Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-08-02
From the Daily Rough Notes.
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Is IL rlght that the Salisbury Watchmans should de-
nOunce slave owners, in slave State as tlrantS ?"
Is it right that the Salisbury Watchman simply to
gull what it calls the poor men, and catch votes for
John Pool should represent the slave owner as drag
gng the Gar OF Juggernaut over the poor men, of
Is it right tor the Salisbury EVatctmam, simply to
catch votes for John Pool to call upon what he calls
the poor men" Of North Carolina TO throay off the
Sh0ces Of the tyamt 1.-THE slave owners and saCsaT that
IRE T. the poor men") mil submit TO has 1.-THE slave
owner's) rule longer
The Salisbury Watchman brings all these ncendiary
charges against the slave owner catch votes for john
Pool and if slave owners wish to elect Pool on that
doctrine, they can do So All we have to say is were
1t published IN an abolition northern paper it would not
be allowed to circulate in a slave State.
Is II right to tax the poor mans hundred dollar horse
as much as the rich mans hundred dollar watch ?'
Is right to tax the preachers Bible and PRAYER
book as high as the rowdys dirk, and bowie knife
lslt right to tax the pCor mans five hundred dol
lars worth OF land hg the rich mans five hundred
dollars worth of plate 3?
Is fright to tax the poor" mans one hundred dol
lars worth OF furniture high as the rich mans one
hundred dollars of interest
Is it right to tax the poor mans wagon and team
on an equality with the rich mans carriage add fine
span OF horses
Ii right TO tax the mechanics plane and pncers on
All equality with the gamblers pack of cards and box of
dice?
Is it right to tax the " poor mans hogs cows and
sheep Oh equality with the rich mans land and ne
groeS
Is it right to take the tax off the black poll, taxing
the negro as property, and place it the rich mans
land and the poor !" 1rh2te poll?
Is 1t right to tax the poor mans bed, and SOW, and
pigs and pots, and tubs, and ducks and chickens and
COWS, and calvesis it right to tax everything the
! poor man on a dead equality with land aud
negroes?
Is it right to tax the printing press and the oo the
plough and the anvil, the sowing machine and the spin
ming wheel, the carpenters saw and the shoe makers
hIUh +60lyt Of intnr fa16
and negroes?
Is it right for the Salisbury IVutcan to assert and
publish that white men and negroes no10 a level
and taxed alike when that paper knows that such are
not the facts?
Is it right for the Salisbury Wotchman in order to
gull the poor and catch votes for John Pool to
insnuae, nay, indirectly to assert, that in time of
war the rich Stare ooner and oil his fa sleek and hap.
py negroes stag at home 2"
Time and space fail Us, or would hold up, to the
public it merits of the nfammatory language
which the Salisbury Hatcan addresses to the poor
man and also OF the contemplate ridiCule which 1t ap
plies to the rich SlGUe Olyher Gad all has fdt sleek and
; Happy negroes" Does John Pool wish to be elected
by such Incendary appeals? II he does-and he en-
poyed pretty much the same language in GOsdooro, he
Is UNFIT and we say 1t more In sorrow than IL anger
but he is unfit to be Governor of North Carolina We
mean what we say. No man tit to be Governor OF
slave holding State who would himself use sanction,
in another the use OF any language calculated to array
the non-slave owner against the slave owner
Tomorrow will decide the ISSUE and God grant that
the decision may be such shall convince all dema-
gogues that there is hostility to the institution of
slavery and antagOnSm between the interests OF the
rich and the poor man. IN North Carolina
Our Mississippi valley destined become the garden
of the world, but dead weight its population Is the
miasm which engenders bilious diseases all it. Could
absolute andoe be found the malaria which exhale
from its Marshes is impossible to estimate the
sequences prosperity We congratulate fellow
citizens and fellow sufferers around the announcement
important if true, that DR.. j. c. AVER the celebrated
of an
tidote-hs Age C1e which is supplied at price that
can exclude from its benefits and ;hat is said to
Fever and AGue and kindred diseases, to moral
tanly-fon1iy Visitor, Memphis
The CASE PLAINLY SrATED.-The n. Y. World
closes reply to correspondent, who asks tor, and evil
IDENTIFY needs, information in the following words
If master take bis slave into free State and return
with him. it has been decided BY the Supreme Court
that the status of the slave, after his return to be de-
ermined by the local law OF the State to which be re-
turns Suppose occurrence Of this kind takes place
in Territory and the slave sues for his freedom how
J. in tue absence OF local laW-Or, If you please slave
coecan the Court decide whether be entitled to 1t
e How without such code, the suit be entertained
: at all Suppose citizen OF q territor Is murdered
and slaves the only witnesses they competent to
testify II slave commit trespass er crlre IS the
master LIABLE and to what extent 1t needles to pro-
coed in the enumeration of instances any person VINO
will be at the trouble to reflect the subject will ind
II cases crOWding upon his mind which demonstrate an
absolute necessity for laws regulating slavery IN the
J. errOrleS II slavery mas CONSTITUTIONAL ISh W NC
upheld in them Property in any article consists III the
right it and to dispose of it. How far short Of
destruction to life OR limb the power to use shall stop
al in what manner and under what legal FORMS the power
to dispose shall be exercsed-ae questions which must
be regulated by statute law and these statutes must De
either acts of Congress- acts Of the territorial Leg
T. isature Mr. DOuga in his speech at Albany cay
II or since, commended that the whole question should
Of be left to Territorial decision But suppose the Territorial
Legislature should neglect refuse to act mus lhe
7r slaveOWDer remain without protection Ii he has d
constitutional rght he is entitled to protection I'D us
c. enjoyment. If the Territorial Legislature should nov
afford it, Congress must nterpose It's authority or WI
ID have the legal contradiction of right, without any re
y medy for its violation When the Douglas party admit
that the Constitution gives to Shareholders the Tg tS
settle in the Territories they virtually admit all tor Whci
~ the Breckenridge party contend. HE latteS are LII
logical and consistent but both stand virtually OF
IN the ground 1t is unworthy the position OF states
like Mr. Douglas, to concede the right OF the SCUM
be and then suggest way OF rendering that right nu
is by trick OF Territorial legislation.
ANOTHER HomC1DE.--We learn that another hoHll
eide perpetrated in this county last Saturday even
&c ing Bryan MinsbeW and Jonathan Clifford were ID
az near a drinking shop, at Sauls Gross Roads, In tn
40 northeastern part Of this county, when some alteration
IN springng up between them Clifford slapped MluShe"
oy face or laws and the latter drew knife and literally Gu
Giords throat causing death in less than minutes
cd he sheriff has been pursuit OF MlnsheW for the las
ne two days. who is yet at large.
oy This is melancholy occurrence, greatly to be regret
he ted as the deceased was and the survivor 49, repeca
OF BILE man. The family OF both entitled to the sympS
OF thine of the nnhlic GoIdSb0ro' Rougk Notes. 30h