Springfield 1636-1886, History of Town and City, by Mason A. Green ...

508 SPRINGFIELD, 1636-1 SS6.
The Buchanau democrats of Spriugtield raised a hickory pole ou
the Hill, near the Rockingham house and the Wait monument, with
O. A. Seamans, E. D. Beach, and William L. Smith as orators. The
whigs put up Robert C. Winthrop for governor upon a Fillmore plat-
The Wait Monument.
in the convention, jj'
and General Butler,
with " rolled-up coat
cuffs" and " tipped-
up visage," started
form, placing our fellow-citizen.
Homer Foot, beside him as lieu-
tenant-governor. The Buchanan
democrats met in Springfield, in
the City Hall, and with Ansel
Phelps, Jr., in the chair put up
their war steed, E. D. Beach,
for governor. Superintendent
Whitney of the armory
figured as peace-maker
The Rockingham Hoiise.
the party enthusiasm. A flag with sixteen stars was suspended across
the hall, but soon torn down. " The flag of our Union ! " exclaimed
Mr. Beach, after his nomination, and the response was quick and
spontaneous. It may be said that later, when Mr. Beach had beaten
Benjamin F. Butler in the democratic State convention of 1858, he