Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-09-05
From the New York Tribune.
Tho Louisville Convention.

The Blanton Grant Convention at Louis
vile was born in trouble and Graded in
row. IL Is likely to pass int" history amid
the riuicur ol continent. Through it
tyleu itself thr Democratic National Con
vehtl0n, not single Democrat OF national
repute could be induced to attend 1t. The
gathering was composed Ot a few l.olitcai
adsenfurerr5 of the smallest type, ii lew dc
f'lhct Secca'iDtli,ti, contingent ot traut
mercenaries, ana the brought followels ut
Mr. James OGrirn. Mr. Lyons. OF Virginia
Ideally known as the American i.amartiur
was the plca,ing officer and Nj Chur!es,
OCohor, upon Whose name alone the aSicui-
blage relied for respectabiiity. wrote IA letter
to the members OF the Convention only tu
say that hr would have nothing to do with
! them 1t made little difference after this
whether Mr.. Ranton Duncan found any
other gentleman to take his nominaton OF
not
As for MIR. o'Conor's letter, though it was
| the only thing III the PROCEEDINGS worth Il mo.
| ments notice, the most enthusiastic admire,
| Of that eminent lawyer cannot call it an cf-
| tective political docnnet. Mr. o'Conor be
| lieyes in Reform but opposes the Kriurni
| lnON Nenrnt and approves of the Louisville
Convention, though he plainly says that thc
only choice of the country IL between Grant
and Greeley, and intinateS that he knows The
l.Ouisviie affair to be dev i,4l in the interest
OF Grant Nearly the whole of his letter Is
devoted to the exposition ot an abstract the
jory of government, by which every Ne,tigt
of centralized power and the authority Ia bor
row money aud impose duties and excise i"l
revenue are to be prohibited and four NTH.
of the governmental intervention now eXer
cised in carrying on the affairs of so',ei,
shall ba done away with. Whatever We Ina,
think of Mr.. O'ConOr's theory, 1t need nol b,
disc cuSsed just now, since neither the l.ouis
vile, nor the baltimore, nor the Cincinnati
nor the Philadelphia party. nor any olhe,
party in any country of the World, dream, o
putting 1t in practcr. Imagine the feeling
Of Mr.. Jimmy O'Erien. strikers and Mr.
Duncan's blatherskite, when, having aske,
Mr.. OConor tor the loan OF his name, the.
were plulnply refused, and got instead of i
an abtruse philosophical essay
When it cOmesto the choice between Gran
and Greeley, says Mr.. O'COnor, and to III,
consideration of mitigating the miseres of tn,
South, we must bear in mind that "once hi
"second term shall have been secured Gen
'Grant's only motive for intiicting misery OF
''that portion Of his countrymrn will cease
We cannot agree with him. To assume tina
Grant will repent and reform as soon as w
have testified our approval of his miscondue
by re-electing him to Office Is hardly In keep
ing with MIR. O'ConOr's well known acutenesi
If the Presidents only motive for Oppressin
, the South will cease when he has secured hi
! second term, it must be that he is PERSONAL
ard solely responsible for carpet bag miSgov
. ernment, bayOnet-laws. and all the attendan
evils. But his worst enemies have never sal
that of him. lie is in a great mea. dre tn
tool OF corrupt aud ambitious politicians; an
he will be made to serve their interests a5 lon
rs he retains power.
Finally, Mr.. O'Conor explains that he re
fuses the honor Mr.. BlantOn Duncan thrust
> upon him because of his "unalterablc lesoly
, "tO remain in private station. which,
r seems to us, would not have been in any Wa
: incOnsis istent with the acceptance of tn,
. LOuisvi lille nomination.