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ITEUMS:
. .,nvEEKLY .KIlTIO per annum,
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in Advance. )
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We sluitern; Republic.
V irnU Os1ifai( lf 1 Covfedaote States
i. , of America,
V.f.' l V... ;.-tlianH- infViiidctit- character.- in
Section 2.
f Jl -nse'I IlWsenfatives !a'i 5 fornPf,se
" -vliheverx ef4id year by the people of
j ...-j.;..i..! tI-eKtrs in each Shite .shall,
''VjHft'-va'i.'.'eiieilite- States?, Mid have the quid-!
c1ettr of
the
most nu men am
hut no person of .
.$a "i who" toll not,.
,(jtch y eftii inhabitant of that State ui which .
! ;k; " uS.ntaiivesiaiid .ct taxe Khall he appor-i
? - , i',JJ . tie several States winch may .lw l no! uueti ;
tiers' 'whiifUiall he determined by addin- tothef
''fl, AjM.r (4' ii'(i i6Hr including thve huund:
1 t vxvd threelittW o;": alt .slavvsv lj:e actual en
I , ;.ti(),sl1ail e niad wathin three years after t
t ...... ,t ( -Ml 1 't SUI iiic wumww""v-""'
:&r 8is theylhall! by law, direct. -The number of .--M-nt.itives
Mill-i not exceed one for every fifty,.
And Weieh State sljall-have at least one repre-4'';VitH-ei:-ai4n-ftl-sticH:
enumeration vhall be niaue
S'auf SifiLh ftromiarshall he entitled to choose
VC-"t-v t-iu- k- Geivria'tcu, ..the State of Alabama!
in '.i.-i Mate i)f-Fbrbia,tvvb, the Stare of Mississippi,
-t.vn'ile"bale:'-of!-luiiana six, and the btate of
jlVrr v-au4s hapj)en in the representotionj
i. i '
ai.v
St atf.hii" K.:itiUve autnority tnere(;i. suaur
i hi
writs -of. tlei ty .ii to"'lu siicti vacancies.
T- Ihai1 of llebresieutatives shall choose their:
HIS Ol fVi ''.r: . . ,
i, . i 'i ' i-V. j.n.l-Liiiiii'liw fil t iti
there .1'. , j. i ,.' . , " ' .
4 ' -jf Tk Semite of 11- b.ufodrTateSfatcs shall be
Wt vcfs lvhe. -,i-ejaN:wic ""-" v rc,:
:W.n mniatelyl preceding tiie cotlimence
vi.f i.f the l-rm'iif service; and each benaiur shall ,
tWIekoy shall he. nJM In
; c,nvece.6f the first e cction, they shall be divtdcl
m ;,u .11 1 a? may Ve iinhy three clai. i he seats of
fck-naiors k thf.tilrsti-las.s- shall be vacated at the
eki.iK.tli.tt oft the sUWd k;ear ; ot the second class at
- ti'.M.iratioi.rof..tl-.ej f.urth year; and of the thud
vtie t-SkWafio! of!the sixth yoar;.s" that one-
t' :ia Ui:iV OK CHosen vvlij . '"
rits 1 a.u-n oTcsigiiitin. or otherwise during there- ;
iW !.i Ihe- Lagishittife -f-any . State. . the Executive r
liKrVofmayriiakeJniry appoumeiits uytn
- .' ...i .i-l. ..U w-haM rhnn -till !
Ikp uicWi of. the -Eeg)slature, winch shall then fill
. u !iva;u.-.-u,ss .( 1 ......
k'- 'y jNoierson sh:il beia beiitor who shall not hae
S-: 'tlttViil liageof tSiivH years and be a citizen of;the
.C i.lcdate StVtesftHh who shall not when eiecth
U aiiabitantof the! State for which he shall be ..-
V ; T The Tioe PrcsidoutSof the Confederate States shall
4 HlcuU'tjtl.e'n4te, but shall have no vote, un-
; less Uh v he equally jliviVled. ' ; . ; .
.-' --1'?' v:..,. .(...UiH .rboose their other officers, and
1 aNffa1 President nrolictiporc in the absence of the ice
lWutyut, or hen he shall exercise, the office ot Presi.
-ueU ot the IVnk derate Mates.. . .- -
' 0 The-Mnute shall ,liae the sole power to try all
unreaaimias When sitting for that purpose, they
- fl,.!,l ne on outh w Utlinnation. hen the 1 resident
. ol't'e C .i.lwkrie St iter, is tried, the Clnel Justice .
'shd' jus.'W; aid j.o i'cr -on shall l; convicted Avith-
oul c.ncuij.nu' .t two-thirds of the members
7 .Uulgnient in cases of imr eachment shail not ex
tend l m thn tha.i t un.oal pu office, and disqual
iticatiVn to.hokil:V.i(deji,oy any cfiice of honor, trust or
" pi M.JWuler the( fiutdo.iUj Sta'es; but the party con-'
-KUd' shall, neveltholeas, li liable and subject to in-
dictinfcnt, trial, (judgment and punishment, according
' to law. ' ' ', .1 . : j .
.... i ; :-.r:--; " I ) Section 4..'
1J The times', placls , and manner of holding eleo--"
tions for Senators and Representatives shali be pre-
scribed in each State 'by the Legislature thereof, sub
ject to the provisions Of this Constitution ; but the-Con-'
' .gress .mayv at iuy time, by; law make or alter such
' regulations', except as to the times and places of cljioos-
Uii Senators, f '',", ' ; '. V
1 1 Thb Congress, shall assemble at least oace in every
. .?! L'icnMJmwt.iti!' 'shall be on Ithe first Monday in
Uecjernber, uniess iucv suiu,"j j
7-. day. '.. - " .'f " . , I
- j I Section 5. '' ''
JA- i Eacliilouie shall be the judge of the elections, j
' : returns arid quahficittions of ite own members, and
maji.ritf of eafclvshall constitute a quorum to do bust- ;.
pes; but a snialler 'number may adjourn from day to
day, anil may f e authorized to compel, the attendance
ofsehtrmeiiitersViu such maunfer aud under such
;: peual'iit'las-e-c'y lloise.may provide. v
. 2 Piich House may determine the rules of its pro..
cee lings, punifchliH members for disorderly behavior,
,) ami, th the concurrence of two-thirds of the whole .
; ; tiUinWr, exie a member.
'f . S. lach 'Hoiisej shall keep a'jourtlal of its pro-
r eee4ittW and!frjjni time to time publish the same, ex-
ceding Aich paitslas may .in their judgment require
secresy, land tle Iveas and nays of the members of
.': either sHUisc.5 on any question, shall, at the desire of
. 1 r twe-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
. - ..- 4 Neither House, during the session of Congress,
- fihalOwithoat the consent of the other, adjourn .for
moreanan tnree. uays, uor. w auj vvut.
-r;- -
itm a-.m-rmHticnt lederai government, ouiu
r i,r nil insure'dciiifestiff. tranquility, and secure tfie
MT'filV) 'rt'v" to burselves aud our posteritj-r-in-'f?
fUrriml guidance of Alnnghty Cl-dd
v - i .ttU- ii tfiis Constitution for the Coutedcj
-,-u-tot Airierica. - t j
ABTICI 1 -S01. , " , I
-, J-uiw i poicrs herein delegated shall M
AlVkf a YireL r the Gmfederate, States!
'l1 ikll'o'i-s-.! of a Seftate and. House of. Rep-
V'
ir1'1,V 1 I ' I ,
' "lirth iKa'citjiea-.-or the Conicderate, blades t
fctowci i v:e. ;or any lIBcitk. civil or poiiti-
' "' ' t ifrfor FcW3"al. " . ,,',,
rt;lrM Ka representative whoshadti.ot.
; 1 K i il .rtu-r.nfv.fi vfi vrars.- sum! he a!
-i Iki li.iv ' - - .
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t .. " ,: .; ... . Section 6. '
1. The Senators and. Representatives shall receive
la compensation for their services, to be ascertained by '
Jaw, and paid ont of the treasury of the Confederate
States. ' They shall, in all cases, except treajion, felony
iand hrcachpf the peace be privileged from arrest during
. jtbeir attendance at tle ; session of their respective
Ihrtises, and in going to and returning from the same ;
and for any speech .or debate in either House they shall
!not be questioned in, any other place. - i
j 2. No Senator or Represeutative . shall, during the
time for which he was elected, Jbe appointed to any
icivil office under the authority , of the Gnfederate -v
!Statet whicti shall have been created, or the emolu
Iments whereof shall have been increased during such
time ; and no person holding any office under the Con
ederate State.i shall le a member of either House du
ping his continuance in office. But Gmgress may, by,
jaw, gr ni to the principal officer in each of the Ex
Tiontive Departiiients a scat upon , the floor of either
VUS3, witivthe privilege OI discussing any uiea&ures
opK.Ttaning.to his department: . '
: . -. ' " .. '. oeai oh 4. - ' '
l.'AH bills for Taising revenue shall originate in the
House of Representatives; DUt the Senate may propose
j concur with aineiidncnts as on other bill--:
2. Every Hi" wh(ich shall have pissoti both Houe
shall, l efore it U'C:mes a law, I presented to the
President f the Gmfederate States ; if he approve, lie
shall kitm it. but if not. he shall return it with his .b-
jectioris' to that House in which it shall have Origi
nated, Avho-hhall enter4 the objections 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 ball be sent, together with the ob
ject ion i. to the other House,- by which it shall likewise
be, reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that
hvuso ft shall become a. law. Btitin all such cases the
Vfites 'b(.tiri louses shall be determined by yeas and
navs, and tliename? of the -persons voting for and
agaiufctithe bill shall 1 entered on the journal of cju h
ifousc respectively . If any bill shall not be returned
by the President within ten days (Sunday excepted)
after it shall have been presented to him, the same
shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it,
unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent it
return ; in which case it shall note a law. The Presi
dent may approve any appropriation and" disapprove
any other appropriation in the same bill. In such case,
he shall, iii signing the bill, designate the appropria
tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap
propriations, with his ybjectiunsto the House in which
-the bill shall have originated ; and the same proceed
ings shall then I had as in case of other biljs disap
provel tv the President.
3...tT8--y pnler, resolution or vote, to wmcn inecon-
iirrence ol both Houses may ue necessary ea.cepi, wi
X. . ' i n i il
a question ot, adjournment), snan oe preseuieu w um
FredeuNof the ; G.n federate States; and beforeythe
same shall take' effect, shall be approved by hinf; r '
being disapproved by him, may be repassed by t wo-,
thirds of both Houses according to the rules and limi-'
tations' prescribed in case of a bill. f
! i , " Section 8. .
The Congress shall have power .
1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, import? and ex-'
cises for revenue necessary to pay tt;e debts, provide
for the common defence, and carry on the goveruincitt
of the Confederate States ; but no bounties shall.be
granttl from the Treasury, uor shall any duties or taxes
on importations from foreign nations be laid to pro
mote or foster any branch of industry ; and all duties,
imposts-arid excises shall be uniform thoroughout the
Confederate States.
2. To borrow money on tliecredit of the Confodc-
& To leiiulateTcommerce with foreign natn-ns, ana
among tiie levera States, and with the .Indian tabes ;
but iHth tin, nor any other clause cont a n;ed m
the Gkstituiioivskdl ever be construed U) delegate
the power to Con gressHo appropriate money ior any
internal improvement intended to facilitate couimerce,
.i' x- : .. 'noviornMon. in all which cases
ouoiriiiciioiis an n.o "o . f -I'x x 1
sucli duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated
thereby as may be necessary to pay the costs and ex
pense's thereof. . . ,. ,. .
4 To establish uniform laws of naturalization, and
uniform laws on the sulct of bankruptcies, through
out theifederate States; but nohiwol Congres shad
disclarge any debt contracted before the passage ot
' the nitijc. ; ; , . . ' . , f
5 f To" coin money, regulate the value thereof and ot .
foreign coiu, and fix the standard of weights and mea
v. g -r rovido for the punishment of counterfeit-
in,T suiities and current coiu-of the ' Confederate
gtutes. ' v . r .
- . , 1,T, thn
sures
ivtt. offices and nost routes ; but the
expenses of the Post office Department, alter the hrst
day 1 of-March in the vear of our lord eighteen hundred
and: sixty-three, shall be paid . out of its own reve
nues. .. , r ,
. & To promote the progress of science and useail
arts by securing for limited times to authors and in
venitors the exclusive right to their respective writings
and discoveries. -
. To; oustitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme
Court. - . ... .
.. . if). To define and punish piracies and felonies com
mitted on the. high seas, and offences against the law
of nations ... -" ' ' ,
11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re
prisal, and make rules concerning captures on laud
ail water. ". .
Jli To i-ni.se and support armies ; but no appropna
tioji. of money to that use shall be for a longer term
''than two years. "
: ,13. To provide and maintain a navy.
s 14. To make rules for government and regulation
of the land and naval forces.
'i3.-Top.rovide for calling forth the militia to exe
cute the laws of the G.nfeilerate States, suppress i&r
suirrections and.repel invasion. ; . .
lit. To provide fur organizing, arming and discip
lining the militia, and for governing such part of them
aJmay b6 employed in the service of the Confederate
Siatesi reserving to the States, respectively, the ap-
piintment of- the officers and the authority of training
tiie militia according to the discipline prescribed by
ilusivft lemslation. in all cases
Mdiatsoever, over fuch district (not exceeling: ten miles
States and
square; at uj v - .
the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of tbe
gvennnent of the Gnfederate States ; and to exercise
. like authority over all places purchased by the consent
of tiie Legislature of the State in which the same shall
be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock
yards, and other needful buildings ; and
I 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
thegovernment of the Confederate States, or in any
department or officer thereof.
:. . . section y.
1. The importation of negroes of the Afpcan race
Yom anv foreign country other than the slaveholding
States, or Territories ot the u mtea otaies oi America,
Is herebv forbidilen ; and Congress is required to pass
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
Twritfirv ni.t lelononner to. this Gnfederacy.
'3. The privilege.' of the writ of habeas corpus shall
not be suspended, sinless when in cases of rebellion or
invasion the public safety may require it.
4. No bill of attainer, or ex post facto law, or law
denving or impairing the right of property in negro ,
1 l slave8 shall .be passed. "
- 5. No capitation or other direct tax rfiall be laid
unless in proportion to the census or numeration here
inbefore directed 10 be taken. f i ,: f :
6. No tax or duty, shall be laid or articles exported
from any State, except by a vote' of two-thirds of
both houses. ; ; -:r ' .
..7. No preferences sliall be given by any regulation
of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over
hose of another..- ; I
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 )je published frcm
time to time. '1 . -:f;;: .. '.. ; .j. t '.;
9. Congress shall appropriate no money from the
treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of botli 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 -Statesthe
justice of which shall have been judicially
declared by a tribunal for the fnvestigarion of claims -against
the government, ; which it is hereby made the :
duty of Congress to establish . f i '
10. All bills appropriating money shall specify, in
federal currency the exact amount of each appropria- .
tion ' and the "jmrposcs for which It is "m.ioe ; and
Congress shall grant no"exti compensation to any,
public contractor, officer, agent or servant, after such l
contract shall have been made or such service ren- L ,
dered. . - '
11. No itle 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 ccrseut
fo the Congress, accept of any present emoluments
office or tit!e"of any kind whatever from, any king, .
prince or foreign State.
12. Congi-ess shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion; or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; of 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 Eegnlated militia being necessary to the"
security of a free State, the right i the people to keep
and bear arms shall nofc.be infringed.
,14. No soldier 'shall, in time of peace, be quar
tered in any house without the consent of the owner;
nor in tiWof war, but in a mauner to be prescribed
by law.
15. The right of the people. to be secure in their
pei ns, 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. ,
16.. No person shall be held to answer for. a capital
or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a 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;
lior 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 ease, to be a witness against
himself; nor llqiived of life, liberty,. or property,
withdYuV due proems of. law; nor shall private prop
erty be taken for public use without just compensa- .
tion. , j
17.. In all criminal prosecutions ihe accused shall
enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an irn-.-partTal
jury of the State and district wherein thecri,mo
shall have, been "committed, .which district shall
have been previously ascertained by law, and to be
to be'confrontcsl. with the witnesses against him; t- '
haye commisory process for obtaining witnesses in his
favor, and to. have' the assistance of counsellor his
defence 1 . , . ,
13 In suits. at common law, where the value in
coHtroversv' s.bill exceed v twenty dollars, the right of
trial bv jury shall be preserved; and no fact so rned
bv a jury shall be Aherwise re-examnied in any court
of the Confederacy' than accdrding to the rules of the
common law. . -, ' "
19. ' Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces
sive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments
inflicted. , . ,
20. -Every law or resolution having the force oj law,
' shall relate to but one subject, and that .shall be-expressed
iu the title
. ' ' Section 10 j
' 1. No State shall- enter into any treaty, alliance, or
' confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ;
coin money ; make anything but go.hl and silver com
a tender in pavment of debts ; pass any bill of attain
der, or ex postjaeio law, or law impairing uiu ouu.i
tion of contracts ; or grant any title of nobility..;
2. No State shall, without the'consent of the C)n
J :lv fl.nv iniH.sts or 'duties' on imports and ex
ports, except. what, may be absolutely necessary tor
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 '
GTnfederate States ; and" all such laws shall be subject .
to the revision and control of Congress. ;
3. No State shall, without. tbe 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- ,
tfict with any treaties of the Confederate States with
foreign nations ;. and any surplus of revenue' thus de
rived shall, after making 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 uch imminent danger as will not admit of
delay. But when auy river divides or flows through .
two or more" States, they may enter into compacts
with each other to improve the navigation thereof.
Article II. Section 1.
1. The executive power shall be vested in a Presi
"A1 r.f tho Confederate States of- America. He and
the Vice President shall hold their offices for the1 term
of six years ; but the President shall not be re-eligible.
The President and Vice President shall be elected as4
follows: ;- :. ' '- ,' .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 may be entitled in the Con- .
gross ; but no Senator or representative, or person
holding an office of trust or profit under the i Confeder
ate States, shall be appointed an elector. V -
3. The electors shall meet in their respective States
and vote bv ballot, for President and Vice 'President,
one of whom, at least, shall not.be 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, and of the number of votes for each, which
list they shall, sign and certify, and transmit, sealed
to the government of the Cuifcderate States, directed
to the President of the .Senate j ithe'President of th
Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and Hous
of Representatives, opeu all .the certificates, and th
votes shall then be counted; tae 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, noWxceeding three, on the list of those
voted for as President, the House of Representatives
shall choosd immediately; by ballot, the' President.
But in choosing the President the'votes shall be taken
by States, the representation fronVeach State haying one
vcte; 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 aPresider.t, whenever the right of bcice 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. : 7 . ; ; r-
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
ciwjose 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. : . . -
' 5. But no person. constitutionally ineligible to the
office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres
ident of the Gu federate States. , . .; .:y
': 6. The Congress may determine the time of choosing
the electors, and the day on which they shall give their
vote?, wliich day shall be . the same throughout the
Confederate States. ; , ; , -.-V ?
7. No person except a natural, born citizen of the
Gmfederate States, or a citizeu thereof , at the time of
the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof
born in the Ur.ited States prior t. the 20th of Decem
ber, 1860, shall he eligible to the office of President ;
neither shall any person be. eligible to that c. nice. 'who;
shall not7 have' attain. d the ac:e of thirty-five years,
and been fourteen years a resident within the limits of
the Gmfederate States, as may exist at the time of his
election. . , ,
8. Jn case of the removal of the President from
office, of 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
moval, death, resignation, or inability both of the Pres
ident and Vice -President; declaring what officer shall
then act as President, and such 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 services 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 outers on the execution of his office,
he shall take the following oath or affirmation 1
" I do solemnly swear for affirm) that P will faith
fullv 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 Gmfederate States, and of
the1 militia of the several States, when called into the
actual service of the Gnftlcrate States; he may re
quiie the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer
in each of the Executive Departments, upou any sub
ject relating to the duties of their respective offices,
and -he shall have power to grant reprieves aud pardon-
f r -o -n-es against- the . Confederate States, ex
cept .in eai-es of impeachment.
2. He shall have- the power, by and with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate, to mak treaties, pro
vided two-thirds of the Senators present concur; aud
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 G'tirt, and all other officers of the Gmfederate
' States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise
-TTrr-Cii. :lwW4 wvstv". I.v' Faw,; vil tile ru.ruituient
of suCh inferior officers, as they
think iroper, m the
law or in the heads
President alone,
in the coui ts ol
of departments. , t ;. , ,
3 The principal officer in each ot the executive de
partments, , and all persons connected with the diplo
matic service, may be removed -from office at tae plea
sure of the President, All other civil officers ot the
Executive Department may b removed. at any lime
by the President, or other appointing power, w.iWi
their services are unnecessary, or for disiioiiesty , mcar
pacitv, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect oi duty ;
and when so removed, the removal shall be reported
.to the Senate, together with the reasons therMor.
4 The President shall have power to fid all yacan
cies'that may happen during' the rece of thcSeiyite,
by arantin commissions which sna.i expire at the
end of their next session ; but no person rejected by
: the Senate shall be reappointeil to the same .office du
ring their ensuing recess. . .
Section 3.
1 The President shall from time to time, give
the Gmgress information of the state of the (A-ufcl-
eracv,
and ' recommend to. -.tneir consiaeiauouu.
measures as Lie snau juuge h--jj. 1 - ,
res as h
he may, on extraordinary
Vw-.nr nr either of them ;
occasions, wiiveuo: wn
and in .case of disagree-
mcnt between them, wit
ith rrsnect to the tune oi an-
. - 1 i .
lournmenr, ne iuxj v - ,. , , ri,i
', .u:.,!. ..r . Up Klmll-recei v-Ambassadors aud
i. ,i;nrn t ,im u, sucti lime as ne
Snau iniim iui.. , -- .
i,r nnWic. ministers- he snad take care
that the
1 1
t ' 1 f.,;fUf,-,li,r x.venited: and shall Aiommi
siou ait
laWS UC luliumiij (
the officers of the Confederate States.
; Section 4. -1 .
... 1- The President, Vice President, and all cnu bfii-cer-'of
the Gmfederate States, shail be removed from
-Office on impeachment for, and conviction ot treason,
bribery or other high crimes and misdeanors .
autkle ui. Section 1. i
1 The iudicial power of the Gmfederate States
shall be vested in one Superior Court, and in such in-
. ferior courts as the Congress may from time to . Um
ordain and establish, The judges, both of too 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 not be
diminished duriug their continuance 111 office.
Section 2.
' 1 The judicial power shall-extend to all cases
arisin" under this Gmstitntion, the laws of the Con-
SCstatcsf.ndtreatiei.made or which snall .be
Se under their authority ; . to all cases attecung ; am
bassadors, oilier public ministers and consuls te Mdl
cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; to con-
?rTe4s to which the Confederate States shall be a
ty; to controversies tweentwo orrnoreStete
' between a State ana cuizeus 01 u-. - -- ,
ffrSJL i- lamtiff between citizens claiming land
. undeV grants 0f different State,, and between a Stag
or tfe dtizens thereof and foreign States, citizens
subjects - but no State shall be .ued by a cW or
' 6U1n1n1um
minkers and consuls, and those m which a State
S be a narty, the Supreme Court shalL&ve origi
nal urvsdictL -In ad the other casesAfore men
jS.fi'l'S Court shall have appellate mm-
S-a.tolaandtect,
and under
ciirn r(' iiiiuuxia i-j
1 ...f ..i.r. oa
Congress
suv xx vo
maKe. . . . A.x : ahl.c nf ?m
3 The trial of all crimes, except . -
ia x .v.n w w inrv ahd such trial shall be
: K ttS te whre thTsaid crimes shall have
committed ; but wheot cornM any
State, the trial shall be asuch place or places as the
- Congress may by law have directed.
. .Section 3. , ..-
1 Treason aain. the Confederate States shall con-
toJ tm'lmforiberSo
to their encmiesgiyingj them aid an.1 j cf'mf
.hll baonvicteJ f.f treason tpii u
' timony of tw6 mtnesses to the same overt act, or
C2 fe'SJ have power to declare .be
s .-11 -U ,t,tinn nf blood, or forfeiture, except;
snau vurjk. wuuj"'"- - - f-
during ihe life of the person attuned. . , ;...,
: article iv. . Section I. - '
.1 Full faith aud credit shalLbe given in each
State to the public acts, records and judicial proceed
ings of every other State. And the Congress may,
by general laws, prescribe the manner in. wch such
- acts records and proceedings ihaU be proved, and the
Ueet thereof.
. , Section 2.
" 1. The citizens of each Suite shall oe entitled to all
the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever-'
; al Statcsj and shall hsw- be right of transit and so
journ in any State of this Confederacy, with their
slaves and other property ; and the right of property,
in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired. ; '
; 2. A person charged in any State with treason, 'fel
ony, or other crime against the laws of such State,
who shall flee from justice, and be found ia another
State, shall',, on demand f the executive aiitority of the
State from which he fled, be delivered np to be re
moved to the State having jurisdiction of tiie crime.
-,-3. No slave or other person held to service or labor
in any State or Territory of the Confederate States,
under the laws thereof, escaping or lawfully: carried
into 'anothershall in consequence of any law or regu
lation therein, be discharged from such service or la
bor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party
to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such 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 tiie whole House of
Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate, the
Senate voting by States; but no new State shall bo
formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other
State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two
or mere States, or parts of States, without the consent
of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as,
.f the G.ugress. . '
' 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of aud
make all needful rtfies and regulations concerning the
property of the Gaifederate States, including the
ands thereof. . .' . . :
3. The GmfeAlerate States may acquire new territo
ry, and G.ngress shall have power to . legislate imd
provide goyernments for the inhabitants of all terri-
, tory belonging to the G)u federate State lying with
out the limits of the several States, and may permit
thf.m , at such ti rces and 'i such manner as it may by
law provide, to form the States to l .admitted iu to
the confederacy. Iu ail such territory the institution
of negro slavery as it now exis's in the Confederate
States shall be .'recognized and .protected by Congress
aud bv the territorial governmeTxtVnd the inhabitant!
i f the several Gmfederate States nd Territories sba
have the right fo take such territory and slaves law
y'ul!y held by them in any ol the States or Territories
of the Gnfederatx States. , . .
.'4. The Canfederate States shall gtmrautee to every
State that n.w is or hereafter may become a member
of this Gmfederacy a. Republican form of government,
.and shall protect each of them against invasion; and
on application of the Legislature (or of the Executive
- when the legislature is not; in session) again.it domes
tic violence. : ; .
article v. Section .
1. Upon the demand of any three States legally
. assembled in tlietr several conventions, me iongress
shall summon a' Convention of all the States, to ted?
into consideration such amendments to the con?tiUl
tion as the said States shall concur in suggesting7 at
the time when the .said demand is made, and kliV uld
any of the. prop. sed amendments to the Constitution
Vhj agreed on by the said convention voting by
Sxtatx-xand the samc.hiv. ratified by. th -TWnlatures
ratification ma v be . proposed by the general eonyou
:tiun -they shall henct forward fm a part of this
States shall. Without its COU'
sent, be ileprived of its equal iepr6sentation in tho
Senate.
AHTICI.E VI
" 1 to (invernmentestablisltcd bv the Constitution
is the successor of ihe provisional government of the
Gndederate States of Amenta, aud all the laws pass
ed by the latter shall continue in force until the same
shall be repoaled or modified ; and all the oflicers ap
pointed bv the same shall remain in cilice until their
successors are appointed and qualified, .or the ofiiees
abolished. ' ! . -. , ,
o All AoUa contracted and engagements entered
ix. i,r. .ofl.Mrfinii of this Colistmitioll fcliall
1. 11.11 Dt-'ioit; nit v' -
top
e
as va
lid
against tiie
Confederate States under
this
consttti:
uti .u as' under the provisional government. ;
.'his eoiistituttyn; and the laWs of the Gmfeder-
10 T
thereof, and all trea
1 rr.nde. or which shall I made uuJer the authon--
tv of the Confederate States, shall be the supreme law
of the land ;
and the. judges 111 ewry Dtaie snauuu
1 .i.tui t nTilv. anv
vthin,J--in the constitutioii or jaws
..f .,.,v xuihi in th.coutrary notwithstanding.
4 ti... t-ot,.K nT,d Pienrcsentati
ivel lefore mn-
tioned, and the men
mbeis ot the several oiaw uegi.Mit-
JL
x. .-.11 vir'i!t.v.-! and
1 iudicial officers, both ot
lllieS. Clll ----- - : f - , ,
the Co feoerate States ana 01 me
be bovnd by oath or affirmation-to support this con
stitution but no religotis test shall ever i- required as.
a qualification to any office or pul .ho trust under tfce
G.id'ed -rate States. r, " . .. -. '- . .
5 The ehuuieration, in the cstitulion, of. certain
r-hts shall not. l econstraedtudeny or disparage,
otheis retained by the peoplf the several Slate.
G The powers not delegated to the CinfMerate
Stttes bv the constitutionnorj)rohibited by it to the
States are reserved to th6 States, respectively, or to
the pcjple thereof.
ARTICLE VII.
1 The ratification bf the Gmvcntions of five State
shall be sufficient,for the establishment of this consti
tution between frtie States so ratifying the same.
o fi States shall have ratified this consti
tution in the' manner before specified, the Congress
under 'provisional constitution shall prescribe the tinje
for holdmgthe election of President and V.ce Pru
dent ; ahd for the meeting of the Electorab .GJU-ge ;
and for counting the votes and inaugurating thclresi
' dent7 They shall also prescribe the time forolding
the7 first election of members of Congress ujder this
constitution, and the time for aHsembhnghc same. .
fentil the assembling of such Gmgress the .Crmgrejs
' under the provisional constitution shat continue to
exercise the legislative powers granted them, not ex
tendinl beyond the time limited bf the constitutton
of the provisional g vernment.
Adopted unanimously, March 11, 10I
Q. PK CARTERET.
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Jan. 23, 18C1. - 7
E"- GREnL""SS" ATTOBKET AT LAW.
RALEIGH, K. C, -nr.lra
vrni itiend the County and. Superior Court; of WaKe,
n.'ti.f. f h one iormeriy ,
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Jan. 26. 1861
B.
B. MOORE, . . ,
Will practice in the Courts ofltowan and adjoining coun
ties. CoUections promptly mad-' ' . ; 171t .
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