Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-07-02

The ALTERNATIvEs.-lf the policy proposed by
Judge Ellis is endorsed by the people of this State they
must choose between excessive taxation and leaving the
public works in their present unfinished state. If
sve taxation is reSorted to- it will drive off the citizens
in crowds thereby increasing the burthenS those who
remain If the works permitted to remain unfnish-
ed then what has been expended on them may be said
to have been almost if not wholly thrown away One
the other of these results must be the fruit OF Judge
Ellis election.-RcglSter Of May 22d 1858.
The Registers candidate, Mr.. McRae is now under
stood to occupy the ground with Judge Ellis on
the Western Extension Judge Ellis is in favor, he
was in May last Of taking off the restrictions now i'm
posed on the Western Extension, and permitting the
people to go to work at all points the ne their
complying with the terms of the charter 10y making and
paying in certain amount of subscription and the
last Register states that Mr.. McRae occupies the same
ground for says that paper dcdyS he has declared
his determination to facilitate the completion of the
Western Extension by allowing the Individual subScrp
tons to have the benefit of the State subscription fast
they make their and pay in the five per cent y"
But Mr. McRae has not been always" so. He is not
so in his DanCy letter, nor he so in the Eastern
counties. We expect to show this more fully in oul
next issue.
Occupying the position in this respect which Judge
Ellis does the Register therefore charges, provided il
adheres to its language of the 22d of May that Mr.
McRae is in favor Of excessive taxation, which will
drive off the citizens in crowds thereby increasing the
burthen On those who remain What do you say now
language of the 22d of May ?-RaLeigh Standard.
We do not often disagree with the Standard on qucs
tiOns of policy, and seldom never on questions O
principle but in this case we think it is somewhat mis-
taken about the respective positions of Messrs Ellis
McISae on the Western extension. If we understand
the position OF Judge Ellis, and think do it differ
from that recently assumed by Mr.. McRae. 1t is mor
conservative and less liable to involve us in sudden ant
useless taxation. We understand Judge Ellis to con
template such amendment of the charter as will au
thorize the carrying Of the Western extension stimuli
taneousy on both sides of the Blue Ridge but wthou
abandoning the sectional feature of that charter
must be carried in continuous sections from the ina
points each side Mr. McRaes plan is to go to worl
at an" point where the people make up their subscrp
tions without reference to the aimportant feature
continuous connected and completed sections from tn
initial points OF the superiority of the Judges plan
every point of view, there can be no doubt. We hav
already taken occasion to state preference and tn
reasons for such preference in article headed Tn
Canvass-The Western n. g. Rail Road.-The Dan
vile Connection " and feel that our positions therei
were not simply correct in themselves but that they wer
in accordance with those assumed by Judge Ellis