The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-24
The State of South Carolina,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
COLUMBIA, May %. 1865.
To The People of South Caro!ina:


To The People of South Caro!ina:
T HAVE this day received information
i of an order issued by Major, General
q A. Gilmore. l deem it proper, with
out delay. to present to you for yonr in.
formation, such lovtions thereof las affect
me aud concern yo0; because thcy create
for YOU conflict with the forces of the
United States, which can only be avoided
by lav !orbearance to exercise the tunc.
tlons CT the Executive Department Of the
State:
HEAQ'ES DEPT OF TIE SOUTH,
Hlr.ro> HEAP. :. G.. May Is. 1865.
GENERAL ORDAKS no. C3.
l. The proclamation of a. G. Macrath,
styling him.clf Governor of South Caro-
lima, dated at headquarters. Columbia,
South Carolina, May =, 1865. declaring
that all subsistence stores and the property
of the Confederate States within the
limits Of the State should be turned over
and accounted for by the agents oc the
State. appointed for that purpose, and
directing that the subsistence and other
stores sha! be used for the relief Of the
people OF the. State: and the proclamation
Of Joseph l.. Brown, styling himself Go
vernon OF Georgia, dated at the capital of
requiring :ha officers and members of the
General Assembly 20 meet in extrao:di-
nary session a. the Capitol in 2il'e,lge-
willie, Monday, the 22d day Of May,
lSC3; an1 th. proclamation Of A. K Ala
son, siylng himself Acting Governor of
E,ori', da;e,i at Tallahassee on the s,h
. day g! :.rr:l, 1865. giving notice aud d.
rcc'"u that an election will be held on
W,G ."Sc:uv the .ih day oc June, 1855, f3r
Governor of tie State of Florida: are.
each and al Of them, declared null and
void, it havii.'e become known to lHc. fro.n
trustw or;hv Information, That ~. atore
! sai4 a. G. Musrnth. joseph L. I. rwn and
a. X. Allison, are disloval 10 t., United
States. having committed aunl!v and di
vcrs acts OF treason against the same in
"dherin-, to their enemies, giving them aid
and comfort.
The persons and PEOPLES to whom the
proclamaticns hereinabove referred to
have been respectively adtirr~<ed, are,
therefore, enioincd ana commanded to Give
10 heed Whatever thereto, or. to any
orders. i'rocama'i"ns, commissions or com
ninnds enanatilig from persons claiming
the night to exercise the functions and au-
thority os Gov ernor either Of the States
OF Soaih Carolina, Georgia or Florida,
unless the same shall have been promul.
gated by the advice or consent of the
United .States authorities.
III. District and Post Com,aan ,lc:s
throughout this Department will at one.
cause tins order to be circulated far ana
wide, by special couriers or otherwise. aud
VIII take such steps t. secure lis enforce
,nent as may by them be dccm"d ncces-
sary. g. y. GlhIMOHE,
Major G Gencra! Commanding.
Official: G.. +. Mckay, lst Lieut.. and
y. A. a. General.
l cannot, under all the circumstances
which surroun" You, expose you to the
consequences winch VIII te produced he
cause of any effort on ,nv rart-fru;,less,
1t not miscnievnus, as IL mu>!. be--.o ~
erc!se those functions which YOU in
your contidenc" have committed to me.
Sor am Y Ag that. without suc!,
consequences You, while in the ixccu-
tive Char Of the State. shalt be hv',.
forth TO the world charged with crime:
without the most positive declaration.
that l am ready to meet aud repcl il,
Wherever and by wEomsocyer made.
In that peculiar condition Of our affairs.
which is now disclosed to vcu feel thai;
my duty, whether considered in regard 10
myself as your Executive. or to YOU rs
people whose welfare is dear to me. is at
once plain end imperative. | viii not
introduce within this STATE d.scord rr con
tention. | vii! not allow myself to fur
nish the occasion by which n s!nglc atom
of suffering can be added TO that load
which nov weighs so heavily upon You.
Will not gave opportunity for conflict be
tween the Government of this State and
the Government Of the United States. Tue
functions, therefore, of the Executive ure
suspended hy me from this day.
2der other circumstances and a. otl."r
! times, | would pause in doing that which
l now do without hesitation; and with n
perfect conviction that it is due TO Won
THAI it should be done The exercise Of
the executive power in the Proclamation
of the 2d Nav 1863 which v,s c,,n