Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-07-18
Peou,e Of the East !.

Cow Ellis is opposed to Convention; that he is
opposed to disturbing the basis of representation
which Convention would certainly do, if called on
the basis advocated BY Mr.. Pool.
Bear in mind alsothat Gov. Ellis is opposed to
Mr.. Pools plan of ad ealorem, which, il adopted,
would tax every thing from the smallest to the most
valuable article Of property
Bear in mind also that Mr. Pool declared in the
East that in his opinion his plan of adj raorem woud
not increase the tao on slaoes and that if this as
sumption of his be correct it will be necessary to
raise several hundred thousand dollars out of articles
now untaxed. These articles now untaxed are
horses, cows, hogs, and household and kitchen fur
nitnre. Are the poor men of the East, or of the
West either, prepared for that? Are they prepared
for any system of taxation which will add to their
burdens without at the same time increasing the tax
on slaves?
Bear in mind also that Mr.. Pool was opposed to
ad calortm until he conceived the idea of running
for Governor; and that he is advocating it now not
because he about it particularly, but because
he wants votes
People of the West!
Bear in mind that Mr.. Pool voted while member
Of the State Senate against the bill to aid the West
ern Extension that after the bill had passed the
Senate, and was in fair way to become law, he
voted with Gen. Dockery to re consider it, and that
he then voted to kill the BILL Mr.. Pool no,o says
he is true friend to Western interests He nepey
said so until he acanted to be Governor. We know
something about politicians like Mr.. Pool, and we
the people to take their acts rather than their
ia oocx bos, L. snhk
John Pool is no friend to Western interests His
whole record and all his speeches up to recent pc
riod, are the other way.
Bear in mind also, people of the West that John
W Ellis has always been your friend. He is one
of you. His record is before you and that record is
full of proofs Of his devotion to your interests He
has never done the East injustice and he has never
pandered to Eastern feeling Mr.. Pool has done,
to obtain position at your expense
People Of the State!
Bear in mind that John w. Ellis has acquitted
himself well as your Governor. All your interests
have prospered under his administration. No good
reason exists why you should turn him out.
Remember these things, fellow citizens, when You
60 to the polls to vote. And let the Democrats Of
the State especially stand firm and exert themselves
between this period and the day Of election and
that day. Thousands of votes are saved or lost on
election day. Let us all remember that and act &C.
| cordingly.
The Convention which nominated the delegates
exacted no pledges, although their Anti-Douglas
proclivties were understood to be embodied in the
resolutions adopted The highest vote given was
for Mr.. Avery the author of the Breckenridge plat
form, viz: 3O,0l7. Mr.. Holden who dssents from
that report and pehaps prefers the minority re-
port, got 1925, which is only little less than
two-thirds Of Mr.. Avery's vote-Democratic Press.
The Press having thus made public a portion Of
the private proceedings Of the Democratic party,
in way and with view to injure us, we feel bound
to reply, and in doing SO shall give all the facts.
The vote for Mr.. Avery and the vote for ourself
is no doubt given correctly. Mr.. Ashe and Mr..
Brown received, to the best of our recollection,
some twenty-five or twenty three thousand votes
EACH 1t did not suit the purposes of the Press to
state that fact We held and cast some fifteen hun
dred proxy votes. They we're all cast for Messrs.
Avery, Brown and Ashe and not of them for
ourself One of co-proxies cast the vote Of
Cleveland for the three gentlemen named, emitting
our name at our special request; and We think he
added the name of Mr.. Dortch to make up the four.
Another of our co-proxies probably the author Of
the article, to portion of which we replying
told US were at liberty to cast the vote Of Polk
as We pleased, provided we would include the name
of Mr.. Edwards As matter of courtesy we did So
though we preferred others to Mr. Edwards; and
the vote of Polk was, therefore, cast for Messrs
Avery, Ashe, Brown, and Edwards. If We had cast
all the proxy votes held for ourself, and if We
had electioneered little, and at the same time
voted for others than Messrs. Avery, Brown and
Ashe we could have cut their vote down and at tho
same time run ours up to twenty-five or thirty
thousand Far be it from us to intimate that any
gentleman electioneered for the post of delegate
but the course of the Press forces us to say that
did not
We will now state in selfdefence, one of tn.
reasons why Mr.. Averys vote was SO much greater
than ours. Mr.. Avery had just made an able ant
vehement speech against altering the Constitution
so as tax slaves according to value. 1t was known
that we were in favor of the alteration. The result
was Mr.. Avery was voted for by the West as
Western man, while the East voted for him in
body on account Of his opposition to the Constitu
tional amendment referred to. 1t is true We re
ceived thousands of votes from anti adj oalorem men
and we are deeply grateful for them; but we know
that several of the ultra anti-ad ralorens Counties
voted against us, ard that Warren and Nash espe
cially sought to defeat U.S. We have the consola
ton, however, of knowing that We received min,
thousand votes more than Mr.. Edwards did Tn,
Press was careful not to state that
~ A correspondent reminds us Of the fact thai
in 1885 the stupid and unprinciped proposition
the Register chooses to characterize the voting BY
the people for the set of Electors, with nstruc
lions to reflect the popular will in the College o
Electors was adopted and advocated by the entire
Wing party of Virginia If the Editor of the Reg
lister at that time the Editor Of the Petersburs