The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-08-17


tion to exercise the functions of their Of
fee. Other States, he said, had made ap-
pointments il their own way, and when
he, told the President that he had is
sued his proclamation, and had ordered
that every civil officer of the State who
had held the position at the time of the
suspension of civil power should take the
amnesty oath and resume his.oficial posi-
ton, the President did not rebuke him
nor object to his course. In fact, the Pres
ident not only expressed himself thorough
ly satisfied, but complimented him for the
expeditions measures used. When he
mentioned that the Convention would
meet on the 18th Of September. and that
the State Legislature would meet soon
thereafter and order the election of Con-
gressmen, and that the Congressmep elec-
ted would take their seats on the first
Monday in next December, the President
evinced much qualification and expressed
wish that all the Southern States night
be represented at that time in the Nation
al Congress. He told the President, whilo
speaking in reference to these re-appoint-
mcnts to Office, that there were not
enough Union men in South Carolina to
fill these offices, and urged this as reason
for his course.
In regard TO the matter of expenses, the
President stated that the actual expenses
of the Provisional Governor would be paid
by the Secretary of State of the United
States but that. in order to defray the
expenses of the Convention, which arc to
be paid by the Legislature, the property
of the State must be collected and sold.
The management Of the freedmen be-
longs exclusively to the military depart
mont; they will have to regulate all the
! matters pertaining thereto. But the Gov
crnor suggested that equitable contracts
Should be made between the freedman and
the party seeking to employ him, and
these contracts should then be submitted
to the military authorities for approval.
The employer must first take the amnes-
ty oath. No former owner should turn
off the aged and infrm, thefeeble and the
helpless. Families should be kept togcth-
or, and one part be made to labor for the
support ofthe other. lie appealed to the
citizens to treat them with kindness, and
to asoid difficulties with them. The freed
men must learp that their freedom con-
sists in working for themselves and fami-
lies. Whore they will not work, they
may be dismissed. But none who arc
willing to work must be turned off now.
Inhuman treatment must certainly be
avoided. If freedman wishes to leave
his former owner he may do so, provided
he leaves no incumbrance behind him.
His Exccllency also importuncd the
people to regard slavery as at an end for
ever-as q thing that cannot be restored.
He thought that in ten years time the peo
pic would rejoice at its abolition. and con-
gratulatc themselves that the institution
had ceased. 1t will make the people self.
reliant, and infusc q better spirit into
them. They will have more energy, and
will work for themselves, and enjoy lite
as much as they did under the old order
of things.
He exhorted the people to be loyal and
pcaccable; to acquiescc in the crcuih-
stances surrounding them. The Union
this grand and mighty cmpirc-is never
to be disrupted. The tendencies ofgovcrn-
ments are always towards Capitalization,
and not to dsintcgration. 1t will be a
glorious thing to be called an American.
citizen.
The war debt { u bugbear to many) is
not much to be dreaded sa mere bag
atclle. We will pay the interest, and sad
die the principal on postcrity. The re-
sources Of tho country are abundant, and
the prosperity of the country was won
dcrfully visible to him on his recent trip
to Washington City. The North had not
missed the men sent off to the war.
He then made an appeal that the people
should be careful to send wise and prudent
men as Delegates to the Convention
men who will carry out the views of Pres
ident Johnson. They should be willing
to, give the election of Electors of Prcsi-
dent and Vice President, and Governor,
to the people. The Parish representation
in the Senate, as it now stands, must be