. Pictorial history of the Civil War in the United States of America . rusteesof the National Democratic Hall in New York, signed by Samuel B. Williams, Chairman, M. Dudley Bean,Secretary of the Trustees. It was also signed by William Beach Lawrence, Chairman, and James B. Bensel,Secretary, of an Executive Committee; and Thaddeus P. Mott, Chairman, and J. Lawrence, Secretary of theAssociation, whatever it was. These certified that Gideon J. Tucker and Dr. Charles Edward Lewis Stuarthad been appointed delegates at large from the Association; and that Colonel Baldwin, Isaac Lawrence,James B. Ben
. Pictorial history of the Civil War in the United States of America . rusteesof the National Democratic Hall in New York, signed by Samuel B. Williams, Chairman, M. Dudley Bean,Secretary of the Trustees. It was also signed by William Beach Lawrence, Chairman, and James B. Bensel,Secretary, of an Executive Committee; and Thaddeus P. Mott, Chairman, and J. Lawrence, Secretary of theAssociation, whatever it was. These certified that Gideon J. Tucker and Dr. Charles Edward Lewis Stuarthad been appointed delegates at large from the Association; and that Colonel Baldwin, Isaac Lawrence,James B. Bensel, and James Villiers, had been appointed Delegates, and N. Drake Parsons, James S. Dudley Bean, and A. W. Gilbert, Alternatives, to represent the Association at the Eichmond Convention,for the nomination of President and Vice-president, &c. 2 This building was formerly occupied as a Presbyterian Church, and known as that of Dr. Halsteads History of the National Political Conventions in 1S60, page 158. 26 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN FRONT STREET THEATER, IN BALTIMORE, IN self. Mr. Cushing, again in the chair, refused to make any decision, andreferred the whole matter to the Convention. It was claimed, that the sece-ding delegates had a right to re-enter the Convention if they chose to do right was denied, and the language of the resolution respecting theadjournment at Charleston, by which the States represented by the secederswere called upon to fill vacancies, was referred to as an expression of theConvention, if fairly interpreted, against the right of the seceders to return.• It was proposed, also, that no delegate should be admitted to a seat, unlesshe would pledge himself to abide bythe action of a majority of the Con-vention, and support its speedily ensued. It was hotand acrimonious during, at least, sixhours on that first day of the session ;and in the evening there were twomass meetings of the Democracy inthe
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