The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 2, 1865 Page: 1 of 2
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{VOL 5
TEXAS, AUGUST 2, 1865
BELLVILLE,
PROCLAMATION,
T A J. 1UMILTO!*, MOVMIOIMI. UOVDIIXOB.
2b the peoplt of Terat:
Whbrbas, By the. Proclamation
of Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States of America, dated 17th
of J une 1865, I have been appointed
Provisional Governor for th. State of
Texas, with instructions to " pre-
•jeribe «t ú e earliest practicable pe-
_ riod ouch rules ar.d regulations ns
" may be necessary, proper and lor
convening a convention composed of
delegates to be chosen by that por-
• tion of the people of said State, who
are loyal to the United States, and
none others, for the purpose of alter-
ing or amending the Constitution
thereof; and with authority to exvr-
eise within the limits of said State,
all the powers necessary and proper
to enable such loyal people of the
State of Texas, to restore said State
to Constitutional relations to the Fed-
eral Government as will entitle the
Si ate to the guarantees of the United
States therefor, and its people to pro-
tection by the United States against
invasion, insurrection 'and domestic
violence; provide, thatln[any eloc-
ution that may htrenftcr be held for
choosing delegates to any State Con-
vention as aforesaid, no person shall
lv qualified as au elector, or shnll be
eligible ns a member of such conven-
tion, unless he shall'have previously
takeu and subscribed the entli of am-
• 'sty as set forth in the President**
l'rociamatiou of May 29«h, A. D.
1805, and is a voter qualified ns pre-
scribed by the Constitution and lawn
of the Slate of Texas, in ffree im-
mediately leioir il«e f<i>t 'lei) Jay ¡>1
1* eb: nary, A. D. 1661, the ilute of
tlioso-c^lied Ordinance of secession.
And whereat, having accepted said
■ ■ mwMm
t.t tins time, to advise them of the
hteiMMUus that will be adopted tó car-
ry out the great object of my appoint-
ment—4he re-cstnplisl meuf of civil
government in Texas, and to knalte
known, a* 1 uudorstaud them, the
purposes of the general Government
in relation to theui lor the encour-
agement of the loyal citizeiis and as
a warning to the disloyw; s
Now therefore, 1, Andrew J, Ilam
ilion, lVuisfonal Governor of the
State of Texas, do proclai^u and
make knowni
1st. That preparatory to any «dec
tion for delegatus to a convention,
editable persona will be appointed in
the different counties of the State to
administer the oath of amnesty as
nnfecribed in tlMrTresidint's Precla-
ination of the 2/)th of May, 1865,
hereafter set fo^th, and to register
the loyal voters according to Instruc-
tions, which will accompany their
respectiveappolotments.
" 2nd. There being no civil orneen
In the State, and the great body of
i laboring under sue
this time as to ]
therefor, such State,
will be af
at may bo'indispenaable to t
t^lS^ntef the'law. «¿d
efficiency of the Provisional State
who are in pos-
record and pa-
the several State
will be charged
«I jhalr
to H
to fill
and this wili apply to those
tion. and no person entitled to vote
fqr members thereto who shall not
previously thereto have taken and
subscribed the following oath, pre-
scribed in the president's Proclama-
tion of the 29th of May, 1865. '*
« J, do solemnly swear ot
affirm in the presence of Almighty
God, that 1 will hereafter' faithfully
support, protect and defend the Con-
stitution of the United States, and
the Union of the States thereunder;
and that 1 will in like manner abide
by und faithfully support all laws
and proclamations which have been
made during the existence of the
present rebellion, with reference to
the emancipation of slaves. So halp
me God."
And no person, not well affected
towards the United States Govern-
ment and loyal to it will if known,
be permittea to -take said oath or
vote in said election. This path will
not be administered, to any person
embraced in any one of the exceptions
of the President's Proclamation of
Amnesty except for the purpose of
presenting a petition for special par-
don, and when taken for such pur-
pose, will not entitle the party to vote
uutil special pardon hasbeen obtained.
5tb. The Conventiou thus to be
assembled will be invested 'frith full
Svwer to alter or amend the present
onstitution of the State or frame a
new one and submit their action in
either case to the qualified voters of
the State for their acceptance or re-
jection.
It is expected of course, that, the
action of the Convention, if ratified,
will provide for all that necessaril
follows in the organization of a
inlt
Th
(4 the State in force immediately
preceding tné 1st of February, 1861,
(the date of the so-called Ordinance
of Secession) ure to be respected and
enforced;.
And all laws, or pretended laws,
acts or resolutions of any Legislature.
Convention, or other authority, based
upon a supposed dissolution of the
Union, or inconsistent with the idea
of Texas being an integral part of
the United StateB Government, ere
inoperative and void, and no longer
to be respected or obeyed by the pub-
lic.
•Officers or citizens of the State,
ánü In all things the Courts when es-
tablished, will proceed according to
the lnws, usages and forms existing
immediately prior to the said 1st Feb-
ruary 1861, except in so far as they
Wl W affected by the emancipation
wily
full
unu complete State Government.
6th. The general laws and statute*
of sloves in the Stattí by the author!
ty of the United StateB,or other aetrf take advantage of'the presefat, will
of the said United S-ates for the sup- lóave far in the background the
sup-
pression of the late rebellion.
The people the State are invi-
ted to eiijrag#mtbe work of recon-
structing local Government for them-
selves. I come, tendering in the
name of the United Slataa, amnesty
for the past— security and freedom
for the fttture. Every generous heart
will feel and every candid mind ad
mit, . that the Government of the
United States seeks not andhas nev
er sought to humiliate the people of
the South. It but asks them to be
friends rather than enemies.
Conquering the rebellion, the fin*
nse it makes of the power it
f* Js to laltaPe the
*1 consequences of their act of re-
Ion and invite them to apcupy, by
their own net, their former position
in the Union. : , •
I shall not waste tima or
cate as I know die
to
Tb^re are
|t is not yet extinct; that it still lin-
gers and by a vigorous application of
stimulants may be kept in existence
for some years to come; that the proc-
lamation of emancipation was but a
military order, which has now spent
its force since th:' war is over and
never had any effect except where
by the presence of Uuion armies,
there was physical power to enforce
it. There could be no greater delu-
sion than this, and the man or men
who encourage such opinions, Ifbucli
there are, could not do the citizens
of Texas, at this time, a greater dis-
service. If the rebellion is conquer-
ed slavery is dead-H>ne is as muc't
a fact as the other.
The negroes are not only free, but
I beg leave to assure my feUow-clti
zens that the Government -will pro-
tect- them in their freedom.
For the timé being freédmen are
recommended to engage with their
former masters ,for reasonable com-
pensation, to labor at least till the
close of the season for gathering the
present crop. For them,' generally,
to do otherwise, would be greatly to
the injury of themselves and the com
munity at large. But let it be under-
stood that combinations among those
interested insecuring thejr labor to
prevent them from firing to persons
who will pay the best price for such
labor, and to ostracise in society
tho*e who oppose such combinations,
will meet with no favor ot the bands
of the people or Government of the
United States.
And candor compels me to say to
the pcityle of Texas that if in the ac-
tion of the proposed Convention the
negro is characterized or treated as
less than u freeman, our Senators and
Itepresenfatives will seek in vain ad
mission :o the halls of Congress. It
is indeed strange that fmen shoitld/
take a solemn oath to faithfully abide
by and support all kws and procla-
mations which have been made during
the existing rebellion with reference
to the emancipation of slaves, and in
the next breath favor gradual eman
cipation. It is the part of wisdom
and the^irt of duty to accept what
is inevitable Without resistance, and
recognize truth however unpalatable.
I could not, if I were to attempt it,
satisfy those v ho are not willing to
believe it, thatj slavery was ;never a
good, and emancipation not an evil.
A few men in the South differ with
the whole civilised world upon that
subject, and I suppose that most of
that few will go down to their graves,
sore aod complaining, but ih the mean
time, those who realise that a new
erabas dawned upon us and who
mourners over the past gR y of slave-
ry. Texas has to-day ; hot fritare
destiny in her own hands. Let her
use power wisely and she need not
limit her power and influence in the
future ot ou# country!
In the effort to aid jwa.in the re-
organization cf the el'
I shall be guided and controlled by
no personal feeling, do nothing out of
malice, and shrink from nothing fitom
fear of blame
Believing that
hafciHr
of a
>f the
mind
I hope to
tion of
who are
Done at the city ot Galveston
25th July, A. D., 1864, and of Amer-
ican Independies the ninetieth yew.
A. J. HAMILTON, ."?■
Provisional Governor of Texas.
From Dickens' Once a Week.
THE THREE WISHES.
There was once a wise Emperor
who made a law that to every strau-
e'r who came to his conjrt, a fried
ish Bhould be served. The servants
were directed to take notice,¿if when
the stranger had eaten the fish to
the bone on one side be turned it
over and began on the other side.
If he did, he was to be immediately
seized, and on the third day there-
after he was tci be put to deaths But
by a great st retch of Imperial clem-
ency. |ho culprit was permitted to
utter one wish each day, which the
Emperor pledged himself to grant,
Provided it was not to spare his life,
[any had already been . punished
in consequence of this edict, when
one day a Count and liis young son
resented themselves at court. The
sh was served as usual, and when
the Count had removed all the fish
from one side, he turned it over and
was about to commence on the other
when lie was suddenly seized nvj
thrown into prison,' and was told his ¡n j
reaching doom.
lorrow- stricken, the Count's yftjting
son besought the Emperor to allow
him to die insthe room of liis fat' er;
a favor which the monarch waspleas-
ed to accord nim. The Count was
released from prison And his eon was
thrown into bis cell ill his stend.
As soon as this was done, the
oung man Baid (q, his jailer: '• You
now I have a right to make three
demands before I die ; go and tell
the Emperor to send me his daughter
and a priest to márnr us."
The first command was not pinch
to the Emperor's taste, nevertheless
he felt bouúd .to keep his word,; andt
he therefore complied with the request,
to which the princess had no kind of
objection.
This occq&A in the times when
kings kept their treasures in a cave,
or in a tovfn set apart for that pur-
pose. On the^secorid day of his im-
prisonment, the young man demand-
ed the King's treasures. If his first
demand was a bold one, the Becond
was not less so ; still an Emperor's
word was sacred, and having "made
the promise he Was forced to seen it,
and the treasures of gold and silver
and jewels were placed at the prisT
oner's disposal. On gettiug possess-
ion of them he distributed them pro-
fusely among the courtiers, and soon
he hsd made a host of friends by Lia
liberality. > . ■' , ':r "
The Emperor now began ^o feel
to sleep,1m arose early on the third
morning, and went with fear in his
heart, to the prison to hew what the
third wa*to be. '
"Now," said he to the pri
W me w:
« valets.
t must
But
tterl
been *
in short, it tuíñed out
could be found who
Count commit
which the
"I appe
another
the toff«
cannot be _
innocent;!'",
"Let It be so,'*
"let him live,
many a man t
offense than his.'
hung he Is-
be^n done."
f- ■'«#
Dkan Alfobd
upon the woidB tó
much troth In his
Be sin^ple, unaffected;
in your Bpenking and wril
use a long w6rd where
wjyÚ do. Call a spade
well'known obloni
manual industry;
home, not a residence.*;
place, not s
rest. . Where a
It always lose bB
k, Youvlose in c!
ing; and, in' the
nieti who fire com
you lose in reputat
The <>uly true way i
this false world, is to be jtti
uiun'snming.j Falsehood rf
very thick erast, but in the i
time truth wfll find a place t
through. Kk-gance ot lai-pn
not be in the' powers# all of
simplicity and straight-fow
Write ap yott wnm ' "
as you think. If wi
peak no coarser th*
superior, «peak n
yónsáy;
prudence, s«j
all oddifv
T*JÍn*Jiga,n
«rf words, offlfn pi
truly Wise man wi
one wilj observe,h
man inajr show great
chemistry by cart; '
dors of Btrange _
he will enjoy better
more'time for buslu
common air.
WhenPlM-w
expresión, or j
leading differáDtly
the habit always |
sign before it, Btanc
deficit^
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 2, 1865, newspaper, August 2, 1865; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177199/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.