The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-07-31
From the Salisbury Banner.
THEN AND NOW.

The people of the West who have heard Pool
will have remarked how indi gnant he at the
idea of taxing all property notwithstanding his
platform goes for it and his press have sustained
his platform Do not forget that And now see
what he said in the East, where the understand
ing and is that all the stock of the West is to
be taxed and all the other property of the State,
too, it 1t be the intention to tax all the niggers.
Here a few extracts which have never been
questioned as to their accuracy.
"-ill the protection that the saveowner wanted
that all other property, like slaves, should be taxed in
proportion to yalne.''-DiscussiOn at Goldsboro.
In applying this principle lad valorem) to taxation,
he oo said that all property should be taxed accord
ING to its value; all property of every descriptions"
discussion at Hertford.
''In this I'D rolorcm scheme, Mr. Pool
amount of protection to the slaveowner. Suppose
there 80 900 taxable negroes the State, and only
$1,000 taxable Whites and Of this number 80 00O slave
owners. And suppose this 10000 white people should
take it into their heads to raise all the of the
State from polls alone, in that event he, there is
nothing to the negro from determination far
taxation is concerned. What is to hinder LegiSla-
ture representing this 10000 white from levying
tax of twenty dollars upon the poll and taking
away the burden from all other property
at Heryord
The Western people will bear in mind Pools
argument amongst them that the "poor white
mans head stood between the tax collector and the
niger See how he appreciated the honor and
patriotism of the "poor white man. when he was
amongst the large slaveowners of the East.
We now ask the Western people to remember
the impression made upon them and see if the fol-
lowing is in the same spirit. At Godsboro',
Wayne county, zone of the largest slaveowning
counties in the State) Mr. Pool said follows:
II am in favor of open convention, called on the
federal basis, for whether open restricted the SLAVE
0uncr acW hare tie majority"
Again: In the large slaveowning county of
! Hartford, he says:
lie "could say whether the upon slaves would
be increased diminished by the adoption of strict
I'D ratsrem taxation!"
How did he argue in the West, freemen of
North Carolina?
Again to the Convention: in his speech at
! Hartford, he said:
"That in Convention called upon the federal basis
the Eastern part of the State would have a large ma
jority and so be able to control its actionr'
We need not multiply instances to show the
double-deaing Of Mr. Pool and to convince the peo-
pie of the whole State that he is altogether un~
trustworthy politician
To our friends in the East we need only say
! that Mr. Pool did hardly thing in the West but
demagogue it on the "poor white man. and the
'nigger." The whole tendency of his speeches
was to create prejudice against slaveowners
OUT FOR BRECKINRIDGE AND LANE.-Hon A.
Mcintosh, prominent and leading member of the
Opposition party in Middle Georgia, is out in ia
vor of Breckenridge and Lane He SAYS in letter
to the Griffin Democrat
'Let the principles of the American party be ever
so wholesome, Gas | believe most of them are we
arc small in number m effect much rood /olono\