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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1868
Page
2
Electors for the State at Large include EX-GOVERNOR R. C. Wickliffe of West Feliciana and ISAIAH Garret of Ouachita. Francis P. Blair of Missouri is also listed among Vien Paesip ext. candidates.
News items discuss a district court term in September, the New Orleans Texas railroad loan plans led by Wm. 8. e and Judge J. B. Robertson, and B. Bailey. Amid shop notices for grocers and dry goods, Congress adjournment and Article XIV ratification are reported, alongside Army districts’ actions under the 1867 act and calls for Radical rule.
The Fifth Military District covers Texas with headquarters in Austin. Louisiana and parts of Mississippi are under Gen. Rousseau with New Orleans as HQ. Gen. Burchanan remains, relieved by Gen. Rousseau. Gen. Crook replaces Rousseau in the department of SOS, and Gen. Gamby moves to command the Seventh in Washington. Gen. Edward Hatch leads the men’s bureau in Louisiana.
A Calcasieu deliberation endorses the national Democratic standard under Seymour and Blair, criticizing eight years of Radical rule for debt, press suppression, and depredations. It praises Rousseau as new department commander and notes changes in the freedmen’s bureau and military districts across the South, including Louisiana and Arkansas.
Citizens urge immediate action to restore order in streets and public places. Leaders are pressed to enforce duties, or pass the corporation act again, or let better citizens collectively repair and share costs. Delay will worsen dilapidation in our town.
Washington July 21 1868 General Blair sends his acceptance of the Democratic nomination for Vice President. He condemns Republican policies and accuses opponents of despotism and undermining constitutional rights, pledging support for the Democratic platform and future election outcomes.
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