Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-06-16
For the Standard.
Gor1AIrs.. Texas. Nav 2bth. 1860.

GONZALES, Texas, May 18th, 1850.
DEAR STANDARD: We are not exactly out Of the
United States, but I tell you it makes fellow feel
very much like il if he has to wait for letter or
paper to come here from North Carolina. We have
one consolation however, when we do finally get it.
that it is good and old If it is not the latest The
news in them are good deal like the contents Of
my letters, almost out of date One week longer,
and fellow could rely with the utmost confidence
upon plea Of the Statute of Limitations But let
it be old or new, it does us good to the bottom Of
our hearts to hear from the good old North State
And that discussion going on between the candi-
dates for Governor is always interesting to u.s. l
never would get tired reading the severe raspings
administered to that cunning exponent of the OPP
position, Mr.. Pool by that sturdy, honest advocate
Of Democracy, Judge Ellis. IT'S strange the Oppo-
siton could not see any farther beyond their
than to select man who had always opposed their
platform, as their standard bearer and great high
priest | suppose they thought they must 90 the
whole hog, and true to their name, place on their
Opposition platform true representative Of them
selves living embodiment of their leading idea
q man who, as he stands now is literally and dia-
metrically opposed to himself l think there is
ally too much opposition for the people to swallow
that pill. Mr. Pool is a little too good an Opposi-
ton man, and he will find out in August that he
has just little too much opposition to get to the
gubernatorial chair.
But speaking of your Opposition candidate re-
if Mr.. Pool out here he would just suit of
people. They carry it just little further here
than ever | heard Of They were opposed to
Southern Convention, the Galveston Convention,
the Charleston Conventions and 10 and behold they
are even now opposed to the Baltimore Convention
that has just adjourned-a Convention of their own
stripe and in which they represented and their
candidate at one time during the Convention the
most prominent man before it Though regularly
represented in the Convention, taking part in all its
deliberations, approving of its action, and every
thing going off with perfect harmony and the great
est unanimity, yet when they come home they must
have grand mass meeting-immense crowd, COM
posed of all tie hangers on, office-seekers, and
wrangng, scissor tailed babbling politicians of the
great and populous city Of Austin. Many, great
and patriotic were the speeches that august oc-
casion. They were opposed to a Southern Convcn-
ton, because Sam Houston's gigantic brain did not
conceive it-opposed to the Charleston Convention,
because he was never solicited to allow his name to
go before it-opposed TO the Baltimore Convention
because he was not nominated and it will be great
wonder to me il, account OF their great levee of
opposition, they don't all take the stump against
each other. No. sir, the whole gist Of their oppo-
sition like the opposition in North Carolina is their
love Of office, power and position. 1t is not princi
pie that moves them, but the spoils. They have
lost favor in the eyes Of the people and now they
will raise hue and cry about the Union and try
to brighten them into the idea that Sam Houston,
the veritabe moving living representative of incon
sistency, is the only man that save US. Jeffer-
son. Madison and jackson arc dead but Sam IIous-
ton, the "0ld Chief" the "Hero of San Jdcinto,"
the only representative living of Jackson's old
guard, the that has few of MadiSon's old let
tiers and piece of Jeersons shirt tail he is the man
for the times, the only hope of safety. He is will
ling and ready at any time, when the cry Of the
people like the voice Of shall go up before
him, to throw himself into the breach and stop the
wave that is now threatening like deluge to sweep
over our country, and bury in its ruins the rights Of
the South and the last hope Of republcansm. But
the people have too much strong horse sense to be
humbugged in any such manner-no old clothes
Of Jefferson can buy them off They think too
much of his head and the product of his brain to
go crazy over a little piece of his shirt tail No,
the true Of their opposition is too evident.
The veil is too thn-the skin is too small the ears
Of the animal will stick out Sam Houston knows
that this is his last chance that his failure in the
Baltimore Convention is the death blow unless he
can raise the wind some other way. In this State
his days are numbered and at the end Of his CUB
ernatoral term the last sand shall have eked out of
his glass Poor old fellow! may the evening of his
life be calm and peaceful and the evil that he has
done be buried with his bones.
The John Bell farce, the offspring of the late Bal
timorc humbug, is dead thing in this State. The
freesoil tendencies of the ticket are little too
strong for the inhabitants of as warm q climate as
this locality. The men Of their own party will not
support it Sam Houston is their choice, and they
have in mass meetings declared their intention to
disregard the nomination of the Baltimore Conven-
ton, and their determination to support him for
President OLD RIP.