Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-09-13
THE LOUISVILLE CONVENTION.

CONDENSED Associated Press Report
The National Convention of "Straight-out"
Democrats met in Louisville on the Sd, and,
after prayer by Rev. DIR. Platt, was called to
order by Colonel Blanton Duncan, who de-
livered short speech, in which he alluded
to the objects of the assemblage, declaring
the action of the Baltimore Convention to
have been invalid and void, and of no binding
effect upon the individual members of the
party, and that It had already been repu-
dated by hundreds of thousands. The eyes
of the whole country were upon this Nopls
ville) Convention, and many anxious hopes
were to be verified or blasted, according as
wisdom or its negative should be the con-
trolling spirit of its deliberations. He closed
by asserting that the spring of his action
had been the intent to do right, and to aid
in the preservation of the party and the per-
petuation of its principles as the sole hope
for the future of the country.
Three cheers were given at the close Of
| Colonel Duncan's remarks, when Colonel
Levi s. Chatfeld, of New York, was appointed
| Temporary Chairman, and he accepted in a
short speech, avowing himself a lifelong
! Democrat and vindieating and lauding the
| action of those who had protested against
the action of the Baltimore Convention and
! had called together this large assemblage.
He announced the Convention ready to pro-
ceed with the business that had brought its
| members together.
| Judge Spaulding announced that he had a
sealed letter from Charles 0'Conor, which
he wished to place In possession OF the Con-
vention,
motion was made and carried that the
communication be read.
Mr. O'Conor's letter. which Is quite a
| LAM mfb 10 o1lu tp
the enormous growth of official malversa
tion in New York City and State, which was
| brought to light during the late war and
invited good men to action, and the dis
coveries of which afforded an opportunity
of stirring the general mind to persistent eff
fort for reform The opportunity was i'm
proved, and, except for the disturbance by
the inopportune recurrence of a Presiden
tial canvass, the current of popular senti
ment has ever since moved steadily in the
right direction. Governmental inlermed
ding with those concerns of society which
under judicious laws, might benehcially bc
left to individual action, is the only real evi
actually developed In our system. This EN-
inence is assigned to II, because 1t is tht
fruitful parent of all Others existing, and be
cause the measures required to correct it ar'
precisely those which would extirpate tn
understandable powers now so mischievousll
exercised by our officials. OF this practice
above all other leading Americans, Mr.. Gree
ley Us the recognized champion, and there i
no body of the organized opponents to /
that has ever existed in the country, excep
the Democratic party. Yet by decree
of convention assuming to represent tina
. party, Mr.. Greeley has been gazetted as it
standard bearer. Opposition to that pro
ceeding has, in the mind of the writer, ia
deeper source than mere attachment t
party. His views of the public interest ant
1 of existing public necessities compelled hin
to repudiate the Baltimore nomination o
Greeley. Whenever speaking or writing o.
the subject he had uniformly condemned II
declaring his readiness to support Demo
, cratic candidate. IL compelled TO decid
: between General Grant and Mr.. Greeley a
candidate for the Presidency, the Democrat
elector must rely very much upon mere COZ
lecture. Those who incline to the latter q
o choice Of evils suggest that mitigatio
l. OF the oppression at the South woul
result from hia success, There may