The little ad [June 2, 1860]

              EQUALITY AT THE BALLOT-BOX: EQUALITY AT THE TAX-BOX.
By Sherwood & Long. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, JUNE 2, 1860. Number 4.
THE LITTLE AD.
M. 8. SHERWOOD. JAMES A. LONG.
SHERWOOD & LONG
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ADDRESS
Sherwood & Long, Greensboro', NT. C
From the Salisbury Watchman.
Democratic County Meeting.
The Democrats of Ilowan held a meeting
in the Court House last Tuesday, to nomi-nate
candidates for the Legislature. Wm.
R. Fraley, Esq., was Chairman, and Mr. Spel-man
and J L. Lyely, Secretaries. Dr. Nes-bit,
Col Moore, Col. Robards, and R. E. Love,
Esq., were the chiet actors in the meeting,
which brought its deliberations to a conclu-sion
by nominating Mr. C F. Fisher for the
Senate, and N. IS. Fleming and N. F. Hall,
Esqrs., for the Commons. Mr. Cantwell, of
Ealeigh, and Mr. J. M. Clement, of Davie,
were the chief spokesmen. Mr. Cantwell,
we think, was brought up from Ealeigh ex-pressly
for this occasion; but unless he im-proves,
he Cant well persuade the people of
iiowan that tho moon is made of green
cheeso.
Our neighbor of the Banner, who evidently
knows how to blow, got off the following in
his extra sheet on Wednesday. We copy it
for its richness:
"Great Gathering of the Democracy—Ad Valorem slain
—Panic in the Culvert '. .'—One of the largest and most
enthusiastic gatherings of the Democracy of Rowan eTer
seen, took place at the Court House, yesterday. We re-peat,
according to the testimony of the "Oldest Inhabi-tant,"
that the gathering was one of the largest ever
witnessed on such an occasion; and the spirit which
animated the throng was well calculated to strike panic
into the K. N. culvert. And we record it with pleasure,
as one of the "signs of the times," that ladies graced
the meeting with their presence—an unmistakable sign
that the fair sex are indidnantly aroused at the propo-sition
of the Opposition to tax their chickens, their but-ter
and eggs. We tell the Opposition "the handwriting
is on the wall," when the ladies enter the fild. Stand
from under I"
It is impossible for us to tell what propor-tion
of the crowd which waited on the delib-erations
of the democratic meeting was whig;
but we know it was large. The Court house
was not full by considerable, counting all;
and so we do not think the meeting was near
so imposing as our neighbor represents it.—
Tho fact is, our neignbor is a stranger in
these parts; (almost a stranger in the coun-try;)
he lived at Raleigh several years, and
has been used to meeting the democratic
wire pullers of Wake in the editorial office of
the Standard, and by making those gather-ings
the standard of comparison, the Rowan
meeting was doubtless a rip-roaring rouscr !
But we will not controvert all tho points
in this little piece of our neighbor's hifalutin
Tho oldest inhabitant is authoritative, the
world over. Let him pass "The spirit,
which animated the throng" was—well—
from the account given by the "fair sex
which graced the meeting,'' frightful. We
believe there was only one white woman
pres*>nt, and she a State's witness. She
thought it was the Court, and although
afraid to stay in, yet she was afraid to leave,
lest she miglst he out of place when called.
She timidly took a back pew, and there Bat
trembling with excitement, as she witnessed
the "carryings-on" of that man who was
makiug such a to-do about cows, sows, and
pii^s. goards and tin cups, lie was the mad-dest
man sometimes, and then the "sorriest"
looking fellow she ever "seed;" and wonder-ed
what uj»on earth Abner Owen (ad valorem)
had done to him that he shou'd talk about
him so. After a while, a deputy sheriff hap-pened
to pass near where she was sitting,
and seeing that she was dreadfully alarmed,
ho said to her in the most soothing tones,
(Moses is up to that,) "Madam, don't be
alarmed—I see you are excited." "Oh 1 sir,"
exclaimed she in a husky whisper, "what are
they going to do—what does it all mean,—
do pray tell me." "Oh 1" said the deputy,
''be calm. Madam, it is only a democratic
meeting—nothing will hurt you here—I'll
stand by you. "Democratic meeting !" said
she; "ain't it the Court t" 1 thought it was
the Court,' and with that she hustled out of
the house as an enraged woman only can.—
When she got into tho Court }*ard, she met
an acquaintance, and still excited, but in a
different way, she said, "Nancy, there's the
tarnalest fellow up there (pointing) you ever
seed in the world, and such talk as he is hav-ing,
and such covortin' about and abusing of
Abner Owen (ad valorem) you'd think they'll
kill him as quick as they lay eyes on him. I
wonder what 1: has done!"
And thus tho tw&iu passed up stroet, glanc-ing
the eye back towards the upper windows
of the Courthouse as the voice of the "inev-itable"
now and then startled them.
But in the course of our inquest in regard
to the ladies who graced this interesting oc-casion
of the democratic party, we ascertain-ed
that there was another woman about the
door of tho hall while the mooting was in pro-gress,
and with her a child, and with them a
man, all of rich mahogony color, brought there
to answor the Court in a matter that con-cerned
their persons and not their politics.;—
These, we presume were not meant to be in-cluded
in the congratulatory remarks of our
rather enthusiastic neihbor.
For the Little Ad.
An Old Song with "Little Ad"-ditions-
SONCI FOR THE STANDAKD—TcsK—(Wandering Willie.)
Here awa' there awa' wandering Willie,
Here awa' there awa'—never once still; •
First upon one side, then on the other,
Changing your hue, with Chameleon skill.
Whiles for the Union, you prattle so boldly,
Whiles for disunion, you rattle away;
Douglas the demagogue, Douglas the Statesman,
Both in a breath you can easily say.
First upon one side then on the other,
Like a tee-to-tum you skippingly go;
Was not old Janus your dear elder brother?
Faces both sides of him, Willie, you know.
Your watch tells you, Willie, how easy the hours flow,
You set it ahead too, to catch every change,
It beats to the time as the Levers of Power go-
It moves with the clocks at the Treasury range.
Here awa' there awa' wandering Willie,
A soldier of fortune, you join in the fight,
Where the spoils are about, and the booty is plenty
The cause is a good one, and robbery right.
Here awa' there awa? wandering Willie,
Here awa' there awa'—never once still.
Whiles in the tree-top—whiles in the clover,
Hopping about like a young whip (pa) poor will.
We've tears for our Willie, by woes overtaken, .
We sigh that a sorrow our friend should befa'
Oh. Willie! we weep for thee, snubbed and forsaken,
Bo-Pressed, and be-Deviled by Ellis and a*.
Dark was the day ye forsook the brave working-man:
Bitter the pill that ye took from the Palace,
Now in the harness, ye work like a Turk-oman:
Scourged as a slave by the "Tight Squeeze" and Ellis.
Come buck to our bosoms! poor wandering Willie,
Cease from thy sorrows, thy griefs, thy alarms;
Waken ye broezes ! Boll gently, ye billows,
And waft our dear Willie once more to our arms.
List to the voice of our Union-toned Bell, Willie,
Hark! how the heavenly symphony Hows!
March to the music of our grand melody,
Glory will follow, where Kv-er ett goes!
Tho news comes to us from all parts ef tho
State of large and enthusiastic Bell and Ever-ett
ratification meetings being held in almost j
every town and village. So, too. from all parts
of the country, North and South' East and I
West, without regard to section. Truly,ours I
aro the candidates ol the people and the coon-try,
and thoir triumphant election in Novem-ber
next, notwithstanding what ultraists say,
North and South, will prove them the men
for tho times.—JV. C. Ar<nts.
Another Defaulter.—The Stamp Clerk in
j the New York post office, following in the
j footsteps of Postmaster Fowler, is also a de-i
faulter. He, however, stole but 82,000, while
i Fowler got §155,000.
For the Little Ad.
BT SIKE
The "Little Ad" is just the tool
To cut the Loco's ranks,
'Tis like our candidate, John Pool,
What shows the Locos' pranks.
It makes them feel all o'er in spots;
The mighty truths it tells,
It shows their all deceiving plots,
And gives them shaking spells.
'Tis like a smarting cank'ring worm,
That eats into their soul;
And ev'ry issue is a germ,
That makes a larger hole.
It shows the "Ad Valorem tax"
Is just the fail eat thing;
That one should pay on fodder stacks,
No more than fodder'll bring.
That we should value property,
Negroes and land alike;
And pay our tax accordingly,
No one 'gainst this should strike.
The rich should pay on all they're worth,
The poor should do the same;
This is to all of, ev'ry birth,
A fair and equal game.
A man that owns of negroes told,
Old men as well as small,
Should pay alike on young and old,
The value of them all.
Besides all this, it is a sprig
From ofiFthe old Whig tree,
It plays a tune, that is a jig
To trip Democracy.
Then rally all ye Whigs of old,
Around our young John Pool;
He'll take the place of Ellis "bold,"
Who should be off to School.
Newbern, May 25th, 1860.
■ > m
From the Campaign Advocate.
AD VALOREM IN GEORGIA.
It will be born in mind that among the ob-jections
urged against the striking out tho
feature in our Constitution which compels
slaves to be taxed per capita, and no more
than the tax on tho white polls, is, that the
amendment proposed will injure "the institu-tion."
In Georgia, and indeed tho other
Southern States where slavery is quite as im-portant
and valuable as it is bere, no such
provision is deemed necessary to the protec-tion
of "the institution."
The following is all that is said in the con-stitution
ol tieorgia, in regard to the power
of taxation :
"Art. 1. See. 1G. All bills for raising revenue shal
originate in the House of Representatives, but the Sen-ate
shall propose or concur with amendments as in oth-er
Bills.
Sec. 22. The General Assembly shall have power to
make all Laws and ordinances which they shall deem
necessary and proper for the good of the Slate which
shall not be repugnant to this Constitution."
Georgia is selected as an example, becauso
the State is at least as deeply interested in
"tho institution" as our own State, and any
system that would affect us injuriously in
this respect, would operate more decidedly
and powerfully there than here. They had
tried the old system there long enough. Ami j
mark, since tho free sod party commenced
growing to so formidable a size, the people;
of that great State—"the Empire State of the !
South"—have adopted the ad valorem sys-I
tern of taxation on slaves. But the slave j
owners of Georgia have not grown so vigi- j
lant of Southern rights, after eight years of
experience us tho present Governor of North
Carolina and his party. There, they think
that the ad valorem system is the proper one I
"at tliis time." The}- have not yet, in eight
years, found out that it is "premature, impol-itic,
dangerous and unjust" to tax slaves as
other property. No, that has been left to
the peculiar ken of Democratic vision in our
own State, as embodied in the logic of Gov.
Ellis and his supporters.
Ad Valorem was adoptod in Georgia in
1852. There as here, were many objections
urged against it, and it was not until after a
long and woil contested campaign of years J
that it was adopted. But it finally succeed-ed.
' J
Of its success and popularity we here take
liberty to quote an extract or two from a let-ter
wo received a fewjdays ago from a friend
—formerly a North < \'.rr>;i,,;„;-;—who resides
In and is sheriff of ono of the largest, most
wealthy and populous counties in that State.
Although a private letter, not designed for
publication, yet the statement is so appro-priate
we cannot resist the temptation to
communicate the facts set forth, asking par-don
of our correspondent in advance. He
says,
"The ad valorem system of taxation in this State
(Georgia) was agitated for a long time, and finally
adopted after a long struggle. It is the only equitable
mode of raising a revenue to meet and defray the ex-penses
of the State.
The whole minutiae is explained in the "digest" I
send you. When this system was first adopted the
State tax was a fraction over 8 cents on the $100 worth
of property. Now (this year) the tax is 6J cents. la
eaeh county an extra tax is assessed according to the
wants of the same."
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"If you were in Georgia you would find it a very dif-ficult
matter to find any one opposed to the ad valorem
system of taxation, unless biased by some peculiar sel-fish
motive."
Now, with this statement from a gentle-man
of intelligence, and whose position af-fords
him the best facilities for knowing the
operations of the law and opinion of the
people concerning it, what confidence can we
place upon the speculations of this and that
opponent whose knowledge must be nothing
and whose bare opinion must be of little
value. We hero see that after an eight years
trial, amidst the "irrepressible conflict" times
that ifwe were in Georgia we "would find
it a very difficult matter to find any one
opposed to ad volorem, unless biassed by
some peculiar selfish motive." There is no
law on the statute book that is not met by
the same sort of objection. Then if it is thus
free from objection in that State, it were
more so here. We hear nothing ofad valo-rem
affecting "the Institution" there—not
a word.
One other item in tho above extract. It
is stated that formerly a fraction over 8 cents
on the 5100 validation was the amount raised
by taxation for the State, and that now it is
onIy6£ cents. Georgia, bo it remembered has
almost trebble tho railroads that we have.—
Yet with them all, and other improvements,
GJ cents on the 8100 worth of property pays
off all hor liabilities. Is that equal to our
present tax of, for instance, twenty cents on
the 8100 worth of land or on money loaued
twenty four cents ? on goods purchased fif-ty
conts? on profit or labor, or salaries or
fees ono dollar ? riding vehicles used by the
people in their travelling, visiting &c, &c,
one dollar? Sooie slight difference between
these amounts as arranged by our last legis
laturo when our Democratic opponents had
a majority of about two-thirds, and 8 or C*
cents on tho 8100 worth of property as in
Georgia. This presents so palpable a differ-ence
that the reflecting mind will at once cast
about for tho cause and the true remedy.—
The first great obstacle is the Constitutional
inequality which wo propose to strike out,
and allow that instrument, in a matter of
such great interest to the people to be in fact
what it is in name—republican in its provis-ions,
so that, in the language of our platform
"every species of property may be taxed ac-cording
to value, with power to discriminate
only in favor of the nativo products of our
State and tho industrial pursuits ol her citi-zens."
Appointments.
Tho candidates for Governor, Messrs. Pool
and Ellis, will speak at tho tollowing times
and places, the speaking to commence at
11 o'clock A. M.
Wednesday, June 13th, Winston, Forsythe.
Thursday, " 14th, Yadkinsville, Yadkin.
Friday, " loth, Dobson, Surry.
Saturday, " ltitb, Gap t ml. Allegheny.
Monday, " 18th, Jefferson, Ashe
Wednesday, " 20th, Wilksboro', Wilke*.
Friday, " 22tb, Lenoir, Caldwell.
Saturday, " 23th, Morganton, Burke.
Monday, " tioth, Marion, McDowell.