Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-09-20
The Houston CoRSniraeY.

The following is the succinct account the New
York Herald gives of the letters and correspon-
dents, connected with the conspiracy to sell the
South to the Freesolers, to which we have already
alluded on two or three occasions. Some of the
individuals mentioned here, as We have before ex-
pressly stated. and their letters prove, are not
implicated in the pilot"
The letters are from the following persons -
Edwin Croswell, n Y; Samuel Treat, No; 8.
f. Hallet, Mass; Geo. r. Riddle, Del; Horace
Clark, VT; G. H. Donaldson, Texas; Gilbert Hath
away, Indiana; James NJ Commander, s. c.;
Patrick H. Britain, Ala; Martin Van Buren,, n.
Y; Geo. Paul, Wisconsin,; Salmon p. Chase,
Ohio; VIM. r. King, Ala; Sam. Houston, Tex
as Geo. H. Browne, r. l.; VIM. T. Richie, Va;
Chas. Andrews, Me-; John w. Berney, Pa; L.
R. V. Wright, n. j.; Harry Hubbard, n. H.;
Levi Woodbury.. n. H.; Rob't. Strange, n. c.;
Joshua R. Giddngs, Ohio; John \. Eastman,
Wisconsin.
As the Herald says, "Mr. Croswell goes for
standing square up to the Fugitive Slave law; Mr
Treat recommends that every thing should be kept
dark till about January; Mr.. Halett, of Mass,
gives some good advice, and thinks the old Bay
State cvpher; Mr. Richie, of Virginia, goes
heartily to business totally unconcious that there
is anything but meal in the tub; Mr.. Andrews, Of
Maine, knows al about it, is quite enthusiastic,
declares that Texas is ''Some pumpkins and
that Gen. Sam. Houston is the man for Maine;
Mr. Forney, of Philadelphia, is brief and eau
tious, and Martin AN Buren, usual, IS deci-
syely non -committal tho quite happy at The aus
picous complexion of things; Judge Woodbury.
thinks the party ought not to stand upon triles,
but should unite for the essentials, which Is most
excellent advice; Joshua &. Giddings, OF Ohio
! (and how he got INFO this strange company 1t be
hooves the whiqs to INQUIRE, seems TO be very
well pleased, upon the average, with the outlines
of the democracy for 1852 but turns over the sub
! iect to Col Samuel Medary,- an older and more
popular member of the democratic family; Gen
4 Commander, of South Carolina (the delegate o.
9 votes at the last Baltimore convention, is rath-
er of opinion that another national democratic con-
vention may very well be dispensed with-that
South Carolina will secede sometime next winter
unless Congress should reconsider the California
boundary, and run thro' the compromise line o
36-30 He is quite as serious the Prophe
Miller in predicting the day of Judgment, though
not quite as exact as to the day. One thing, how
: ever, is evident, viz Upon the platform indica
ted, Gen. Houston will never receive IN conven
ton, the votes of Gen Commander, in behal
l of South Carolina Mr.. Britain, of Alabama, i
in doubt where he stands. He thinks the South
ern rights party Of the South is the Democrat
party, and that Clemens, Cobb, and Foote an
| the Washington Union, have gone over to tn
Southern wings. And to tell the TRUTH this is
4 difficulty very curious and perplexing; and quit
: natural, therefore, is this embarrassment OF Ml
q Britain. Mr. King, the presiding officer of th
United States Senate, embraces the opportunlt
for an instructive dissertation upon Southern rights
: Mr.. Browne of r. l., is hat-footed and explicit
!, and talks like man of business. Suspectlng thai
= If Gen. Cass were re e-nominated, Martin Van Bv
!. ren would contrive to swamp him, as he did b'
: fore, he thinks, upon the whole, that Gen. Hop'
= ton would be preferable, which, indeed, is likel
= Gen. Houston, from his wounded arm, (San il
cinto, don't forget that, can't write. and has NJ
n Yoakum TO present his apologies.
e. .But the orowning sheaf is the letter Of N