OF THE

NATIONAL

Democratic Convention,

HELD IN

CINCINNATI,

JUNE 2-6, 1856.

PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CONVENTION.

CINCINNATI:

ENQUIRER COMPANY STEAM PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT.

T. WRIGHTSON, Superintendent.

1856.

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

MONDAY, June 2, 1856.

Pursuant to the call of the Democratic National Committee, the Delegates to the National Convention assembled in Smith & Nixon's Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio, at 12 o'clock, noon, on the second day of June, 1856.

Robert McLane, of Maryland, as Chairman of the National Democratic Committee, called the Convention to order.

W. A. Richardson, of Illinois, arose and proposed that the Convention, for temporary organization, should elect Samuel Medary, of Ohio, President pro tem., (Loud applause), which was unanimously adopted.

On motion, A. B. Clitherall, of Alabama, and W. F. Ritchie, of Virginia; were appointed Secretaries pro tem.

Mr. B. F. Hallett, of Massachusetts, asked that before further proceedings, the call of the Convention should be read, which was done by the Secretary. It is as follows:

Voted, That the next Democratic National Convention be held at Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio.

Voted, That in constituting the future National Convention, the Democratic Committee, in order to secure the respective rights of the States, each State shall be entitled to twice the number of delegates it has in the Electoral College, and no more; and the Democratic Committee, in making arrangements for the next Democratic Convention, provide such number of seats, and secure the same to the delegates elect.

Hon. A. P. Edgerton, of Ohio, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, handed to the President a list of the Delegates elected where seats were not contested, which was as follows: