SOUTH CAROLINA. 



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take juris.! >ii'endon, excepting only 



. l.y ill,- order ,.f tlm commanding 

 I commission or other military 

 trilmnul for trial. 



MOW existing in North 

 is provisional on' 

 p.iraimumt until" 

 >ny time to abol'mh, modify, 

 de the same. Local laws ami mu- 



.\itll till! <'onMitll- 



.iti-,1 States, or the proclama- 

 r with such regulations as aro 



',.',1 in th.- order-- of the commaml- 



:iri- hercliy declared to be in force ; ami, 



in conf onuity tlieivw ith, civil olliccrs arc li,-n-bv au- 



so of their proper fiine- 



.:ml will be respected and obeyed by tfie inhftb- 



t. V. 'iy civil officer, magistrate, or court 



s to perform an official act properly 



required of such tribunal or officer, whereby due and 



rightful security to person or property shall be de- 



ase will bo reported oy the post com- 



mander to these headquarters. 



". Post commanders will cause to be arrested per- 



1 with the commission of crimes and 



11 th,' civil authorities fail to arrest and 



-a, -h otl'eiiders to trial, ami will hold the ac- 



cused in custody for trial by military commission, 



provost court, or other tribunal organized pursuant to 



from these headquarters. Arrests by military 



authority will be reported promptly. The charges 



preferred will bo accompanied by the evidence on 



which they are founded. 



;. Tli,' commanding general, desiring to preserve 



tranquillity ami order by moans and agencies most 



congenial to the people? solicits the zealous and cor- 



ip. 'ration of civil officers in the discharge of 



their duties, and the aid of all good citizens in pre- 



venting- conduct tending to disturb the peace ; and to 



i I that occasion may seldom arise for the exer- 



cise of military authority in matters of ordinary civil 



administration, the commanding general respectfully 



' ly commends to the people and author- 



i and South Carolina unreserved obedi- 



i the authority now cstablished t and the dili- 



usiderate, and impartial execution of the laws 



for their government. 



7. All orders heretofore published to the Depart- 

 ment of the South are hereby continued in force. 



The following named officers are announced as the 

 staff of the major-general commanding: 

 Captain .1. \V. Clous, :^th V ni ted States Infantry, 

 ;ant Adjutant - General and Aide-de- 

 Camp. 



Captain Alexander Moore, 38th United States In- 

 f;intr\ , Aide-de-('amp. 



Brevet Major J. 14. Myriek, 1st Lieutenant 3d Ar- 

 tillery, A id, --de- Camp and acting Judge Advocate. 

 Major .lames P. Roy, 6th United States Infantry, 

 : :tnt Inspector-General. 



neral O. Tyler, Deputy-Quarter- 

 master-General United States Army, Chiel-Quartcr- 



Brevet Brigadier-General W. VV. Burns, Major and 

 C. S. United States Army, Chief Commissary of 

 Subsistence. 



Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Page, Surgeon 

 United States Armv, Medical Director. 



D. E. SICKLES, Major-General Commanding. 



Official : J. W. CLOUS, Aide-de-Camp. 



Much the larger portion of the population of 

 South Carolina consisted of colored freedmen, 

 and as the acts of Congress gave the right of ex- 

 civiMng the elective franchise to persons of that 

 race, while they largely disfranchised the whito 

 citi/.eus for participation in the cause of the 

 Southern Confederacy, it was anticipated that 



the vote of the blacks would outnumber by at 



"in-half that of tin- whi:> 

 giMration. 'I ho necessity was aec.,nlingly felt 

 (if in-pir'uig the tVeednien witli a lieeomin;.' sense 

 of thrir iv-i>on<iliilit v in view of th.- |.r>.:. 

 part they were to take in tin- lir-i 

 tlii-ir civil rights in reorganizing tin- govern- 

 ment, of tl. At a iiieei: 'linen 

 at Columbia, called for tho purpose of celebrat- 

 ing the event which had invented them with 

 the suffrage, several white men took a leading 

 part, who were not only disfranchised under 

 the recent acts of Congress, hut who had held 

 conspicuous places in support of the Confed- 

 eracy. General Wade Uampton addressed the 

 assembly, setting forth the identity of the real 

 interests of whites and blacks in South Caro- 

 lina, and counselling the latter to seek affilia- 

 tion with those whites whose interest and de- 

 sire it was to build up again the material pros- 

 perity of the South. Beverly Nash, the prin- 

 cipal colored speaker in the convention, de- 

 clared that the negroes " recognized the South- 

 ern white man as the true friend of the black 

 man," and would urge Congress to remove the 

 disabilities imposed upon leading citizens of the 

 State. 



At a meeting of the colored citizens of 

 Charleston a platform was adopted, forming an 

 association to be known as the " Union Repub- 

 lican party of South Carolina." They ex- 

 pressed their cordial and entire sanction of the 

 recent action of Congress, and set forth some 

 of their leading principles on political matters, 

 most of which will be found embodied in the 

 resolutions of the Republican State Convention, 

 which met some months later. 



Other meetings of a similar character were 

 held in different parts of the State, the most 

 important of which was at Columbia, in the 

 month of April. Here Governor Orr addressed 

 the freedmen, urging them to keep clear of na- 

 tional politics and the great party organizations 

 of the country, and to devote themselves to the 

 interests of the State, seeking counsel of those 

 who were most concerned in her welfare. Reso- 

 lutions were adopted, declaring that "uni- 

 versal suffrage accords with the principle that 

 all governments are founded upon the consent 

 of the governed," and that they would advo- 

 cate a constitution for South Carolina that shall 

 grant universal equality before the laws to all, 

 irrespective of race, color, or previous condi- 

 tion." They also express their belief in free 

 schools for all alike, and declare that it will be 

 one of the first duties of the Legislature to re- 

 form the civil and criminal codes of the State, 

 "so that they may accord with the enlightened 

 sentiments of the present day." 



General Sickles addressed a body of freedmen 

 in Columbia, commending them for their con- 

 duct in the past, and advising them to live on 

 amicable terms with their former masters, and 

 preserve the utmost moderation in all their 

 conduct. " It will not be necessary," ho said, 

 "nor can it be otherwise than injurious to 



