They made one more energetic effort to snatch the victory which seemed already in the grasp of their adversaries.

But their counsels were divided.

One element proposed to try heroic surgery and cut off the diseased member.

While the echoes of the October verdict were still resounding, the _New-York World_, the leading Metropolitan organ of the Democratic party, in a series of inflammatory articles demanded that General Blair should be withdrawn from the ticket.

This disorganizing demonstration met with little favor in the ranks of the party, and only served as a confession of weakness without accomplishing any good.