The Weekly Southern Intelligencer. (Austin City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1865 Page: 1 of 4
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Proelcmatioi hy tie «OTWBsr.
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Executive Offios, \
Austin, August 19, l¡866i j(
by the Prqc!amatw>n of
identof the United State ,
ine. A. D., 19?5,
f, of enabling the
°&df*opU of Texaa to organise a
~ jvernment, &c,'' itie tjaade
r as Provisional (hypm*
State, " at the earliest
le period, io prescribe
ml n*ies, wd, regn^íons.M *ay
kssseessary andpropervfor con-
vening a Convention composed of
- • V i Mr| d«
the people of aa%d Statt
/él to the United States,
Regisl
Who iake tthe oath 6f am
the President
IfAipW
printed forms of the oath of amnce-
«««J <V
witMhe name af tie party to whom
the oathfa administered, and signed
K,.«...
Slwiáfs
COT%ii 3¡f
shall
itVyB
in the office
ty Court,
and fcep* by The Chief jus-
tices shall atoo proyide, for, the use
of, the Board, , printed forms of cer-
tificates, which shall foesigried by
the Chief Justiee and attested v. by
the Clerk of the County CbHirt, and
delivered to the party to wham the
oath of amnesty is áchnfoistered,t(
be evidence in hie haft!* of the hti
that he ha taken thé o'áth. Thi
that Hno person shall be
kWMeet<fr'^ elij I
. ■ •«!•>;; '.ft r
wMnWhVmPW
shall have previously ta-
clataation of
iA. D., tw
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•whereas,
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ceo said
i subsequent
thé means where!
m\P°- ~i
! entitled to the benefits tl
the told Piróblataation
Aí^iél^iJail j iba íál¿:ÁÍ ' Milito
WnHiOTOS stiaif lurte, t® tn^f fact
may be, that the jiarty/nktftli^ hltn,
:'m áitw^y ^
i m hm
f ithui .one qr.mp^ pftbe,, exceptions
to the ^eneplVramne^y, offered by
the PrgndeQj;,«f *hq United: States,
be has taken the oath of wnesty ss
a step jpreliminarv to his application
to jthe President tor a special pardon.
4tha The Board, hereinbéfore con-
stituted1, sháll it in eVéry Cofcntyat
least oné diy ib Very ^etík, for the
transáction of the busriiess hereby
committed to it; - <lhé Chief Joétide
shall give pubHchotice, by po^
notices alí' public ^láces in all
on whiéh the B<
Board may, if
ujuiirj-ii!r Bwh "¿
■ wWrti'H:
•lnm, alwaya^iTOig pnhlio notiee tf
« W on which the Board wall
01} two er more days
of I
j fh« ftwiHsiil OsTtramtRl
Báft bMB MUbiHlMd, and Andrav J. Ham.
mssasr5
oxpnM botica ft aieaMary «baa
i kart gi^aa tka ymt aajvfaar ~.
i of ^«Mtla.
itaas hlai to omit any aotloa of
■bip^L , .fi ^aÜKgftfffKM
bora io AUbana forty-
wm daoiad the lit
adúaation |a Hi
WWmffi* fia did oot learn
Latía ar Graek, •> any aodara laagoagv,
own otb«r tongue, which ha apaaks
Board to refuse to administer the
^ssssststs
path of amnesty, the registry, ierc
inbefore required, and the certificate
$o be delivered .tor the. parly, the
Board shall be entitled to charge the
sum of one dollar in spetne, or in the
paper money of the United States:
one-half of which «am shall be paid
to the Ghief Justice, and the remaóa-
derhalf equally divided between the
other members of the Board. (1
8th¿ For the certificate provided
for 4n the 5th Clause of these inst^^
tions, the Board shall tie entitled to
tWge m additional Sum of fifty
entá, jn specie, br in thé paper mo-
i; s,M k ™ % -
of«nB«'?.M-
■HRaHi
minister aa>d
sire to he registered as .voters in
cow ties of their resideno*, shall
present to , the Board ; of Registra-
#ion, hereinbefore constituted, the
evidence that they have taken the
said oath of amnes^ and that they
ate entitled to be registered as vo l
tert *r ^heteupon it shall be the
óf th^BeSf-d to
m
such persons on the Register of Ve-
tera, and to give to thé party inter-
"'MSKSíaSsas
eric of the County OdUf^t t. for
W*trj ,imd certificate, the
pax^r interested sutil pay the sum of
fifty cents, in specie, or jo the .paper
nwney. of the U tod States, to be
divided equally amongst the members
of the Board. ¡i
10th. The blank books and print-
ed forms neoeásary to be usedin ear-
ryins into effect the foregoing in-
«tÚa
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Court Clerk' Office, aad ia tfc* eouating
hM«« aequiM an elegant mee of the pen,
itrteoded for a mehshant, nor, WO may
Be atadled kffind
t ce4 the practice in Alabama, where
•ton, ntmaed le i
Ho was appointed \
■ittee of 33. Hi
EEÍS
la Barak, 1SS1, ho I
for the State Senate
who had bowed to the Mat
'AVCMÉ wMa n
WiUiameoa ooontlee, aad hla
equally rapid In thi
Hamilton declared hit parpoae not to lake
tho oath to aupport the f
Goofedmta fltitii: i
rTr\~,"7^v— trv".
blows. Hewaoeieete4,batm-mlake kla
Mat The ooramencemeat of tim war 414
oot change his principle#, for be wsardtd it
as a war upon the Conatitntlon ana liberal
(rorernment—a rebellion wMch nract be p«i
down, or oonatitnttonal liberty M; '« v l
In Bay, issa, Jeflbreoo Doric proclaimed
martial law in certain dUtrioU In
It was immedia * * " "
lag1 the: written pleading*, which «1 .
stack"; aad power and strong native «10
qn^ce which powerfully Impraw the Co art
ie Brst thatIs known of Governor Hsm-
politically, was his aapport, hi 1«96, his
roto if be did vote, of Hngh L. White of
whoraM*.
>n nomination
I Judge Whlfo!
received the support of the then laie
nnlliflers in the Southern Stales, altbongb
bo carried bnt two, States; and, as Br. Van
Buren, under nrotest, acknowledged the
right bfr CongWii to abolish •lave£fr the
District of^ooifettbla, it is thos certain that
Governor Hamilton was raised in tbo Sonth-
^ pro-slaveij; school.
w%t«h elevated Oen. Hatris^n tothe Pi^al-
d« ey. as the Whig candidates npofetbelasaos
of ¡National Bank, Rrptsotiw tariff, Distribn-
zz ¿use xatSBjo!
dire to history t remarte Here that tbe
Booth era NulUfltors generally Voted "fo^HaH-
aod thus endorsed these very
VanToSnWerS'SSged with unwnndn
upe thé Wavery qnestion,- and
mm ttip abnndanb máágm
against bothJq«olfe
candidates for *ke >V^ca i; Prtsidency were
•mi. ffamiltoo Wfcame more fully Idtttt#
fied with tbe Elemocratic party, in tbe
n i^e, mexuuep Ü1 we in^o effect the foregoing
.t frill be a olmrge V the
conHtieS, to be paid out Of thé Coun-
W)Ti^síSurieé.Rt,'v' ^ 'n0 inu1 " ::
The officers hérein named are en-
d to be cttefbl and púnctual in
e dischbrgé Of the duties commit-
tAand none
Í*
m
Governor ef the
uwa*,i
>th. None but tl\ose who are enti-
1 to claim the benefit of the gen-
eral amnostr"offered by the Presi-
dent of the United States, will have
the right to hafe their hamefc placed
on the Register sis voters. Thoée
who are embrtced within any of thfe
■*&;> "^8 'i; 71., - S ? ¿I ^"4 RHi< 7
oidfÉ^u <* tht\
in the Jj^to, are
with thodttty of
ing tie oath of amnesty to
tortnepur-
said oath, and
■Hm
fiaiMsof'
>1)1 the
ito% ConvétitiOh,
the names tf
thetaid
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only for the purpose of enabling
them to present their petitions to the
P^esi4ent!lsr special pdrdon. When
special pardon shall have been glint-
ed by the Pi-eSidenttoany snch^er-
son, aad evidence of the fact ¡
' ffce 'Bóílrd; the name
e tiláced on
an} I1 ¿ertífi-
wm
be
Éú6h
the Réj
§m
the fact that the
ved the Pre^deni s
on, shall at the same time
ÜKit ftÁMÜtíit '
aP~t(|T r.
to entire them to aid in the restora-
tion of recular constitutional goyern-
ment to the State, with as little de-
lay as .may consist with the general
0«dr {.-i : - ,«!.-• . ' •' '■
i u Aa J. HAMILTON,
Provisional Governor.
JAMBS H. BULL, ' !
• yf' Secretary of State. ; ;4
ttya'ii Ml! Iti :
Naws,—Thav jobito Register loma
jC"
an
arrived In Bdbil* on the IOits, and who is
jost from Washington, that the Work on the
npper portions iof the Mobile and Ohio Bail-
road is progressing n °** rapidly tbaa was
riawjassHS'ffi
_ tout its entire length, liafos would
rna to Jackson, Ténn. on tbo litb, and to
^
We forther learn that the Qó^sráfltodt has
Mifidttursv wa
require, giving thorn liberal toras bota is to
prices and time >of payment. .1
• Mil )i .
Jupp?rt isbteh^ko i gave B?. Pplk, upon the
r¿^tiífTsrá5" KTUS
the Boath Supported Mr. Clay, as the father
of knot of,the above named isms, Bras prov-
ing the consistency between profesión and
been acquired by tbih civil
feb den. Hamilton Contrib-
revolution, ib
oted hiadsight, he soon afterwards removed
to Toxas, where bo sop became a marked
General be displayed unsurpassed ability.
waa, iat> a tilosa, hoWSver, nnsuoeessfsl,
of his opposition to what was known
und, Bail Bead Bill—a meas-
ure out of which the Secession Legislatures
have made so fine a thing, amóog lbs other
works of destruction. 1 ut v.H
Gen. HaaHlton had a short experience Is
the terrible blows Wbirt be strnck them in
185 ; he received atrase, Httle lees bitter than
the Secessionist* have heaped upon hit de-
voted bead. Be noted with the omniaed
io Spirit of plunder and
Democracy m. a iaiuli..y a,..„ , .
disunion, unconcealed by Its devoted leaners,
drove him in opposition to its Lilliputian
candidato* He supported Judge Bell against
Buckley, la 1868, and was thn snooessfel
U watt
known: Be cama nearer a sutcessfcl balWt
for Speaker, ngainsrthe Bepublioan candidate,
than any other maa. This gar no pleasure
to his "rule or ruin" opponents to Texas,
many of whom openly declared their prefer-
ence for an Abolitionist. Indeed, thé dis-
union sentiment bad now clearly manifested
itself. Geo. Hamilton was ia a position to
see it io all its dreadful hideousneca. Hence
be gave his '¿J* £ ¿ oí!rÜtoí btó bÍJ
inoy. Tie split at UharlMtoD dm dim
in by himself and by Gen. Houston?
and it was at one time hoped that the people
would rally upon the old hero, and thus de-
feat the mad machinations of partisans. Bnt
all ébanos for this Was defeated by tko wto*i
working which brought forward John Bell,
opon Houston's platform. Geo. Hamilton
then pure an atequant support to the Union
tioket ia Texaa. Hero be was met by
of bis strongest supporters of tbo
year—'now ftom dHforent party orga
who bad beea « «rod ar poisoned* into the
of disunion. Tbo result Is fresh
to the memory of all. Gen HamiUoa, after
two or three eloquent speeches to Dscember,
1840, against the ssad career towards Setes
immediately followed by
Georgia; Tan Dora In BlsStssippf. and Some
militia corporal or colonel is BarsbAll. ün-
8oon afterwards, under the sains actlve in-
fluenee, Gen. Herbert }rostatasod It all aosr *
the 8tat0t Lubbock aurreadered tke SMm
militia Brigadier Generals to ob^ toe^raVost
Marshals and to snpport them with the Statfc
Chief Justice Wheeler endowed
this surrender, by dsolariag that their adttoa
could not be reviewed by lbs J«di< *
force of BOO were sent to arrest 1
He bad already comprehended the!
If arrested his life would poytbe forifctl Hé
gave an earnsst support to the administraron.
Thfs la hla fecord ¡ this the brunt of Ms
Selves such to tow and to font, tber dis-
placed their intemporanoe wMle tbo eOnteat
tooted. Tboy left nothing unsaid whleh
could mortify hiiq aad hU reflned fomity —
But he was always a maa of strong personal
popularity, and h« returns, not no to ask
for foiwHitoess Of bis enemies, tat to oxUmd
Bzecuuve clemency to -all whp decern it.
¡^5^ W Lotnoeein-
BxnconVn Daraatnnnr or Aaa., \.
>0 Montgomery, Ala., July 3#, IMft. J
delay as posslbls, thoy wUI dd Wstt to io-
ÍU^tsua *ülea*« W« |l>|j atiallia
iiOwiDg poiiixi ni wiwr ■pptm*
/ tflf ivm* "-vS A ■
1st Áro you under arrest? , If soil by
what authority, and with whs* offences act
td. Did you order the taking of ft*
Morgaa, or Mount Vernon Aruehal, or aid
to taking, or ndviss tbo toktag of olthst of
^ád. Have you served oo nay vigilance
committee daring the war, before wbirfb per-
seas charged with disloyalty to tbo Confeder-
ate 8 ta tee have been examinad or tried T Iff
so, when and where, aad how often ? What
person or persons were tried or esamtoed by
you 1 What sentence was passed ot decision
mude la Soefa ease T When, when, and by
whom was it carried into axecutloa f
to the Confederate States f If so, b^ what
authority did you gha «bat order? Who
have bera txacuted by virtue of sueh order ?
When aad where was U dwe? Statoali tbo.
foots you rely on to Justify such action on
JÚí¡h Bare yon shot or hung, or aided fa
abootingor hanging, any person for real or,
supposed disloynlty to tbo Ooafederate States?
If so, «hen, where or how many 1 State all
the facts and drcfifistunees you rely on to
justify this notion on y ar fa*t
so, wh
State an the foots you rely on to Jnstiiy
notion.
?tb. Were you to fovt* of the so-called
ordinance of secession nt the time it was
passed, on the 11th day of January, 1SSI ?
8th. Ho one is bound to criminate him-
self. Therefore, the applicant ban exercise
his own pleasure in this behalf as to aay ooe
of the foregoing totonogaiories, except tj «
first.
9th. The foUoWlng must be answered ia
additloa to snob other
2,:
cant may
ladeas tbo appli-
r tbiaks proper to
10th. Will yon be a peaceable and loyal
citieen In the tature.
11th. Have any praoooOlngs beea faetltn.
tod agatoet your properly under tbo CooSs.
cation Aot ?
13tb. Is any property belonging to you
la the possession of the He
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The Weekly Southern Intelligencer. (Austin City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1865, newspaper, August 25, 1865; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth182335/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.