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V i s. k. . Vol. II. RALEIGH. V N. C, SATURDAY; NOVEMBER 16r 1861. Ho. 2. -! f dictate nnrnaL ' 4 I:: - - i JOHN srI3IAN, Editor and Proprietor AUD PBI3.TEK to the state. . -. 1 I' . ! 1TM. BOBISSOX, Assistant Editor. TERMS: ( 'jMI -WEEKLT EDITION, per tnnnm, $4 WEEKLY EDITION, " " ..... t ! 1 Inrvifcblj in Adrance. The Southern Bepublic. iti.cmfit Ccttsli mm. fit Cttislitvtion of ill Confederate State . ' f America. fie, the onpleof the Confederate States, each State ! acting in ita sovtmgn and independent character, iq ordtr t4i form, a permaneni ieicrai governmein, esiaD- lisb justice. Insure 4onetic trancjility, and secure the? b'.essiugs of jihertyj to ourselves and our posterity in j Vykig the avpr aiid guidance of Almighty Gtid dp rlairi and t:iblin this Constitution for the Ccnftxle4 rate States of Anierica. ' ; ) " AB.tjtci..c :tl.Section 1. All" ienslKtive!. tjowera hereiu delegated shall bci vptcd ill ; k CiwiErcsn of the Gnfederate " States which shall! conbisit of a- Senate and House of IicpJ reentativcs i ' " j ; f Section 2 ' 1 The Tfouse of Hepreseutatives idtall l"e composed of liieuiWrsf chj4r vcry second year by the people of . F thcverai 'Slates; aiiul the elettorB in each State shall" ! l citizens oltlie'Coli federate States, and have the qualj itickiods ref uisue ).fr electors of the" most numerous branch ;tf MStftte Legislature; but no person of f.ireipn hirth riot a citizen of the Confederate States . bball Ie nlifvpd to: vote for any officer, civil or politif ' ca!, State orjFetlerali 2 N14siV'Khalt be a representative who shall not have attahjd the age of tweuty-five years, and be a citizen of tl C:ft,derate States, and wlw shall notj, 5 when clectel,' .1 e ah inhabitant of that State in which lifiiihall le ihosehlj - ' ; ' ; r." ' '.-.'j 3. Reprelentat ires and direct tajs shall bc apporf : tioueil amolg thf several StateHwhichmay.be included within- tiii Gn)ifTa3Wcording to their resj)ectiv m;ml ers, mm h fhidl be determined by adding to th whole nuhvber of tree persons, including those bouna t( Pervkc ftf a term ot years, and excluding Indian$ I . rittjation slill be hi aide ' - within three years after th .j - iihX ii i -tinof the Congress of the Confederate State ' , i ami w niiin every subsequent term of ten years, in such . manner as iey shall, by law, direct. . The number of -j - rr.p'('fnt;Uites shall not exceed one for every" fifty f ' tiujuoaiid.- lit each Stale shall have at least one repref '' seiitatm'TafKl. until! such enumeration shall bej made Skj" the" State o Simth Carolina shall be eutitletl to chofe . j t" 'Nxltlie 'Stale of .ijeoria tefi, the State of Alalnirni I I ; uirieSiie Sdite Florida two, the State of Mississippi . M'vcn the IState of Louisiana, sx, and the State of ' TcXMs eix. " ". ' ' 4. Wlwit vacancies happen in ,the repr&sentation ' -,' -.. from any jftate, ih? Executive authority thereof shall; ? isi,iie' writs )felecXinn to fill such vacancies. ' vi -. 5, I he blouse :of Itepreiutatives shall chcKwe their Speaker and other ofijeers, and shall- have the sole t. .-!''.,'' -'power i mpe ichhiont, except that any judicial, or i , - otlier fedelaVjtlicer resident And acting 'lely,Within thf Umits Lf any Stat, may Ix; impeaciied by a votb S' ti two-Unruii.t)! both branches ot- tne L.eiiaturo . thereof. ; : j . . ' J '"'."' . - : Section t. . V I-.. Tlie Senate of the Gnfedcriite States shall' bfe coinpofit'd f tw Senators from earh State, chost-n fojr ''-t-hixLyi'srs the Legislature thereof, at the regular i'. -Tsesiion iicxt Immediately preceding tlve'iroimneiicd ' ; tii cut of the term of service; and each Senator shall ''.have one Atc.; I i ' ; - 2. Immeiately after they shall be '.assembled,' in ' ' cbusequenc "of thej first election, they shall be divided - " as equally. s may be! into three chwses. The seats of ' the Senators of the1 first class shall be vacated at the . . expiration fof th$ second year ; of the second chiss" &t the expiration of the' fourth year; and of the third class at tht expiration of the sixth year; so that on-' third may be chosen every seotaid year ; and if vacari- . cies happe byi restguation or otherwise during the re cess of the "I Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof mar make temporary appointmeutii until - ihV next meeti; of the. Legislature, which shall then fill 'such vacaicies!, ; i 5 , . 1: ' 3. No pfrsop shall be a Senator who shall not hae attained' th ageBFthirty years," and be a citizen of the CihTedurat States, and who shall uot, when elected, . be an inhabitant of ihe State for which he ; shall be chosen.; J v 4 .- : . "' "j .4, The f ice IVesident of the Confederate States shall be Prcidet oj the Senate, but shall have no vote, un less llwy"be equally divideti., - . . ': - jB.. The innate thail choose their other officers, and . also a' l'redeiit pro tempore in the absence of the Vice . President, ')r; when he shall exercise the ofijee of Presi- dent of the? Confederate States. :, ..':.''., .6." -The. Senate shall have the sole power to' try all impeachments" When sitting for that purpose, they shall lid of oath or affirmation. "When the President of the jCmfederate; States U tried, the Chief Justice shall preside ; aiul, no' person shall be convicted with out the concurrence of two-thirds of the members :.;:prescntr:-;-;-i:H .'. ,. ; ' . - - 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not ex tend furfl-er than ,to removal' from office, and disqual- - ification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, t rust or profit, unefcr the Confederate States ; but the party con victed shll, nevertheless, be liable and subject to i a- 'dictment,rial,: judgment and punishment, according " to .laWi -t.'' ): I'm;:- i ; "1 J - k'-i e t' - '" '' ' ":'t -' 1. ThejimeV, places and manner of holding eleo tions for enatorsand Representatives shall be preV" "scribed infeach State by the Legislature thereof, sul . ject to thermovisions of this Ccnistitution ; but tlie Cb gress mayrat;arty time, by law make or alter srich regulations, except . as w me .umes and places ot cioos- big Senators. ;; j j '. ' ,. '. ; l. ihe juongres snail assemble at least oje in every year; andsucli meeting shall be on thenaff Monday m Decembers unless they shall, by law,'jvifMint a different day. Secti il. Each 'House; shaH ije the iudse of the elections. returns aid qualifications of its own members, and a majoriiy If eal;h' shall constitute a quorum todo busi- day, and.mayjbejautliorized to compel the attendance ofj abseutlmeinbeirs, in such mauner and under such .penalties s eaidli jUouse may. provide. - . .2. Eac i House; may determine the rules of its pro- ceedings, punish its members for dirderly behavior, nd, with the 6oncurrence of two-thirds of the whole Bumber,xpelj:a knember. 1 ' " ' ; ' - " , Z. Eaci j HouseUliall1 keep; adjournal of rits-prc-r y ceedings, irid jfeoi time to time publish the sanie, ex cepting sich parts ;as may -in their Judgment require secresy, Ind, thej yeas and nays of the members of either Hcise,:onijy question, shall at the desire of one-fifth f those -present, be entered on the journal . r4. Xeiher House, during the session of Congress, shall, wiioutfi tlii consent of the other," adjourn for. more than thre&4ay, nor toanj other 'place than that ' in wxucnthe two jlousee shall b sitting. , . '-. : Section 6. ' : " 1 " ' 1. 'fhe 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. They shall, in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of the peace be pri vileged from arrest during - their attendance , at the session of their resjective Houses, and in' going to and returning from the same ; ; and for any speech or debate in either House they shall tot be questioned in any other place. ; . ... . T 2. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he 'was electetl, . be appointed, to any, civil office under the authority of the Confederate States, vvhjich shall hate; been created, jot the cmolu ments whereof shall have been increased during such time ; and no person holding any office under the Con ederate States shall be a member of either House du viug his continuance in office. But Congress may, by " ow, gr nt to the principal officer in each of the Ex- lontive Departments a seat upon the floor of either use, with the privilege of discussing any measures oppertaning to his department. v v Section 7. ." 1, All bills for raising xevenue shall originate in the Liuse of Representatives; but the Senate may propose - jeoncur with amendments as on nther bilk. - ? - 2. Every HJll Mrhich shall hive p wied b th Houses -shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the. President i f the Confederate States ; if he approve, he shall sigh it ; bii if not, he shall return it with his ob jections t that House in which it shall have origi-; nated, who shall enter the objcctus at large on their Journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree -to pass the-bill, it fhall be sent, together with the ob- ". jectious, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that House it shall become a law. But in all such cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and ... hays, and the hames of the persons voting for and 1 agaiyst the bill shall be entered on the journal, of each House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned Ly the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) alter it shall have been presented to him, . the same Shall be a law, in like manner as if he had sigHcd it, unless the Congress by their adjournment, , prevent its 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- , iipns disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap propri;itiwis, with his objections, to the House in which thebili shall have originated ; and the satne prweed iigs"shall then be had as in case of other bills disap proved by the President. i 3. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the con currence of both Houses may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the . t Presideut of the Confederate Stales; and bef(re'the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him; or ' being di; approved by him, may be repassed by two thirds ol b'.th, Houses accordiug to the rules and limi- , tations prescribed in case of a bill. " r ' . oeclwn 8. Tire Congress shall have power: . . v 1. To lav and collect taxes, duties, impost- and ex- ises for revenue - necessary to pay the debts, provide or the common defence, and carry on the government f the Confederate States ; but no bounties shall be ranted from the Treasury, "nor shall any duties or taxes bu importations from foreign nations be laid to pro- mote or. roster any orancnoi masiry ; anu an amies, tmptts and excises shall le uniform thoroughout the Confederate States.. , . 2. To borrow money on the credit of the Con fede rate. States. : -' .' ., , 1 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and ninong the severa States, and with the Indian .trills ; .nit neither this, nor any other clause contained in ;he Constitution, shall ever be construel to delegate ' ;lie power to Congress to appropriate money -lor any , internal improvement intended t facilitate toinmerce, Except for the pttrX)se of furnishing lights, beacons and juoys, and other aids to navigation upon the coasts, ind the improvement of harbors and the removing of obstructions in river navigation, in all which c;ises such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated .thereby as maybe necessary to pay the costs and ex panses there.f. . t -i 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 ;liseharge any debt contracted before the passage of . the same. - 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereofandof foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and mea sures. . ' : 1 6. To ptovide for the punishment of counterfeit ing the securities and current coin of the Confederate States.' . ' ''' " : ' ;: 7". To establish pot offices and post routes ; but the expenses of the Post office Department, after the first day of March in the year of our lord eighteen hundred jand sixty-three, shall be paid out of it O n reve nues.. . ! :' 't 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. 9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court.----. '- 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies com- . mitted on the? high seas, and offences against the law of nations. - 1 f. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re ;prisal,,and make rules concerning captures on land aud water. . r (12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropria- jtion of 'money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy. 14. To make rules for .government and regulation of the land and naval forces. !l5. To provide for calling forth the militia to exe-' ciite the laws 6t the Confederate States, suppress in surrections and repel invasion. : , 1 16, lo provide for organizing, arming and discip lining the militia,'and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the Confederate btates ; 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 whateoeverover fiich' district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of one or more States and the - acceptance of Congress, - become the seat of the government of the Confederate States ; and to exercise like 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 yards and other needful buildings ; and , ' ' T8. To make all la,ws which shall be necessary and proper for cairying into execution the foregoing powers-, and all other powers vested by this Constitution In the government of the Confederate States, or in any department or officer thereof. ' Section 9. . ,1. The importation of negroes of r the African race from any foreign country other than the idaveholdiug States, or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden ; and Congress is required to pas such laws as shall effectually prevent the same. i 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. ! .V,'". 8. The privilege ofjhe writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. ! -' 4. Ko bill of attainer, or ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in "negro slaves shall b pasd. 6. No capitation or .other direct tax shall be laid A unless in proportion to the census or enumeration here- -' inbefore directed to be taken. I 6. No tax or dnty shall be laid on articles exported i from any State, , except by a vote of two-thirds of r both houses. y., . .. . . .. -. v ..U.; :s 7. No preferences snail be given by any regulatron ; of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over hose of another.- ' - ' "-' '" 8. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but ' ( in consequence of appropriations made by law ; and a -regular statement ana account of the receipts and ex penditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. . ;. .-, ... j : 9. Congress shall appropriate no money 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 Congress1' to establish. . ' - 1 " 10. AH bills appropriating money shall specify In -federal currency the exact amount of each appropria tion and the purposes for which it is made; and Congress "shall grant no extiw compensation to any public contractor, officer, agent or servant, after such contract shall have been made or such service ren- ;.' dered ; - . . - . .'.' , : '11. No title of nobility shall be granted by the Con- 'federate States; and no person holding any office of profit or'trust under them, shall, without the consent fb the Congress, accept of any present emoluments office or title of any kind whatever from any king,' prince or foreign State.. 12. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or irohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abrixlgi ug 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. . ' , J - . : " jl ..- ' 13. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right f the people to keep and bear arms shalf not be infringed. 14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quar- -tered in any house without the consent of the owner ; nor in time of war, but in a mauner to be prescribed by law.' ' ' - ' --. ' .. v. . .15. The right of the . people to be secure in their ; persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasona- . hie 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; - 10. No person shall be held to answer for a capital Or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment i 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 put 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 ... ; tion. :' -' ' ' ; ; 17. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall . enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an im partial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have ln?cn previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ; to le eonfrontel with the witnesses against him ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, aud to have the assistance of touijuiel for his defence . - 18. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved ; and no fact so tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the Confederacy than according to the rules of the common law. 19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces sive fines imposed, uor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. . ; 20. 13 very law or resolution having, the force of law, shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be ex pressed in the title Section 10. 1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or , confederation ; grant letters of marqueand 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 insi)ecj.ion laws ; and the uett 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 revision aud control of Congress, 3. 'No State shall, without the consent of Gngress, 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 makitig such improvement, be paid, into the common treasury ; nor shall any State keep troops or ships of war,, in time of peace, enter into any agreement or 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, they may enter into compacts with each otlier to improve the navigation thereof. Abticxe II. Section 1. 1. The executive power shall be vested in a Presi dent of the Confederate States of America. He and - the Vice Presideut shall hold their offices for the term of six years ; but the President shall not be re-eligible. The President and Vice President, shall be' elected as follows: ' ' - I 1 1 ' 2. Each State shall appoint, in 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 maybe entitled in the Con-' gress ; but no Senator or representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the Confeder ate States, shall be appointed an elector. ' '3. The electors shall, meet in their respective States and vote by ballot, for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be'atf inhabitanfof 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, and of the number of votes for each, which list they sbalVjsign. and certify, and transmit, sealed, to the government of the Confederate States, directed to the 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 couutcd ; the person having th .greatest number of votes for President shall be th' President, if such number be a majority of the whole number , of electors appointed , and if no person have such majority, then, from the persons having the high est numbers, not exceeding tliree, on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, . by ballot, the : : President. But in choosing the President the votes shall be taken s by States, the representation from each State having oneJ ' vcte; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and ft 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. . I 4. The person having the greatest number of votes is 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 xboose the Vice President; a quorum 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. . , 6. But no 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 t be the same throughout the Confederate States. . ; bj" 7w 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 born in the United States prior to the 20th of X)ecem 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 of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the limits of the Confederate States, as may exist at the time of his election. 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 rshalh devolve on the Vice Presideut; and the Congress may, by law, provide for the case of re moval, death, resignation, or inability both of the Pres ident and Vice President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and iuch officer shall act accord ingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected." ,9. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his service a compensation, which shall neither be in creased 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 enttrs on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath nr affirmation , u I do solemnly 6wear (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 commander-in-chief of : the army and navy of the Confederate Stales, and of the militia of the several States, when sailed 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 U.:is for oilences against the Confederate States, ex - cept in cases of impeachment. 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 and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su preme Court, and all otlier officers of the Confederate States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law ; but the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of such inferior "officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the courts of law or in the heads of departments. t 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 otlier civil, officers of the Executive Department may h 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 so removed, the removal shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor. A. The President shall have power to fill all vacan cies that may happen during 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. , : . . ; Section 3. 1. The President shall from time to time, give to the Congress information of the state of the Confed eracy; and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both nouses, or either of them; and in case of disagree ment between them, with respect to the time of ad journment, ho may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper ; he shall 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. . ? . . Section 4. . 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 other high crimes and misdeanors article ill. Section 1. 1. The judicial . power of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Superior Court, -and in such in ferior courts as the Congress may from time td time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Su preme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices du ring good behavior, and shall, "at stated times, receive for their services a compensation, which shall hot be diminished during their continuance in office. Section 2. 1. The judicial power shall extend to all cases arising under, this Constitution, the laws of the Con federate States, and treaties made or which shall be made under their authority ; to all cases affecting am bassadors, other public ministers and consuls ; to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; to con troversies t$" which the Confederate States shall be a party; to controversies between two or more 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 or the citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or subjects ; but no State shaU be sued by a citizen or subject of any foreign State. . i 2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have origi nal jurisdiction. In ail the other cases before men tioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate juris-, diction, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im peachmentshall 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 any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed. Section 3. 1. Treason against the Confederate States shall con sist only in levying war against them, or in adoring ' to their enemies; giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the tes timony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. - , " ' 2. The Congress shall nave power w ureuire "punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of Wood, or forfeitnre, except !- during the Efe of th person attained. " . abticxk ir. Seri&m 1. 1. Full faith ud credit shall be given in escli State to the public act, record and judicial proceed ings of every other State. Atmt the Congrer may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in wlchsuch acts, records and proceedings shaH be pr7ed, and the ueei inereoi. - Section 2. 1. The eitizeri of each State'shaS tow entitled to all the privileges and iracmnittes of citizen in the sever al State, and shall havo the right of transit and so journ in any State of this Oonfedcracr, with their slaves and other property ; and the right of property in said slaves shall not be thereby hnpaired, 2. A person charged in any State with treason, fel ony, or other crime againwt the laws of such Stater who .shall flee from juMtice, and be found m another State.-shall, on demand of the executive mKoriry of the State from which be fled, be delivered np to- be re moved to the State having jurisdiction of the crime- 3. No slave or other person hdd to service or labor in any State or Territory of the Confederate States under the laws thereof, escaping o lawfully carried! into another, shall in comeqtienceof tiaj law or regu lation therein, be discharged from such service or la bor, but shall be delivered np on claim of the party to whom such slaves belong, or to whom snch service or labor may be due. . Section 3. 1. Other States may be admitted into this Confed eracy by a vote of two-thirds of tlie whole House ot Representatives and. twvthinb of the Sena, the Senate voting. by States ; but no- new State 'shall be formed" or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the jnnctimx of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent' of the Legislatures of the States concerned, a well a the Congress. te 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations concerning the property of the Confederate States swrludiirig; the ands thereof. ; 3. The Confederate State may acquire bcw territo ry, and G)ngrees shall have power to legislate and" provide governments for the inhabitant of all terri- , tory belonging to the Confederate States lyui with out the limits of the several States, aud may permit them, at such times and :n such manner a it may by law provide, to form the States to be admitted inU the confederacy. I n all such territory the institution of negro slavery as it now exists in the Confederate States shall be recognizeii and protected by Congress and by the territorial government and the inhabitant of the several Confetlerate States and 'Territories sh -have the right to take such territory and slavee law fully held by them in any of the States or Territories of the Confederate States. J 4. The Confederate States shall guarantee to every State that now is or hereafter may become a member of this Confederacy a Republican form of government and shall protect each of them against invasion 'r and? on application of the Legislature (or of the Executive when the Legislature is not in session) against domes tic violence. article V. Section 1. -1. Upon the demand of any three States legally, assembled in their several conventions, the Congress shall summon a Convention of Q the States, to take into consideration such amendments to the constifca tion as the said States shall concur in suggesting at the time when the said demand is made,. &nd should any of the proposed amendments to the constitution be agreed on by the said convention voting by States- and the same be ratified by the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, or by conventions in two-thirds thereof as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by! the general conven tion they shall henceforward form fa part of this Constitution. - But no States spall, without it cou- . sent, be deprived of its equal f representation in -the Senate. ARTICLE VI. "i- 1. The Government established by the Constitution; is the successor of the provisional government' of th Confederate States of America, and all the laws pass ed by the latter shall continue in forco until the same shall be repealed or modified;-and all the officers ap pointed by the same shall remain in office until their successors are appointed and qualified, or the, offices, abolished. 2. All debts contracted aud engagements eutered into before, the adoption. of-thisconKtitutibn shall bo as valid : agaiust the Confederate States under this constitution as under the provisional government. , 3. This constitution, and the laws of the Confeder ate States, made in persuance thereof, and all trea ties made, or which shall le made under the authori ty of the Confetlerate States, shall be the suireme law of the land; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything iu the constitution or laws -of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. " ' 4. The Senators and Representatives before men tioned, and the mcmlcrB of the several State Iegisja tures, and all executive and judicial officers, lth of the Co federate States and of the several States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this con stitution, but no religous test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office Or public trust under the Confcd'Tate States. , 5. The enumeration, in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people of the several States. 6. The powers not delegated tto the Confederate States by the constitution,"rjor. prohibited by it to the States are reserved to the States,- respectively, or: to the people thereof. " - ;' , . . ARTICLE VII. ; . ' ' 1. The ratification of the ConvenUons of five State shall be sufficient for the : establishment of this consti tution between the States so ratifying' the same. 2. When five States shall have ratified this consti tution, in the manner before specified,, the Congress under provisional constitution shall prescribe the time for holding the election of President ad Vice Presi dent; and for the meeting of the Electoral College ; and for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi dent. They shall also prescribe the time for holding the first election of members of CongrcVs under this r constitution, and the time for assembling the same. ? Until the assembling of such Congress, the. Congress under the provisional constitution shaH continue to exercise the legislative powers granted them, not ex tending beyond the time limited by the constitution of the provisional government. r Adopted unanimously, March 11, 186 1. KC1TSSIT. JOHmUsMSTSOSS. NO BUI-CAROL HA BOOK BI5DKBT, 'mnnv ' (OYER THE N. C. BOOK STORE.) DeCarteret & Armstrong, BOOK BINDERS AND BLANK BOOK MANUFAC. TUREltS, ' BALEIOU, N. C. -s . Jan. 23, 1861. .. ' . -, ' j . r E"- W8tej'ATT0U AT LA EALK16H, S. C, - I - - . WiU attend the Comitj and Snperior CoartJ of Wake, Johnston and Chtthsm ; the Snperior Cosrt of JfewHsn over and Sampson, and tb Terms of the Federal CosrU OSee, the one formerly 6ccnpied by the Iste Hon. U- mm n. ait wwm, jr. . Jan. 26, 1861. f BB. M00BI krmt t" ATTORN Er AT LAvT, Ai.MBtrmr. a. CL.-- 17-ly Will practice in the Courts of Rowsa and sdjoialng conn- ties. ' Collections promptly made, isa. K, 1861. J7ly i . . r- i - 1 , si; 1 r- : s TV- ( j y. ' at . h 4 5. t 5 . i .1 i!
Daily State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Nov. 16, 1861, edition 1
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