Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-05-10
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federal basis which gives that branch Of the
to the West The cost the present basis which is tax
aton has the Senate and as no law can now pass without
the consent of both houses both sections stand on an
equality But call Convention and adopt the white or
the federal basis and the power of the Wes the Sen
ate becomes rressabe-she can't tax the east at her
pleasure power which he thinks the west does not
cove and which ought not to exist in any section either
east or west
Again. 1T has been said that I, (the Governor repre-
scented the west as crying like the horse leach " g1Ve
gven In this was misrepresented or misunderstood
What did say, was that this cry of give, give came
from the west but from the agitation introduced bythe
opposition convention at Raleigh not from the people but
from the politicians. He, (the Governor) is western
man. known to- and knows the west and he entertans
too high opinion of the sense of justice and equan
for which the west is distinguished, to attempt to make
others believe that the west WILL hereafter, ask
anything but her rights. And in vain will be the attempt
by whomsoever made that seeks to impress those people
with the belief that he would represent them otherwise
The Governor took up, what seemed to him, the lncon
sistences of his competitor His competitor was now for
an open convention and ad vaOrem system OF taxa
ton But while in the legislature his competitor had
voted three times against ad valOrem, and Trace dgG1S
convention
The platform on which the opposition convention pla-
ced his he Governors competitor advocates general
system of ad valOrem taxation nothing whatever to be
excepted It eners the smokehouse and the corn crlh
taxes the bacon and corn-nay nothing whatever, how
inconsiderable in value can escape its operation
But his competitor jumps clean off the platform on which
his party placed him, and now goes Tor
tax-the very thing, the identical system hitherto advoca-
ted by the Democratic party.
The opposition party goes or taxing everything &C
cordng to its value. 1t places high percentage on
sugar and coffee it does whiskey and brandy 1t
taxes molasses just high it does champagne the
road wagon high the billiard table the spade and
the high the pack of cards and the gold watch
Is such system of taxation fair system? Is 1t fair
right to tax the poor mans necesares as high as the
| rich mans luXurieS?
! But my competitor says he would discriminate! In
what would he discriminate? By his system of discrm
ination he would tax everything and exempt nothing
So his platform says, and says the Raleigh Reg and
other papers in his interest.
Mr. POOLS exordium was Short chaste and appropriate
He thought that his competitor had the advantage over
him, being among his friends, whereas he, Mr. P, had
never before addressed any audience in this section.
His competitor had represented himself and his plat
form unfairy-neither himself nor any member of his
party had intimated that he in favor of taxing
tin cups &c. He had no idea OF passing revenue bill
and putting it in the COnstutlonhe proposes to insert
in the Constitution principle Of justice and equality
AS the Cons tuition stands negroes under IL, and
so years. cannot be taxed Whereas all negroes what
their age to be taxed according to their value
Every ought to contribute to the expenses OF the
government in proportion to the protection hsreceHeS
Mr.. P. would tax nothing-it is the province of the
Legislature to impose taxes; and the Constitution ought
to be amended to bind up the Legislature in such
way to guarantee equality of taxation He proposes
to amend the Constitution that every species of property
may be taxed-not shall be notwithstanding to value
Mr.. Z. confessed that the Legislature would have no
power to discriminate in favor Of land, but his platform
the Legislature would have the power to dscrml
nate in favor of the industrial pursuits and the native
products of the country 1t void be wrong tax the
products of the soil, when you tax the soil.
Mr.. 2. would vote against Mr.. Turner's amend
ment whereby tin cups &c should be exempted because
it would be absurd place such provision in the
suton He Gov. Ellis) is the man tha wants to tax
til cups, &c, if he stands the Democratic platform
My competitor says the things going to ruin the
try, and drive the slaves out of the State. Now, there is
100000 worth of property in the State and 10 cents
the 500 valuation will raise all the revenue that
is wanted.
The negro owner doesn't pay quite cents the
500. The tax slaves will be raised only cents on
the 500, and that's not going to break him, carry
him out of the State
Negro is the capital in trade of my competitor Intro
duce any question: and the cry, the institution will be
ruined" is raised Whatever question is introduced the
negro must be heard.
North Carolina slaves persons property.
In this she stands alone My competitor is in favor of
taxing slaves as persons not as property and therefore,
stands on the Black Republican platform.
! The nOn-saVe owners are required to pay more on
their property than the slave The rich and the
poor should be on a dead equality.
There not 10000 fighting men, slave owners, in the
State there 10000 to IOOO 900 fighting men, nom
slave owners Who'll fight the battles, in defence of
negro property? viii Shareholders hold, with misers
grasp, the little constitutional advantage which they
have the poor man? call shareholders to come
forward and help all of jealousy between
himself and the nOn-slave holder.
Every cent of tax the STAKEHOLDER pays more the
slave holders pays less.
Every poor in the county of Wayne is willing to
pay tax according to his ability, if the rich will pay
according to his wealth.
My competitor talks of the compromise of 1885 and
says it gave slave prOtection gave land own
ers protection also, and yet my competitor went heart
and soul, for striking it out and taking it away.
If the people want to change the constitution they
have the right to change it. But whenever YOU speak of
changing it, the immortal little negro stands in nv COM
petitors way and makes him believe there's ghost in
his path.
My way to equalize taxes lis to put it higher on the
negro and lower the land He would take it off the
land and put it nothing. l made speech in the Leg
sature in favor of reducing the tax land to II per
centum, and the Standard complimented me for it.
I'm in favor of open convention, if called on the
federal basis, for, whether open restricted the slave
owner will have the majority.
The west wants nothing more than that the Constu-
ton be amended that slaves may be taxed according
to value. The Asheville paper says so, and Todd r
Caldwell says (Here the speaker introduced letter from
Mr. Caldwell.)
Ny competitor says would be tyranny to tax the poor
mans necessares. North Carolina now taxes them
There is tax of One-haf of per centum on every
thing the merchant sels-cofee, sugar, calico, &c.
taxes the broker Onehaf of one per centum his
profits.
The present system of taxation dscrminates in favor
of the rich man and against the poor.
My competitor wouldn't tax coffee and sugar as high as
whskey-I wouldn't tax them at all. The man who
drinks whiskey pays SO the 800; the saveowner
pays only six cents the 100 would tax neither brains
nor muscles Heaven protect from the system that
would tax the poor mans labor and exempt the rich man
negro
From the foregoing may readily be collected the drift
OF MI Poois argument We have not sought to unite
in connected chain, the links OF his argument but
simply to give his leading points, possible in
his own words We have tried to do him impartial jus
tice so far and have not added single of our
own.
Adjournment of the U. 5. Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, May 4.-The Supreme Court of the
United States adjourned to-day until the next regular
term, in December next During the late term about
seventy California land cases have been decided. Oh
these upwards of thirty contested ones in favor of the
government of the United States, embracing at least
million of acres of land worth from fifteen to twenty mil