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Excerpt from Official Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, Held in 1860, at Charleston and Baltimore: Proceedings at Charleston, April 23 May 3 Mr. Lawrence, of Louisiana, rose to a point of order. The gentleman from New York has no right to address the Convention. Mr. Fisher. The gentleman is not properly a member of this body. Mr. Cochran. I rise to a point of order, and shall not yield the floor. The gentleman from Virginia claims that he has a resolution to offer. It is out oi order to read a communication when no motion is before the House. The chair. The Chair decided that if the communication refers strictly to the organization, it can be read. Mr. Pugh, of Ohio. The preper way of the gentleman from Virginia will be to communicate to the Chair, or to the Convention, the substance of the letter; then we shall see to what business it relates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.