The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-06-19
RICHMOND, June IL.
THEY MUST FACE THE MUSIC.

Our opposition friends are beginning to see the
produce, and some of them are now denying that
horses &C.. would be taxed. But it is too late for
them to attempt recantation. The opposition
newspapers and orators at the commencement of
the campaign, explained the meaning Of their
PLATFORM and they asserted that ad valorem meant
to tax every species of property-not only land
and negroes, but horses, COWS, hogs, farming i'm
plements, &c. We have time and again quoted
opposition authority to prove this, and we shall
continue to do
In the East where there is a large number of
negroes, the opposition do not hesitate to assert
that stock of all kinds in fact all property, will be
taxed according to value Is not this done for
the purpose of convincing the shareholders there
that the cattle, horses, mules, &c, of the w est
will be taxed if the al vaorem principle is adopt
ed Why, what did Mr. Pools own organ pub
lish on this point few weeks ago? Look at it.
y writer in the "Southron," published at Muir
freesboro', N. C., says:
"Since it must be remembered that in our Sec
ton of the State, 1.-THE West, the principal bust
ness of yielding profit is the raising of stock, and
i
this class of property owners, the rasers Of horses
and CATTLE and sheep, be exempted from taxation
because the principle would require you to tax the
farm horse or oxen? But why should the farm
horse be exempt when the land which is titled by
him is taxed? am inclined to think that
the prejudice against taxing this species If proper
ty will give way when our eastern people come to
think of our western people as nation of stock
raisers."
"But why should the farm horse be exempt when
the land which is titled by him is taxed?" asks
the writer. There are many good why
the farm horse should not be taxed One is, that
such a system of taxation would impose burthens
on the farmer of small means-the men who are
least able to bear them. A man who owns small
tract of land, and nothing else in the world except
his farm horse and little stock of various kinds,
now only pays a tax on his land besides his poll
tax. Ought such a man be made to pay tax on
his farm horse, &c, as ad valorem would require,
and as the above writer says would be the case if
ad valorem were adopted? We say no-Gov.
Ellis says no-and the democratic party OPP
posed TO it and to those who advocate such scheme.
In order to quiet the apprehensions of the East
ern people, the writer in the "Southron' speaks
OF GDe w cSleTu people DIS VI sLoCh 1dlS-
ers," thus showing that tax upon stock would
fall heaviest upon the citizens of the West.
Ra- Senator Summers recent violent speech
in the Senate against shareholders has created
excitement in the country though We suppose no
Southern man cares much for what Sumner may
saw The members the Senate treated the miser-
able fanatic with contempt, punishment as effect
i've as the Gaming Brooks gave him.
Sumner declared the object of the antislavery
party at the North to be the determination of slav
ery everywhere--constant upon the institu-
tions Of the South. Now, We ask, in view of such
declarations as these-in view of the action of
Black Republican Legisatures-in view of the
almost unanimous support which these principles
receive at the hands of Black Repubeans-how
can Mr. Bell, the southern opposition candidate
for President, say that he believes majority of
the Black Republican party is devoted to the Con-
sttution and the Union?
BHr In New Hanover county, Eli w. Hall,
ESQ., has been nominated as the democratic candi-
date for the Senate, and Hon. S. j. Person and
Dan'l Shaw for the Commons
In Craven county, Nathaniel \. Street is the
K. McRae and Albert Reel for the Commons.
We see by the last Carolinian that the Democ-
ranv of Harnett have Nominated hy acclamatiOD.