Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-08-05

| sla,e Of Texas, 20 real0To sgld State 10 Col'-
| aliluiiOnal rolGtious n the Federal GOVERN
ment aAl 10 Iresent Hueh form oil et,'a
! 0oyernuWnt as win cntitle the slale TO tie
guarantees Of the United Statee therefor
aud i,s people 10 protection By tie uAitel
I States against invasion, insurreitiJh and
] domestic yi,leuee provided ihnt In any
election that may hereafter DO held for
/ choosing delegates ~ any State Convention
"a aforesaid, no person shall DO qualified
! as ~, elccior, or shall be eligible az menu
/ Der Of such conveptioH, unless he shall have
previously taken and subscribed the oath
| Of amnesty ~ set forill in the President :
| Proclamation OF May 10Th 4. d, ls61, anu
Is u voter qualified AS prescribed 10y the
I Constitution aud Saws OK ,he State OF Texas
| Ia .o.co immediately lciure the frat l'tl
day Of February 4. u. 1851, the date OF the
/ 90 called gIdhauoe OF secession
| And whereas. having accepted said APP
| plntuivnlii becomes nay dnty to n""u
/ known 10 tho progIc "f The state TOO ia''
I and, ns far as lany be ~ this Iine, 20 advise
, them of the measures that Wil' be auop'eo
! 10 garry cut the great object Of my appoint
( ment---ihe rc-es,Nhaishmeat Of ciYh gov
/ eminent in TeNas, aud to make known, as
! understand them, the purposes Of tue gen
! eral Government IN relation to them for
/ the encouragement Of ihcloyal citizens and
asa warning 10 the dislJyai.
| Now. therefore, Andrew j. Hamilton,
Provisional Governor Of the State Of Texas,
, do proclaim and make known;
/ LIST. That preparatory 10 amy election Tor
/ delegates to convention, suitable persons
will be appointed in the different counties
! Of the State 10 administer the oath Of am
nestv MS prcseribed in the Presidents Proc
, lamation OF the 2Qrl OF May 1861, hereaf-
ter set forth, and 70 register the loyal vo-
tors according to Instructions, which viii
accompany their respective appointments,
/ I'd. There being no civil officers in the
State, aud the great Lody Of the people ID
boring under such disabilities at this time
rs TO preclude electors therefor, such
State, District and County officers will be
appointed as may be indispensable to tho
convenience and we'll being OF the people,
the enforcement Of the law, aud the ctiic!en-
cy of the Provisional Government during
it's existence.
Sd. Those persons who are in possession
, Of the Books, Records, and papers pertain
ing TO the several State and county officers
will be charged with the responsibility OF
their safe keeping, and their delivery TO
those who may be hereafter appointed to fill
said Offices, and this will apply also to
those who have charge OF the Books, Rec
ords and papers belonging to tho United
States District Court within the limits of
the State.
4th. A Convention Of the people Of Texas
will DC held at as early period as practi-
cable, to be composed Of the number Of
members to which the counties are respec-
lively entitled in the House of Representa-
tivcs Of the State Legislature. No pcrson
will be eligiblcto u seatin said Convention,
and no person entitled to vote for mcmbers
thereto, who shall not previously thereto
have taken and subscribed the following
cath, prescribed in the Presidents Pfocla-
mation of the 29th Nay 1865.
~ - do solcmnly swear or affirm i'll
the presence Of Almighty God, that | will
hencefor.h faithfully support, protect and
defend the Constitution Of the United States
and the Union Of the States Hereunder;
and that will in like manner abide by ana
faithfully support all laws and proclama-
| tions which have been made during the eX-
istence of the present rebellion, with refer
euce to the emancipation Of slaves. SO
help me God
And no person not well affected towards
the United States Government and loyal to
il will, if known, be permitted to take said
oath or vote in said election. This oath
will not be administered to any person Gun
braced in any one Of the exceptions to tho
Presidents Proclamation Of Amnesty ex-
ccpt for the purpose of presenting petit
ton for special pardon, and when takoh for
such purpose, will not entitle the party to
vote until special pardon has been obtained.
9th. The Conventions thus to be assem-
bei will be invested with full power to o.
ter or amend the present Constitution Of
the State or frame new one and submit
their action in either cage 10 the qualified
voters of the State for their acceptance or
II IL expected of course, that the action of
the Convention, if ratified, will provide for
all that necessarily follows in the organiza-
ton of full and complete State Govern
mont.
9th. The general laws and statutes of
the State in force immediately preceding
the ist Of February 1861 (the date OF the
so.callcd Ordinance Of Scccssicn) are to be
respected and enforced.
And all laws, or pretended laws, acis or
resolutions of any Legislature, Convention,
or other authority, or pretended authority,
based upon supposed dissolution OF the
Union, OF inconsistent with the idea OF
f, Texas being on integral part of the United
! States Government, are imperative and
void, and no longer 10 be respected or oboyed
BY the public.
Officers or citizens Of the State, and IN
/ all things the Courts when established, Will
proceed according TO the laws usages, and
/ forms existing Immediately prior to the
said LIST February 1861, except in SO far as
! they may be affected by tho emancipation
of the Slaves in the State by the authority
+ OF the United States, or other acts OF the
/ said United States for the suppression OF
/ the late rebellion.
! The people of the State are invited 10 en-
/ gage in the work of demonstrating local
I Government for themselves. come ten
I derinr, in the name Of the United States
( amnesty for the past--sccurity and freedom
( for the fuin g. Every generous heart WIZ
feel and every candid raind admit that the
( Government Of the United States seeks not
and has never sough; TO humiliate the peo-
[ PIE Of the South.
/ 1t but asks them 10 be friends rather than
enemies.
! Conqueriug the rebellion, the first use 1t
makes of the power n possesses is to relieve
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