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North Carolina to restore said State to its consti- 

 tutional relations to the Federal Government and to 

 present such a republican form of State government 

 as will entitle the State to the quaranty of the 

 United States therefor and its people to pro- 

 tection by the United States against invasion, 

 insurrection, and domestic violence, . , ," 

 The Provisional Governor then issued his proclamation, 



calling for the election of 120 delegates to the Convention of 186^-66 



17 



and apportioning them among the counties. The convention at its 



1865 session voided the l86l ordinance of secession and abolished 

 slavery vdthin the State; these ordinances were submitted to the 

 people and ratified by them. At its 1866 session, the convention 



revised the entire state Constitution and submitted it to the 



19 

 voters, who rejected it. The submission of the constitution 



to the voters was required under an earlier proclamation issued 



20 



by the provisional governor with respect to the convention. 



Convention of 1868 . 



One year later, as a part of the Congressional plan of re- 

 construction, the Commanding General of the Second Military District 

 (composed of North and South Carolina) acting under the authority 

 of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, called for an election of the 

 people of the State in Novenber 1867 on the question, convention 



^"7 Richardson, Messages and Papers of the Presidents 35lO-3$12 

 (c, 1921 ed.). 



17Proclamation by Provisional Governor W, VJ, Holden, 8 Aug, 1865, 

 William VJ. Holden, Record Book Relative to the Provisional Government, 

 1865, 132-137, HS in State Department of Archives and History. 



^ "Ordinances and Resolutions Passed by the North Carolina State 

 Convention, First Session, 1865 , 39-UO, in Executive Documents, Con - 

 vention, Session 1865 (Raleigh; Cannon & Holden, 1865). 



19proposed Constitution of North Carolina , 1866. 



20proclamation by Provisional Governor W, W. Holden, 12 June 1865 j 

 William W. Holden, Record Book Relative to the Provisional Government , 

 1865, 5-10, MS in the State Department of Archives and History. 



