The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-12
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4 WItDDHt tue tuiiSeHt " tfit THi'iNS 'uh-
c,l and Nv persons not interested II
taxable propr ty, 'i'nposing tax" y
a very proper expression.
Al we do not read the proceedings
Of the Legislature rs carefully as we
should. a great many things escape us,
and we do not know Of their existence
until we see leader OH the subject,
id some of our New Orleans eontem-
p rAries. Oar independent ahd fear-
less friend. the True Delta of the 7th
ust., has an article headed "A new tax
which savors 50 much Of novelty that
vu cannot fo lea, making mention Of
L.
A bill 1t seems has luen introduced
Il The Senate, authorizing q poll tax
# one dollar Upon eyeh and every
Ice person Of color in the State to
rovide means for he deportation Of
oloped emigrnnts To Liberia. We
ne indebted to suil,e If the gentlemen
# that very charitable and plilan-
hropic body, the Ane,ican Colouita
ion Society for this move and we re.
collect now. that there was tall sol,
IT New England IA speeulaor here
Two or three sessions ngo. With VERY
much surl, scheme rs this If III,
beautiful operation Of which else.
where he had un'nnro'is certificates
rom various scuurrps. Indeed. Tie
gentleman WIS 50 kind rs to give It's
glrltituituus lecture in the Hall Of the
House. the object Of which, was to
present some Of the parts of this
beautiful system to the wisdom Of the
State. Of course the gentleman ia
question did not say, that it such u
system we're adopted by Louisiana
that he would like to hold The funds
collected. in trust, l,imselt---or give
them TO the society; this not bing
implied was understood. WI hope
our friends At large, will not think tint
we are not fully impressed with tie
ctntttdbleueys Of the COLONIZATION
Society, and fully convinced that
there Is not single man IN It. not nc
t''ated by the tom'nnn honesty Of pm
posr. which characterizus this agt
above all others. But may we ask "are
there not some fixed prineip pies of jus.
tice, about which there is no dis.
agreements II there is, let us bring
some of them to bear in this matter
To whom, pray, are we indebted for the
free colored population l. it not 10
the Greeks. Troieans, Armenians.
Gnuls and Saxons about lis i not
the whole conglo'nerated mass, called
Chrsians--and governed by the
holy principle, do unto Others, a.
you would not have them do, etc.
Then Why impose n tax--rartial, OPP
rrrs~ive, and radically wrong, in any
point of view, IN Those who live
amongst us rs peaceable citizens, and
who are the legitimate offspring m the
agel Is the American Colonization
Society. the christian institution, that
sends ou woolrn nutmeg makers
am"ng US to preach such doctrines
!! 50, he love Of money, outweighs
the love Of man.
Weroncur with orr flicnl Of the
Thu Delta, when he says:
We cannot see either the justice
or tho cxpcdiencv oftaxing free color
cd persons for educational purposes If
we de|nr them from participation in
The benefits, and for our part W ether
they are taxed or untaxed for such an
object. we should like 10 sec them edu-
Gated To- an oxteht that would fit them
Tor such positions as good conduct,
obedience to the laws and their in