Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-04-19

wealth Of country from those taxes imposed to
restrain the vices Of the community.
The clause prohibiting any from voting for Senator
unless be the owner In e Of fifty acres Of land con-
tanned 10 the Constitution of 1876 was still retained 10
this clause Constitution, public attention has been
directed for the last and its anepubiican and
arsocatic character severely as remnant OF
the feua times when the people were mere sers or SER
In of this denunciaton of particular fea
ture Of public attention has been directed
to its other provision Our people, in when called
upon decide upon the amend submitted to them,
tursy preferred the latter gave in branch,
political weight the of the people of the State. 1t
Tai s sae Being naturally
peace and order always Obedent to the laws Of the
land they raised clamors against them until they were
that contained feature wholly Iepugnant to repub
equality In this opinion all concur 1t is right
those who govern them and directly at war with that sa
cred principle contained the Declaration of dependence
"that all tree and equal" to exclude from this
valued privilege any freeman because of his not being
landhoder.
Equally opposed to this principle is the rule by which
in the Senate To place in its most favorable light the
Senate represents property and not personal---very. not
here. You all familiar with the subjects of taxaon
aud these representednot you, the people, All
poll tax: aud all slaves and female between the ages
Ut II and 50 subject to the like tax. So that three
hhs IT the represented in the House OF Com
aud all the negroes between the above desgna
ted represented in the Senate but your wives and chill
d,ea have political rights. Pedlars billiard tables
bowling alleys circus riders playing cards, retailers of
sp,uSas liquors brokers. merchants Watches and carr
ages all taxed They have their Senators in the State
Lcsss,ar But your wives and your daughters your Sd
rising up to be its hopes and its stay and your poor
upon VIII M misfortune has laid its heavy hand have
there plead their and protect their rights
Is this Liberty Ais this Freedom?-Is this Republican
l,;J,
ed in and derived from the people only" Is power in the
Senate a" NorthC derived from the people only
hand That principle has no application here 1t is true
that ancestors fought the battles of the Revolution
the principle that they were not to be taxed by body in
which they rot represented But who represented
certainly the peopethose who paid the taxesnot the
themselves Our claimed that their
property should be represented They claimed and justly
that they should be represented In the Senate property
is and not the pfope and the same principle
sustained them in it. which terminated in the achievement
of Liberties should prompt to war against this most
odous antrepublcan remnant of euda alistocracy by
which the people taxed by body in which they
represented.
Apply the principle, and its injustice. Ten
public tax five hundred another county They
all own the same species Of property Each Of the FIVE
tie mite either of the Each has perhaps made
by the labor of his hands, by the sweat of his brow 1t
is all he has by Of which to maintain and provide
ucaon-for sustenance And yet by the present system,
the ten are equal to the five hundred Is this Justice Is
this Lberty. Let war break outlet civil eommotions
arse-whose lives exposed for the protection of this
property? Who forth to fight the battles of
country? The five hundred 60 forth to fight the battles of
country to vndcate its honor to maintain its glory
leaving their wives and little to struggle power
ty and indgence:-whie the stay hume. enjoy their
wealth and boast of the honor and glory of their
the bravery the freedom and equality of citizens Save
from such freedo-save from such equality! 1t is
freedom-it is equality. 1t is downright tyranny in
its most odous FORM The few grinding into the dust the
under the iron heel of powerpower under the
tence Of being derived from 1.-THE people only"
Under the operation of this principle, there some
startling facts According t" the of 1870 and the
apportionment of Senators made under he provisions of
the Constitution by the Legislature of S42
tern Senators represent majority of the white inhabitants
of Norh-Caroina. At the apportionment which will he
made in 1852 still greater discrepancy will be found to
exist The improvements which have heretofore been made
and are still in progress in NorthCarona tend to great
increase Of the value Of and of subjects M
which the State has contributed much has added great
y to the value of property of description and
the amount of taxes is proporonaby increased The RAJ
leigh and CASTOR Road the Cape Fear improvements the
appropriations to Nese river to Tar river to the Weldon
Railroad all have the same tendency. And the immense
Carolina will have the effect directly under the present
Constitution for the next twenty years. the
West where we have majority Of the free VIII tie people
Of the State to have in the Senate only THIRTEEN xEMBERs
while the minority of the white people will have THIRTY
SEVEN MEMBERS!
We do not desire to be understood opposing the
least proper system of Internal Improvements as
making any complaints against what has heretofore been
zone Dy our NOT are we 10 De regarded as
taking ground against the proper protection of property
We should be PANIED to the day in NorthCaro
ma wnen system OF ag,alan'sm M"uia oe preeminent:
egardfu OF right The true theory OF Free
is the proper protection OF ITS cens IN the enjoyment of
life liberty and property The right ofpropery right
attached to the Of czen and he IS to be protect
ed i'll its enjoyment Taxes are uniforms and he who pos
one possessing greater share and equallynay, op-
posed to the imposition OF high taxes
Property has n" rights independent OF persons You
give rights, nor privileges nor mmuntes which eff