us as peaceable citizens, and p
no are the legitimate offspring Of the e,
,eg Is the American Colonization III
'ctety, the christian institution, that b
nds out wooden nutmeg makers ).
nong us to preach such doctrines Oh o,
SO, the love Of money, outweighs g
e love Of man. f.a III. NJ
We concur with our friend of the IN
ue Delta, when he says: ea9< fo
I'VE cannot see either the Justice
the expectancy oftaxing free color n
persons for educational purposes if be
, debar them from particination in ~
9 benefits, and for our part whether fe,
~ are taxed or untaxed for such an nv
ject, we should like to see them edu- -
he'd to an extent that would fit them vi