The soldiers blocked the door and initially refused to allow the delegates to leave.
Little ceremony was involved and the Ythrian delegates left almost at once.
By early February 1836 most of the members had gone home, and there were not enough delegates left for a quorum.
Some delegates left before the ceremony, and three others refused to sign.
The 13,000 delegates who filed out of the Richmond coliseum tonight certainly did not leave united.
Morrison stood with the protesters until the delegates had left.
The remaining delegates in favor of independence also leave the chamber.
The delegates left the hall with a clearer sense of solidarity.
But in 1988, as in most recent years, the candidates were chosen before the delegates left home.
A light rain began to fall as the delegates left the armistice car and drove away.