Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-01-18

he levied on every white male inhabitant who has
attained the age of twenty-one years; and one
equal moiety Of the capitation tax upon white per-
sons shall be applied to the purposes OF education
in primary and free schools; but nothing herein
contained shall prevent exemptions of taxable polls
in cases Of bodily infrmity."
"a5. The general assembly may levy tax on IN
comes, salaries and licenses; but no tax shall be
levied en- property from which any income SO taxed
is derived or on the capital invested in the trade or
business in respect to which the license so taxed IS
issued"
All property except slaves under the above prov-
sions is taxed according to its catue. AH staces
Deer tsce,ce taxed as much as three hundred DOL
lars worth of land is. This amount in 1S50-ol,
the date of the adoption of their constitution, was
not far from being the average value of slaves over
70, and fer that reason, no doubt was fixed upon
iSoutA-Carolina.-The constitution of this State
contains provision in regard to taxation; leaving
it to the wisdom of their legislatures to adopt that
system most agreeable to the people.
Georgia.-There is no prohibition upon the legis-
lature in this State as to taxation. The revenue
system of Georgia is said by some to be the most
equitable and just Of any South. 1t will be noticed
hereafter.
In Georgia and South. Carolina there is no const-
tutional discrimination in favor of slave property
Arc the Neus and Press of the opinion that those
States are Jshy on the subject of slavery? Or that
because slave property is not so constltutlonay
protected the free soilers will take advantage OF
Qhat great oversight?
kentucky -There is nothing in the constitution
Of this State prcsrfbng the mode of taxation. Her
legislature can tax slaves as property.
"Missouri.-Thc Declaration of Rights declares:
That all property subject to taxation in this State
shall be taxed in proportion to its value" There is
no other article relating to taxation.
IeRRessee.-The provision in the constitution OF
this State in regard to taxation is in the following
words, to wit:
"All lands liable to taxation. held by deed, grant
or entry, town lots bank stock, slaves between the
ages of twelve and fifty years. and such other prop
erty as the legislature may from time to time deem
tared according to its rdlue that value to be ascer
tanned in such manner as the legislature shall d.
rect so that the same shall be equal and uniform
throughout the State. No one species Of property
from mhieh tue may be collected shall be tared
higher than any other species Of property Of equal
ralue But the legislature shall have power to tax
merchants, pedlers, and privileges in such manner
as they may from time to time direct. \ tax on
white polls shall be laid, in such manner and Of
such amount as may be prescribed by law"
1.-The General Assembly shall have power to au-
thor;nc the several counties and incorporated towns
in this State to impose taxes for county and corpo-
ration purposes respectively, in such manner as
shall be prescribed by law; apd all property sAal
be taxed according to its ralue, upon the principles
established in regard to State taxation" (The
italics are mine)
Tennessee, with the above just and equitable nd
ralorem principle in her constitution, has not only
retained her slaves, but their increase has been
100 per cent. greater than with us; and she now
one of the most prosperous States in the confedera
cy. The institution itself is popular in Ten
nessee than it is in North Carolina if we to be-
lieye the figures of the last census In $780, there
were in that State 1861 persons owning 239, 459
slaves. With us there were IS, 303 persons owning
2SS, 54s slaves. Yet We are told that its existence
with us depends upon constitutional discrimna-
ton in its favorthat soon as they are taxed as
property, it will drive them from the State. Such
assertions not supported by any kind of reason
ing, nor by experience, nor by common. sense; not
even by the novel principles of the peculiar politi-
cal economy advanced by the Salisbury B.nner.
Owing to the length Of this communication, no.
tice of the Constitutions of those slave-holdng
States not above alluded to- is deferred to your next
ISSUE A NATIVE.
Raleigh, JAM 1e, 1860.