The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-03-14
Tllt Wfeklp Standard.
Wednesday, March Ia, 1866.

"Wednesday, March Ia, 1866.
The House of Representatives hav-
ing recently called upon the President
for information in relation to the pro-
visional governments of the insargent
States, the following documents were
communicated to that body on Tuesday
last:
The following message was received by the
House to-day
10 the House Of Representatives
In answer to the resolution of the House
of Representatives of the 18th of january
last, requesting information in regard to the
provisional governments of certain States,
l transmit a report from the Secretary of
State, to whom the resolution was referred.
ANDREW JOHNsO ON.
Washington, D. c., March 6, 1866 s.
1otac President:
The Secretary of State to whom was re-
ferred the resolution of the House of Repre-
sentatiyes of the 18th of January last, re-
questing the President, if not deemed by him
Incompatible with the public interests, to
communicate to the House copies of all mes
sages, proclamations and other documents is
sued by the provisional Governors of any
States that may have been proclaimed at any
time to be in rebellion; of all acts, ordinan-
ces, resolutions and proceedings of Conven-
lions or of Legislatures held in such States
under the authority or at the call of said
Provisional Governors; of all returns of cleo
lions for members of such Conventions and
legislatures together with the qualifications
required for voters at such elections, and for
members when elected; together with such
other information concerning the public ac-
ton OF such States tending to throw light
upon their political condition as may be in
his possession; and to communicate further
copies of all proclamations issued by the
President, or his immediate predecessor. re-
lating to the subject, whether issued by him
directly or through the Secretary of State.
and the papers accompanying the same; has
the honor to state that a copy or original of
all the yoluminous papers called for by the
resolution have been, with reports from this
Department of this date, laid before the
President, to enable him to answer a similar
resolution of the Senate. AS these papers
will undoubtedly be printed for the use of
the Senate, it is presumed to be unnecessary
to have another copy made to enable the
President to answer the resolution Of the
House of Representatives
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM Fl. SEWARD.
The Washington Chronicle thus sums
up the action in various States by the
provisional Governors:
I" In similar communication sent to the
Senate, Mr.. Seward says: 1t will appear
thai all the persons appointed Provisional
Governors were required to take the oath pre-
scribed by act of Congress, except W. W.
Holden, appointed Provisional Governor of
North Carolina. The omission of the require
ment in his case is believed to have been en-
tirely accidental He, however, took the am
nesty oath prescribed in the Presidents
procation of May 90, 1865. There is no re-
cord in this department of the oaths which
were taken by the several Provisional Gov
ernors."
In a supplementary report to the President
! he says: at now appears that the foregoing
report was prepared in this Office on the 23d
of January last, by Acting Secretary of State
| William Hunter The delay of transmitti g
| it was due to the fact that it was held for re
| vision by the undersigned (Seward) But
neither the preparation of the report nor the
! passage of the first resolution of the Senate
became known to the Secretary of State I'm
til they were brought to his knowledge after
the passage of the Senate's second resolu-
ton"
The papers accompanying the Presidents
message embrace dispatches, proclamations
and communications, many Of them hereto
fore published, relative to the restoration Of
the government of North Carolina, from May
30, 1865, to January %, 1866; relative to
Mississippi, from June ID, 1865, to December
T. 1865, (the latter communicating the rejec-
ton of the constitutional amendment by the
Mississippi Legislature relating to Georgia
| from October II, 1865, to December %, 1865;
relating to Texas, December g.. 1865, from
| Provisional Governor Hamilton, promising
to lay before the Legislature the United States
constitutional amendment prohibiting sla-
very; on Alabama affairs, from June 81 to
December 20; South Carolina matters, July
81 to December 16; Florida, from July IA to
| December 80.
/ Among the South Carolina dispatches is
one, November 6, from Secretary Seward tc
Governor Perry, declaring that the President
/
vention and the Legislature, and that ade
| quate ordinances were necessary, declaring
all insurrectionary action was unlawful and
void a6 initio, and that objection to the last
clause of the constitutional amendment was
queruIous; that an acceptance of theamend
/ ment was necessary to restoration.
i November 9, the Secretary photographed
again that the early adoption of the amend
ment was deemed important by the President
4 who regretted that neither the convention
nor Legislature had pronounced State obliga
4 lions for the rebel debt null and void, anC
the State seemed to decline acceptance of thu
amendment to the United States Constitu
ton.
November Is, the Secretary again urged
the Presidents request to repudiate the rebe
| debt. At the same date Governor Perry de
clared the State had passed the constitution
al amendment, and hoped the doors of Con
gress will be open to members from Soutl
| Carolina On the 9th he despatched tina
the convention had adjourned, and therefor
could take no action relative to rebel debts
December 10, Governor Perry announced
the government of South Carolina complete
and the people loyal and asked fulfilmen
of the promise to withdraw the United State
troops"
/ The New York Times, in its com
ments on this subject says:
Z messages from the President, in respons
! to the resolutions calling upon him for tn
proclamations and correspondence as to tn
! organization of provisional governments il
:he Southern States were received simulta
/ eously this afternoon in the Senate anC