The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-09-12
A. Proclamation,
BY WM. w. HOLDEN, PROVISIONAL GOV'NoR,
To the People Of North Carolina.

To the People Of North Carolina
/ In pursuance of power vested in me by ANDREW
JOHNSON, President of the United States, by hi:
Proclamation of May 10Th 1865, appointing Pro-
visonal Governor of North Carolina, under the
fourth article of the Constitution of the United
States which guarantees to every State in the Union
a republican fern of government; and IN order tc
enable the loyal people of said State 10 organize
State Government, whereby JUSTICE may be estab.
lished domestic tranquility restored and loyal eiti
zens protected in all their rights of life, liberty
and property; and IN order, also, that said State
may be restored to it's Constitutional relations te
! the Federal government, by presenting such re-
publican form of government as Will entitie the
State the guaranteed the United States therefor
and its people to protection by the United States
against Invasion, resurrection and domestic vio-
lence, /, WILLIAM W. HOLDEN, Provisional Gov
ernor aforesaid, do hereby proclaim that cleo
ton will be held in said State. Thursday the
2lst day of September, 1865, for a Convention, to
be composed Of one hundred and twenty delegates
10 be chosen as follows:
The county of Alamance will choose two mem.
bers.
The coulty of Alexander will choose one member
The counties of Ashe and Allegheny will choose
member.
The couuty of Arson will choose two members.
The county of Beaufort will choose two mtm bers
The county of Berthe will choose two members.
The county of Baden will choose mensber.
The county of Brunswick will choose one mem
Der.
The county Of Bnncombe will choose member
The county of Burke will CHOOSE one member. 5
The county of Cabarrns will choose one member
The county~of Cald ell will choose member.
The county of Camden will choose one member.
The county of Ca.teret will choose one member. >
The county of Caswell will choose two members
The county of Catawba will choose one member.
The county of Chatham will choose three mem
bers.
The counties of Cherokee and Clay will choose
member:
The county of Chowan will choose member.
The county of Cleaveland will choose two men,
bers.
The county of Columbus will choose member.
The county of Craven will choose two members.
The counties of Cumberland and Harriet will
choose !hree members.
The county Of Currituck will choose one member.
The county of-Daridsou will choose two members.
The county Of Dave will choose one member.
The county Of Dupln will choose two members
The counties of Edgecombe aud Wilson will
choose tWo-members.
The county Of Forsyth will choose two members.
The county Of Fra akin will choose one member.
The county of CASTOR will choose member
The county of Gates will choose one member.
The county OF Granville will choose thee mem
bera
The county of Greene will choose one member.
The county of Guiford will choose three mem
bers
The county of Halifax will choose two members.
The county of Haywood Will choose member.
The counties ofHenderSon and Trans vlvania will
choose member
The county of HEREFORD will choose one member.
The county OF Hyde will choose member.
The courIy of Iretel will choose two members.
The county of jackson will choose member.
The county of Johnston will choose two members,
The county of Jones will choose member.
The county Of Lenoir will choose member.
The county of Lincoln will choose one mem Der.
The county Of Macon will choose memoer
The county ofMadison will choose one member.
The county Of Martin will choose member.
The county Of Mcdowell will choose one member.
The county of Mechlenburg will choose two menl-
berS.
The county Of Montgomery will choose one mem
Der.
The county of Moore will choose member.
The county Of Nash. will choose member.
The county Of New Hanover Will choose two
members.
The county Of northampton will choose two mem
bers.
The county of Onslow will choose one member.
The comfy of Orange will choose two members
The county Of Pasqnolank will choose one mem
Der.
The county ofPerquimaus will choose one mem
Der.
The county of Person will choose one meR1ber
The county of Pitt will choose two members
The county of Randolph will choose two men,
bers.
The county of Richmond will choose one member
The county Of ttobeson will choose members.
The county of Rockingham will choose two mem
bers.
The county of Rowan will choose two members.
The counties Of Rutherford and Polk will choose
two members.
The county of Sampson will choose two members.
The county Of Stanly will choose member
The county Of Stokes will choose one member.
The county Of Surry will choose member.
The county Of Tyrrel will choose one member.
The county of Union will choose ore member.
The county of Wake will choose three members.
The county of Warren will choose two members. =
The county Of Washingson will choose
The county Of Watauga will choose member.
The county of Wayne will choose two members.
The county Of Wilkes will choose two members.
The county of Yadkin will choose one member.
The counties of Yancey and Mitchell will choose
one member
The Clerks and Sheriffs of the respective counties
will proceed once assemble the Justices Of the
Peace, majority of whom will select from their
number not less than six nor more than eighteen
Justices, men of intelligence discretion, frmness
and approved loyalty, whose duty it shall be to ad-
mhllsier to those who may be entitled receive it,
the oath contained in the Presidents Amnesty Proc
iamaton of May goth, 1865, under such instructions
as may be prescribed in this Proclamation. The
justices shall, at the time appoint Inspectors
ct the elections at the various precincts in their re-
spectINe couniles in accordance with the law in
lation thereto, Chapter 81, Revised Code of North
Carolina. The elections for members of the Con-
vention shall be conducted in the same manner rs
elections for members of the House of Commons in
accordance with the provisions of chapter So, Re-
|seu Gode, so la1 as sald provisions may be appli-
cable; and the chcers appointed to hold said cleo.
tons aud to make returns thereof shall be liable to
the same penalties for failure to act, for neglect
OF duty, as are prescribed in chapter So, Revised
Code.
Norerson will be allowed to vote who is net a
voter qualified as prescribed by The Constitution and
laws OF the State, in force immediately before the
goth day OF May, 1851; except that the payment of
a poll tax shall not be required.
All paroled soldiers of The army and navy of the
pretended Confederate States, of this State and