The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-29
Headq'rs Dept of South Carolina

-. S.,
GENERAL ORDERS No. g.
is announced, for tho information and
i government OF this command, that BEN
JAMIN f. PERRY, of South Carolina, has
been appointed, by the President, Provi-
sional Governor of the State of South Caro-
lima, with authority and instructions, ''at
the earliest practicable period, to prescribe
such rules and regulations may be neces
sary and proper for convcnnS q Convention,
composed OF delegates to 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 OK amending tho
Constitution thereof; and with authority to
exercise, within the limits OF said State. all
the powers necessary and proper to enable
such loyal people of the State of South Ca
rolina to restore said State to it's constitu-
tional relations to the Federal Governments
and to present such 4 Republican forn of
State Government as Will cntitle the State
to thv guarantee UI the United States there
tor, and it's people t" protection by the
United States against invasion, insurrection
and domestic violence; provided, that in
any election that may hereafter be held for
choosing delegates to any State Convention
as aforesaid, no person shall he qualified as
an clcctor, or shall be eligible as a membe,
of such Convention, unless he shall have
previously taken and subscribed the ath Of
amnesty, as set forth in the Presidents
proclamation OF May %, A. ID. 1865, and is
voter qualified as prescribed by the Con-
stitution and laws of the State of South
Carolina in force immediately before the
seventeenth Q7th) day of November, a. D.
1860, the date OF the so-callcd Ordinance Of
Secession: and the said Convention, when
convened, or the Legislature that may be
thereafter assembled, will prescribe the
qualification Of electors, and the eligibility
of persons to hold office under the Constr
tuition and laws of the State, a power the
people of the several States composing the
Federal Union have riShtfully exercised
from the origin OF the Government to the
present time.
1t is, therefore. ordered, that all officers
and other persons III the United States
military service, within the State of South
Carolina, aid and assist Governor Perry in
carrying into effect the foregoing instruc-
tions, and they are. enjoincd to abstain
from, in any way, hinderinS, impeding or
discouraging the loyal people OF the State
from the organization of State Govern
mcnt, as hereinabovc authorized and di.
rected.
All orders and instructions now in opera
ton throughout this Department, whether
emanating from Observation-Disclosures, or from
Headquarters Department Of the South,
that are not inconsistent with the foregoing
distinctly specified provisions of this order,
will continue in force as heretofore, through
out the State of South Carolina.
Every needful facility for taking the am
nesty oath will be afforded by the military
authorities, on forms heretofore supplied
for that purpose.
Hereafter Provost Marshals and Assistant
Provost Marshals will constitute the only
military officers entitled to administer the
amnesty oath, certified copy of which
will, in all cases, be furnished to the it,di-
vidual taking it. The original oaths will be
transmitted, semi-monthly, by the officer
administering the same, to the Provost
Marshal General at these Headquarters, by
whom they will be recorded in a book kept
for that purpose, and then forwarded to the
Secretary of State.
Persons applying for Executive clemencv
will send their petition with certified
copy Of the Amnesty Oath attached J to the
President, through the Provisional Cover
nor at Greenville, South Carolina.
BY command OF
Maj. Gen. Q. A. GIILMORE.
Official: w. /. NJ. BURGER, A. A. G.
Aug 16