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Show THE FORLORN HOPE. John Quincy Adama, in his letter to Blaotoo Duncao relative to tho Louis-Tillo Louis-Tillo Domioation for tho vice-Presidency, did not feci at liberty to refuse jf hi" name wia associated with 'Char-' 'Char-' ivo U Conor's, as it would seem to.bo flanking a forlorn hope, whieh ho could ot feel liko doing. This is in sub-atinco sub-atinco how ho apeaks. Tho phrase "forlorn hope" expresses the situation go far as tho Louisville convention is concerned. Had the names of Charles O'Conor and John Quincy Adams been placed beforo tho country two months ago, prior to tho meeting of tho Baltimoro convention, they might have developed considerable strength, though they could not have been elected; elect-ed; for tho "uobought and unpurchaseable unpur-chaseable Democracy" may just as well know that tho country has long been fiick of their reactionary tendencies, and that they will remain in "an eternal eter-nal minority," as they express it. But these nominations coming in September, Septem-ber, just two months beforo the Presidential Presi-dential election, will not, if accepted, Bccuro a single electoral voto ; though they .may bo tho means of giving some States to Grant which ho would otherwise havo lost. Tho telegraph has furnished very fall details of tho Louisvillo convention conven-tion ; fuller than we havo published, although we have not omitted an essential essen-tial point ; fuller, indeed, than tbo details de-tails wired to tho press of cither the Cinoinnati, Philadelphia or Baltimoro conventions. This has tho appearance of giving it all the prominence possible, and is in harmony with tho stylo in which the nominating conventions were reported, where insignificant metings wero given a prominence usually accorded ac-corded only to imposing assemblages. Thus the people of tho Pacific slope who depend to a largo extent on the telegraphic dispatches for eastern news, havo been studiously misinformed relative re-lative to tho importance of this Louisvillo Louis-villo affair, and have been led to think it was developing a strength which tho facts do cot warrant. It is well, therefore, to wait until independent and impartial reports can be obtained in the eastern press, before accepting as reliable all the statements telegraphed telegraph-ed concerning Blanton Duncan's "straieht out" nominations. That it is a flank movement of the 1 administration party to divide the Democratic vote, is now so apparent that nobody possessing ordinary sense and any knowledge of the political situation situ-ation can doubt for a moment. Charles O'Conor will not expect to bo elected, if he accepts the nomination; but his letter prefers Grant to Greeley, and tho faction that uses his name can best subserve his predeliction in favor of Grant by soliciting support for him as their nominee. John Quincy Adams docs not expect to be elected, but he does not like to "flank a forlorn hope," and he has found in the West "many opposed to Grant," whoso votes may probably be diverted from Greeley by the Louisvillo movement. These Louisville men are not very astute, they show their hand so plainly. They wore mostly old men, we wcro informed yesterday, and "phienologic-ally "phienologic-ally and physically speaking," were not given to muoh whisky drinking, which is a very good thing ; but as they cling so tenaciously to exploded theories, and believe &o strongly in the "Ia3t ditch" idea, the wonder is they did not nominate some defunct saint of the ancient Democratic party, that while mourning tho degeneracy of modern times they might show their adhieson to the principle and names of the past by standing on a .platform and supporting sup-porting nominees that havo passed away probably a quarter of aoentury. One gets bewildered at tho number of Presidential tickets in the field, not counting George Francis Train, whom the Blanton Duncanites had tho ill manners to rudely hustle out of their ancient assemblage. There must be, now, some nine or ten tickets, includ-ing includ-ing those that have declined and those that have dropped out of sight, and yet the campaign is being fought, and is to be fought to the end, under two leaders Grant and Greeley, the Louisville Louis-ville nominations being plainly a movement move-ment to draw off some shots from the former. The despatches received after midnight, mid-night, which will be found in our third page, show that O'Conor has positively posi-tively declined tho nomination, and this is likely to involvo tho declination of Adams, The frothy rage at tho telegraph, on the supposition that O'Conor's despatch was a forgery, tho threats to pull down tho tck5,1JPh office, of-fice, tho ravings of icnairman Lyons about "pufig down" the telegraph, and iie wild excitement with which tho name of Lyons was received for the nomination for President, all go to show of what materials this convention conven-tion is composed. |