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Show SAD. BUT TRUE. The Louisville convention met, fumed, fizzled, aad dissolved. Thfi lust part of tbo performance should console them for what preceded it. The delegates resolved themselves into a mass meeting, after having spent two days in resolving various and Bundry things; and "Brick" Pomeroy and others had an opportunity of airing their eloquence in protestations of undying un-dying devotion to the principles of "straight-outism" and in expressing their determination of dying in the "last ditch" and pulling down the banks over them for a permanent covering. cov-ering. Tho Louisville bantam crowed lustily, but its last effort had a croupy sound, and dissolution followed fast. Determined to bring themselves conspicuously con-spicuously before the country, they Buccccdcd; and those who do not laugh at them pity them. If the administration administra-tion party paid much forBlanton Duncan's Dun-can's side show, tho money was badly spent; for instead of its drawing off a largo force of voters from Greeley it will havo a tendency to strengthen him. Even tho Louisiana delegates left the convention in disgust, fully satisfied how hopeless was the vain attempt at-tempt to run in candidates at this late day, showing they had a glimmering of senso which one could hardly have expected from any engaged, with hon esty of purposo, in such an undertaking. undertak-ing. 0' Conor positively declined the nomination'; and Adams would none of it if O'Conor was not first on the ticket. So tho convention made no further nominations, repenting of their action of Wednesday evening in hoistr ing Lyons so hurriedly to the pinnacle of fame; and dissolved determined to cast L. their votcsl for O'Conor and Adams, and mako them candidates whether they will or not. Democrats can now choose whether they will cast their votes for Grant, instead of supporting sup-porting him by voting for O'Conor, or cast them for Greeley. The contest is between theso two leaders and no others, nor can any faction now place men in the field that would havo any appreciable affect on tho final result. |