Washington Standard

"Democratic" Correspondence.

We publish below more of Jeff. Davis treasonable correspondence. The letter is dated Nov. 18th, 1856, a few days after the election of Buchanan was known. No man after reading the following letter will doubt that the Southern Democrats nominated Mr. Buchanan with the express understanding that he could be used to subserve their treasonable purposes. The formation of the Cabinet was in accordance with the wishes of Jeff. Davis. The Departments of Treasury, War, and Navy were placed in Southern hands, and the results have shown how well they were used to strengthen the South for the intended conflict. They did play the "grab game," as suggested by Jeff. Davis's correspondent.

The "Democracy" of the North are disposed to question the authenticity of this and other letters that have been published, which were captured by our army in Mississippi, but there can be no doubt of their genuineness, for their originals are now in possession of the Government, and will remain on file there as an important part of the history of the rebellion.

We do not wonder that all sound Union men, who belonged to the Democracy at that time should spurn the very name of Democrat. Those who still glory in it are known to sympathize more or less with the South, and the more honest portion of them do not hesitate to openly avow their secession sentiments and declare that no true "Democrat" can be in favor of the war.

Memphis, Tenn. Nov. 18th, 1856

Hon. Jefferson Davis:

My Dear Sir: I congratulate you on the victory recently achieved by the Democracy of the nation. It is but a temporary triumph. The fanatical demons of the North, in 1860, will again be in the field. Revolutions never go backwards. We are now in the midst of a revolution, passive it is true but a decisive battle is yet to be fought. Our Constitution does not suit the North. The privilege of slavery guaranteed to the South is the bone of contention, and Heaven and earth will be brought to bear for its abolition. We have a temporary triumph: let us profit by it; make the most of it. To constitute Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet that the sinews of power will be available in the event of the election of a Black Republican in 1860--available to the South. See to it, you Southern men about Washington, that the Departments of the Treasury and War, and even of the Navy are retained in Southern hands: for if a Black Republican is elected in 1860 the Government should not be permitted to pass into their power. A Napoleonic demonstration would, in that event, be called for--grab game the policy. Therefore, I repeat, let certain Departments be given to true Southern men. Some such ticket as the following: Lewis Cass, Secretary of State; Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury; T. J. Rusk, Secretary of War; Toucey, Secretary of Interior; F. P. Stanton, or Orr, of South Carolina, Secretary of the Navy; Gen. Richardson, Postmaster General; Hallet or Slidell, (La.) Attorney General. Douglas and Hunter, of Virginia, had better remain in the Senate. General Quitman ought to go to Nicaragua. A. V. Brown, who will expect something, can be sent abroad; Mr. Marcy to France; D. S. Dickinson may go into the State Department if Gen. Cass declined, or in the Navy, if preferred.

The South is proud of you as a military man and as a statesman. You may have to act the Leonidas for the South. We may have to pass through a Thermopylae ordeal. The Crusaders, infuriated with religious fanaticism, will be down upon us. They will find a Saladin to welcome them to hospitable graves. The Richards and Philips of the campaign will be glad to get back to their Yankee dens, to sicken and die with traitorous remorse.

Oh! that the South were wise--that she would become united. In the next campaign the North will attempt to abolitionize, not only all the free press in the South and North, but through such men as Cassius Clay, J. Minor Botts, Raynor & Co., attempt to abolitionize all the non-slaveholders in the South. Houston, Bell, Benton, Blair & Co. will look on with complacency, and give indirect aid and comfort.

Long may our Constitutional Union last, is the prayer of every Democrat; but give us equality; preserve our honor, or give us a new order of things. Excuse the liberty of a stranger. Yours, truly, in the faith,

SENEX.