The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-06-08
N0RTHCAROLINA
A STEP TOWARD RECONSTRUCTION.
W. W. HOLDENsA APPOINTED PROVIS-
IONAL GOVERNOR.
Contention Of Loyal Citizens to be C1N-
ed.--Rules and Regulations The
State Machinery set IN Notion.
A Proclamation by the President.

NeTe0S, Ine f0urCn Oectl0n OF the
fourth Article of the Constitution of the
/ United States, declares that the United
States shall guarantee to every State in
the Union a Republican form of Govern
ment, and shall protect each of them "a
gainst invasion and domestic violence
and
Whereas, The President of the United
States is by the Constitution made Com
mander-in-C Chief of the Army and Navy,
as we'll as chief executive officer of the
United States, and is bound by solemn
oath faithfully to execute the Office Of
President of the United States, and to
take care that the laws be faithfully exc
cuted and
Whereas, The Rebellion. which has
been waged by portion of the people Of
the United States against the properly
| constituted authorities of the Government
thereof, in the most violent and revolving
form, but whose organized and armed for
| ces have now been almost entirely over
come, has, in its revolutionary progress,
deprived the people of the State of North
Carolina of all civil government and
Whereas, It became necessary and
proper to carry out and enforce the obli-
cations Of the United States to the people
of North Carolina in securing them in the
enjoyment of Republican form Of Gov
ernment
Now, therefore, in obedience to the
high and solemn duties imposed upon me
by the Constitution of the United States,
and for the purpose of enabling the loyal
people of said State to organize State
government, whereby justice may be es-
tablished, domestic tranquility insured,
and Loyal Citizens protected in all their
rights of Life, Liberty and Property I,
ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the u
nited States and Commander-in-C Chief of
the Army and Navy of the United States,
do hereby appoint William w Holden
Provisional Governor of the State of North
Carolina, whose duty it shall be at the
earliest practicable period to prescribe
such rules and regulations as may be ne
cessary and proper for convening Con-
vention, composed of delegates to be cho-
sen by that portion of the people of said
State who are loyal to the United States,
and no others, for the purpose of altering
OF amending the Constitution thereof,
and with authority to exercise within the
limits of said State all the powers neces-
sary and proper to enable such loyal peo-
pie of the State Of North Carolina to re-
store said State to its constitutional rela-
tions to the Federal Government, and to
present such republican form of State
government as will entitle the State to
the guarantee of the United States there
for and its people to protection by the
United States against invasion, insuerec-
tion and domestic violence: Provided,
in any election that may be hereafter held
for choosing delegates to any State Con-
vention as aforesaid, no person shall be
| qualified as an elector, or shall be eligible
as member Of such Convention, unless
he shall have previously taken and sub
scribed the oath IF amnesty as set forth
in the Presidents Proclamation, May 20,
| 1865, and is voter qualified as prescribed
| the Constitution and laws of the State of
North Carolina in force Immediately be-
fore the goth day of May, A. d. 1861,
| the date of the so-called Ordinance of Sc
cession and the said Convention, when
conveyed, or the Legislature that may be
thereafter assembled, will prescribe the
qualification Of electors and the eligibili-
ty of persons to hold office under the Con-
stitution and laws of the State-a power
the people of the several States compo-
sing the Federal Union have rightfully
exercised from the origin of the Govern
ment to the present time. And | do
hereby direct:
First That the military commander
of the Department, and all officers and
persons in the military and naval service,
aid and assist the said Provisional Gov.
ernor in carrying into effect this Procla-
nation, and they are enjoined to abstain
from in any way hinderihg, impeding OF
discouraging the loyal people from the
organization of State Government as
herein authorized.
Second, That the Secretary of State
proceed to put in force all laws of the u.
nited States, the administration whereof
belongs to the State Department, applica
BILE to the geographical limits aforesaid.
Third. That the Secretary of the Trea
sury proceed to nominate forappointmenI
Assessors of Taxes, and Collectors OF
Custom and Internal Revenue, and such
other officers of the Treasury Department
as are authorized by law, and put in exc
cution the revenue laws Of the United
States within the geographical limits a
foresaid.
In making the appointments, the pref
erence shall be given to qualified loya
persons residing within the districts
where their respective duties are to b
performed. But if suitable residents
3 the districts shall not be found, then per
I sons residing in other States or district