The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-02
BY the Provisional Governor of the
State cf South CErcIs,.a.
Pr 0C.L A II ALTO N 7


South Carolina, with power to prescribe
such rules and regulations as may be neces-
sary and proper tor convenlng a Convention
Of the State, composed of Delegates to be
chosen by that portion OF the people OF SAID
State who are loyal to the United States,
for the purpose of altering or amending th':
Constitution thereof; and with authority to
exercise within the limits OF the State all
the powers necessary and proper to enable
such loyal people to restore SAID State to its
constitutional relations to the Federal Gov
ernnlcnt, and to present such d Republican
form Of State Government as Will e1itltic the
State to tic guarantee OF the United States
therefor. and its people to protection by the
tulIcd states against lnV2';lon, lnsurrectleh
Giid domestic Nir!tNrc.
Now, therefore, III o,cGienc. to the pro-
clanlatoi. oI his EXetllency Andrew John
son, President OF the United States, I,
BENJAMIN +. PERRY, Provisional Gevcr-
nor of the State Of South Carolina, for the
purpose of organizing u Provisional Gov
tanncnt i'll S,utL Carolina, reforming the
State Constitution and restoring civil au--
thoritv i'll said state under the Constitution
and laws Of the United States, do hereby
proclaim and declare that all civil officers in
South Carollna, VINO were liz Office when the
Civil Government OF tho State was suspend
rN, in May last, (Cxcrpr those arrested OF
under prosecutors fur tr"asun,( shall, on
taiin.. the oath uf allegiance prescribed lit
the FrcSitl, l.t'a Amnesty Proclamation OF
dEti'.. oi their olligc: and continue to dis
charge them under the Provisional Govern
al"I4t till 1urthcr appointments are made.
And do further proclaim, declare al:d
mae known, that II Is t!," duty rf ali loyal
citizens OF tl!c state Of ;,:uth Caroline: to
promptly ~ iDlwyli and take tho oat! of
lt yl.tlvy to the tuitc.s ,t;ttaS, before some
mag iStl:.'c or military o!.,&ci ot the Federal
! Government, WHO ma% ~. uual:icd q fer ad-
! Nu,nlstvr.IlE oatha; and such AZ: hereby
yt
IL ,he persons respectively by whom they
were made. And such magistrates or
ot!i"crs are hereby repaired 20 transmit th;,
original; %. such oaths. IL carly Il day IS
may be convenient. to tic department. OF
State, Ill the city o1 II t:slii:iS ton, -. Z.
And do iGl tlicT proclaim, declare and
n.aEc i:li.wn, that tiu- ht,naycr.; OF Eltc-
F.! tlOnG tnruu HEout ti:~ state of south Carroll
na will hold an election for member oi u
! state I..A"rntiun, 1T ti-tii' Ic::icctlve pre-
! circtS, o,. the FIRST IiO%Dii IN SEP
! IEElEi.k NEX1, ac,Drdlhy to the laws OF
South Carolina i'll force bci'+ic The secession
OF tliv State; and that each Election Dis
trict in the State shall elect :s many mem
! DrrS uf che tvnrciitiun rs tlr saId District
ha, lucl.b,r. "f the 1!o,isc ii l:clrra,l,:,-
! tlvcs the basis OF Representation brl.i.:
| population ard taxation. Tins VIII give
! Onc hundred and twenty -four members l>
tl:e Co.vciition-a number sufficiently large
| to represent every portion uf the State most
fully.
E:cry loyal citizen who lA,s taken the
Amnesty oath and not within the excepted
classes in the Presidents Proclamation,
wlll DC entitled t" vote, provided hc WAS Il
legal v~trr under the Constitution as it
It ",l prior to the secession I'll South Caro-
lima. And al Who are within the excepted
classes must fake the oath and apply Tor Il
pardon, in or,.cr to entitl. them To vote or
nccolur 1ncm"ls OF the Convention.
The members OF ike Convention thus
elected ON the first Monday III September
next, arc hereby required t" convene i'll the
city of Columbia, on WEDNESDAY,, the 18th
day of September, 1868, iur the purpose of
altering and amending the present Copsti-
tuition of South Carolina. or rcmodellin:,
and making a new one, which will conform
to the great changes which have taken
place in the State, and be more i'll accord
ancc with Republican principles and equal-
! tv OF representation.
AID l do further proclaim and make
known, that the Constitution and all laws of
force in South Carolina prior to the scccs-
;.slon of the state, are hereby made of force
nader the Provisional Government. except
wherein they may conflict with the provi-
sihns of this proclamation. And the Judges
aAd Chamccliors of the State are hereby
required to exercise ali the powers and per-
form all the duties which appert ain TO their
respective Offices and especially iii criminal
cases. 1t viii bc expected Of the Federal
military authorities now in South Carolina,
to lend their authority to the civil officers
OF the Provisional Government. for the pur-
pose Of enforcing the laws and preserving
the peace and good order of the State
And | do further command and cMjon all
good and lawful citizens Of the Sia,c Il,
mite i'll enforcing the laws and bringing to
Justice all (isor,crly persons, all plundcr-
crs, robbers and maraUdcrs, all VaSrants
ana idle persons who are wandering about
without employment or any visible means
OF supporting themselves.
1t is also expected that all former owners
of freed persons will be kind to them, and
not turn Oft the childfen or aged to perish;
and the freed mcn>and wolncn are earnestly
cnjoincd to make contracts. ust and fair,
for remaining with their former owner.
In order to facilitate Us much possible
the application for pardons under the OK
ctpted sections Of the Presidents Amnesty
proclAna len IL IL stated fnr info,-uo tiOl,