Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-02-25
For the Standard.
AL v.ALoREM TAXATION.


E Mr. EDITOR I'm my previous COMMUNICATIVE, e:.;aS as
tbs subject of ad ralore,a taxation the posisU,e
sumed have been to some extent out ho' 'ury r
fined And as there not room IN inns nuinoe. o "
the Standard for reply to the arguments IN o
adj raLorem and to show by argument Tue ao'u.u
90 ,tennt;no IN establish it in practice upon every
sneces of property in the State it is not deetned ne
csss,rv tn do more at present than define prlncPes
leaving the objections and the reasons against
ly adj Saloren plan to be given IN future NUMBERS Vi
the Standard. ,. ,:L-.,-
for The snnport of which our ancestors pledged
their lives their fortunes, and their sacred honor,
should be maintained.
Cd The compromises of the Constitution as
amended in 1885, between the East and west should
be sacredy maintained by both sections oil the state
and in this crisis of our nationa! affairs, when the
institutions of the South arc threatened her rights
under the federal compact openly violated, her soil
invaded her citizens murdered and when Sharps
rifles and Browns pixies are being manufactured IN
our sister States to be placed in the hands OF our ne
groes for purposes Of blood and insurrection-this
say is no time to array the non-saveholder against
the STAKEHOLDER the East against the West or the
West against the East by disturbing the compro-
misses of 1886 Like ancestors let us keep faith
with each other; like them let us march under the
banner of principles not men-prlnclples, not
names-prnciples not party further than is con-
sistent with principle. Carry out the compromise
which great result was looked to in The Convention
by the good and wise men of that day as the means
Embarrassing the value of property in the West and
of thereby equalzng taxation and representation IN
the Senate This will be wall Of protection to the
East as long the East continues to pay taxes to
carry out this great measure of compromise, which
can be completed in less than half the time that it
will take to amend the Constitution. Let the third
geographical division of the State, west of the Blue
Ridge stand by the compromise and maintain 1t at
ell hazards and when that great State work is COM
pleted which will connect North Carolina with every
State in the Union interested in the institution OF
slavery-when the iron horse shall speed his way
from the Atlantic upwards of five hundred miles,
through North Carolina to the valley of the Misss-
sppi developing her agricultural and mineral re-
Sources, building up manufactures preparing the
South for commercial independence, and giving pro-
lection to our own laboring poor of all classes by
furnishing them q home market, and supplying the
non-Slaveholder well the STAKEHOLDER in the
trans mountain country with sack of salt for what
he now pays for buShel-and when like Georgia,
the income Of the Road will relieve the people from
the payment of taxes meet the interest and prin
ciple of the State debt, who will then care about
taxes whether the principle be al valorem orspecitc?
Cannot the poorest man in the country who pays
nothing but poll tax of eighty cents, submit for
few years to this burhen in order to leave rich
legacy for his children? Will he like the animal in
the fable, drop the piece Of meat while crossing the
stream for the shadow in the water, and thus lose
the substance for the shadow? And such must be
the condition of the West il she breaks down the
compromise Of 1885. Hence say to the East and
West stand by that compromise; stand by princ-
pies, and be not mised by names or men. The
country beyond the Blue Ridge now holds the bal
ance of power between Eastern and Western Caro-
Ina, and if the compromise be maintained and the
Railroad built it will still hold it And at TO dis
tsnt day it will become the great manufacturing dis
trict of the Souththe point where all the Railroad
and telegraph lines will centre In those vallies, in
the heart of the South. with climate salubri-
GUS than New England and soil far more produc-
tive-with every valuable mineral that is found in
the United States within the compass of one hum
bred miles, and water power superior ard more
abundant than that of New England-surrounded
by towers which penetrate the clouds, where the
lightnngs play and the thunders roll-here if no
where else the Of the South will be able to de-
fend their wives and their children against all John
Browns who may threaten asSal them.
JUNALUSKA.
Papers favorable to the adoption of the policy sug-
gested will please copy the above. W. IL. T.