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The Daily Dispatch: January 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], Inauguration Ball. (search)
Inauguration Ball. --Preparations are progressing for a grand Inauguration Ball, to come off in Washington City on the night of the fourth of March. Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott will head the list of Managers, assisted by Commodore Stewart, Gen. Wool, and other prominent officers of the Army and Navy, Messrs. Crittenden, Seward, Douglas, and other Senators, and distinguished citizens of each State of the thirty-four are expected to participate in the management. A spacious building will be erected specially for the purposes of the ball, upon Judiciary Square, adjoining the City Hall.
The Daily Dispatch: January 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], James Lyons, Esq., a candidate for the Convention for Henrico County. (search)
of a "meeting of the Douglas men of Richmond," by which I perceive they have conferred on me the distinguished honor of being their candidate for a seat in the Convention. I was gratified to discover, from the resolutions passed, that the "Douglas men of Richmond" asserted their right to participate in the deliberations of the Convention by presenting a candidate. This is proper. I only wish an abler and more enlightened man than myself could have received the nomination. It is a fact undisputed, that the honor, never before enjoyed by the Opposition, of securing the electoral vote of this State, was attributable entirely to the "Douglas men," Why, then, should they be now overlooked, in the very first effort at conservative action, rendered necessary by the recent Presidential election? I will do all in my power to see that your rights are properly respected and duly considered. I accept with diffidence in my own abilities, but with an honest and grateful heart, the i