The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-06-20
With impuniy resist the laws or to disturb the peace

With impunity to resist the laws disturb the peace
Now, therefore, I, William W Holden, Provisional
Governor as aforesaid, do proclaim and declare:-
| F~sf-rha. Convention OF the people OF North caro-
lima Will be held at early period practicable, TO b
composed Of tn number Of members which the coun
Ties are respectively entitled in the House OF Commons
OF the State Legislature. No person will be candidate
for the convention and person will vote or members
taken and subscribed 10 The following oath prescribed il
the pronmaton OF the President of the United states
dated May 20, 1865
mighty God that ss'f% VIII
sct and defend he con,tntion OF the en.so STATES
able y s.. and support laws and presis
Wi si1 ,sf. uoe to the emancipation slaves So help
goa Ana =, ,.,so;< no, Veil affected toward. the seden
government, and Mt loyal thereto es will be permitted
Measures VIII be perec led as early practicable fo
administering Sc above 70 sucn persons as may D
Nentitled to tak and for her ova, Tho sat
oath Ia regarded as part Of the ben sits OF the procd
referred to, and will not be adm ssered 70 any
the exhibition by tfem of full pardon from: The Pres
dent Of the offence ey may have committed aga'sss
Sec nd-rhe Convensson thus to he called will alter OF
amend the consttuion Of tho State, and will submit
said constitution thus altered or amended to the voters
of the State the ballot for their acceptance or re-
lection.
Thrd-The Convention win provide for the election by
lature; tho Legislature will elect Senators TO
represent the State in the Congress of the United States
members OF the House of Representatives from the State
in the Congress OF the United s,atas. 49,
Inasmuch rs there OWL magistrates IN this
State, nor State officers Of airy kind, the Provisional
Governor by virtue Of authonsyin him vested by the
President of the United statas win proceed.
FustTo appoint justices of thu peace for the various
counties, loyal men, by whom tho above cath will be nd
mnistered, and who will also conduct the elections,
through subordhates for members of a convention, IN
ably to the laws OF ths State force previously to tho
10th day of May, 1861.
Sec0ndSuperior Courts OF Oyer and Tormner viii, DO
held when necessary by judges speciay appointed and
commissioned TO dispose Of criminal cases
Thrd-The Justices OF the peace appointed az afore-
sad will be authorized to hold courts for the transaction
of ali such business as may not be OF the class OF cases
trahc By jury. Tho justices, by majority OF their
whole number, will also be authorized to appoint their
seriis and their clerks for the time being, and such
ton of business And they will also be vilant and will
exert Themselves to maintain the laws and to promote
the peace Of society in their respective counties and
especially to and commit for trial. when the courts
may be held all offenders against any law Of the State
in force previous to the 10th May, 1861; and 10 allow
bail where the case s bailae according to the usage OF
the Stat.
Fourth The Provisional Governor will appoin. hc State
Directors and State proxies In the various corporations
which the State is Interested tho exercise Of such
power by IN cannot be avoided But the control OF the
railroads. the asyums ard other corporations in which
the State is Interested thus unavodably to this extent
Committed to him. will be relinquished for the action OF
the convention when that body shall have assembled.
cesv 70 ecors,rct the Government "f Norrh Carolina
and to restore the State to its constitutional relations to
And now, As Provisional Governor Of the State in
vite the loyal people thereof to with checruness
sits and invite those who have been driven from tho
State by dcspotic power to return assuring all oyal
ctizns of the state that they will be protected in their
persons and property and encouraged In their exorons
10 improve their condition / also exhor them not to
cease to take an interest in public Affairs but to unite
mt through the aid Of loyal citizens and to be vgant
and active ia Encouraging disoyal scntiments and on.
surfing the election of known friends of the federal gov
ernment To every once Your experience fellow citi.
Gems during the rebellion should attach YOU by the
stron est ties 10 the povernment OF the United States
You have lust been delivered by the armies OF the Union
from one OF the most corrupt and rigorous despotisms
that existed in the world Many you have been
the flag of your fathers to y from the land of your birth
or OF your adoption and seek refuge among strangers
been torn from your homes or hunted down like wild
beasts in the forest and forced into the rebel armies
colored race and also for state slavery yourselves
and your children Some of you have boon subjected
imprisonment and tortures on account your opinions;
and ali you have been deprived for years. up a
period of freedom Of speech and OF the press and
Of essential Of liberty and of protection
ton Of the United States You moro free citi
zens OF the United states By your snherngs In tho
past and by hopes for the future adiure you to
have and oil you can hope 70 De- and all or good that
IN reserve ior your children, are indssolnoy bound up
win 'he american Union. inc UNITY OF goverhmens
| which constitutes us one people" should DC more
ar 70 us IMAM ever on account o. tne sunernss
when VIC nave passed In inc language OF washington,
Ut Is OF INFINITE momeM Una. you Should PIopery es.
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