The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-19
Headq'rs Dept Of South Carolina

HILTON HEAD. :. G., july 20, 1865.
e. ENERIL ORDERS No. 9.
TT is ;nnounced, for the information and
= Eo.: rnncnt OF tai.' command. 9;ia, HfN-
.)A.IIN +. PERRY, of South Carolina, has
been appointed, b.: the President provi-
si"nal Governor OF the STATE of South Caro-
lima, with authority and Instructions. .;'t
he earliest l.r..-E:...,.slc uti, 10 prescribe
s!ich .ules and rcSulAtiOli.i as may he
sarv and Proper for convenil,%a Convention.
c".nposra # delegates to ht chosen by that
r"rt,oil of tiic :,rol'lr Of ';.'l State who ere
!rNal "a th" United S:at.'~, and 40 Othc"S
for the purpose of altering; oi' :.lc,uiin, -
Constitution thereof; ana with authority 20
exercise within the limits of said Stat all
| the powers necessary and lnopr:;t" enable
such loyal pcop.c of ;hr State of 5, u;h Ca
rolina to restore said State to H. cnStitil-
J. tional relations t" the Federal G ,y,ri4,lcnt,
and to present such y RcpuEiir&l inlla ct
state Cover! >n. as will cntitr sl," ::tatr
to the -, ,:tec ui the litit,'d :;:a.;:; ll,T,-
Tor, al. iiI people L" protection by ii:c
ti:i,v' states against Invasion. i,is,lrrcct ion
, an domestic violence: provided, that in
amy election that max hereafter lc held for
chp sing delegates to amy Statr Convention
as aforesaid no person small be qualified rs
, an r;cc;"r, or ,iiai nc t!'Slhle :lS Il member
OF such Convent. .On. llil:cSS hr Sllul! have
p.. viouaiy taken and subscribed the oath oi'
amnesty, as set Forth il the President $
! proclamation OF My %" a; d. 1861, and is
stitniion and laws OF the State OF South
Caroline in force immediately before the
; seventeenth C7ti) day of November. \. j..
l56t!, the date q: the So-ca!lcd Ordinance f
Secession: a;d he. SAID Convent OH, when
convened, or the Legislature that NAY hc
| thereafter as.'ru!td, viii prescribe the
f! qualification O.; electors, and the eligibility
of persons to i,ulU Office nTtlcr the ,'onstl-
! t,,;Ion ahd laws of the State. y power the
people "a! iii" several States composing the
Federal onion have rightfulIy exercised
from tiic origin of the Govern. ncnt to the
!, present time.
. 1t is. therefore. or(lt'""t!. that all officers
and other persons in t;,c United States
military service. within tn" State OF South
) Carolina, aid and assist Governor Perry in
! CARRYING int" r1:tct the fore. going instruc-
: tions. and they a.e cnjnincd to abstain
( from, IN any way E;'n!cring, impeding or
. ,iscQuraS SinS the loyal people OF the State
from the organization of Il State Govern
: mont, as lrrrinabovc authorized and t!i-
rrctc.!.
! Al! orders and instructions now in opera
tit'n throughout this, Department, whether
| knaMa;ing froln these catlUnartcrS. or from
, Headquarters Department of the South
that are no; Inconsistent with the foregoing
J distinctly specified provisions If this order
Will cont:nnc III force AS heretofore, through
ont the State of Sonth Carolina.
Every n"cdfll facility for taking the am
HtStN oitl. Will DC ilDItt'tl DN tJlt 1nlilGarE
authorities. fNms heretofore supplied
for that purpose.
Hereafter Provost Marshals and Assistant
Provost Marsllals will constitute the only
military officers entitled to administer the
amnesty oath, a certified copy Of which
will, in all eases. be furnished to the indi
vidual taking it. The original oaths will be
transmitted, scmi-nionthly. by the officer
administering the same, TO the Provost
Marshal General ut these Headquarters. 10y
whom they will be recorded IN a book kept
for that purpose, and then forwarded to the
Secretary OF State.
Persons applying for Executive clcmcncy
Will send their petition with certified
copy OF the Amnesty Oath attached, to the
President, through the Provisional Cover
nor at Grecnvillc, South Carolina.
3 BY command Of
! Maj. Gen @. A GILL7lOilE.
Cricial: ". J.. y. LuNagk, y. a. 6.
Aug l6 3