New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-13
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

ANOTHER LETTER FROM GOV. HOUSTON.
Gov Houston, in the following letter. de0ies that he
proposes 10 withdraw fir M the contest for the Prs-
idency:
"AUsrIs, July 81, 1860.
"J c. SMITH Ksq.: Your letter making inquiry rs
TO whether have witbdrs GIL the use of my name la
connection with ihs Pr sdeDcy and declared for Mr..
Bel has teen received AID hasten 10 reply.
Having consented to the use of my name az the
peoples candidate for the Presidency is but just to
those who have put forward that should say the
rel ort has no foundation in truth AZ have had no
agency in presenting my naue to the American people
30 leave 10 ny fellow citizens perfect freedom Of &C
ion shall not weigh success against principle, nor
abandon q cause from motives of policy. Hitis the
wish Of the people to vote for me, 'hey have right to
do 20. If they do not desire my services, 1t viii oe
reoolected tbst have not a. ked their suifraRes.
:" That parties and conventions and their candidates
TO 80 great an extent divide the pebble MUD, is no
source Of encouragement to me In the distracted
stat. Of our politics, SEE the germ OF better fu'ure'
TIE DIV Of conventions aud their chieanery 10 past.
TIE and las ia les from the hands of politicians; and
they sre ros ere,s only as agains' tSemse ges The
counpy may meet shock how from the war OF iac-
tons but healthy reaction will follow, which viii re-
suit in their complete dow fall have seen the rise
ard tie fall of the convention system. If have con-
tri ut6d in the Least u 10y fellow CITIZENS to the
dsi GER of It's continuance am content III convinced
that my ame STOOD as n Stumbling b OK III the way OF
the Ierpetuy of the Union or that one ray ofls glory
darker ed by my form, would implore my fellow
citizens To- cease to remember me. When striplng
obey I'd the calls Of my country and gave my blood in
it dtfenss. Throughout a4vancicg years, have en-.
deavored to serve 1t faithfully have been with in
times of peril and it s now douby dear to me from the
fact that as lite winter gathers about me, realize
that my pcsteTy must share It's fortunes, deprived
of my aid or counsel And among the most grateful
feelings that TO my and now, Is the recollec ION
that though throughout evenfue, the busy tongue
of Islander has often distracted from my fame love for
the Union has been iwp 4nted on my character that
- %, oh 1aw-,t 10
should at least be satisfaction to that al time
when parties and party platforms in the asc snden-
cy, passed the standard of the constitution and the
Union in Texas, ard made the first fight upon that
simple declaration Of principles against disunion. My
only hope is that all who sincerely desire the pres
ervation OF the government will unite together in the
present contes, against sentionalism.
fave Inspiration for the Presidency, beyond
desire to be useful 10 my country II the part have
assumed in the past years has contributed TO bring be.
fore the people tue question of union dsunion (tor
such is the issue), and TO inspire determination
TO put down disunion In the North and South, my am
biiion will receive more soiace than the Presidency
could afford. Could | be the of putting an
end to coDa strife; OF seDcDg the agitation on the
slavery qu sion; of breaking down parties based on
geographical Distinctions, and of uniting my follow citi-
Zeps In SUI port of atrUtic electors iii the different
States trusting to their love of country to give the
nation President and VicePresident who would ad-
minister the government once agan with honesty WIS.
dom impaI tialIty and with egard for our national
Dol Or L WcuIJ NC VIII HB W Vrc my pu"iO ciOOlt
and fiji in retirement that happiness which those high
in station know not.
"Whle Ihaye expressed no preference for any ofthe
candidates now before the country have at the
time experienced the hope that the people wond soon
whittier they driftrg that the war OF factions
would cease and that upon some common basis they
would unite snd prev, the triumph of either section
asm or disuDiOn. Party names or party champions
should sink into rsgnifcance when the palladium Of
our Liberties s ,hrea ened The blessings we enjoy,
the government which our fathers gave u.s. the cOnst.
tuition and the Union should be the first in the heart of
every patriot and he who fails to sacrifice all else to
maintain these is unworthy the name of American.
81 regard this contest as ons in which the per-
manency of the Union is involved. / desire to see
Texas preset an united front against the effort to
maintain here sect onal party; and to this end de-
sire say that it my wish that e electors associated
with my shall be perfectly free to cast the cleo.
tora vote of Texas for any natl NAL man, most likely
to defeat either seciionalsm or disuDion
" Having ever been opposed to Aboltionism from
The North ard disunon and the reopenng the African
slave trade from the South, believe the defeat Of
hese elements shoud be the desire of every pat riot
81 cannot conclude this !, tier without acknowledging
full sepe of obligations TO those friends who have
expressed preference for me, upon principle, over
theIs. Their kindness has been gratuitous for have
lot sought TO infuen any in favor Of my advance
nen and their support is, therefore, more highly ap
,reciated.
hope that in Justice TO my friends, those papers
which have published the report of my wi hdrawa
sill also give this letter place in their colun
"SAM HOUSTON"
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