Year: 1860

OIL econonical administration or the State govern
ment and to enable it to extend equal and impartial
protection to all the property of its citizens we
cannot see any great injustice in the doctrine.


But what is the fact? For what purpose is the
State tax levied It is almost entirely for the
payment of an enormous state debt contracted for
the nearly exclusive benefit of peculiar species
OF property and almost for the exclusive advantage
of one particular section? Would it be fair just
or equal system to tax the merchants of the state
to build up the Cotton far 5ries. to levy tax
from the mechanics to az among the lawyers
Then why build Rail H1Ss to triple the value OF
land and tax the negro the state to pay for
their construction? Ss41


We chanArge az ii1oi1,,,cI I'd intelligent man to
look at the Rail roads for the construction of which
this debt has been contracted. to mark how they
run, how they have opened up markets to the
west, how they doubled and quadrupled the value OF
western lands, how they have defrauded the eastern
portion of the state by enrchng with North Carolina
trade the Cities of South Carolina and Virginia.
How they have injured instead of beneftting
How we already pay much more than over our fair
proportion of the taxes, We challenge any such
to look at these facts and then let him decide
whether of the East, ought to be still farther and
heavily taxed for the purpose of enrching the
West and impoverlshing ourselves;





but also and with equal force does it apply to East
ern capital of every kind.


For the necessary expences of carrying on the
government you may tax every according to the
value of his property without any great oppression,
but you levy tax from any one species
of property to expend in building up and enhancing
the value ofany other you rob the one for the benefit
of that other; your government to be benig
rant protector of all it's citizens and converted into
tyrranical engine of high handed and unmitigated
wrong


OUR NOMINEE.


= We have placed at the head of columns in
bold relief the of the tried conservative
and consistent statesman of which it is the boast o1
North Carolina to call her own. The announcement
that JOHN w. ELLIS Of Rowan is the nominee of
party placed there by e voice and unanimous
act of of the largest most respectable and enthu
siastic Conventions that has ever assembled in the
State, will give such moral force and weight to
the deliberations of our party that will the
citizens of North Carolina to up as man
to the rescue and will be the to effect such
a victory over the disturbers of Constitution
and its sacred compromises that they will never
recover from such crushing and Fl al blow. The
position of Gov Ellis his past history and his whole
life-confern cxaetlv to the platforpolpon wlSeA
ne is placeu Clearly TO pet9te tnat
Democratic party, with that uniformity which has
characterized its acts will always adhere to
the professions it makes and will necer, be
found sunk low in the filth of political depravty
as to shift its sails for expediency sake. for
power and position. The glorious old democratic
ship and its distinguished Captain, stand where the
party has and always will stand-opposed to
tionalism, and the arraying Of portion of
State in bitter enmity against the other-the poor
against the rich the slave holder against the
STAKEHOLDER. Buoyed up by the remembrance Of
past great achievements, the universal and unwaver-
ing adherance to principle, regardless of political
power which has characterized our glorious party,
they will march this fall to such decided
VICTORY that will put their enemy, and the enemy
of the peace and quiet of the State, to shame and
confusion and will completely annihilate their rotten
organization Since we have left that Convention
we have met with but sentiment from the
-''well done my brave fellows, you have met
fully and unnchngy, the issue of the lrrepresslbe
conflict, we are with you heart and hand" This is
the expression of old line wings, who have grown
gray in battling against US; but as they say, having
now that in fact and reality, the democracy are
what they profess-the messengers of peace casting
oil upon the troubled waters, not only between
North and South but even between the various
sections in our State they now have declared for
US with unf1inching determination.


LOCAL


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