The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-03
REORGANIZATION.


t;ons as one of the Constituent States of the
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American Union. lie stated mat ne aia so III 'he
request of several gentlemen from North-Caro-
lima Road twice referred tn the Committee on
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The 1oho"lhg Is the OH:
RilI to establish civil government in
vi C.roI;no ond anable itto resume
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It's former relatlohs as one VI inc o""
stituent States of the American ohloh'
WHEREAs On the Goth day of May, 1851, the
citizens of North Carolina, one of the United
State; of America, did rebel against the Govern
ment Of the limited States, and on the said Goth
d,, of Nav and thereafter did violently set aside
and destroy the organized Constitutional Govern
ment of the said State, and did engage with others
in armed hostility and warfare to maintain their
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WHEREAS, Atet tno inp So 20 ~ 49, h;r
years Tue Cnteu ;y3 hoI1in, nn5 d;SarrSS
sue s,oh ;nsnrgrnt citizens did find in said dis
t M formerIv comnrisinr the State of North
Carolina. no government organized or officers
qualified according to the requirements of the
Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS. The President of the United States
bv Urine of his mower as Commander-in-C Chief of
the ARMY and NAVY under the operation of mar
tia1 law for tbe purpose of preserving peace and
order and of relieving his subordinate military Off
cara from eyecutinp fhe details of civil regulations
=; tha Several and widely separated localities in
+he district did under forms and rules by him
osor;had authorize certain citizens of the dis
20 20 as,snn,a tho execntion of said nurpose of
oserrin~ neace and order under the projection
p on rt2 Of tho military authority. and
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,od 6e u e.tac'fu &c, - o oo Tunrdsn thaSe
1000, al lne nuui vi - tiH me- ~ tIi' it -
Snali oG a. wy IT, - + Il. Of tb
distri. # formerly comprisinr the State of North
Carolin, comnosed of 100 delegates to be chosen
bH.votarS onoiifed ne hereinafter nroyided and
~ ~ t in ia d;str;ct shon he entitled 10
eae9 Tnnuentinn tbe same nnmbpr of del
eontes that it was entitled to send members to the
House of Commons of the State of MOI tn Carroll
ma prior to the 10Th day of May, 1851; and
iorty of the delegates elected to said Convention
shall constitute a quorum, and be invested with
the sovereign power of the people of the district
to frame a State Constitution, which shall be
submitted to the Congress of the United States
for approval, modification or rejection, prepara-
tory to the re-establishment OF the sid stare anu
the re-lnvesnns us loyal ciliAaHs Win III. oi .te
t of IT," ntn SITES Of the Union.
and tho Soid C,onvcntion shall have nowcrand an
thoritv 70 do all other acts which by the recog-
Med 1rincinles of rcnubjican royernment soy
ereiGn Conventions of the people of the States
NAV of right do provided that in case no quorum
shall assemble on the said Goth day of May, any
less number of delegates assembled may adjourn
from day to day until such time as quorum may
assemble for the transaction of business
Second. That in the election of delegates to
said Convention there shall be allowed to vote all
mule resident citizens of the district formerly
comprising the State OF NOrln CarOlna, OF the
aye of twenty-One years, without distinction OF
race or color, who can read or write, or may own
in fee real estate of the assessed value of $780,
more: Provided, That no one who has heretofore
exercised the right of suffrage i'll said district
shall be disqualified from voting in said election.
Third. That the qualifications for the dele
gates to the said Convention shall be the same as
were required for members of the House of Com
mons of the State of North Carolina, immediate
ly previous to the 2Oth OF May, lo6l, upon the
taking and subscribing, before the Judge of the
District Court of the United States for the Dis
trict of North Carolina, or some other officer of
the United States authorized to administer oaths,
the following oath, to wit:
do solemnlv swear on the HOLY Fvanpalists of
Almigbtv God Tor affirm as tbp case may hrI that
on the fourth day of March 1864 and af all times
thereafter. I would willingly have complied with
tho raonirnmnnts of thn Proclamation of the pro
sident Of tha Tinted States issnrJ IN the rirhtb
dow of december 1S63 had safe onnortnnifv Of
49, S''; VI ~ No., oFrrdnd ,o IT. ~ t;n ga
@ ~ tnoI Zoe, my Nj - III - V .no au,o
1ourth DAY OF March, Ioo4, ana al all times there'
3ter, was oPposeu 10 iie continuance oi inc
Rebellion ana 10 tne establishment OF tEc social
led confederate Dovernmcnt ana voluntarily gave
9 l i.u VI .h tieieao, 9ut earnestly
o et an aru1oJ tu ~ t
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ANA no person snail DC allowed TO sit or act as
delegate ID SAID convention, or hold any office
or appointment hereunder, until he shall
have taken and subscribed the above oath in the
manner and form as above provided.
Fourth: That it shall be the duty of the Judge
of the District Court or other officer before whom
such oath is proposed to be taken, whenever he
NAV susnect II is about to he taken falsely Inv any
nerSon to mt tn such nprson any Question in1rdcr
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oalL,, anu " ii0S any o'n1i e'l"CnCe ta"t may
tend 10 SATISFY MN as 10 the proprlety OF admin
lsterlng It, And II, IN MS Judgment, the person
cannot trutn1ully take the oain, ne may refuse 10
administer it. And should any person falsely take
said oath, he shall be indicted and prosecuted il
the Circuit Court of the United States held in the
district in which the Otftnse may be committed,
for the crime of perjury, and upon conviction
thereof shall be sentenced to and receive such
punishment as now attaches to the crime of per-
iury And in the trial of such Indictment no nrr
son shall be qualified TO sit mon the iurv until
he shall have taken said oath and thn Cont nav
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any JuiUt ~ tamo ~ uiileeo ho enil e"oni
Iha a. e n1 ea m u ulli I uo so;
fyM: nat II shaIi De the DUTY oil the Presl-
u t " tS C S.t StaeS ~ enect anu require
t4e CnItcu states Marsnsl LOT the Dlstrlct OF
oia " aPPolU ioi e'Sn e1Iilly III sau
dstrlcb one Deputy MaTslial, ana the Deputy Mar
shall so appointed shall, each in his respective
county, appoint keepers and inspectors of polls
and other necessary assistants and on the first day
OF May, 1901, tne sald deputy Marshals snail each