Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-07-24


proper. rs yss finite, and as very
70 our part ofsthe tate fpd you both appearins to-
suppose It would sreqniresx OF eight years, pro-.
pounded to you both the question: Whether, i the
State and private subscribers should subscribe and
expend, and work ont the said sum Of six milllo
within four years. You would, il in Office, recommend
further appropriations at that time for It's compile
toni And took occasion to express the opinion,
that if the charter should be amended as to re-
le.e of the requirement to finish 1t by sections
you proposed, that we could accomplish it within
four years, except perhaps q part of the tunnel
To this nterrogatory Understood Judge Ellis to
answer in the affirmative; and Mr.. McRae to say,
that in no contingency would he be candidate for
re election so that he would not then be in Office
but as far be could exert any influence as a pri.
vate citizen, it would be done cheerfully.f
Will you each be SO kind as to say whether am
correct as 70 the responses?
+ .ze Your obedient servant
n, w. WOODFIN.
The foregoing is correct statement according to
my understanding. Yours, &C.,
JOHN W. ELLIS.
The foregoing s in substance, the responses given
by me to your question-and is the position have
always occupied.
send copy of this to the Editor of the Register,
and rofer him to you for proof of my handwriting,
&c. Yours &C., D. COLEMAN.
Editors Standard. -.
We learn that the scene at Asheville was deeply
interesting. The audience was large-every one
felt concerned in the question of internal improve
ments, and every one perceived clearly the uneasi
ness which Mr.. W ood6n's question caused to Mr..
McRae. That gentleman confused. He thought
of his pledges in the East and then he thought of
the consequences in the West of adhering to those
pledges; and at length he answered, committing
himself unoicially and privately to further appro-
Notwithstanding that be would 60 as far beyond
the appropriation of four millions be who should
go farthest!
Did he utter any such language in the East? Was
not the drift the tone, the substance, the argument
of all bis speeches in the East, until he reached
Oxford. against another dollar to the Western Elk.
tension? Answer, We thousands of all parties who
heard him Let us hear from you, people of Wayne,
Lenoir, Wake, Wilson, Pitt. Halifax, and Duplin,
We appeal to you to say if Mr.. McRae has not
changed radically changed. Who, then, can place
any confidence in him as a public man? If the
East trust him only while he is in the East, will
the East vote for him? If the West finds him a
friend only when he is in the West, will tho West
vote for himP
And what will be said of his course in relation to
Mr.. Clingman? He condemns Gov. Bragg for ap-
pointing him Senator and yet applauds the appoint
ment! and when plessed for his reason for condemn.
ing the Governor, he says he does it because the
Governor has been inconsistent in his towards
Mr.. Venabe He declares, too, that he has been for
years an ardent advocate of Mr. Clingnans elevation
to the Senate, and that, in his opinion, Mr.. Cling
man ought to have Been in the Senate ten years ago.
If so, where ought Mr. Badger and Gov Graham to
have been? Mr.. McRae repudiates them, and yet
they are expected to support him. He was so good
Democrat that ne wanted Mr. Clingman elected, SO
wants the support of that same old party. He is q
Clingman mamie thinks he ought to have been in
the Senate ten years ago; and yet, though Mr.
Clingman has done more than any other man in the
Mountain District TO break down the Know Moth
ings, he, Mr.. McRae, wants Know Nothing support.
Was there ever politician so inconsistent, SO un-
reliable, SO confused in his purposes and movements,
so unfortunate as Mr.. McRae?
The Register, which is always going to de-
feat the Democracy but never does it. congratulated
its readers in its issue Of Saturday last that Major
Willie D. JONES' Distributionst, had taken the field
for the Commons in Wake county. "You have q
fine field before you. Major" said the Register.
"Your cause" continued that paper, is the cause
Of tax-ridden people. Put it straight before then,
| and you sure to win"
But the Registers joy was short-ved Major
Jones announced himself at Spikes on Monday, and
withdrew at Adams's on Tuesday. Maj Jones,
with Corporal Syme to help him, marched up the