Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-08-09
By THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.
A PR0CLAMsTEDN.

son has Issued IIS proclamation, appointing :
me (Berjamin T. Perry Provisional Cover.
nor in aud for the State OF South Carolina, |
with power to prescribe such rules and regu
iations as may be necessary o.M proper for
convening q Convention Of The State, com
posed Of Delegates to be chosen by that por-
tion of the people of said State ullo ere loyal
to the United States, for the purpose of Ater.
ing or amending the Constitution tLereaf, and
with authority to exercise, witLin.the limits
Of tic Stale, all the powers nccessar; and
proper to enable such loyal people 10 rtstore
said State to lis constitutional relations 10 the
FEDERAL Government, and to present sacL -
Republican form of State (nvcrnmcn'. as vii!
.niitlc the State to the guarantee NJ liz. rni-
.ed States therefor and It's people u n7otcc
tion hy the United States against inya,ion,
illsurrec,ion and domestic violence:
Nov. therefore, in obedience 10 The Proc
lamation OF his Exceilency Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, l, Benjamin
F. Perry, Provisional Governor of the State
Of South Carolina, for the purpose of organ.
izing Provisional Govcrnment in South
Caroline, reforming the State Constitution
and restoring civil authority in said State,
under the Constitution and laws Of theS Uni
ted States, do hereby proclaim and declare,
that eli Civil Officers in South Carolina, who
were in Office when the Civil Government of
the State was suspended, in May last, Cox
cept those arrested or under prosecution for
treason shall, on taking the oath Of allie.
glance prescribed in the Presidents Procla
nation of the Doth day of May, 1865, resume
the duties of their Offices and continue 70 dis
charge them under Provisional Government
till further appointments are made.
And I do further proclaim, declare and
make known, that it is the duty of all loyal
citizens of the State of South Carolina to
promptly 60 forward and take the oath of al.
legiance to the United States, before some
Magistrate or Military Officer of the Federal
Government, who may be qualified for ad-
ministering oaths; and such arc hereby au-
thorizod to give certified copies thereof to the
persons respectively by whom they were made.
And such Magistrates or Officers are hereby
required to transmit the originals of such
oaths at as early day as may be convenient:
to the Department of State, in the City Of
Washington, D. @.
And I do further proclaim, declare sn'l
make known. that the managers OF Election,
throughout the State of South Carolina will
| hold an election Tor Members Of q State Cda
ven,ion at their respective presents on the
first Monday in September next, according
to the laws Of Sout:; Carolina il, force befare
the secession of the State, and that each Eiec
ZION District in the State shall eject as many
Members of the Convention as the said Dis
trict has members of tic uoasa of Represcn.
| tatiycs-the basis Of representation bling
population and taxation. This will give one
hundred and twenty. four Members TO the
Conventional number sufficiently large to
represent every portion OF the State most
fully.
Every loyal citizen who Las taken ;he
Amnesty Oath and not within the excepted
classes in the Presidents Pr0clamaunn, slli
be entitled to vote, provided he was legal
voter under the Constitution as ii. stocd .'F.or
| to the secession of South Csr"llna. A"3 I'll
| who are within the excepted classes lplis,
take The oath and apphyi for l. pardon ii or
I der to entitle them to vote or become ,ieIa
bers of the Convention.
The members of the Contention thus eltc
ted on the first Monday in September next
are hereby required to convene in the city ol
Columbia on Wednesday, the 18th day Of Sep
tember, 1865, for the purpose Of altering and
amending the present Constitution of South
Carolina, or remodoling and making Lev
ore which will ;ouform to the great change:
which have taken place in the State. and be
more in accordance with Republican princi-
| nles and equality OF representation.
And do further proclaim and make known,
that the Constitution and nil laws Of force in
Sonih Carolina prior to the secession OF the
! State, are hereby made Of forcs under tho
Provisional Government. except wherein they
may conflict with the provisions OF this Proc
lamation. And TIE Judges and Charcellora
Of 'the STATE arc hereby required to exercise
all the powers and perform al the duties
which appertain to their respective o,!cas,
and especially il criminal cases. 1t will be
expected of the Federal military authorities
nov in South Carolina, to lend their apti:ori-
tv to tie civil officers OF the Provisiona ;ov-
crnmcnt, for the purpose ct enforcing tbs
laws and preserving Inc peace and good or,
der of the State.
Ard do further command and oIjoin all
rood and lawful citizeus of theState, to unite
in enforcing the laws aud bringing to justice
all disorderly persons, all plunderers, robbers
and marauders, all vngrants and idle persons
who arc wandering about without employ
ment or any visible means of supporting
themselves.
1t is also expected that all former owners
of freed persons will be kind to them, and
not turn of the children or aged to perish !:
and the freedmen and women are earnestly
! enoined to make contracts just and fair, for
! remaining with their former owners.
In order 10 facilitate as much as possible
the application for purdons under the except.
ed sections ct the Presidents Amnesty Proc
lamalion, it is stated for information that all
applications must be by petition, stating the
exception, and accompanied with the oath
prescribed. This petition must be iirtt ap-
proved by the Provisional Governor, and
then forwarded 10 the President. The head.
quarters Of the Provisional Governor will be
at Grecnvili,,, where Ill communications to
hi1n must he Addressed.
In testimony whereof, have hcreunto Sc:
my hand aud ;al. Done al The town
H.. :. OF Green..ila. this CO.., DAY Of lnly, in
'Y;lr year Of "ur I,pr, io'i,i, ani oi tl:c