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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1868
Page
2
From The Echo and telegraphic dispatches a note on Jeffer son Davis trial date June 3 as Chase approves if impeachment ends. sugar crop data for Louisiana 1867 68 shows 37 647 hogsheads. Congressman Pojo returns from North Orleans with town interest. hopes for life in the old land revived.
Morning vote order on impeachment articles rescinded and reconvened. Senator Williams and Conkling figures clash over proceeding. Stanton relinqueshes War Dept charge to Townsend for custody. President receives Conservative congratulations with muted public reaction.
The article argues a growing split within the Republican Party between non-conformists and radical loyalists over impeachment. It cites leaders like Stevens, Butler, and Logan, notes seven Republican senators defied a packed jury, and questions whether Grant can command radical momentum. Crescent notes moral and political divergence and the risk of relying on military power for future elections.
A vivid sense of national shock swept through the community after the Senate vote on the President's impeachment. The piece laments Radical conspiracy and partisan rage, claiming patriots awakened yet despair lingers over the Republic and its future under a divided Union.
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