The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-01-17

1tutSs ttNtu WHICH EebNHUt ~ 10 Ue tie
rived? Lands, slaves, and white polls
You may derive something liandsom
from taxes on monies at interest, in,
stocks in Banks, or other corporations
and pittancc from what is laid OF
your daughters piano, your wile's sill
yer spoons, Ell cetera, but your main re
lance for revenue is upon the thre,
sources first mentioned. These thre,
interests were all represented in til,
convention of 1885, were parties to lii,
treaty then made, and are all protected
against unequal burdens under the ex
isting constitution. The land, by Iii,
power of its owner to elect the Sena,
tor; the white poll, by his power I,
elect the House az Commons, and the
slave property, by the guaranty already
mentioned. There is, aud was design
ed to be, between them mutual check,
against inequality of imposition. BY
this bill you destroy this system; you
strike from the landholder his power
OF defence, while you leave to the slave
holder his impcnetrable shield. You
set out with the Quixotic idea Of estab-
lishlng equal political rights, and end,
by ere ting an unequal and unjust ex-
posnre L. taxation, greater mischief
and grievance than that yoa designed
to remedy a natural consequence of
undertaking to deal with the compIi.
Gated subject of the constitution by
plecemeal. Sir, suppose this Senate
were sitting as a convention, with pow
er to make and propose a whole con-
stltutlon to the people of the State,
land that IS the situation in which we
should place ourselves, when we come
to devise amendments land that we had
progressed so far as to establish two
branches Of the Legislature, and TO or,
dam that the electors for each should be
the sane-that we had farther voted
that land should be liable to taxation at
the will Of the Legislature, without any
restraint, and then that some member
should propose to restrain the General
Assembly from taxing slaves as pro-
slded in the present constitution, how
many votes do you suppose the propo-
sItlon would receiver Would it not
be at once replied, and perhaps with
some impatience, No, we have re-
fused any restraint in regard to land,
and It would be unjust, therefore. ID
provide one as TO slaves" And is the
injustice any the less, because, both
lands aud slaves being protected. un-
der the present constitution, YOU strike
out the protection of one and leave that
OF the other, than if you had i new con.
slltution TO make, you refused protec.
ton to lands and inserted il for slayess
SIR, this subject has sooner or later 10
be met on manly and intelligent ground.
" hen you take away the present con-
stitutIonal protection to land, there are
two alternatives open to your aduptidm.
one of which you will be compelled ii
take; and these are either to insert a
new provision which shall afford lie
you have taken away. nm
by political power, ~ ID
strike out all protection to property of
every kind, and leave il to be taxed Al
the pleasure Of the Legislature. For. sir
when i shall become known Ii tie nen.
pie Of the State that YOU have sent them
constitution, as you propose to do. by
this Bill, in which M property Is prc.
-ected IRON taxation except slaves. and
hat, oil these, one-half cannot be- taxed
I all, and the other bali only as white
POLLS, you will have produced a war
Ipon the interest Of the slateho,der
Iulte as fierce as that Won are now
yaglng against the Iandholder. Lei
70 one accuse me Of desiring to produce
UGH contest. The charge would bc
; unjust as untrue. A STAKEHOLDER ,
'fselt, 10 considerable amount Of the
state with which am endeayorinp To- :
roynie for somewhat numerous ii I
My, have every reason 10 desire se. :
lrity and protection to that specie, i
property. But when We are JAILED n
70 consider propositions tor change /
The structure Ul the Government. n
necessary TO analyze society, and
e OF what elements it IS composed, e
ID how they consist together. And r
a matte: Of policy, DO not wish 10 u
e slave property eniny the dad emf.
nee Of being the sole layorite Of the n
institution, aud subjecting III owners 6
a public sentiment which cannot bc
hcr~lse than injurious; aud IL i pub. Al
servant, charged with the dnty of nj
arding alike all the interests III tlie d,
ate, aud 70 allow to none an adyan.
e above another--I cannot and will y
I consent toput the landholders with. d
the pale u the protection IL lie
Institution and leave the STAKEHOLDER r.
thin 4. What is tie actual condi. III
u o. these interests now !. In
10 be concluded ii our nest. pr
Of slmth 0..,roI;n, !.