Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-04-27

A New Orleans dispatch Of the 24,h states
shs. adviees from Texas to ths 10th inst, an
uouues ,thsI ne Dsmoeratic STATE Convention
nomlnatsd Gen Sam HOusson 10 Che Presidsa-
oy. Ths San 5asinto Alais Meeting uss hsld
on the 2lst, and his nomination wss ra-echOed
By the people. Gen. Houston carried Texas
Isat year iOr GevsnoT as the peoples esndi.
dsts, by about 10000 majority, overcoming .
majority against him in 1857 Of 10000 votes.
His friends now confidently count on still
i-rger majority for President.
Gen. Houston published long letter in the
Austin Intslligsnesr on the 4th inst, on na-
tionAl politics, In answer 20 q letter from q
Committee Of gentlemen al atGalvsston, enqui-
ring whether he would permit his name 'tO be
used as q candidate foE the Presidency, before
the Charleston Convention" Tho old hero re-
plies With no double tongue, but uses the en-
phatic No We make ths following character
istic extracts from his letter
The grand idea OF parties, as maintained by
the great men Of The past, has bren destroyed
All those absorbing questions Of finance and
government which rallied around Jsckson and
Clay the patriotism Of the country, differing
as TO the best mode Of advancing the national
interests, vet all striving 10 accomplish that
end, are Lost sight Of We are drifting onward
in the march Of extnvaganee and corruption.
That which pertains to the whole country com
mands scarcely passing thought, while that
which pertains 10 each Individual section Is a
scheme of distraction.
The Democratic party which eight years ago
carried is esndidateIinto the Presidency BY an
overW helmiog majority, is divided By factions.
Coalitions formed with men Of more ambition
than patriotism, have broken down the old
landmarks. National men have given place
to sectional sgitatoFs. Practical national
questions have given way to distractions. Sla-
very agitation has been renewed in Congress,
aud the great Work Of the psoi6catOrs Of 1880
has been undOne. Sectionalism has been the
csnker worm which has ieaAted on the party
until its vitality has been we'll nigh consumed
1t is needless to define, at any length, the
various herosies which distract the country
each claiming for Itself the name of Democra.
ey. They each have their peculiar advocates
and are suitsd to peculiar ssetiSRs or isms.
The Charleston Convention is to behOlC
these elsmsnts-"Blaek spirits and white, RED
spirits and gray"-conglomeTafed Men who
have devoted their hives TO thb servics Of th,
Constitution and national principles, are 70 be-
hold the humiliating spectacle and their sen
timents and counsel are to be tEampled unde
foot by those who 90 comE,itted to doctrins
subversiVe Of the government and the rights o
the PsOple Of the States.
The egualifcations Of . Candidate are not con
sidered, nor whether be is known to the natiOI
or has done aught to adVaRes its inteTestS--bu
IL hs GUdilAble II he is, the end of the party j
secured, and there are slV ays on the spot tn
leading men Of delegations friendly 10 him
ready to give pledges, who, united, nominat
ihs candidate and endorse him. Hedging al
the delegates who enter the Convention to sup
port the nominee, that ia6epeRdSRt action 81
essential TO freedom is destroyed.
No Independents man ought to accept nom
nation accompanied by any platform viii
which his previously entertained opinions ar
in conflict.
If my name should be used in connection
With the Presidency, the movement mist orig
mate with the people themselves, as well as en-
with them. viii not consent to have my nam
submitted 70 any convention, nor would l ac
cept a nomination If it were rendered me, an
procured by continuance, trick or management
If such thing were possible that could b
elected and not in harmony with the voice q
the majority Of the American people, Woul
not bold the position a single day, but retire {
private station, sOlaced BY self respect.
Thine truly, SAM HOUSTON.