The weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-09-01
su the Provisional Govern
or Of the State Of South
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~, Carolina, with power to PRESCRIBE sTch
les and regulations rs ma be necessary aud
rroH,r toi convcnin9 u Convention Of the Slate,
<o.anosed Of ielcgates to be chosen by that
oorion Of tie people of said State who are
iovsl to the United States. for the purpose OF
altering or amending the constitution thereof;
and with authority to exercise within the hln.
its 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 Government, and to present such a
Republican form of State Government as will
entitle the State to the guarantee OF the United
States therefor, and its people to protection by
the United States against invasion, insurrec-
ti9n and domestic violence:
Now, therefore, i'll obedience to the procla-
nation of his Excellency Andrew johnson,
President Of the United States, ], BENJAMIN
+. F.PERRY, Provisional Governor Of the State
of South Carolina, for the purpose of organ
izing Provisional Government in South
Carolina. reforming the State Constitution and
restoring civil authority in said State, under
the Constitution and laws of the United States,
do hereby proclaim anG declare that all civil
officers in South Carolina, who were in Office
when the Civil Government of the State was
suspended, in Nav last, Except those arrested
or under prosecution for trcason) shall, on ta-
king the oath Of allegiance prescrbrd in the
Presidents Amnesty Proclamation OF the 29th
dav of May, 1865, resume the dnties OF their
offices and continue to discharge them under
tic Provisional Government till further ap-
monuments are made.
And I do further proclaim, declare and
make known, that it is the duty OF all loyal
citizens of the State Of South Carolina to
promptlv 90 forward and take tho oath OF al
iegianc to the United States, before some
magistrate or military officer of the Federal
Government WHO may be qualified for admin
;s,erine oatAs; and such arc hereby authorized
to give certified copies thereof to the persons
respectively by whom they were made And
such Magistrates or officers arc hereby required
TO transmit the originals Of such oaths, at as
early day as may be convenient to the De-
partncut of State, in the city of Washington,
d. c., ,.
AN I do further proclaim, declare and
make known, that the Managers Of Elections
tbrouuhont the State of South Carolina will
hold an election for members Of State Cons
yention. at their respective precincts, on the
FIRST MONnAY IN SEPTEMBER NEXT,
according 10 the laws Of South Carolina in
force before the secession Of the State; and
that each Election District in the State shall
elec, as many members of the Convention as
til. said District has members OF the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES, the basis of the representa-
tion being population and taxation. This will
give ono h..dred and twenty four members to
the Corvention-a number sufficiently large
to represent every portion of the State most
fully.
Every loyal citizen who has taken the Am
nesty oath and not within the excepted classes
Of .ie Presidents Proclamation, will be cnti-
tied to vote, provided he @as legal voter un-
der the Constitution as it stood prior to the
secessio of South Carolina. And all who are
within the excepted classes must take the oath
and apply for pardon, in order to cntitle them
70 vote or Esct.ru" .Hrmbers Of the Convention
rho mcmh,.r: nr 1nr Convention thus elected