The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-06-09

The proclamation of President johnson
which we publish this morning, says the
Charleston Couricr, clearly defines the
terms of amnesty and the class of voters
who are to participate in the re e-admission
OF the insurrectionary States to their COM
plete rights under the Federal Union.
these States, as such, have never been
legally otherwise than mem bers of the
United States, although those who during
the past four years have held and exer
cised the offices therein have been illep allv
~ power, and hostile to the Government.
Ihe Constitutions of these States still re.
main rs they existed at the time the au-
1horlty unde" them was usnrped. except ;s
modified by tue laws since enacted by the
Government, but the Offices under Them
are all vacant. There are no legally re.
cogniz,l civil officers who can administer
or carry on the operations Of the State
Governments.
In order. therefore, to adapt the Consti-
tntions to the new condition of thinrs.
conventions of the people are requisite.
The class of voters are declared to be tie
same as those who were entitled to suffrage
under the State Constitutions at the time.
of the attempted act of secession, exclud-
ing those who usurped the civil function.
and who have been prominent and active
an their hostility to the Government
This is the view taken and plan adopted
IN reference to North Carolina, and sug
gests the policy in relation to the other
States in similar condition.
What is the duty OF the people Of South
Carolina In this eXigencv2
The war IS over. The authority of the
Government is complete. The Union of
the States as one ard indivisibIe has been
established for all time. They are each
ano all members of one great, indissolublc
republic, whose aim aud mission is the
common welfare and advancement of all
The dictates of reason. and in reality of
that true patriotism which is interested in
the happiness and future Of the State, is
to accept readily the facts and events of
the present. 1t is i'll good faith and with
out any latent purp' Sc of evasion for the
citizen to renew his allegiance and fealty
20 our common country, and cheerfuliv to
cooperate with and aid the Government
IN the re establishment Of law and order.
The exhausted condition Of the State;
the great want and suffering of the peo-
pie: the absence Of the usual channels of
trade and business, and hence of the avo.
cations o. industry and support; in fine,
the possession of Constitution and vet
without single civil hnctionary under
It, all require that every true citizen who
esl;es the welfare and prosperity of the
country. should let "lAe dead bury its
dead" accept and act upon the lessons of
the present, and carry out the views Of
the Government in restoring the State as
earl y as possible to her former relations
with the Federal Union. This is the con,
mon duty and should be the earnest and
hopeful endeavor of ALL The prosperity Of
south Carolina is inseparabiy conpected
with that OF our common country With
her final and complete restoration to the
onion will commence the development Of
her resources, the return to the various
avenues of trade and industry. and her
recovery rom tie Iu;a aaa dcso!at;or Of
tie last few years.
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