Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-05-03

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people OF Johnston county at this place to-day "N
Mr.. Pool made the opening speech After expre0.;..
great pleasure at the opportunity offered him. for S
cussion of the principles involved in the canvass h
the people OF Johnston, he proceeded to mount the gr
hobby, ad Unlore. He said that he and Gov El;S at
been IN the habit OF discussing new question that %
question of equal dd patoYem taxation was the %
question before the people at this time He was in ar
of ad Ualorem, and stood upon the platform of the
stion party. That when he raised money for the n
ton OF property that property should be taxed in nv
portion to the cost of protection and denounced Nv
present revenue system as unequal and unjust 1e
Mr. p. said that almost every State 10 the Union |
ad valorena in some form and there no Stale in M
Union except North Carolina, which did not tay o. we
as property. In North Carolina slaves were tarsJ q
persons and not as property Slave property had m S
protection, and therefore should pay tax the T
sature had power TO tax every other species Of nr
ty except slaves, and he was in favor of strikn PVT
that clause in the present constitution and place il
the power OF the Legislature to tax all property ar
ding to its value. He said the democratic partv
bearing down everything except the negro and vas
tended that little negroes under the age of II and %
the age of so years, should pay tax according to va
and did not think that the 0d Ualorena system womb
crease the tax slaves and estimated that the taV
slaves under an ad Uatorem system would not be mo,
than ten cents on the hundred dollars. g.
Mr.. f. then declared that billiard table in a man,
paror should not be taxed higher than anything else %
equal value and that barriers should not be taxed boS
er than land; that we ought to tax man upon eyeP
thing he has, according to value.
He said he was in favor of an open convention on h
federal basis that the west only wanted to amend t
constitution In order that they might tax slaves he M
not OBJECT to an open ard unrestricted convention
Mr.. Pool expressed willingness to answer any Giles.
ton asked him by any one On any -whereapn
GOV. Ellis asked him off elected Governor of NORTH
Carolina, would he recommend to the Legislature to
taxation of horses, hogs cows Sheep &c. and further
more would he put as obligatory the in the amer
ded constitution
Mr. Pool evaded this question by referring to the ds
eliminating clause in the opposition platform and ev
IDENTIFY appeared confused for the moment.
MIR. Pool failed to present his fdUorite hobby 70 .l
people OF Johnston, In manner satisfactory to tboS
who have been heretofore induced to mount the ad po
rem platform erected, as Gov Ellis truly said, by Mr.
Badger. 1''
Mr., Pool spoke an hour and half
Gov. Ellis then arose and said, that it was the fret
time he had ever appeared before them in political
character He now appeared before them as the NOM.
nee of the democratic party. He thanked them Tor tbo
generous support he received at their hands two wears
ago The most suitable return that be could make was
that he had endeavored perform the duties of the Office
to which they had helped to call him.
He said Mr. Pool had presented proposition to The
people to call convention in order to amend the CON-
sttution OF North Carolina, as to t < slaves accord
ing to value and he repeled any change Or appeal
against the slave owner
AS the constitution now stands, all taxes were mi.
form on white we'll as black, and the comprolpr,
report showed that the tax slaves in the couueso and
State Tor the last year, $16500O while the whites
only paid $4,000 that slaves paid two and half
times as much the whites and there were six times
many whites slaves. He clearly showed that ad Va
loren would not benefit the poor man. and said that he
was poor man, and Mr. Pool had failed to show him
that ad Uatorem was right. He went for protecting all
property, and would stand by the compromises Of the
constitution as agreed upon bv the east and west T
started in the west and he had no doubt
out those who started it would now do as David Outlaw
md Kenneth Rayner have done-speak oct boldly
lgainst such system.
Gov. Ellis showed that the 4th district paid ptoth
reasury $4,000, and the mountain district only paA
$4,000; was that not enough to show that slaves were
iready bearing the principal burden of taxation.
GOV. Ellis said he was western man. and opposadt
q vaorem In speaking of the disparity of the taxes
'ald by the east and the west he had been misrprp
ented 1t had been stated that he sad that the WIS.,
Ike the horse lcech, still crying for more more He
aid no such thing-what he did say was that notwtb
landing this disparity of taxation there was demand
Or more-that like the horse leech the cry was still for
lore But this cry came not from the west-t came
'Om the politicians of the Opposition convention The
rect result OF their scheme was to increase hi,
lsproportion of the hurthens of taxes as borne by
be two sections. He thought the west would be sat-
re progressing, and ought to be extended westward
ntll the several connexions with the Tennessee roads
re MADE. This ought to be done as speedily as pact
able, and he said it here to-day as he had said in
}urrituck where these things are not popular They
ere bis real sentiments, and it was right that they
lould know them.
These Misrepresentation were made in the west to
tect his election, but they would have no weight The
7ope OF Toe west knew him, and they knew too that
mad fought many hard battles for their interests He
as now fighting battle for their best interests as well
the best interests of all sections He thought be
ould be able to show the people of the west when be
et them, that it is better for them to rest on under
le present order of things
He said that the present CRY for od valoe or equal
xatlon as they called it, emanated from certain dn
lished politicians who wanted certain high Offices
very one had something new. Gen. D0ckery came
rward and was going to give the people lands next
'me the know nothing party, and now they come with
e al UdEorem hobby to Tighten the burdens of taxa
The Governor asked the people if it was not motez
aoronary, that political party should come forward
lvocatlng change in the constitution of our State
10 none OF them agreed. He showed that some Of them
ere ior discriminating, they professed while Others
1hsIrued II TO exempt nothing-not even tin cups
70 reao from the Wilmington Herald and Greensboro
atrot, TO show that their construction of a9 vaOen
as that everything should be taxed while Nj. Pool
aimed power to discriminate
Gov. Ellis said there was no country in the world thai
I'd such system of taxation as the one proposed BY
e opposition party. Would any man say that sugar
I'd coffee should be taxed the same as luxuries? BIZ
'ra tables paid twenty-five dollars, and was it r9I
aG the land o. the poor man should be taxed as mucl
Inc billiard table? He admitted that the present
venue law was far from being perfect, but his opPG
mt helped to make it. He had said and he still ad
at the tax on land should be lessened, but the ega
re mad the power to amend that without altering tH
of the State He did not propose as the
eglster had stated to increase the tax on polls.
IL was clearly shown by Gov Ellis, that an open con-
ntlon with power to amend the constitution would
10 TO change of the basis of representation Said be
west have majority, and some Western man WOua
e rom his seat in that convention and propose
ange of the basis 4
NO man could say anything against it, for he coua