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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1868
Page
2
The Lafayette District Court will resume in session and hold its regular term on the second Monday of April. Louis Fisher has returned from New Orleans with a full assortment of guns offered at reduced prices. Ed Lanton is thanked for favors received by mail.
Special to the Picayune reports Gen. Hancock is ordered to Washington while Tennessee unrest continues. Grant and Thomas dispute intervention. Hancock placed in command of the department. The President declines to act beyond advising restraint and requests no interference unless solicited.
The text condemns compulsory test oaths as a corrupt policy that has ensnared public officers in perjury. It notes arrests and anticipated charges against officials from rival factions, arguing the practice causes widespread fear, coercion, and legal entanglements across the war era. The piece cites widespread oath-taking under Federal occupation and criticizes the use of oaths to disadvantage citizens.
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