New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-04


. D,sprprrTAptF CROWD-TuE FIRST DAYS SES-
sION-MR. o'CONoR DECLINES THE DO DO ID.
FIJI HONOR-UNsAVORY CHARACTER OF TIE
ASSEMBLAGE.
icy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBuNEI
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 3.-Rumor and speculation
in their widest form did not in the remotest ues'oo
disturb or mseaA in their previous estimates oil inc
Convention that came together in this city, today
prccrtiousy assuming the name and character Oh INC
National Democratic Convention. Like the preh"r
pares which preceded it, the sessions OF the ConVe
zion we're carried on by men who evidently hou
no realization Of the assumption they are praccinE
Gaming together on the irresponsible suggestion OF
political fr &c and the corrupt persuasion OF pon
cal opponents they take hold of their work ike men
waiting the directions OF a master, and uncertain
whether to expect word blow. The imbecle lack
ofpurpose that characterized the initial gathering plainly
indicated that the moving lever when SUITS "luey
separated men TO one homogeneous action was wanting
No delegate could would tell just what was expected
or lust what he wanted expected to achieve There
were some honest enough to admit that If there were
buying and selling going on they wanted hand, but on
the whole the men really had no distinct idea OF the
moving motive Of their coming TO this city al
the invitation Of the man who ran the ConNeh-
ton Turning from the formal record of this amazing
gathering today outside Of the six hours passed. In SIM
uIated dclberaton not the vestige of purpose mas
been manifested 10 frame political principle or discuss
tho question that nomnally brought tho crowd herc'
Interrocaions TO what the result can be ELECTS Dut
one answer 1--WE expect 20 defeat Greeley ana reesao
fish our principles" Glow, by the election OF GTantf
Rut then the rctcence comes and while none deny rev
ndmit that the real purpose is to give Grant the better
chance by depIyng MI Greeley Of the full Democratic
vote.
From all indications, taking into careful and i'm
partial consideration the character and standing OF the
men who pulling the wires and misleading whatever
honest clement there may be in the gather
Ia every
vG,lce but actual black aud white that the gathering
Is simply Grant shamble, and held by the
agents appointed by the Grant managers For day or
two there was reason 10 doubt and to assign an
eoual part TO knavery and misguided power, but the
main spring is without any possibility of mistake self
th bargaining, and the thin yeneering of honesty the
mere mask Of adyenturers. From beginning
20 end The motive OF the affair is mean
persoual gain to the agent and political salvation
IN the master Tho shameless efronteTy
fhe workers while the sham is transparent is be-
ginning to have its effect and the people Of the city are
becoming so nceused that sense OF discretion may
possibly warn the conspratOrs not to 20 too far 1t is
dirty business to NEEDLE WITH and yet all its trivial de-
ts are rumpeted about by the Grant organs as though
some rtOlmatOry body Of antique mold, bent only on
Tic public good and sacrificing the deaTesth0pes OF nome
and happiness, assembled in solemn and dgnlhed
council for the preservation Of faith or the promuiga-
ton of vital doctrine OF itself there is neither char
acter nor motive cctain attention. but because OF the
prcensous put forth By the incOngruous allies, Grant
peoplc ana Bourbon Irreconcables unst take time
10 show that the participants political ntrguers or
misguided and superzealOus worshipers of party in
lust the frame OF mind to be used as instru-
ments Of the unprincipled cabal that holds them
there in pretended deliberations. OF some weight in the
ssembace too Is the species politely referred to in the
Administration press as "sOreheads" petty officials
whom the circumstances Of change have removed from
petty places and who supplement private grievance by
national dissatisfaction. All that was needed for an
energetic and earnest body could have been done in one
day but this assemblage dawdling over the idlest
tecbnlcacs Of parliamentary law, wasted the whole
day. and tonight not step nearer result than
they a week ago
II gravey asserted that the hitch is caused by de-
sire to discuss further OConor and compel change in
his purpose 1t is urged by the NewYork delegation
that the Convention viii frame the principal points Of
his letter as platform that he will accept the nomna-
tOn aud that Mr. Adams has sgnfed his Willingness to
take the second place Here again they are made dupes
20 their own desires. The refusal Of O'COnOr IS
final, and the text Of his letter so indicates but
itWut do TO let tie public see that great crowd
were summoned o%he mere chance Of some one man
accedng 70 their desires denying them That would
expose the sham quickly Ii be made to seem
that the Convention s large in numbers and has pro-
Iongee discussion and arrives at result only after
nest deberaton, much that hoped will have been
accomplished for the country large who can't the
questionable stuff the gathering is made Of. SO the
game Will be continued tomorrow. They viii come
together pOmpOusly and play the play out, and when
the time comes pocket their reward but they will not
have their game played wholly in the dark There are
ways Of reaching them, and their merry comedy may
possibly very lugubrous before the end for the
Louisville people not in humor to have the stigma
OF such traffic 10 any way fastened them, by
liberation.