Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-10

How remarkable it is that men can be
found who are so afraid of confscatlon by
Congress that they will try to avoid 1t by
voting for the infamous Constitution sub
mitted by men who purposed to rob us OF
our property by this very means. WIZ
men deliberately embrace the substance IN
attempting to shun the shadow Do not
our citizens see that, defeated III their OBJ
iect of confscation by the direct legisla-
ton of Congress, the base tools Of these
very men are attempting to do the same
thing by taxation at homo ? Does any one
suppose such greedy spectators as Genel al
LiHZe-feld, of Philadelphia, broken down
in his lumber schemes, would devote the
entire winter to lobbying among the mem
bers of the so-caIled Convention to pass
the large financial schemes and railroad
projects for pure and disinte1ested love OF
the people of North Carolina Has his
heart become SO OVERLOOKING with I'M
selfish regard for the welfare of our people,
entire strangers to him, that he will con-
sumo the Spring, and devote his talents and
money to canvass of the State-leave all
the luxuries of an opulent city horne and
willingly embrace all the discomtorts OF
North Carolina canvass Can such sacri-
fees be voluntary What generosity,
patriotism, unselfish devotion to the well
fare and necessities of his fellow-men.
Pshaw Not even the poor negro could
I il - 1,o1i
This man is paid, and WE'LL PAID, for his
work. When our lands and other proper
ty are sold to meet the demands of the tax
collector, this man LiMIe-feld, as the agent
of Northern bondholders and spectators,
will exhibit himself in his true colors-
when the impoverished people Of the State
arc compelled to meet TWO MILLION
AND A HALF DOLLARS of taxes, as
they must in 1869, under the operation of
the new Constitution, should it be adop-
ted-the disinterested patriotism Of this
man will be unbosomed
Surely, such of our people who intend
not have counted the cost. Honor GER
tainly demands of us that our debts should
be paid, but it does not require that the
last cent of property shall be taken from
us to benefit rich spectators who have
purchased the bonds of the State at fifty
cents on the dollar, nor that our wives and
children should be thrown for support
upon the cold charities of the world to
10 off, lorn Sola fnr
seedy and ,disreputable aspirants. Our
work of internal improvements should be
completed if possible, but large appropri-
atoms should not be made to influence
votes, nor should our railroads be built at
the sacrifice of our lands and the further
impoverishment of our people. The money
of North Carolinians should not be expen-
ded to build railroads to increase the value
of lands which must be forced by these very
expenditures under the sheriffs hammer.
Our people should not be robbed By pe7aayLeSS
adre1eturerS, through the ignorance and pre-
.jmdice Of negroes.
We urge upon all of our citizens to make
the simple calculation for himself in regard
to the expenses of 't new" North Carolina.
Let him calculate the interest on NINETEEN
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, the total of our pub
lie debt f.; let him add thereto the salaries
Of the officers for whom he is called to
vote ; put down his own estimate for the
expenses Of the public schools, the militia
and the penitentiary, and make a rough
estimate of the taxes to be paid to the State
alone. Then, when he takes in considera-
ton the taxes paid the United States, di-
reotly and Indirectly, county and munich
pal taxes, the total amounts to fearful
tigures-a sum more than oil The gold and
siL0er and currency 1aooD in The Sate-A SUN
TEN TIMES MORE THAN OUR PEOPLE CAN PAY
WITHOUT A SACRIFICE OF THEIR
PROPERTY.
Before we vote let us count the cost.
Registration.
In our allusion to the registration on
l1iddle Sound yesterday, we stated that