The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-22
Headq'rs Dept of South Carolina,

nILTON HEAD, s. C.. July 90, 1861.
G GENERA l. ORDERS no. 9.
( L is announced for the information and
1 govclnmcnt of this command, that BEN
JAMlN i. PERRY, cf South Carolina, has
hccn appointed, by the President, Frovi-
*ional Governor of the State Of South Caro-
lima, with authority and instructions, lat
the earliest pr;,cticabl1 period, to prescribe
such rules and regulations asmav be n sees
s.ry and proper for convcnjrg Il Convention,
G. HlpoSed OF delegates to be chosen by that
portion Of the people Of said State Who arc
Ayal to the United States, and no others,
ur thu purpose Of altering OF amcn.tirC tho
Constitution thereof; and with authority to
exercise, within the limits Of said Stute all
the powers necessary and proper,tto enable
such loyal people of the State of South Ca
rolina to restore said State to its cons titu-.
honal relations to the Federal Government,
ana to present such 4 Republican form OF
State Government as will entitlc the State
TO the guarantee of the unitedStatcs hlcrc-
for, and its people to protection by the,
United States !, saiinst INVASION, insnrrcction
and domestic violence; provided, that in
any election that may hereafter he held for
ci;"osillS delegates to any State Convention
a.; aforesaid no person shall be qualified as
al f'lcrtor, or shall be eligible rs a member
Vt such Convention. unless jlc shall. have
previously taken end subscribed the GA Il, Of
amnesty, 9" set fortls i'll the i'resid. nls
proclamation of May 49, ,. d. 1865, and is,
n voter qualified as prescribed by the Con-
st;tution and laws of the State OF South
Carolina in force Immediately before tho
sew sntcenth Q7tl1) day OF November \. D.
lSCC, the date Of the so-callrl Ordinance Of
Secession; and the said Convention, when
convened, or the Legislature that lnav ho
thereafter assembled. will prescribe tho
qualification of electors, aud the eligibility
Of persons to hold Office under the Consti-
mtlon and laws of the State, Il power tho
M. ol nf 1IV at
Federal Union have rightfully exercised
from the origin of the Government to tho
present time"
1t is, therefore, ordered, that all officers
and other persons i'll the United States
military service, within tue State Of South
Carolina, ard and assist Governor Perry i'll
c?rrylnS into effect the foregoing illstruc-
hcnS, and they are enjuined to- abstain
from, i'll any way, hindering, impeding or
liscoura sfng the loyal people of the State
from the organization OF a State Govern
ment as hcrCinabove authorized and di-
rcctcu.
All orders and instructions now in opera
ton throughout this Department, whether
cmanatnC from these headquarters, or from
Headquarters Department of the South,
tlIa, are not inconsistent with the foregoing
istinctly specified provisions Of this order.
will continue in force as heretofore, through
ont the State of South Carolina.
Every necdful facility for taking the am
nesty oath Will be afforded by the military
authorities. OH forms heretofore supplied
for tina: purpose.
Hereafter Provost Marshals and Assistant
Provost :larshals will constitute tho only
military officers entitled to administer tho
amnesty oath, certified copy OF which
will, in all cases, be furnished to the indi-
vidUal taking it. The oria nal oaths will be
transmitted, semi-monthly, by the officer
administering the same, to the Provost
Marshal General at these Headquarters, by
whom they will be recorded in book kept
for that purpose, and then forwarded TO the
Secretary OF state.
! Persons applying for Executive clemency
will send their petition with certified
COPY of the Amnesty Oath attached to the
President, through the Provisional Cover
ncr at Greenvillc, South Carolina.
| By command Of
! Maj. Gen. @. A. GILMORE.
J. C'ic:al: ". J.. Il. Berger. a. A. G.
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