The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-09-29

History Republican Administration Stale Affairs
and Loyal Citizens q The Commonwealth
duons These Worthless Securities Were Upon the People


cumstances will North Carolina ever
1pay a cent on those claims. You
may strike with your club. The vic-
tim Of your assault way fall beneath
your blow; but that will not bring
Iyou the cash The supreme court OF
1.-THE United States may take jurisdic-
ltion; 1T may enter any decree your
Ingenuity may devise, but the club
will be used without avail. The peo-
Iple of North Carolina will never
recognize the validity Of those al
legged bonds.
/ What they may do hereafter It
does not become me to forecast; but
Iyou may be assured that the people
n of North Carolina, who will certainly
have the sympathy and cooperation
of the people of the entire south 1 will
know how TO take measures In their
own behalf.
Il Let me refresh your memory: The
people of the south, including those OF
North Carolina, having submitted to
the authority OF the United States, on
; May 20. 1865, the president appoint
! ed w. w. Holden provisional COVER
nor OF North Carolina. who convened
a convention which, In October, 1865
! declared null the ordinance OF seces.
: sion and otherwise took every steI
4 required OF the state to restore North
J Carolina to the Union; and by the
. proclamation OF the president, and
by the. action OF the chief justice OF
, the United States. North Carolina
, was again a state in the Union. An
, election was held November 9, 1865
: for governor and the legislature, and
! the autonomy OF the state was fully
established and maintained in accord
! with the president OF the United
: States. who was charged with the
duty OF enforcing the laws OF the
Union; although congress continued
to hold that the territories of the
several southern states had no organ
lied governments In them.
In March, 1867, congress passed
/ what was known az the reconstruc
Z ton act, in effect annulling the
E statehood OF North Carolina, declar
: Ing that no civil government existed
5 within that territory and that Norti
Carolina was disorganized mill
? tary territory without constitution
: laws or government. The act pro
E yided for the organization of gov
( ,crnment under the direction OF IN.
: military, and based on the suffrag,
: Of the negroes and OF those white.
: not declared disfranchised. The or
! ders Of the major general were law
: but the major general graciousl.
authorized the existing governor ans
, other officers OF North Carolina {.
( continue In the discharge of thei
s functions and allowed the courts I.
b recognize the state laws, except 81
D fur as he might from time to tim
r make alterations or announce new
4 laws in his general orders.
Immediately thereafter, in March
1867. the republican party was or
ganized In North Carolina, and there
: upon the commanding general issue.
his orders for the registration OF yot
ers. embracing negroes. but not In
: Guiding many whites.
The registration being completed
, he ordered an election TO be held OF
November 10, 1867. under registrar
J and pollhoiders Of his appointment
for delegates 20 Constitutions
Convention. the returns being mad
TO him. The Convention met Jan
uary IL. 1868, and the Major Gen
: eral ordered an election. held Apri
2ist, at which his registered voter
{ adopted the Constitution and ais
elected officers and representative
provided for In that instrument.
Under the act Of congress. Genera
!. Candy had denied registration to abou
= $4,000 white citizens OF North Caro-
lima. The proposed constitution pro
. yIdcd for the legislature and the stat,
: officers TO be elected by the voters o
4 1.-THE siate-and every citizen. white O
I. black. 81 years OF age. not disfran
chised for crime. was declared voter
But al this election whites entitle,
TO vote under the provisions OF tina
: constitution. were not allowed to vote
SO the election OF the legislature wal
not according to that constitution, no
I 10 any law existing IN North Carolina
> The registration boards were ap
I pointed by the Maior-General com
= handing at Charleston. and the list
. of electors as prepared by them wer'
\ sent 60 The Major-General. The eiec
. ton was held under and by thes,
boards OF registration. who mad,
their returns 10 the Major-General a
Charleston. who issued certificates I,
the persons he ascertained were eiec
ted.
4 The following are extracts iron
these General Orders:
9 Headquarters Second Military District
Charleston. s. G.. March %. 1865
General Order No. a..
4 II Il ordered:
q First. That an election In the stat,
: Of North Carolina. commencing o.
Tuesday. the 2lst day OF April. an,
! ending op Thursday. the 23day Of Apri
] 1865. al which all registered voter
Of said state may vote for For Con
: stilution." or Against Constitution.
aud also on the same ballot for IN,