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Official Returns of the Election in Our Parish
Saturday, 1868 reports claim Our Parish will be the banner parish with a near unanimous Democratic vote. Over 800 ballots cast, only nine radicals. note a clerical error at Spike's Ferry precinct struck electors’ names. The piece recalls Civil War era events in Palmyra and Missouri to bolster political rhetoric and warns about white leaders guiding black voters.
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Seymour
Blair
St. Thus
Alleman
Neill
Beedhurder
St. Louis
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Adigal Party
N.O. Picayune