The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-08-30
BY THE PRdSIONAL GOVERNOR OF
THE .STIIDF SO UI'H CAROLINA.
l PROCLAMATION.

| WHEREAS, TIIsXCELLENCY PRESIDENT JOHN |
w JON has isst his proclamation, appointing me |
| tBENJAMIN F. PFaY1 Provisional Governor in and
for the State of SouCarolina with power to prescribe
such rules and rcaaions as may he necessary ana
posed Of delegates tho by that portion Of the
people Of said State 70 loyal to the United States
thereof aud with aubrity to exercise within the limits
OF the state ell tho Scrs necessary and proper to ena
tutionai relations td.o Federal Government. and to
present such Repnican form OF State Government as
States therefor, and people to protection by the Uni
ted States against i1nsion insurrecton and domestic
Now therefore, inbcdonce TO the Proclamation of his
Exceuency AHdrewJohnson President OF the Onitea
Of sonS dropa for the of ogan.s
PROVISIONAL Government in South Carolina ESorty IN
said STATE Snder o ans and uni
tea States do heTby proclaim and oco When the
civil aovernment Of the State Was suspended in May
last except those arrested .r % nhHeT IF pIcGance pre-
crbed In the Presidents Amnesty oees IN
10th day of May 1865 resume the dncT SnsT the
Government till further are made made ,os,
that Il is the duty Of all loyal citizens Of the State Of
South Carolina promptly so forward and take the oahn
of to the United States before s0me Who
NAV be qualified for administering oatbs and such are are
to give wso heS
such magistrates officers hcreS 10 trans.
be t s Originals Is Of such oaths the City
Washington, D. G. Il, declare and mako nnown,
that 40 ao eaop p hS state e.
% at their respective precincts on tho
FIRST south Carolina in force before the secession
u M iac and tnat each Election District in the State
Of the c o. any members Of the Convention as the
shall n; has members of the House of Represen
sts-the basis of representation being population
four members to the Conventions number sufficiently
large to represent every portion Of the State most fully
Every loyal citizen who has taken tho Amnesty Oath
not within tho excepted classes in the Presidents
Proclamation, will be entitled to VOTE provided he
secession of South Carolina. And all who within the
excepted casseS must take the oath and apply for par
dom in order to ente them to vote or become members
The members Of the Convention thus elected on the
convene in the city Of Columbia on dacstay the istS
day Of September 1865 for the purpose of altering and
Or remodeing lin and % making new one ~ which viii cons
form to tho great changes which have taken place in the
cipies and equality Of representation e
And do further proclaim and make known, that the
to the secession Of the State hereby made of force
under the Provisional Government except wherein they
And the Judges and chancelops Of the State ara
required to exercise a the powers and perform a the
especially in criminal 1t will be expected of the
Federal military authorities now in South Carolina
lend their authority to the civil officers the Provisional
Government for the purpose Of enforcing the laws and
preserving the peace and good order of the State.
And do further command and enjon all good and
lawful citizens Of the State to unite in enforcing the laws
and bringing to justice a disordery PERSONS all plum.
dcrers robbers and marauders all vagrants and idle
persons who are wandering about without employment
or any visible means Of supporting themselves.
ia also expected that all former Of freed per
will be kind TO them. and not turn of the children
aged to perish; and the freed men and women are
earnestly epjoned to make contracts, just and fair
remaining with their former owners
In order to facilitate much possible the applca
ons for pardons under the excepted sections of the
Presidents Amnesty Proclamation It is stated
nation TINT all applications must be by petition stating
the exception, and accompanied with the oath prescrib
cd This petition must be first approved oy the Pro
visional Governor and then forwarded the President
The headquarters of the Provsinuol Governor win be
Greenville where all Communications to him must bt
addressed.
The newspapers Of this State will publish this Procla
nation till the election for members of tho Convention
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my hanc
and seal. Done at the town of GreenviIlc, ti
II. g. Goth day of july in the year of Lord 1865
and of the independence of the United S1ates tn,
ninetieth. D. F. PERRY.
By the Provisional Governors
WILLIAM II. PERRY, Private Secretary.
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