Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-07-19
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ses52Mra T, PERRT. Provisional Governor
O. South Caroline; is ons:ef the most prom. MI
pant men OF tina. State, and his appointment.
will, uS5daussbe ac:epta1;s to All c!ssscs OF
III. people. ':sI@ -. :.
INpolitics his views have always 0Sea
c.: .srsatire. and bis name has long been
cu,sectei with the conservative party OF
Souts. Carolina. -. -,
.Ase msuber of the State Legislature and
OF Congress, .lr. Perry deprecated any: lnea-
sures tsnaing 20 lead to 3 division OF the
United States. 5000. -.
Darins the Tariff and Modification excite
mens in South Gasolins,-slr, Parfss,its ne re-;
member aright, Eas one Of the. members
from Gresn5ille Districtin the Stare Iegisla:
ture. Here he brought himself prominently
before tha peopls Of the whole State, by his
vigorous epposition'to the Nasih;at a2 poi-
ic-. and his etqaent appels.ip behalf OF tho
Gnion. Subsequently, ke represented his
Oistrics in Gouetess, and whiieahere, hisca-,
reer was in keeping With his antecedent % al
ways acting with the conservative psrty.
Mr. Perry did allhe> could to ;prefent tue
secession of South Carolins, bat when the.
Gat had gone forth he gave his adherence TO 8
cause, the occurrences Of which he worked
earnestly TO prevent, AID d4sccep ptsda the posi-
ton OF q District Judge.
Like Aiken, goyce+ana othes Distinguished
citizens OF South Carolina, Mr. Perry's po-
li;irsl career has heen distinguished by q
consistent honest and manly opposition TO
the eisocate u separation rrd sinccte de-
sire 10 upheld The rational government. The
peopis cf South Garolina. .hayes Yaiise to re-
:yee over the spfointp=i.t cf ;l:sir ProYi
s;ona! Governor. Waist supporting the
TTaited States Government. he will he truo
10 the interests Of Csrolina and hcr citizens
the proclamation Of President johnson
appointing the Honorable Bep.iau,n /. Per
~, Provisional Governors ST South Carolina,
I Is in precisely the same tarmsisnd Language
as those BY which civil Government and Gov.
errors have been proclaimed for shis and tho
ether rehab;litated States. 1t is dsted the
thirteenth day of June, 1855.
The follo sing is the clause contsining the
appointment of Mr.. Perry:
Nov, therefore, in obeoieRca to the high
an; solemn duties imposed upon ne by the
Constitution of the United States, and for the
pu pose Of enabling the loyal people of said
Stats To organize State gorcrcmeut, whsre-
Ly justice rnsJ be estSbi;saeI, aonIestic-
tranquility insured, aid loyal cilizens pro
tectsd in all their righa If Elc, libsrty and
property, I, Andrew johnson, President OF,
the United States, and commander-in-chief
of the array and nary of the United States,
do hereby appoint benjamin. +. Perry, of
South Carolina, provisional glvern5r Of the
State Of South Carolina, ni;ose duty it shall
be at the earliest practicable period, to pre-
scribe such rules aud regulations az may be
aecesssrf aud proper eoy . rnrvenrion cHr,--
posed OF ielegates 10 be chosen by that por-
ton OF toe people ot said State who are loyal
to til. United States, and no others, for the
purvose OF altc,ing or amending the consti-
Iu.ioa thereof; and with authority to e1er-
ciss. within the limits OF said State, all the
po sers necessary and proper to enable such
10 al people of South Carolina 70 restore
sad State to its constitutional relations to
t!e Federal government and to present such
repablican form Of State government as
"; entitle the State to the guarantee of the
Ceieed States therefor, and its people to pro-
ter ;on By the Uuited Ssstes again:t invasion,
T. rraction, and.demestic violence; provided
ta.. Il any election tlat may be hereafter
h-li for choosing delegates to any State
convention as aforesaid, no person shall be
eusli6ed as So electos or shall 90 eligible es
raom5er of suco convention: unless ne shall
have previously taken and subscribed the
Oath Of amnesty, as set forth in, the Presi-
c, 3 proclamation OF May 29th, A. D., 1866
az: Is a.votor qualified as prescribed by the
constitution and lawsyof the State of South
Carolina ia force Immediately before the sew
eateeth (17lh) day of November, A. D., 1860,
the dats Of the so-calied ordinance of seces
sion /; and the said convention, when conyen-
"a, OF the legislature ttst may ba thereafter
assembled, Will prescribe the qualifications of
,:e electors, and the eligibility Of ,psrsons4to
bold of6cs'under the constitution and laws
oftae Stete,> q power the people Of the seye-
sal States composing the Federal Union
have ~rightfully exercised iton the origin
I. the Government to tie present tine.
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