The weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-08-18
Dy the proyisic -: Govern
or OF the Sta:-1 Of South
Carolina.
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7v-T!rnEAS HIS ENCELLENCY PRESl
BENT johnson has issued his proca

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,nii' 'Cara;;;'.a, with i:cwcr to prescribe such
r. KS or,i regulations rs may be necessary anu
rrnp.r for convcnir. Il Conycntion oftLc State,
composed Of delegates to lie chosen ~ that
portion Of III" people Of S;,iG S;a'c "ho are
joyal to tie United States, for tic purpose OF
altering or amending The Constitution hereoi;
and ~ith authority to Z, ercise within the Inn,
Its ., ,,ic Sac all the powers necessary and
proper to cnablc such loyal people to restore
!: said State to its constitutional relations to the
-..::::FeGeral Government, and to present such a
..::.K;pnblican form of State Government as Will
- euttle the State to the guarantee of the United
= States therefor, and its people to protection ny
the United States against invasion, lnsurrec'
tiuli and domestic violence:
Now. therefore, in osc licrcc to The prociA-
nation of his Exccllcncy Andrew johnson,
:. President the United States, I, BENJAMIN
T. PERRY, Provisional Governor Of the State
of South Carolina, for the purpose OF organ
izipp Provisional Government in South
Carolina reforming the State Constitution and
:, restoring civil authority in said State, under
=, the Constitution end laws OF the United States,
:: do hereby proclaim and declare that all civil
officers in South. Carolina, who were in Office
when the Civil Government Of the State was
suspended, in May last. Except those arrested
or under prosecution for treason,) shall, on ta-
king the oath of allegiance prescribed in the
Presidents Amnesty Proclamation OF the 29th
day of May, 1865, resume the dnties OF their
Offices and continue to discharge them under
:: sthe Provisional Government till further ap-
&, continents arc made.
sss: ;sfS And do further proclaim, declare and
''s:make known, that it is the duty Of all loyal
::::c;iizeps of the State of South Carolina to
nromptly 90 forward and take the oath OF al
feqiance to the Uuitsd States, before some,
MAGISTRATE or military officer Of the Fedora!
GoSernment WHO may be qualified for admin
;steriug oata IS; and such are hereby authorized
to give certified copies thereof to the persons
res0ectively by whom they were made. And
sueb Magistrates or officers are hereby required
to transmit the originals of such 'oaths, at as
earlv day as may be convenient, to the De-
nartment Of State, III the city of Washington,
DC.
And do further proclaim, declare and
make known that the Managers Of Elections
tbrougbout the State of South. Carolina will
bol6an election for members Of State Com
yentlOn, at tne]T Respective Pieeliese, "" ~
FIRST MONnAY IN SEPTEMBER NEAI'
according TO the laws of South Carolina in
force before the secession of the State; and
that that each Election District in the State shall
elect as many mcurbers of the Convention as
the said District has members of the House OF
Rcpresentativcs-th basis of the representa-
ton being population and taxation. This will
give one hundred and twenty four members to
tbe Convention number sufficiently large
to represent every portion Of the State most
fully.
Every loyal citizen who has taken the Am
nesty oath and not within the excepted classes
Of the Presidents Proclamation, will be entl-
tied to vote, provided he was legal voter un-
der the Constitution as it stood prior to the
secession of South Carolina. And all who are
within the excepted classes must take the oath
and apply for pardon, in order to eDttle them
10 vote or become members Of the Convention.
The members Of the Convention tLEa elected
OF the srsr MoslGay IN Septcr.h"' next, are