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.fOKSIif 'iff''-' lJJ- - Clje Stnte Jojiritttll i it "V."-:: ' T?W FpR ADYERTlSIXC; " a ... m .r: " I hi 1 Mi i Ijp 'flpSfi- ;iftl! Pit ifti ;'W 111 JOHN SPELMAN, Editor and Proprietor, AND PRINTER TO THE STATE. 1 WM. BOBIJiSOX, Assistant Editor. TEEMS: SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION, per. annum, WEEKLY EDITION, , " ..$4 ... 2 ' (Invariably in Advance.) The Southern Republic The ' Permanent Constitution of the Gonfederatt States ' - of America. - We,' the' peopleof the Confederate States, each State I If-' acting' in its sovereign and indci indent character, in p? orderto form a permanent federal governmenti estab- . iTfc.rs T 1 .1 -.x :i 2 of"lfbertv to ourselves audour postcritv-i in t vokir!'' the favor and guidance of Almighty GM do ordain and cptablh this Constitution for the Cotiihsde- rate States of America. . Article I. Section 1. leislative powers herein delegated shall bei vested in a- Congress of the Confederate ISiates, ' whi'"h. shall consist of a Senate and House otf Jtep " recitatives, ' - j i ; ;." Section 2. ' j . 1.' The House of Representatives shall be composed . of members chosen every. "second year by the pebpla of ; the several States; and the electors in each Sta$e shall be citizens of the Confederate States, and have thp qual ' ifrcartaris requisite for electors of the most nuinercjus ' firsitif h 'jf the grate Legislature; but no personsof rilt foreign birth not a citizen of the Confederate States poUti- .is: . ) . .... ii : i c - rc ; shall .lc auowcu k vote lor auy umwr. vivu vr cal, State or Federal. - j i j 2. j No person shall be a representative who styall riot have! attained the age of twenty-five years, anji'bei a citizen of the Confederate States, and who shall mot, when elected, he inn inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen; 1 . i!-.-, 3. i Representatives and direct taxes shall be pppor .tion'ed arri'onc the several States which may ; be included p " within -this 0)nfederacy according to their respective H'-i numbers, whuh shall be determined by addingjto the ttlV whole number of free persons, including those bojfnd 1 to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-tilths of all slaves. The actual emi ;g - nwration shall, be "hiade. within three years after the i hht meeting of the Congress of the Confederate States, f V and within every subsequent tertn of ten years, in such its! manner as they shall, by law, direct. The nun ber of ' - rfp'Vhentatives shall not exceed one forever fifty ilKj tlioiwand, but each 'State shall have at least one repre ifh'T -M'utative; and until such enumeration shall be made f4 thu State of South Carolina shall be entitled to :hoose Iy- six, thfc State of Georgia ten, the State of Alabama ,' wi'ner the Statp of Florida" two, the State of MisSbippi srven, t ie State of Louisiana six, aud the State M If;' Texas six. ; , '; j 4- -When vacancies happen, in the representation H' fmr any State, 'he Executive' authority thereof shall issue vrits of election to fill' such vacancies. f ir-fL' .- - .... ... s it 5. The House o! Kepresentatives shall cnoosa ttie'r Speaker and 5 other officers, and shall have t ie sole' - power of impevchmcnt. except that any judicial qr otlifr fedefal ofticer resident .and acting stdely iv'ithih. tlie'liinits of any State,-may be impeached by a vote tf two-thirds of both branches of -the Legilatuie thereof .. n.; ' ' i ,,: f; v . Section 3. . , i ' . v .i -' .1. The Senate of the Cn federate States si: all be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen frfo six years by the Legislature thereof, at .the rugulaprl session 'next, immediately- preceding the comuieucq-i .nient of -the-term of service; and each1 Sen atot .shallj. "have tone vote.. .. . -i . - ; ' ! i ' .2. Immediately after they shall be assembled; ini consequence, of the first -cltiftion, they shall be "divided.' as equally as may be into three classes. -The stoats of the Senators 6f the first class shall be vacated fat the t''piration of the second year ; of the second ' Ur; expiraticHi of the fourth year; and of thef ass at . thirxl' i-Ia.ss nt the expiration of the sixth' year; o th third jnay be chosen every second year ; and if cues hapiieu by resignation or otherwise during it one- fcaca li the re-' Cfss of.the legislature of any. State, the' Executive " thereof may make temporary appointments until the ; next meeting of the, legislature, which shall then fill v sucji vacaucics. ' ! ' 1 3 No r)erson shall be a Senator who "shall mitt have attained the nge oi thirty years, ana ue a citizen of tl .C!oufelerate States, -and who shall not, when d lectedv l.f'.arUnhabitant of the State for which he sl all bb' , (Jiosen. i I - 4. The Vice President of theTonfedcrateStatt shaft lie President of the Seriate, but shall have no vdte, un lesslhev lie equally divideii . 5. The Senate shall choose1 their '.ther officers. an3 als.1 a President wo tempore m the absence ot;tle vicp President; or when he shall exercise the ' office ofiPresi dent of the Confederate States. ' : j, I ; 'i 0. The Senate shall have the sole power to itry.a imoeachments: When sitting for that purpos, thef jhall be on oath or affirmation. When the -President ot the Lkmteilerate btates is tried, .tne -wnier justice shall preside ; and no" person shall Ini convicted with ' out1 the i concurrence of two-thirds - of the members present.' 1 i 7.' : Judgment in cases of imieachment shall not exi ' tend further than to removal from office, and disqualj . irication to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit, under the Confederate States ; but the party coup . victed shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to hip diotment, trial, judgment and nmishment, accortlin: to. law. ' . ', . " :; i ,. :$ .';.'''!;.. . ..'...-.. -. 1 I' I ' ' 1 l.iTlie times, places jand manner of holding elecj-f j tions for Senators and .Representatives shall' be pm scribed in each State by the'. Legislature thereof, sub " jeet to the provisions of this Constitution ; but tljic Confi i ' gress may, .at' any time, by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the times and places of choos . . ipg Senators. ' . , i . ! : ;2. The Congress shall assemble at least o.ice in every year ; and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in; December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a d tl'erenjt day. -J I . - Section 5. j 1. Each House shall be the judge of the ieloctioni,: returns and qualifications of its own members and, ja ' majority-of each shall constitute a quorum to do bus?-; j ness '; but a smaller number hi ay adjourn fromj day ; day: and mavbe autnonml to compel the atiqnilance - of absent members, in such nmnner and updfr such. penalties as each House may provide .'. . ' '. ?. v Tvar.'Ki TT.mivui mav dptrM-nmnft t.hfi 2: Each House may determine the rules or sts pro- ceedings, punish its members tor clisorrterlyi iKjhavior and. vtith the concurrence ot two-thirds.oi.the who number, expel a member. - i 3. Each House shall keep a journal'oi lfs i prc-f ceeding, and from time to time publish the saijne, ex- jcepting such parts as may in their judgment require ?secresv, and the veas and nays of the members of either House, on any question, shall, at the ifcsire of o-ai'-fiftb of those present, be entered on the journal. : A Neither House, durinK the session of i Cingressi siiallj withoutf the consent of the other, adjotirn for more than three days, nor .to any other place than th&t in which the two Houses shall be sitting. I . i Sectioii 6. i ' 1.- The Senators and Representatives shall! receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and. paid out of the treasury of the Confederate States. Thev shrll. in all cases, except txeasonl fefonv ahd breach of the peaebbe privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their j respective Houses, and in going to and returning from thp same f and for any speech or debate in either House thjey shall . mot! lip. nnpstinnffl 5n anv otliPT T)l;U-e. 1 t ' i n .. i J ----- r. ... , , ; . ...j t. :Nd Senator or Representative shall, dupng the ; time for which he was elected, be appointedi toianv civil office under the authority of , the Conjfederate .States; which shall have been created, or the erqolu ments whereof shall have been increased during such time ; and no person holding, any omce under the 130X1 : ederate States shall he a member of either Hdmse! du ' T?lnghis continuance iu office. But Congress biaV, by , aw, gr nt to the principal officer in each ofltheExv i. vpntive Departments a seat upon the floor q( eStiyir !use, "with the privilege of discussing any measures ' oppertamug to his department. ! "i Section 7. I ' 1; Ail bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose ;,i irihcuT with ameidmentg as on other billl i ( ' i ,t " 2. EA'erv bill which shall have passed botli Hoiises '.. ' J w . p 'ill 1' - (si;, tt mm VOL. I. shall, "before it becomes a law, be presented to the President f the Confederate States ; if he approve, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it with his ob jections to that House in which it shall have origi nated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal and proceed sto reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the ob jections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise ue reconsinerea, ana u approved Dyiwu-umusui mm House it shall become a law. But in all such casesthe votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been preseuted to him, the same shall 'be 'a law, in like manner as if he had signed rt? : .1 - f A' 4. fi unless the Uongress, Dy tneir aajournmeni, prevent ius return : in which case it shall not be a law. The Presi dent may approve any appropriation and disapprove any other appropriation in the same bill.. In such case, he shall, in signing .the bill, designate the appropria tions "disapproved, and shall return a copy of such appropriations,-with his objections, to the House iri which the bill shall have originated ; and the same proceed ings shall then be had as in case of other bills disap proved by the President. 3. Every order, resolution or vote, to wnicn tne con currence of both Houses may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to, the President of the Confederate States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him; or being disapproved by him, may be repassed by two thirds of both Houses according to the rules and limi tations prescribed in case of a bill. aectxon o. The: Congress shall have power 1. To lav and collect faxes, duties; imposts and ex cises for revenue necessary to pay tne debts, provide for the common defence, and carry on the government Of the Confederate States ; but no bounties shall be granted from the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes on importations from foreigp nations be laid to pro mote or foster any branch of industry ; and all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform thoroughout the Confederate States. ' 1 . 2. To borrow money on the credit of the Confede rate States. . . ,; , 3. To regulate commefce with foreign nations, and amomr thesevera States, and with the Indian tribes; but neither this, nor any other -clause contained in the Constitution, shall ever be construed to delegate the power to Congress to appropriate money for any internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce, except "for! the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons and buovs. 'and other aids to navigation upon the coasts, and the improvement of harbors and the removing of obstructions in river navigation, in all which cases such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated thereby as, may be necessary to pay the costs and ex penses thereof. : 5 4. To establish uniform laws of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, through out the Confederate States; but no law of Congres shall lischarge auy-debt contracted before the passage of the same. ' . ' 5. To coiri money.!' regulate the Value thereof and of foreign coin,, and fix the standard of weights and mea sures. . ' ' " ' " '' fi ' To tirnvirle for the.nunishment of counterfeit ing the securities and current coin of the Confederate States. ' 7. To establish post offices and post routes ; but the expenses of the Pratoffice Department, after the first day of Miirch in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and ' sixty f three, shall be paid out of its owu reve nues. - . '. '.' ::..!'-' , ' ' ' ' 8. To promote' the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited''. -times to authors and in ventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and-discoveries. , r . 9. To constitute tribunals inf. rior to the Supreme Court. . ' ' ' ..'-.- ilO. To define and punish piracies and felonies com mitted On the high seas, and ofleuces against-the law of nations. - , 15 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re jirisal,' ani make : rules concerning captures .on hijid and Avatcf. ' "', ',.'"' 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropria tion" of money to that use shall be for & longer term than two years. . i . 13. - To provide and maintain a navy. ' 14. To make rules for government and regulation of the land and naval forces. 15. To provide for calling forth the militia to exe cute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress in surrections and re pcV invasion. J 16. To provide for organizing, arming and discip ining'tlier'militi, and. fpr governing such part of them as my be employed in tne service oi me uonieuiraie States ;' reserving to the States, respectively, the ap pointment of the officers and the authority of training the . militia according to the-discipline prescribed by Congress. . .'? 17. To -exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by ceion of one or more States and , .the acceptance ot. uongress, become tne seat oi ine Government of the Confederate States ; and to exercise ke. authority over all places purchased by the consent of the' Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines.arsenals,;dock-4l arils and: other needtul buildings ; and 18. To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing pow ers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the f government, of the. Confederate States, or in any department or officer thereof.' ' rr r oecnon y. The importation of 'negroes of the African race from anv foreign country other than,, the slaveholdiu States, or Territories of the United States of America, is herel y forbidden ; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent tne same. 2. Congress shall also have power to prohibit the introduction of, slaves from ..any.; State not a member of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy. 1 3. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 1 4. No bill of attaiher, or ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passtd. " - '5. No capitation ora other direct tax shall be laid linlcFS in proportion to the census or enumeration here inbefore directed to be taken. 1 6. ' No tax or uty shall be laid on articles "exported from any State, except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses; 1 7. No preferences shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another. , 8. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law ; and a regular statement , and account of the receipts and ex penditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. . ' 9. Congress shall appropriate no mbney from the treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses, taken by yeas and nays, unless it be asked and esti mated for by some one of the heads of department, and submitted to Congress by the President ; or for the purpose of paying.its own expenses and contingencies ; or for the payment of claims against the Confederate States, the justice of which shall have been judicially declared by a tribunal for the investigation of claims against the government, which it is hereby made the duty of Congress to establish. V '. 10. All bills appropriating money shall specify in federal currency the exact amount of each appropria tion and the purposes . for which it is -made ; aud Congress ehall grant no extra compensation to any public contractor, officer, agent or servant, after rucIi contract shall have been made, or such service ren dered.".. ' ' ',:.'.'' t 11. No title of nobility shall be granted by the Con ederate States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the cop sent of the Congress, accept of any present emoluments WWW RALEIGH. N. C, SATURDAY. AUGUST 10, 1861. prince ot foreign State. . - -. 12.,Gngress shall make' no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. 13. ' A well regulated militia being necessary to the . security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear artns shall not be infringed. 14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be cuar tered in any house without the consent of the owner ; nor in time of. war, but in - a manner to be prescribed by law. ''.it i. 15. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasona ble searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup ported by oath or affirmation, and particularly de scribing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. - I ;. 16. No person shall be held to answer for a capital Of otherwise infamous crime unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces,-or in the militia, when in actual " service, in time of war or public danger ; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice Jput in jeopardy of life or limb, nor be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due; process of law ; nor shall private prop ' erty be taken for public use without just compensa- . 17. In alii criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the tight to a speedy and;public trial, by ah im partial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by lawr, and tp be informed of the nature and' cause of the accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses against him ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his. favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his .defence ' ;! ' ' ... ; .' ", 18. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy ikhall exceed twenty dollars the right of trial by jury shall be preserved; and no fact so cried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court 1 oi the Confederacy tnan acconung to tne rules ot the common law. ' ' 19. Ilxcessive bail shall not be required, nor exces sive fine s imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments indktedj.- " j : : -'-J. I ' 20. rlvery law or resolution having the force of law, shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be ex pressed in the title. .'I Section 10. . ' :1' -. ! . " ' :' 1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ; coin money ; - make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attain der, or ex post facto law, or law impairing the obliga tion "of contracts ; : or grant any title of nobility. 2. No State shall, without the consent of the Con gress, lay any imposts or duties on imports and ex ports,, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws ; and the nett produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports' or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the Confederate States ; and all such laws shall be subject to the revisiop. and control of Congress. 3. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, except on sea-going vessels, for the improvement of its rivers and harbors naviga ted by the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con flict with any treaties of the Confederate States with foreign nations ; and any surplus of revenue thus de rived shall, after making such 'improvement, lie paid into the common treasury ; nor shall any State keep troops or ships of war, in time of peace, enter into any agreement orj compact with another State, or. with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually inva ded, or' in such imminent danger as will. not admit of delay. But when any river divides or flows through two or more States, th ay may enter into compacts with each other to improve the pavigatiori thereof. Article II. Section 1. 1. The executive" power shall be vested in a Presi-. dent of the Confederate States of America. He and the Vice President shall hold their offices for the term of six j'ears ; but the President shall not be re-eligible. The President and Vice President shall be elected as follows: ; f ; ' .. ." ' 2. Each State shall appoint, m such manner as the ..'legislature thereof, may direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representa tives to which the State may be entitled in the: Con gress ; but no Senator or representative; or person holding an office of. trust or profit uuder the Confeder ate States, shall be appointed afi elector. ; . 3. The electors shall meet in their respective States and vote by ballot, for . President and Vice President, ' one of whoirJ, at least, shall not bs an inhabitant of the same State with themselves ; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President, and they shall make distinct lists, of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice President, auJ of the number of votes for each, which list they ehall sign and certify, and transmit, sealed, to the government of the Confederate States, directed tn thp. President of the Senate : the President of th Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and Hous of Representatives, open all the certificates,, and th votes shall then be counted ; the person having th greatest number of votes for President shall be th President, if 'euch'number be a majority of the whole unmber of electors appointed , and if no person have such majority, then, from the persons having the high est numbers, not exceeding three, on the list ot those voted for as shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President'the votes shall be taken by States, the .representation from each State having one vote ; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President, whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the 4th day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as Presi dent, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. . . 4. The person having the greatest. number of votes as Vice President shall be the Vice Presdent, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; aojuorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Sen ators, and a majority of the whole number shall be ne cessary to a choice. - I ' 5. But no j person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres ident of the Confederate States. . 6. The Congress may determine the time' of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes, which day shall be the same throughout the Confederate States. 7. No person except a natural born citizen of the Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof bora in the United States prior to the 20th of Decem ber, 1860, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attain d the age oi thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resiaeut within the liniitsof the Confederate States, as may exist at the tune ot his election. 1 : 11 - .'.' .R 8. In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to dis charge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President: and the Congress may, by law, provide for the case of re . rooval, 'death, resignation, or inability.both of the Pres ident and Vice President, declaring what office shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accord- lngly until the disability be removed or a Jresiaeni shall be elected. - ' ; ; .9. The President shall, at stated times, receive for , w f - V his services a compensation, which shall neither be iu mased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have; been elected : and he shall not receive with in that period any other emolument from the Confed erate States, or any of them. , 10. Before he enters on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation " I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faith fully execute the office of President of the Confederate States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution thereof." ' ' Section 2. 1. The President shall be commanderrin-chicf of the; army and navy of the Confederate States, and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual service of the Confederate States ; he may re quire the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments, upon any sub ject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and par dons for offences against the Confederate States, ex cept in cases of .impeachment. s . 2. He shall have the power, by and with the ad vice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, pro vided two-thirds of the Senators present concur ; and he, shall nominate, and by and with the advice ami consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su preme Court, and' all other officers of the Confederate States, whose appointments are not herein Otherwise provided for, anil which shalkbe established by law; but the Ophgresi may, by law, vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the t President j alone,! iu the courts of law or in the heads of departments. 3. The principal officer in each of the executive de partments;; and all persons; connected with the diplo matic service, may be removed from office at the plea sure of the President. All other civil officers of the Executive; Department may be removed at any time by the President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, inca pacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty ; and when; jsq removed, the removal shall be reported to the Seriate, together with the reasons therefor. 4. The President shall have power to fill all vacan- cies that may happen daring the recess of the Senate. , by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of ' their next session ; but no ' person rejected by the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office du- ring their ;ensuing recess. '"''.:. '. ..' Sectjlni. ' .' 1. ThePresidcnt shall from time to time, give t the Congress information: of the state of the: Confed eracy, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge ;nocesRary and expedient ; he may, on . extraordinary; occasions, convene both houses, or either of them ;; and in case of disagree- . ment between them, with respect to the time of ad- ," journment, he may adjourn1 them to such time as he shall think proper ; he shalj receive Ambassadors and other public ministers ; he shall take care that the, laws be faithfully executed; and shall commission all the officers of the Confederate States. v 1 '... " ; Section 4t. .. ,1. The President, Vice President, and all civil offi cers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or othejr high crimes and misdeanors. : article ill. Section 1. 1. The judicial power of the Confederate States , shall be vesteil in one Superior Court, and in such in ferior, courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Su preme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices du ring good beha vior, and shall , at stated times,- receive for thejr services a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. I Section 2. , ! The; judicial power shall extend' to all casts arising under this Constitution, the laws of .the' Con federate States, and, treaties made or which shall' be made under thejr authority j; to all cases affecting am bassadors other 'public ministers and eorisuls: to all XJase of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; to con- V troversios to which the Lon federate btates shall le a ' party; to controversies letween two or rhore States ; between a State and citizens of another '.State where ; the State is .plaintiff ; between citizens claiming lands under grants of; different States, and between a, State oryhe citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or subjects : but: no State shall lie sued by a citizen or f subject of any foreign State. ? - 2. In all cases aticcting ambassadorSj other public. ministers land , consuls, and those in which a State shall he. a party, the Supreme Court shall have origi nal jurisdiction. In ad the other cases before men tioned the Supreme Court nhall have appellate juris diction, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions and 'under such regulations as the Congress shall make. ;;' -. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall, be held in the State where the said-crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within jany State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may hy law have directed. , V Section 3. 1. Treason against the Confederate States shall con sist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and corn fort. No person'shall be convicted of treason unless on the tes timony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession m open court, t . ' 2. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of. treason, but no -attainder of treason I shall work i corruption of blood, or forfeiture,; except ; during the life of the person attained. article iv. bection 1. J 1. Full faith and- credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records aud judicial proceed- j ings of every other State. 1 And the Congress may, : by general laws, prescribe-the manner in wcn sucn ; acts, records and proceedings shall be pr7ed, and the j effect thereof, i 'j - '; : ':" -j;-! yi Section 2. -':',! . ' '- ' '' ! V ; ji' is?-'.' . y- '" I ' ; 1 TVip rifcizMis nf ear.b State shall he entitled to all the privileges- and immunities of citizens in the sever al States, and shall haw, the right oi transit-ana so journ in any State of this infederacy,; with their slaves and other property ; jand the right of property , in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired 2. A person charged in any Maw; witn treason, iei nnv nr nt.her crime against the laws of such State. who 'shall flee frtun justice and bevfound in another J State, shall,, on demand ot the executive autonty oi tne State from which he fled, be delivered up to be re j moved to the State having jurisdiction of the crime, j 3. No slave br other person held to service or labor in any State o Territory of the Confederate States, nrular la ii a tVcfw-f ocr-.ininor nr lawfnllv Carried ; into another, stall in. consequence of any law or regu- lation therein, be discharged irom such service or la- bor, but shall he delivered up on claim of the party to whom! such slaves belong, or to whom such service or labor may be. due. . I j? . Section 3. r f 1. Other States may be admitted into this Con fed-- eracy by! a vote of two-thirds of the whole House of j Representatives and two-thinls of the Senate, the I Senate vpting by States ; but no new JState shall be ; formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other j State ; nr any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent ; of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as if the Congress. ) 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of ami make all needful rules and regulations concerning the property of the Confederate' States, including the lands thereof. ; , . 8. The Confederate States mav acquire new territo ry, and Congress shall have power to legislate and provide governments for the inhabitants of all terri tory belonging to the Confederate States lying with out the limits of the several States, and may permit them, at such times and H such manner as it may by law provide, to form the States to be admitted into " the confederacy, "j In all such territory the institution of negro slavery I as it now exists in the Confederate States shall be recognized and protected by Congress mm ii it i -ii I Ko. 73. and by the territorial government, and the inhabitants cftbe several Confederate States and Territories shal haye the right 'to take uch territory and slaves law, lully held by them in any of the States or Tcrritorie of the Confederate! States. i i 4. Tlie Coufederate States shall guarantee I to every 8 or hereaft'- may become a1 member of this Confederacy a Republican form of government ami shall protect each of them against invasion : and oil application of the Legislature tor of the Executi ve when the Legislature is not in session) against domes tic violence. I ? i article v. Section 1, , 1. Upon the demand of any three States legally assembled in. their several conventions, the Conreai shall summon a Convention of all the States,! to "take into consideration such amendments to the institu tion :is the said States shall concur in suggesting at the time when the! said demand is made, and should any ,f the proposed amendments to the constitution be agreed on byi the said convention voting by States-and the same be ratified by the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, or by conventions m two-thirds thereof aslhe one or the other! mode of ratification may be proposed by the general conveu-tion-they shall henceforward form a part of this Constitution, But no States shall, without its con sent, be deprived of its equal representation in the Senate. . " ARTICLE VI. ' . The Government established by the Constitution is the successor pf .the provisional government of the Onifederate States of America, and all the laws pass ed by the latter shall continue, in force until the same shall be repealed or modified ; and all the officers ap pointed by the same shall remain in office uhtil their successors are appointed and qualified, or the offices abolished. . i 4 . - i 2. All debts .contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this constitution shall be as valid against the Confalemte States n,J.lUr i.; - - i !. - . ' . mi.. iv. . villa - constitution under the provisional government, i l '."ft Vhi n.ttVotifi, ..J il. 1 - ,i'. A -'. ' ate States, made id persuance thereof anrl all trea- ties made, or whicli shall be made urder the authori- ty ot the Uonlec, lerate States, shall be the supreme .law of the land ; and the judges in every State! shall be u..v vwi-uj,: nujjuuug iu ine consurution of any State to the contrarv i.nt.n'JtVmtan.lin 6t laws 4. The Senators lanrl T?rruntof; tioned, and the jmernbers of the several State Legisla tures, and all executive and judicial officers, both U the C federatepStates and of the several Stales, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this con stitution, but nt? religous test shall ever be required s a qua'ification to ar)y office or public trust under the Confederate States. ; " V . " r 6. The enumeration,' in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retainal by the people of the several States; S 1 6. The powers not delegated to the Confederate States by the constitution, nor prohibited bv it to the States are reser-ved to the States, respectively, 'or to the people thereof. , ' f '.j ;.',' ARTICLE VII. 1. The ratification of the Conventions of five States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this constitution-between (lie States so ratifying the same. ; 2. When five States shall have ratified this consti tution, in the ihanner before specified, the iCongress under provisional copstitution shal l prescrilie the time for holding the election of President and Vibe Pres ident; and for the meeting of the Electoral College j land for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi dent. They shall also prescribe the time for1 holding the first election jf piembers of Congrc8ltinder this j constitution, and the time for assembling ti e same, j Until the assembling of srich Congress, the' Congn-ss under the provisional constitution, shall cot tinue to exercise the legislative -powers granted them, not ex tending beyond the: time limited by the constitution of the provisional government. - Adopted unanimously. March 11, 1861. - J. Q.; iDK CARTEB$T. ' JOHN ARMSTRONG, i NORTII-CAROLLVA BOOK BINDERY, I '. ! I if (OVER THE N. C. BOOK STORE.) DeCarterct & Armstrong, ; j HOOK: BINDERS AND BLANK BOOK MANUFAC TURERS, RALEIGH, N. C. Jan. 23, 1861. -a- --Li i-iy XT' D. GRAHAM HAYWOOD. JLLi i COUNSELLOR AND ATTORNEY AT LAW, ; I RALEIGH, N. C, ' j ' '' j-. Will attend thef County and Superior Courts of Wake, Johnston and Chatham ; the Superior Courts of fiew Han over and Sampson, and the Terms of the Federal Courts and Supreme Court of N orth-Carohna, at Raleigh. ' 1 tmce, the one formerly occupied by the late Hon. Wil liam H. Haywd, jr. ; . ' ! Jan. 26, 1861. ! ' 17 lv B R. M00RE, . ATTORNEY AT LAW,, ,''' I ''I " SALISBURY, H. C, Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun ties, uouectiona promptly made. Jan. 26, 1861. , , 17 lr R. H. DICKINSON. ! . N. B. HILL. C. B. BILL. DICKINSON, IfILL & CO ,! AUCTIONEERS, NORTH CORNER OF FRANKLIN AND WALL STSi, . RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Attend particularly to the selling of slaves at public and private sale. 1 ' . . Aug. 28, 1860. ' ' ly GREENSBORO Mutual Life Insurance and Trust Company : rThis Company offers inducements to the public which few possess. It is economical in its management, and prompt in the parment of its losses. The insured for life are its members, and theyjparticipate in its profits ; not only on the premiums paid in, but alio on a large and increasing desposit capital kept in active operation. . j ; '" '.. ' A dividend of 67 per cenL, at the last A nual (Meeting ot the Company, was declared, and carried to the credit ot the life members of the Company. ; ' I Those desiring an insurance upon their own 1 ves, or the lives of their slaves, will please address - ;-.; ,j : '."'-''..'' D. P. WEIR, j i dt ; ..''... Treasurer. GreensborpfFeb. 11, 1859. 11 ly. NF. RITESA; CO., wholesale and retail Drug- gists, have arid will keep on hand a full supply of alt such articles as are usually found in a First jClasffDrug House. ; They will conducs the business on a large and liberal scale, having ample experience, force and facilities for Tdoing bo and nope by their promptness, energy and untiring efforW to please, to secure the liberal patronage of their friends and the public generally 1 . ! The Prescription Department will be under the immedi ate supervision of one of the firm, both' day and night. Uraers will De aitenaea 10 wiin nearness anu aisspaicu. j ! N. F. RIVES, M. D I I WALTER B. JORDAN. 5 tf. , JGS: CNRR. TIT AX8I OS HdUSE. I VI WlTHIH TWO HCTITDRSD YARDS Or TBE Depo. Now open for the reception of TRANSIENT CUSTOM and BOARDERS. Table supplied with the best the mar . . tr j i I ,'t invrinrTL !-; i Kei asoras. . . j y i uvaiauuu, iikbikjwi. Jan. 7, 1861. If 12 tf nrnsifiTifvirit nicp k RTME T. i ji ! , . tlif iioo. Mv. 25th. I8SL Sealed proposals wilt be received at this Department for tne aeiivery soii frooa mercnuuuw uuur, , y i depot within the State, in quantities not Um tka railroad n twenty- Proposals should be endorsed "Proposals for flo.ur," arid wv . WM. JOHNSTON. i -; i ' . . Commistary (funeral. .May 29. 1861.; . - - tf COMMITTED to Jailrin the town or Salisbury Rowan county, by Cornelius Kestler, a negro slave who says he is a runaway, arid belongs to James Fuller and says his name is Frank. This boy is about twenty-one or two years old, about six feet high, of rather a light-dark color, bad on brown woolen clothes, badly torn, appears to be a boy of good quality, and a number one negro. The owner will come for him. pay charges, and take him away, otherwise he will be dealt with according to f 1 . W. XL WALTON, ' !!" ' Sheriff of Rowan county. Eir1 rtioHf ....--....,. . 9lM fcMbroentfMertioRf....:..V.....J.,;.....l;.. ' j (Fourteen or under ake a .quire.)' ouarterly advert, . redneUon frmA No Auction from the rejrut.r rfcte. for huvted in the Weekly Edition. T . T? AlUdrertUe.nent.. , WAKhLM?nufae,nrI,,S nipany Jtl and Book pane andfjartridge Wrapptj,' P and tity of common wrappinJerS 7' hwge qnan- June' li!" . H' Y- S JED, Trsurer. Raleigh Register, Greensboro' Tim. wJ?8 -esat, Gldsb Tribune and NewP T?DGEW0RTH FEMALE SEMINARY, : dieTshe h!UiU?,,rU,of fl!vGenUW and Four La-b-lhe Institution U. and has hn TimuAiTnri. SOCTUERN in its orr.nW.tl ..w.wVi.i M aww viauu.aliuu. excited t-tj nt v.uWuroaKD u eminently health- A i- v VUUUH , US dra it a nniui nt .r v "t . " u Wl" coo"ence Aurust 1st, 1R61 For Catalogues eoMainingfull particulars f terms Ae. Wly o RICHARD STlKLINo7iSP, ' June 26. Greensborough, N. C. . 1 ' ' ' : .; . . -: 8m., mJ NOTICE. TP P and committed to the Jail of Meek- A lenburg county, on the 8th day of September lt negro boy, who says his name is jfn,, and thathU mai -., C. Said boy is of medium heighthvery black and bu TdeKdhimy fetllinwTn ".aVscTr? bVhich to laentity nim. The owner is hereby notified to come for. wrd, prove property, py charges and take hKwar S th dJ . of September nPx"he wUl be lZ posed to public .ale, to pay fees, as the law direct. ' , , W. W. OKIER. Charlotte. V. C. M. &e,ri?,of Mknr county. Tk. .rD i-j . ' ' ' ' - At ...... 1S60. - KPRivfj TRinr 1861. N. F. IllYES & CO. WHOI.KSALE DKDUfiiT iLCLafroIU,a d Te. to' their - ,' Perfumery, Chemicals, Fancr Articles, , n v- d .r Brnne of all kinds, Dyebtuflk Tobacciy w mdow Glass, Cigars Patent Medicines, Sntifl' ' ,e8' , .,. . randies, Gins, Ac. . Kitf r fa:lllt.1 usurpa.ssed by any house in the. trade, they fee authorized in saying they can, and .will sell all goods in thoir line of business, at such low prices as cannot 1 i 57U enV,r,C 8atifaeti0- Orders will be prompUr attended to. All goods sent from their establishment, war ranted as represented by them. ' " n..e. itiVES CO Wholesale Drugffljlts, N v Da. N. F. Rives, , ' Walter B. Jordan, Joseph Carr. r ft, 12 tf. FURNITURE ! FURNITURE ! ! A LFRED OVERTURE, haTlnj remored to the JTX. large, new and extensive building on Sycamore street, nearly opposite Donnana & Johnson, has "purchased the most superior and extensive stock of Furniture ever exhib ited in the city, to which he Invites the attention of house keepers and others in want of superior articles in his line, pledging entire satMaelion in quality and price. His stock is composed of Solas, Divann, Parlor chairs, Mahogany wardrobes, and Bookcases. Marble top Bureaus, Centre Tables, Spring and oth it Bedsteads, Sociables, Ac. He will, also make to order any article in his line, as he has some of the best workmen in the city in his employ. He solicits a call from his friends and the public. : He will pay particular attention to the Undertaking De partment, for which purpose he will keep fa good assort ment of Burial Cases of every dexci iption. He will have" in attendance on funeral occasions a careful driver and jjfood hearse. ' ,, - - Petersburg, Ya., April 9, 1860. . ' . ' r ' -.ly. WeekprivaiFoTcaFrIa V AYS and BUGGIEStmade expressly for VlrglnU and North-Carolina. Thev are of the latent style and supe rior workmanship. Also, SADDLES and HARNESS of the best materials, and of my own manufacture. Call and see iny block, uciore purtiiaiiing eiscwLere. . .- . .'.. -. A. V. Jl AKltlSU." . No. 123 Svciiniore street, Petersburg, Va. 1860. , ly. April, , RRM0YAL ! (jEORGE ' U BIDG00D, j BOOKSELLER, Agent Methodist Depository, I RICHM0XDr VIRGINIA, ' TITO ILD respectfully Inform his friends and T I the public, that he has removed to the store .- NO. 161 MAM- STREET, r J i if -ii ' . . r- . ir Recently occupied bv Mr. Chas. A. Gwatkin, and one door V.. I 1 1 IT . ' !.-.. f. . T T ! . i c , . His stock of j BOOKS, STATIONERY, AND FANCY ARTICLES, will compare favorably with any house South.! lie has se lected with great care a splendid assortment of stationery, to suit the most fastidious. A collection of choice MIS CELLANEOUS, STANDARD AND THEOLOGICAL WORKS, of the newest editions, and indeed the; latest pop lar, moral publicatio'iis 'ss soon as published, j t. . The trade can be supplied with Our own own; Books upon the same terms aa at the Nashville house. For tonus, see Catalogue, which will be furnished gratis. W j , i Mercuants, Ministers, Colporteurs and Consumers, wll' find it to their advantage to patronize the Depository. ' The store has been elegantly and comfortably fitted up with a view to the easy conduct of the bnwines, well as the comfort and ease of the customer. Also polite and accom modating clerks are employed. I ' i Orders will be faithfully and promptly attended to1. Don't forget the place. Nov161 Msin street, oue door below Kent, Pain A Co s. COLLEGE HOTEL A houses formerly occupied as a Female .College in tn city of Raleigh, on Hillsboro street, 200 yardf west of the Capitol, towards the N. C. Depot, and having opened the same as a PUBLIC HOTEL and BOAKDINO IIOUSE. . respectfully solicits the patronage of the TRAVk.UWU PUBLIC. .... HiUsboro' street is noted for food water and beautiful shade during the summer montfis. The Proprietor design keeping a House for BOARDERS, during theirammer and fall months for FAMILIES, who can have the benefit the Mineral Water from the Kirkham Spriig, which equal to any in the State in medicinal properties, which i well known to all who have tried the i water. The public are respectfully solicited to call and judge foi -themselves, as promises might be made and riot complied . with:, PS, A Ag"L lf-tf ian. 26,1861. 2KA SEWING MACHIXES-The Qnaker CltJ t0 QJ Sewing Machine works with two threads making adouble lock stitch, which will not rip or ravel, even " t ery fourth stitch be cut. It sews equally i as well the o arsest Linsey or the lineBt Muslin, and is undeniably the at machine in market ilerchant Tailors, Mantua Makert n d Housekeepers, are in vited to call and examine for them- 1 ' . . i u. C Mr P. A Wilson, Merchant Tailor, Wiristonj N. "C. having tried other machines, buys one of the Quaker Cityr and pronounces it far better than any before M use. All persons wishing to secure the agency for the sale he Quaker City machine, in any of the towas in North Carolina, except in the county of Wake, which is secured to Messrs. Tucker A Co., of Raleigh, and the eounty Forsytbe, taken by F. A. Wibon, of Winston should apply soon to the undersigned agenU for the Sute. ) We will pay reasonable per cent, to all jeron. $2 ' Greensboro', N.-a", Feb. 2nd, 1858 j ' LAND FOR SALE. The BbscrlBerwbhlns to nove to the Southwest, otters for sale the tract of U4 on whicn Ue now resides lying eight mdes outbof Bfuvfe. and one mile north.of Rndsmi the J wlft. Creek, and in a healthy and intelligent whborbood. . laid "act contains about 640 acre. ; there U enough land cleared, ad in . high Ute of cnltivrtHm, for fonr horse farm, cultivating one-half altv-rn.t. ly. Th-r.- m fheTractTgodlwo .Cry dwelling toNW; roomsTanda basement, niwly fitted .1 ' v " theneieLary puthoue. of wdl-r-''tbi " 'th a well .cdlent water In the a,d, Tuu , m tr dapted to the growth of Corn, C .tt . Wh . t auJ OU. f - Auburn, Waka.Co., X. C - October 13. I860. - " -; V- '' ' ' f '.y..-.. ijL N0RTH-CAR0LIXA MILITART BrTTOXKTh Goldsber Kiflea," having prH,urt!d atwiiipkte of Dies of the State Arms, are prepared to u mvk for all the North-Carolina Military Compauk . at . i cent less tbaa they can be purchased eleewfaersx All application amt bo made to tha CtpUio, J.a. I W-tf I. - i"
Daily State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 10, 1861, edition 1
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