The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-07
BY the Provisional Governor of the
State of South Carolina.
A PR OC / A n A TION (!

| w HF.REAS His Excellency President
| wv Jchnson has issued his proclama-
ton, appointing me U}enjamin r. Fcrrv)
Provisional Governor III and for the State of
South Carolina, with power to prescribe
| such rules and regulations as NAV BE- neces-
sary and proper for convcning Convention
! OF he state, composed Of delegates; to be
! chosen by that portion OF. tn. people Of said
! State who are loyal to the United states,
Tor tht purpose OF altering or amending the
Constitution thereof; and with authority to
! exercise within the limits of thu. State Ill
the powers necessary and proper to enable
such loyal people to Restore said State to it's
constitutional relations to tn. Federal Gov
eminent, and to present such Il Republican
! form Of State Government as will cntitic the
State to the guarantee of the United States
therefor. and its people to protection by tho
United States against invasion, iHsTrrcction
and domestic violence.
Now, therefore, III obedience to the pro-
! ciaMatlon OF his EXccllrncv Andrew John
son, President of the United States. I,
F, BENJAMIN +. PERRY, Provisional Cover
nor OF tn" State of South Caruilla for the
purpose If organizing a Provisional Gov
"fnIurnt III South Carolina, reforming thu
State Cons iitutinu :,n,. restoring civil au-
thoritv III SAID State under the Constitution
, and laws OF the United States do hereby
proclalnA and declare that all civil officers in
South Carolina, who were in office when the
Civil Government OF the State was suspend
:
F.. under prosecution for trcason,) shall, on
taking the oath of allie, lance: prescribed in
the Presidents Amnesty Proclamation OF
the 29th day of May. 1868, resume the
| duties of their offices and continue to dis
Charge them under the Provisional Govern
mGnt TIL further appointments are made
! And l do further proclaim, declare and
make known, THAT it is the duty OF all ioval
citiZcSs of the state of South Carolina to
/ promptly g" forward and take the oath of
/ .Xl
magistrate or military officer OF the Federal
! Government, WHO may be qualiol for ad-
! mlnStrrlns oathS; and such arc hereby
authorized to give certified copies thereof
to tn" persons respectively BY whom they
made. And such magistrates or
officers are hereby required t" transmit the
originals of such oarhs, at ~ early dnv as
may be COM cnicnt. to tllc Department of
State, in the city Of Washington, ID. C..
! And q" further proclaim, declare and
tions throughout the state OF Sout! Carroll
ma will l,l'! ali election for members of
! State Convention, at their T.. -pcclivc pre-
cin:ts, ON the FIRHr MONDAY IN Sep
TEMI;ER NEXT, according to the laws of
south Carolina i'll force before, thYaAkrssion
of the State; and that each Eli D. Dis
| trlct In the State shall eject AS YistIle nc,l-
| bcrs OF the Convention the said District
! has members Of the House of Representa-
tlves--the basis " rcpr.s. ntation being
one hundred and t""n; ;y-four members, to
| the Convcntion Il number sufficiently large
10 represent every portion OF the State most
! fully.
| Every loyal citizen who has taken The
| Amnesty oath ;ll.d not within the e.yr..ptc}
| classes III the Presidents i'rocc maIiun.
Will be entitled to vote, provided he was :,
| legal. Voter under the Cons itItiou rs it
! stood prior to the secession of South Caro-
ilna. And all who are within the excepted
classes must take the oath and apply for q
pardon, IN order to cntitlc them to vote or
become members Of the Convention.
The 'icMl"rs of the Convention thus
elected on th. first Monday in September
next, are :lrrchv required tn convene in the
city Of Columbia. or WEDNESDAY. the 18th
day of Scpt,ml:cr. lStj5, ior the purpose OF
alt ring and amending tllc present Consti-
tuition of South Carolina, or rcm6dclliny
! and making new one, which will conform
to the great changes which have taken
place III the STATE, and be NOR, in accord
ancc with Republican principles apd cq,pli-
ty OF representation.
And 1 do further proclaim and make
known, that the Constitution and all laws of
force IN South Carolina prior to the >crcS-
sion of the State. are hereby mad, of force.
under tn" Provisional Government, except
wherein they may conflict with the provi-
sions of THIS proclamation. And the Judges
and Chancrl!nr> of the State are hereby
required to rA;rcis" all the powers and per-
form all the GIlir- w,,icl. a!rcrtal to thA
respective Offices, and especially in criminal
Cases. 1t VIII be- expected of the Federal
military authorities ROW III South Carolina
to lend their authority to the civil officers
OF thc'lrovisi"na Government, for the pur-
pose of enforcing; the laws and preserving
the peace and good order of thc~Statc.
And l do further command and cnjoill all
good and lawful citizens of the State to
unite III enforcing the laws and bringing to
justice all discrdcrly PERSONS, all plumber
ers, iNL5crs and rlaraudcr', I'LL vagrants
and 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 OF the children or aged to perish;
and the freed sncn and women are earnestly
cnjoincd to make contracts, just and fair,
for remaining. with their former owner.
In order to facilitate as much as possible
the application fer pardons under the ex-