The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-01
Governor Hoiden's Proclamation.

summary Of the mandatory portions
of Gov. Holdeo>s proclamation, for the
purpose Of re establishing the govern
meht of North Carolina. We proceed
now to give the exhortatory portions
addressed severalIy to the two classes
Of the people, the whites first and the
blacks next:
Aud now, as Provisional Governor
of the State, ! invite the loyal people
thereof to resume with cheerfulness,
and with confidence iii the future, their
accustomed pursuits; and I invite those
who have been driven from the State,
by desPotic power, to return; assuring
ali loyal citizens Of the State that they
will be protected in their persons and
property, and encouraged in their ex-
ertions to improve tEe,ir condition. I
also cxhort them not to cease to take
an interest in public affairs, but to
unite with me in the purpose to recon
strnct the State Government through
the aid Of loyal citizens; and t, be
vlg'lant and active in discouraging dis
loyal sentiments, and in ensurinr the
election vt known friends Of the Fede-
raj Government to every Office. Your
experience, fellow citizens, during the
rebellion should attach you by the
strongest ties to the Government Of
the United States. You have just
been delivered by the armies of the
Union from one of the most corrupt
and rigorous despotiSms that ever
existed in the world. Many Of you
have been forced, for opinions sake,
and because Of your love for the flag
of your fathers to fly from the land OF
yoar birth or Of your adoption, and
seek a refuge among strangers, to
escape the hand Of arbitrary power.
Many Of you have heen torn from
your homes, or hunted down like wild
beasts in Tie forest. and forced into the
rebel armies as conscri IT'S, 20 fight for
the continued enslavemcrt of the CO.
lored race, and also for state Of
slavery for yourselves and your chill
dren. Some Of you have been sub
jected to imprisonment and torlures
on account Of your opinions; ard all.
of you have been deprived tor years
up to a recent period, OF freedom of
sp@ech and Of tie press, and Of every
essential guarantee of liberty and Of
protection ITO person and property,
which is contained in the Constitution
Of the United States. You are once
more free citizens Of the United States.
BY your sulferlngs in the past, and bv
your hopesfor the future, I adjure you
to guard we'll your freedom. Remem-
Der that all that you have, and all YOU
: can hope to be, and all Of good that is
III reserve for your children, are indis-
solubly bound up with the American
Union. The unity Of government
which constitutes US one people,
should be more dear to us than ever,
on account Of the sufferings through
which we have passed. In the Ian
guage Of Washington, it is Of infinite
'homehI that you should properly
estimate The immense value of your
National Union to your collective and
individual happiness; that you should
cherish cordial, habituaI, ana immo-
vable attachment to it; accustoming
yourselves to think and to speak Of it
as the palladium Of your political safety
AID prosperity; watching for lis pre-.
servation with Jealous anxiety; dis
countenancins whatever may suggest
even q snspicion ia: Il can 10 anv
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