Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-05-19

Snow Hill, Greene, Friday, 2Sth
Greenville, Pitt, Monday, 3lst &"
Messrs. Ellis and McRae.
We publish to-day an interesting account of the
discussion between these gentleman at Monroe,
Union Co., to which we invite the attention of our
readers.
The Register makes great flourish of trumpets
over the discussion at Charlotte. This is part of
the tactics of the opposition and it proves if any
thing wanted to PROVE that the contest is now,
as heretofore, between the Democratic and the fed
eral party. We all know that in the federal Wing
newspapers, and taking the accounts of prejudiced
correspondents, the Democrats we're always beaten;
and they continued in this condition until the peo-
pie voted. Then different result was seen; and
then these federal Wing newspapers almost invaria-
bly, discovered that they had brought out the wrong
man, that he had not done his duty to their cause
and that the Democratic candidate was stronger
cry way than they had taken him to be. Such will
be the case during this contest, and in August. We
therefore caution the honest and unsuspecting not
to be deceived by flaming accounts gotten up by
correspondents undertaking Judge Ellis and claim.
ing trumphs in debate for Mr.. McRae. If you want
to know who has got the advantage in discussion
of this kind, 60 to the farmers and mechanics who
have been listeners, and ask them They can tell
you. We would sooner take their opinion in mat
ter of this sort than the opinions Of any number of
the Registers K. N correspondents.
Mr.. McRae, it seems, is still delivering his old
speech, with few exceptions. He still looms" in
his description of Illinois and Ohio, endeavoring to
show that they their property and wealth to do
nations of the public lands and not to their fertile
soils and navgable waters He is, however, more
cautious in his Communications of Judge Douglas
than he was in his first speeches; but we have
doubt his sympathies still with him. 1t is natur
al that disorganizers should sympathize with each
other "a fellow feeling makes them wondrous
kind" Mr. McRae, it seems. approves Judge Doug.
lass opposition to the admission of Kansas with the
Lecompton Constitution; for he says, UNDER
stand, that he would have voted against the admis-
sion of the State with the original Constitution and
ordinance, but for its admission upon the plan of
the Conference Committee. His objection to the or
ignal bill, known Green's bill, is that it gave too
much land to Kansas. Let us see how this is: Mr..
Green's bill provided at first for the admission of
Kansas and Minnesota together, and it was express
" declared in the bill that nothing herein contain
ed shall be construed as an assent by Congress to
all or any of the propositions or claims contained in
the ordinance annexed TO the Constitution of the
people Of Kansas nor to deprive the said State of
Kansas of the same grants which were contained in
the act of Congress entitled ian act to authorize
the people of the Territory of Minnesota to form
Constitution and State Government, preparatory to
admission into the Union" &c. This was in March,
and on the 18th day of February Immediately pre-.
cedng, Mr.. Green had submitted his report from the
Committee on Territories, in which he said:
"The Committee do not approve the ordinance
accompanying the Constitution, and report against
its allowance"
The original BILL as we have shown, expressly
provided that Kansas should have the same quanti-
ly Of lands granted to Minnesota, and no nors-the
usual quantity granted to new States and the bill
but conformed in this respect the report of Feb
ruary 10, from which we have just quoted But we
come now to the passage of the bill in the Senate
Mr.. Green withdrew his amendment coupling Kan
sas and Minnesota together in their admission, and
provided simply for the admission of Kansas Mr..
Green also moved to strike out the word Of" in
the eleventh line Of the second section of the BILL
and insert in lieu thereof the words "annexed to,
so that It would read, g nothing IN this act aaU b
construed a an ascent By Congress to al or any
of tho preparations or claims contained "a the ondi-
mace annened to the said Constitution" The no.
ton was agreed 70, and the bill passed the Sem
ate, yeas. 81 nays %. the Democrats and Southern
Dsmocrsts gensraly voting for il, and Douglas and
the black Republicans With Mr.. Bell, Nj. McBae's
Know Nothing ally, voting against i So il win
be ssens that Mr. McRss's ssasos Why he. M6uid
haye voted against The ofieinai bill Ellis "a thu