Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-05-09

CARRYING with us negro, and .snould say lntue
hearing of a large crowd, pointing 70 our negro,
sthat person is slave would the Palme.to men
tar and feather us Mr. Pool strongly ntilnates as
much Negroes are persons, Mr.. Pool to the con-
trary; Slaves are persons bound to service IN the
language of the Constitution of the United States
This argument necessarily leads Mr. Pool to desire
an amendment of the Constitution Of the United
States labor in which he will be cheertuliy as
sisted by the black Republicans and they will VIII
ngly receive his alliance in such work, not"itn-
standing his expressions of dislike to them.
Mr.. Pool could not say whether the tax upon
slaves would be increased or diminished by inc anop
ton of strict dd rdiorem taxation. GOV E','s
said his belief was that the tax would not De mate
rally altered if all property was larry taNea ac'
cording to this principle Mr.: roo, ~ou, nos ~ 70
the effect. or he was unwilling to be bound by an
EXPRESSION of opinion IL he should, during the can
vass wish to make an argument upon either suppo-
sition Now let me ask question here. II the tax
unon negroes not to be increased by this scheme
why seek to apply it since it is very evident that
this scheme must depend and does depend, for pop
ularity upon the idea that by its operation the ac-
ity of taxing negroes is increased and that they
form source of revenue which is locked to to re-
lieve all other property from its burdens? Ii no
more revenue is to he raised than at present, and if
the tax upon this species of property is not increas
ed what in the name of simplicity is the use of stir
an object which, in practice and result leaves us
where We we. e, groaning under the same burdens
we have borne all along? Can Mr. Pool have any
respect for his intelligence and the intelligence
of the people when he seeks to commit them to this
scheme, holding it up rs full of every grace. and
fraught with every benefit and then, after all his
oratIrv, and argument, and labor, tell them either
that they are no better off than at first or that he
can't tell whether they not After the COM
motion produced in the sea by the storm, things
which we're at the bottom are apt to be cast upon
the Shore so in this matter it may be that the OPP
position party think that by exciting the people to
the highest pitch some Of them may be lifted out OF
their lowly beds, and washed to higher elevation.
One other point Mr.. Pool made in his speech
which was that he disavowcd being in favor of an
open Convention. lie wanted a convention for the
purpose only of introducing ad valorem taxatIon.-
lie stated that in convention called upon the fede-
raj basis the eastern part of the State would have
large majority and so lie able to control its acton
If this be So think there is great danger to the
west in a convention, for he answered that the cas-
tern people arc very restless under the taxation they
now pay, and if they get into a convention with
power to govern its action not one cent more will
the west get for any Improvement at least until
the present State debt is all paid off. hope the
Standard will warn the west of the dangerous trap
Mr.. Pool is setting TO cnSnare it
believe have given the points of Mr.. Pools
tory to me- and cannot think that ad valorem taX-
alton can gain anything by his mode of handling it.
If the subject is to be commended by such argu-
mentS its defences are very weak against correct
reasoning; any subject which cannot be defended by
sound argument cannot stand the test Of that Scru
tiny which the intelligence of the people will subject
it to. The masses in our country do understand
any argument advanced to them and no amount of
mysticism or defamation rnislead them from the
broad way to truth.
Gov Ellis. in his reply, very happily met Mr..
Pools complaints, in regard to his Convention
speech. lie showed from the records of the Lcgis-
lature that Mr. Pool voted against the principle Of
I'D rdtOTem taxation, in various forms and that his
explanation of his vote was but quibbling. Every
body understood the bills introduced into the last
Legislature to contain the principle of dd rdiOrem
taxation, and every body knew Mr.. Pool voted
against these bills and amount Of explanation on
his part can alter the belief that at that time he
opposed to his present platform on this subject
Every one knows Mr. Pool to &c decided opponent to
the construction of Railroads requiring aid from the
State and his attempt to show himself friend to
these works by the fact of his voting for empty
charters, too transparent attempt 10 trade up
capital to deceive the intelligence of the peo-
pie
The Governor then replied to Mr.. Pools sneers
upon the cross road politicians and the bush whack
erS of the Democracy. Why, said the Governor Mr.
though the canvass is only three days old, for he
told Mr. Pool that he had been telling several gen.
temen that under the operation of al rdlOrem taxa
ton, the man who now pays one hundred dollars Of
tax upon his land and negroes would only pay some
twenty-five or thirty doars--thiS for the bush
eS,-On the stump, Mr.. Pool, was unable to say
whether his plan would raise or lower taxes.
The Governor thought this more bush whack-
ing on Mr. Pools part than any Democrat could
possibly accomplish. Gov. Ellis then spoke of the
compromises Of our Constitution, and the Injustice
that would result from their overthrow He show
ed to the satisfaction Of every ore here that until
Mr.. Pools party would settle what they meant by
their platform, that nothing but danger was really
their object Unless they said how much property
they would exempt from taxation no one could tell
anything about their plan; that if Mr. Pool would
not here in the east speak out when he arrived in
the west he could then go for exemptng the main
part of western property, and then impose mon
strous injustice on the cast He said the western
people did not want any such injustice perpetratcl
in their names. That they were satisfied with the
taxes now paid by the cast and would not seek for
more, unless the east signified by its vote that it
was ready for such result That If the east want
ed convention it could readily get it with all its
consequences, and that it would have no right 10
complain OF those consequences. | have so fully
indicated Gov. Ellis arguments in my statements oil
! MIR. Pools, that it is unnecessary to again state
them. Suffice it that he made of the strongest
most logical and cearest speeches | ever heard, and
ran Mr.. Pool into every Kind of contradiction and
EVASION We are proud of our candidate, and ex
pect for him as large majority he achieved two
| years ago. A HEARER.
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