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Newspaper

The Weekly Echo

Location

Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1868

Page

2

Democratic zeal stirs parish meetings in Opelousas

In Opelousas on a busy day, Police Jury and town Council sessions, school-meeting plans, and a Democratic Party organization rally take place. The editor urges a public assembly at 9 a.m. to strengthen public schools, rally Black voters, and back nominees from the New York convention. Local notices promote Cxnar Goods and Planters’ efforts to combat the cotton worm, urging coordinated annual fires and pest control.

Democratic Party Democratic New York Parishito Raz Democratic St. Landry Opelousas B. A. Martel Henry L. Garland Vincent Boagnn H. Lewis

Honor for District Judge Bailey Ends Our Legal Card

We publish to-day the card of A Bailey and E D Raulotte Attorneys at Law to the people of this Judicial District praising the late District Judge Hon A Bailey as the highest best dedication for this law firm. Members of the bar within his district reflect on his service.

Estiletto St. Martins St. Mary and Avoyelles A. Bailey E. D. Raulotte Law Jiteelf Menibans

Democratic Platform Adopted by National Convention 1868

The platform proclaims trust in the people and the Constitution, pledges immediate restoration of states to the Union, calls for debt payment reform, a single currency, tariff reform, and equal rights for naturalized citizens. It denounces Republican excesses, condemns Civil War era overreach, and warns against centralization. It asserts states’ suffrage rights and warns against Congress undermining federalism.

New York Democratic Party Ameriaty United States Freedmen’s Bureau Congress Radical Party Union Lec Ig Ang Europe Supreme Judicial Tribunals

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