The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-04-18
No. 2oss.

e"e' siheetily 10 the western people, select
a gentleman to advocate them before the
people, whose first political success was q
triumph over a Democrat because lie had
supported and given existence and life 20
lhese very measlres,-a gentleman who has
voted against every railroad, in some form,
ROW IN course of construction, and who
never voted for, talked for, or worked for.
any railroad that ever has been built in
will be built"
lie then went on and said something about
zen. Dockery, boring holes through the
mountains, &c, which we have not room 10
give and 90 not deem it necessary, as part OF
his speech was daguerreotype Of a portion
OF hls celebrated Raleigh speech, which, as
we before stated, can be obtained yery
cheap.
Coy. Ellis then said something about se-
ward and the Republicans. using the gene.
raj twaddle OF Locofoco orators upon this
SUBJECT. We will do Gov. Ellis the Justice
% say that his speech was an ingenious one,
but utterly devoid OF either eIoquence.
warmth or force, and he entirely failed to
arouse his party friends.
Mr.. Pool then arose to reply, and wa.
greeted with loud and rapturous applause.
MR.. POOLS REPLY.
MIR. Pool commenced by stating that IL
was not the first time he had appeared before
Inc people OF Gates county, but that lie had
heretofore appeared before them advocating
the claims OF other men; but that now ne
was candidate himself for the Office of
Governor. That Governor Ellis had told
the people this in his speech. but that the
Governor had misrepresented him in So
many particulars in that speech, that he
thought IT was necessary for him to tell
the people himself that he was a candidate.
lie said that he would have corrected the
Governor in some of his Misrepresentation
al the time, but there were so many of them
that he concluded to give him plenty Of rope.
and IN his reply make necessary corrections.
Mr. Pool said that he was in favor of a1 pa-
forefl taxation, and stood squareIy apon the
platform Of his party-not only upon the
part OF the platform mentioned by the Gov
ernor, but upon the part which the Governor
had leit out and said was not in il. lie said
that the Governor had spoken of the compro.
misses of the Constitution, and had preaehed
. sermon about the dangers of change, and
ms determination to preserve it from all at
lacks and alterations. lie said that the
Governor was the last man to become a
champion Of the constitution and 10 depre-
cate changes in it-that he owed his present
position as Governor Of the State to Free
Suffrage, and the amendment effected TO the
Constitution on the sJbject-that he, the
Goyernor, had just given tie Constitution 4
stab, and that he came here with his hand
reesing with its blood TO lecture other men
about the sacredness Of that instrument.
Mr. Pool said that be voted lOr free suffrage.
because it gave equality at the ballot boy,
aud that he now advocated al ralorem, be.
cause i gave equality at the tax box-thst
IN this free government there ought To b
equality between the high and the low, the
rich aud the pn0r-that he was for an amend.
ment to the Constitution, that eyery man
might be taxed according TO what he was
wnrtlI, FOR that was the measure Of lie pro-
teetian that every man received from the
government which he was taxed 10 supnort-
tiat ms position and the platform of his
party had been misrepresented all over the
siate-that the Governor had attacked him
behind his back in his speech ia Raleigh.
before the Democratic Convention, where
even his friends were not allowed to correct
any misstatements nl his pOsition--tkat the
Governor in his speech had represented him
as having voted against the principle uf equal
taxation while member Of the LesisIature--
that he mad never given any such vote, and
that his votes referred to by the Governor
wefe N exact conformity with his presen,
pnsttion-that on page 3 of the Sense
Journal. ls5S-'59, he voted against this
proposition Of Mr.. Biedsoe: !. Resolved.
Ihat 10 the collection Of revenue tor lie
support OF the Government, aud the nav.
met; oi the public debt, il is unwise, unjust
and inexpedient to discriminate IN favor az
o. against any particular class Of persons or
lnt particular species oi property not con
trmpated by the famers 1T our 6ons,itu.
ton Mr. Pool said that this was proro.
sittan to tax every species Of property ac.
tnrlllng to salae, except slaves, Tor the Con.
siilstlon net only contemplated that they
shoad not be taxed according 10 value, but
actually forbid their being 80 taxed. This
vas admitted by the Governor; how could
he then say that this WAS vote against tas.
ing all property according 10 its value. Il
il hauiiestli unjust 70 make al lhe other
property in The state pay tax in proportion
20 lts value. aud leave slave prapefty out.
That would be more unjust than the present
system. lie voted against il 10 the l.rcisla-
tare, aud was against il now, and that was
the present point Of difference between him
and the Governor, for tie Gpyerncr's plat.
form was il the following words.
We deem il the duiy " tie Legislature
IN passing acts Tor raising revenue 20 10 al
Just taxation as t. bear as equally az rrsetic.
able within the limits Of the Constitution
upon the various interests and classes Of
property in all sections of The State"
Mr.. Pool said tic Rnliis Of tie Cogsii.
futon " in the Democratic platform excluded
the al rG'orfn tax Upon slaves. While the
balance of the platform would place il upOa
al other species 81 property. This "a. the
same as Mr.. Bled,oe's proposition which he
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