The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-08-17
Heada uarters Dept of the South.
Aug 18th, 1865

IiILTON HEAD, S. G., july 90, 1865.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 8.
IT is announced, for the information and govern
mont of This command, that BENJAMIN +. PERRY,
ofSoutl Carolina has been appointed, by the Pres
ident. Provisional Governor of the State of South
Caron., with al.hority and instructions, sat the
earliest practicable period, prescribe such rules
and regulations as may be necessary and proper for
convening Convention, composed of delegates 10
be chosen by that portion of the people of said
State who are loyal to the United States, and no
others, for the purpose Of altering or amending the
Constitution thereof; and with authority to excr-
else, within the limits Of said State all the powers
necessary and proper to enable such loyal people
of the State of Soutle Carolina restore said State
TO its constitutional relations tothe Federal Gov
ernmert, and to present sucha Republican form of
State Government rs will cntitle the State to the
guarantee of the United States therefor, and it's
people to protection by the United States against
inyas;o.. insurrection and domestic violence Pro
arided, That in any election that may be held for
choosing delegates to any State Convention as afore-
said 10 person shall be qualified ms an elector, or
shall he eligible MS member of such Convention,
unless he shall have previously taken and subscrib-
ed the Oath of Amnesty, as set forth in the Presi-
dents proclamation of May 30, A. d. 1865, and is
voter qualified as prescribed by the Constitution
and laws of the State of South Carolina in force
Immediately before the seventeenth (11th) day Of
November, A. D. 1861 the date of the so-called Or
dnance of Secession; and the said Convention,
when convened, or the Legislature that may be
thereafter assembled, will prescribe the Qualifca
+ion of electors, and the eligibility of persons to
hold Office under the Constitution and laws of the
State, bower the people of the several States
posing the ederal Union have rightfully exercised
from the origin of the Government to the present
time"
1t is therefore, ordered, that all officers and 9TH
or persons in the United States military service,
within therState of South Carolina, aid and assist
Governor Perry in carrying into effect the forego
ing instructions, and they are enjolned to abstain
from, in any way, hindering, impeding or discour-
aging the loyal people of the State from the organ
izatiOn of n State Government, hereinabove au-
thorized and directed.
All orders and instructions now in operation
throughout this Department, whether emanating
from these Headquarters or from Headquarters
Department of the South that are not inconsistent
with the foregoing distinctly specified provisions Of
this order, will continue in force heretofore,
throughout the State of South Carolina.
Every needful facility for taking tire Amnesty
Oath will be afforded by the military authorities,
on forms heretofore supplied for that purpose.
Hereafter Provost Marshals and Assistant Pro-
vost Marshals will constitute the only military Of
fcers entitled 10. tD.administer the Amnesty Oath, u
certified copy of which will, in all cases. be furnish
ed to the individual taking it. The original oahs
will be transmitted, semi-monthls, by the officer
administering the same, to the Provost Marshal
General at these Headquarters, by whom they will
be recorded in book kept for that. purpose and
then forwarded to the Secretary of State.
Persons applying for Executive clemency Will
send their petition with certified copy of the Am
nesty Oath attached) to the President, through the
Provisional Governor, at Greenyillc, South Caro-
lima. By command of
Maj. Gen. Q. A GILMORE
w. l.. NJ BURGER, Asst Adjt Gen.
Official: T. D. HODGES, Capt. 35th U. S. c. T., A.
4. A. G..
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