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JOHN SPEL3IAN, Editor and Proprietor
AND PRINTER TO THE STATE. ; U ' ; j
WM. IB0B1 A SO a , Assistant sailor.
TERMS; !
SEMl-WEEpv.LT EDITION, pet mnm,....,.,..............S4
WEEKLY fDITjlON, ; " - V " 2
' I 'Invariably in AdTanoe.) S
'rhf Southern Republic.
iirowncnt'fstitutiim of the Confederate States
I i-
of America.
... t,, i ,"t5 a. ; ;llfietndent character, m
r K -insticd' insure uomtuc iiuiu"iy "-
bfils fclibertjjto ourselves and our Ffenty--in-v
toAllfavor and guidance of Almighty God-do
orilaiiTanl establish this Constitution for the Confede
rtie State? c-f America. i ' . j
ll lejslative- powers herein delegated, shall be
'a Congress 01 me . wiuicuciaic u"r
which shlll consist of
a' Senate , ana House 01 itep-
resc&tiv3.
Section 2;
1 The House)! Representatives ihu iuiu
. . 1 1 ii'.iin oi-orv Kfrrnd vear bvthe people oB
I3s3 'd the elector in each SM
lilt OC' V'T - - ,4.' w 1 1 rtL-i- .nJliirathn ITlIlL
.witizenofthe Confederate ,
SSs Vequisite for electors of the most numerous
; , . f the State Legislature; but no person of
trai S l' Szenof the 'Confederate States
SWUod to voi any officers, civil or politv
cal; Stator Fejaj : f . . f- , L. .
r,haVe -attfeedhMge of twentyye years and be k
Micn of the Confederate states, uu
- Avhen elated, bejan inhabitant pi that state. in -;wnic
, ' 1 11 1,a rl IMH111 ' . f .
.hesn4 , . ,. i. . gKaivbe appor
-tioncd akng'tlie-Beveral States Which may be included
, h .; n.fwrarv ftccordine to their respective
nnmle4 whithishall be determined by; adding ta the
nmnt-er1' . V . t e . a nrf t.hf bound
Wil fbr a term of years, and exchidrng Indians
.t fiftt,.- ftf all slaves. The actual enU-
n cratiol 'shall rule within three year, after the
u T 1. Ii -f. . .f 1,0 lmfmlprniH States.
first meeting 01 xue vougic w . w
' , ..4 : !w.iiiipnt. trrm of ten vears. in suqh
a : .wrlKall bv law. direct. The, number pi
laaUW U" ' t exceed one for fifty
;tn,t ',ach State Bhall have at leas, onp repre-
-tentative: and until suen emimerauuu -.-f
U,e Stafe of Sovth Carolina shall be entitled to choose
' 5x tW State, o Georgia ten; the State of Alabama
MX, lit ou L 4wn .p Sfatc of Mississippi
nine ta? ctaie 01 a- 1 - . ?
1 ' Ii : r Tiiisiana s x. and the' State of
seven,-a iji - -
:Jir. --irL.L.-.w;'Ai'V.iTwn '.in the representation
from aliv .State1, the Executive authority thereof shall
issue Avits of ejection to mi sutu v.tt , , 1
, . a..iT..i r prpntalives shall choose, their
Spealir'.anbther officers, and shall hayethe sole
powcf'of impewhment, except that, any judicial !or
other kleraUnu er residentnd acting solely .within
1L. i: 'tuV:r-ii-v Rtrtt. rnavbe impeached by a vote
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r ...f,; -i.J,.Ta iAf lw.th -branches of the Legislature
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thereff. , i-.V . x :
I ' . 1. Section 3.
1 friic ' fejatc of the Confederate States ; shall ;be
, omilsed of two Senators from each State, ctiosen jor
' ix years by the legislature -mereui, a, ppo . iujiwr
ssioli next immediately precemng tne 90
iHentfpf.Wterm of service;, and each Senator shall
have onelvGtej. .- 5 J . 1
. 2. Immediately after they shall be assemble in
v l ..ir firot. h1n.finn.thev shall be umueU
aseqlially . 4s-a be; into three closes, llm seat ofi
1 ... Jf- i .a first r.hisa shall be vacated at -.ithef
lllU rSflliVLi-'in yi 11 1 ,i
xpifatinn tf he second year; ui uiumu-w
heferatioiiof the1 fourth year; and of the- tlkirdf
i...r1i5i-J;tirtn nf the sixth veati so that dne-i
TO tr- --, , - 1 ;f wot-n
1 may be chosen every seconu j-t-ivi j.mu 11
L...J i.'-r .frrtntinn or otherwise during the! re-si
rAf r. Staff t.b F.x-cnhve51 1
il uum !--&----------- ""j ,.,11 i!
of m-av make temporary appointments until th f
meeting OI Ull! XiCgli-i.iA"-- -i -'"" "j .-J I
. .1 i- ii T -.:i.4-.ii-- winch clvj t h fr? ti 1' 5 !
No rirsbii shall be a Senator who shall not havoj
ned the age of thirty years, and be a citizen o th
kleratie. States, and w no snan noi, wneu..ciWtuj
L-fuvfi.il inhabitant 01 uie oww
, ' . . si -i 1 -.1. ii?tii-i- iif enn 1 lies
J CHUM'!!. i J n. . 1 lis
4 The Vice Tresident of the Conlederate fctates snail
hi- rresidentioT the Senate,; but shall have no vote.
v iliviilfid. . i i
.1 The ;Senate shall choose their other officers' and j
nJ; a Trekdent pro tempore in the absence of tlieVic 5
PrfesklentJor when he shall exercise tne onice 01 ijreby. 3
deiit of the Uonleuerate oiaius. ?
I TlieiSenate shall have the sole power to; tr &
-i . . iru-n oitintT for that mirnosfiJthev i
nifiieacniBenia... -uu8 V" n " j f
.ll.n bo nnth or affirmation.; When the Fres denti
v ot4e .Confederate . States ; is tried, . the Chief J.usticf
mil preside ; and no person shall be convicted fiilf-
otf the lebneurrence of two-thirds of the members ;
7. Judgment in eases of impeachment sliall nt el-j
1:
tlild further than to removal from office, and
disipia-
ntioiv to bold and pniov' anV office, of honor j
iriisi or
ipj-oht, ureter the Confeilerate States ; but the party cop-j
1 :
dlctmen4 trial, judgment' and: punishment, acccjrdidgi
U law. i . i : r
! ' . I .: Section 4
I 1 Tbl tiTrw. places and manner of holdini elec-?
tfous mrSnAtors and llepresentatives sh'allj .14'. Pj
ii'-riltoil ib PAP.b State bv the Lesislatilre thereof, sun?
-.1 ject to the provisions of this Constitution ; but thfe Qytif
! iress iuiv.! at any time, by law triake or altei such' '
fegulatifni, except as to tne times ana places 01 pnoo-
iijgiSenitors: ' , j J 1
j lo TliA iinrrrp shall assemble at lea-;tonceii) every
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IJecemir uniess nic -- "rry"".,? v
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j i '! ! v Section 5.
TO'. ' if . it. . Kit law a l-ilTnTnt x fll flTnll t.
ffcreilt
ill! Tiir-b linns- shall be the ludire of the ecctink
jrl-liirn'and qualincations of its own mcmliers aiil a
Jihiijority of each skill constitute a quorum to do bu4-
kjrt. J. Villi 'n Kill- ilb-r number mav adkmrn from day 10
May and ftiay be. authorized to compel, the attQhdjiufce t
it absept jmemuers, in sucu iuhucl imi uuu
lialties U each House may provide. ! f
i r.i--i Honsp mav determine the .rules of its pro-
4.. JoirtVij- -.-.v-" j . . 1 1 1 'i -i i
Ucedings punish its njembcrs for disorderly bchavfor,
Iiijinber, ?xpel a member. J VAU
I . p. Each House shall keep a journal of fts pro
fceMiu.'and from' time to time publish the sapc, jex
tehiirig siicli parts as may in their judgrantj reqtiire
tb- voas and navs of the members: of
eit'her House, On any question, shall, at the desire of
tte-nfth Jof ihose pretsent. be entered on the jcinial'.
4," Neither liouse, during the session of Congress,
ljall;Wijhout tho consent of the other, adjiurnj i! for
iilke than three days, nor to any other place than that
which ;the two Houses shall oa sttwog.
j' Section 6. : r
j 1. The Senators and llepresentatives shall receive
aj compensation for their services, to be ascertained by
j law, and paid but of the treasury of the Confederate
States. They shall, in all cases, except treason, ieiony
and breach of the peace be privileged from arrest during
their attendance at the session of their respective
jTJoiises, and in going to and returning from the same ;
iind for Shy speech or debate in either House they shall
rnot be questioned in any other place,
jl 2. No'Senatoror Eepresentative shall, during the
jtime for which he was elected, be appointed to any
Jcivil office under the authority of the Confederate
St!t wbVb fibnll liff hflcn created, or the emolu-
I jments whereof shall have been increased during such
j I time ; and no person holding any office under the Con
I I ederate States shall be a member of either House du
I ftiiug his continuance in office. But Congress may, by-:
I !pw, gr nt 'to the principal officer in each of the Ex-
I ffeiontive Departments a seat upon the floor of either
iuse, with the privilege of discussing any measures
I I bppertaning tq his department.
! Section 7.
f I I. AH bills for raising revenueishall originate in the
House of Representatives; but the Senatemay propose
I ft j concur with amendments as on other bills.
I Ii 2. Evcrv W 'which shall have passed both Houses
I shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the
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President ot the uonieaerate Dtaies ; 11 ne approve, nc
shalkiign it ; but if not,5 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
ionrnal and nrneeed to reconsider it. If. after such
reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree
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j to. pass the bill, it shall be sent, togetner witn tne 00-
jections, to the pther'House, by which it shall likewise
be reconsidered, and ii approved py two-tmras 01 tnai.
House it shall become a law. But in all such cases the
votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and
nays, and the names 01 tne persons voting ior ana
against the bill shall be enterea on tne journal 01 eacn
House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned
bv tbp Prifndp.nt within ten days (Sundays excepted)
after it shall have been presented to him, the same
shall be a law, in liKe manner as 11 ne nau signeu it,
nnlfiss the Coneress. bv their adjournment, prevent its
TPtTim in which case it shall not be a law. The Presi
dent may approve a"ny appropriation and disapprove
any other appropriation 111 tneisame 0111. iu sucu uase,
he shall, in signing the bill, designate the appropria
tions nMsannroved. and'shall return a copy of such ap
propriations, with his objections, to the House in which
the bill shall have ongmaiea ; ami &aiuc piccu
ings shall then be had as in case of other bills disap
nrovpd bv tbp President.
a "Rvprv 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 ine
President of the- Confederate States; and beiore tlie
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.
section o.
The Congress shall have power , ;
1 . To lav and collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex
cises for revenue necessary to pay the 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 loreign nations oe iaia to pro
mote of foster any branch of industry ; and all duties,
imposts arid excises shall be uniform thoroughout the
Confederate States.
2. TO borrow money on the 'credit of the Confede
rate States.
a' To Tpcmlatp. commerce Avith foreign nations, and
among the severa States, and with the Indian tribes ;
but np.itbrr this. ' nor anv other clause contained in
the Constitution, shall ever be. construed to delegate
the power to Congress to appropriate money for any
internal iirmrnvp.ment intended to facilitate commerce,
except for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons and
buoys, and other aids to navigation upon me uuiu.Lt, ,
and the improvement of harbors and tne removing 01
obstructions in river navigation, in all which cases
such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated
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thereby, as may oe necessary to pay tne costs auu ex
penses thereof. - .
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4. To establish uniform laws 01 naturalization, ami
uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, through
out thfi Honfodftrate States : but no law of Congrjss shall
discharge any debt contracted before the passage of
ii. '
S. To-coin monev. resrulate the value thereof and of
foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and mea
sures, t ;. :
fi Tn nroVide for the punishment of counterfeit
ing the securities and current 'Coin of the Confederate
States.",
7. 'Td estalilish nost offices and post routes ; but the
expense! of the Post office Department, after the first
day of Jlarch in the year of our lord eighteen hundred. i
and sixty-three,. shall; be Paid out 01 its own reve
nues. - -. .
ft To nromote the nrofrress of science and useful
arts, by securing for limited times to authors and in
ventors the exclusive ngnt to tueir respective wnuuga
and discoveries. i
9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme :
Court. j ' M .. I . . "
1 n To dpfiiw and nunish riiracics and felonies com- ;
mitted on the high 'seas, and offences against the law'
of nations. i;'-
11. To dftclarewar. errant letters of marque and re- j
prisai,arid make rules-concerning captures on land
and water.
12 To raise and support armies ; but no appropria
tiop 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.
15. To provide for calling forth "the militia to exe-,
cute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress in
surrections and repel invasion.
, , 16. To 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
States ; reserving to the States, respectively, the ap
pointment of theothcers and tlie authority 01 training
the militia according to the discipline prescribed by
Congress. . ' ,
IT. To exercise exclusive legislation, : in all cases
whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles
square) as may, by cession of one or more States arid
the ' acceptance of Congress, 1 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, tor 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
the government of the Confederate States, or in any
department or officer thereof, .
- . : , ' Section 0. V ' t
1. Tlie .importation of negi-oes of the African race
from any foreign country other than the slaveholding
States, or Territories of the United States of America
" is hereby forbidden ; and Congress is required to pais '
such laws as shall effectually prevent the same.
9 fVinnrrpus sball also bavp. nower to nrohibit the
Nntroduction of , slaves from" any Stote not a member '
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01, or . leu jiory nut uuiuuj;iujj i,u, ims v-n-aiicviti cM-j .
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.
4. No bill of attainer, or ex post facto law, or law
denying or impairing the right of property in negro
slaves shall be passed. , ;
5. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid
unless in proportion to the census or enumeration here
inbefore directed to be taken.' ' "
6. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported
from any State, except by a vote of two-thirds of
both houses. ' i
7. 'No preferences shall be given by any regulation
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 and account of the receipts and ex
penditures of all public money shall be published from
time to time. -
9. Congress shall appropriate no money from the
treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses,
taken by yeas and liays, 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 r
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 thflf
duty of Congress to establish. 5 . j -
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 ; and
Congress shall grant no extru compensation to any
public contractorofficer, agent or servant, after such sj
contract shall have been made or such service ren-
1 1 . 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
fo 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 prohibiting the free
exercise thereof ; or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to
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assemble and petition tne government ior a reuress ui
is A well resftilated militia beinsr necessary to the
security of a free State, the right' 1 the people to keep
and bear arms shall 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.
15. The rright 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. ,
16. No person shall be held to answer for a capital
or otherwise .infamous crime, unless on a presentment
or indictment of a gTahd 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 ti;eput 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. - ii,,
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 been previously ascertained by law, and to 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 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. -J
19. Excessive bail ; shalLrfot be required, nor exces
sive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments
inflicted. '
20. Every 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.
V L No State shall ' enter into any treaty, alliance, or
confederation ; grant letters ot 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 hett 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 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, 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 other to improve the navigation thereof.
- Article II. Section 1.
1. The executive power shall be vested in a Presi
dent of the Cob federate States of America. He and
the Vice President shall hold their offices for the term
of six years ; but the President shall not be re-eligible.
Tlie President and Vice President shall be elected as
follows: ; ' - ; ;.
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 arid 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 ah elector.
-. 3. The electors shall meet in their j respective States
and vote by 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 j 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 Confederate States, directed
to the President of the Senate ; the President of th
Senate shall, in the presence of the. Senate and Hous
of llepresentatives, 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 such number be a majority of the whole
number of electors appointejd , and if no person have
such majority, then, from the persons having the high
pt nnmlv.rs. not exreedinir three, 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
by States, tM representation from each 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 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 suck
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 tlie list the Senate shall
choose 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 Confederate States. m f :
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
K. 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 attained the age of thirty-five years,
and been fourteen years a resiaent 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 shall devolve on the Vice President ; and" the
Congress may, bylaw, provide for the case of re-
moval, death, resignation, or inability both of the Pres-:
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ident and Vice rresiaent, declaring wnat omcer snail'
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 enters on the execution of j his office,
he shall take -ttie 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.";
I Section 2.
1. The President shall Te commander-in-chief of
. the army and navy of the Confederate States, and of
the militia of the several States, when ealled 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. i 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 other officers of the Confederate
States,1 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. ; !
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 b 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.
41 The President shall have power to fill all yacan
' 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 ;
i,a i-nov mi P-ctraortlinarv 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 adjourn th-em 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.- . M
j Section 4.
1. The President, Vice Presided, 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.
j Article in. 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 to time
ordain1 and establish.- The judges, both of the Su
preme1 and inferior courts, shall hold their offices du-rino-
good behavior, and sliall, at stated times, receive
fortheir services a compensation, which shall not 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 to which the Confederate States shall be' a
party ; ! to controversies between two or more States ;
f between a State and. citizens of another State where
" the State is plaintiff ; between citizens claiming lands
f under grants of different States, and between a State
or the citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or
siibjects; but no State shall be sued by a citizen or
subject of any foreign State. j ,
2 In all cases affecting ambassadors, other .public
ministers and consuls, and , those in i which a State
shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have origi
nal jurisdiction. In a.l the other cases before men
tioned he Supreme Court shall have appellate juris
dictionboth 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
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 any
State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the
Congress may by law have lirectcd, i
I 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 aud? comfort. .JNo
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 have power to declare the
punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason
shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except
; during the life of the person attained. '
. article it. Section i, . ' .
1 Full faith and credit shall be given . in each
State to the public acts, records and judicial proceed..
ings of every other Statej j And' the Congresj may,
by general laws, prescribe the manner in wUcli such
acts, records and proceedings shall be pr7ed, and the
fleet thereof. j - :. , r
. Section.
, , 1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to' all
. the privileges and immunities of citizens in tlie sever
al States, and shall havxj the right of transit and so
journ in any State of. this fJonfederacy, with their
slaves and other property; and , tho right of property
( in Said slaves shall not bo thereby impaired. ;.. ,f
.2... A person charged n any State with treason, fel
ony,' or other, crime : against the? -laws of such State,
who shall flee from .justice aijd be found in another
x State, shall, on demand lf the executive autority of the
State from which he fled, I be delivered up to be re
. moved to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
3. slave, or other jperson "held to service or labor!
in any Stat e or Territory . of the Confederate States,!
under the laws thereofj escaping or lawfully carried
.. into another, shall in c(nsequence of any law or regu-!.:
lation therein, be discharged from such service or la-j
bor, but shall be deHrered up on claim of the party
to whom such slaves "belong, or to whom such serv'ci
or labor may be due. j t
..Section 3. I ' ;
1. Other States may be1 admitted-into this Confed4
eracy by a vote Of tw0-tbirds of the whole House o
Representatives and two-thinls of the Senate, the
Senate voting by States ; but no new State shall be
formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other
State ; nor any State lie formed by the junction of twtij
or more States, or paris of States, without the consent
of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well aa
of the Congress. f -; f
2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of ant
make all needful ruiesi and regulations concerning th
property of the Confederate States, including th
ands thereof. j ; i ; - ;
3. The Con federated States may acquire new territo
ry, and fjongress shall have power, to legislate and
provide governments for ! the inhabitants of all tern-
story belouging to the Confederate States lying with
out the limits of the several States, and may permit
them, at such times and in such manner as it may by
law provide , to form! the "States to be admitted into
the confederacy. In all such territory the institution
of negro slavery asj if npvv exists in the Confederate
and by the territorial government and the inhabitant!
of the several Confederate States and Territories ; sha
have the right to take such territory and slaves law
fully held by them Sn any of the States or Territories
of the Confederate States. '.: . '':
4. The Confederate States shall guarantee to every
State that now is 0 i hereafter may become a member
of this Confederacy a Republican form of government,
and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and
on application of this Legislature (or of the Execiitivo
when the Legislature is not in session) against domes
tic violence. j
article f v. Section 1.
1. Upon the demand of any three States legally
assembled in their several conventions, the Congress
shall summon a Convention of all the States, 'to take
into consideration such Amendments to the constitu
tion as the said , States shall concur in suggesting at
the time when the said demantl is made," and should
any of the proposed amendments to the constitution
be agreed on : by the said convention voting by
Static 5inrl ibn .4mp lv rnt.Jfifvf bv t.lP T,Pfn.sIatlirM
of two-thirds of the several States, or by conventions
in two-thirds thereof as1 the one or the other mode of
ratification may be
proposed by the general convefi-
tion they shall henceforward form a part of this
Constitution. But
no States shall, without its con-
sent, be deprived
Senate,
bf its equal rcpreseiitalAon in the
ARTICLE VI.
1. The Government established bv the Constitution
is' the successor of. the provisional government of the
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vjoniecierate otates 01 America., uuu an mu iawn jnwm-
rJ Vir 4Vn lottirr cbhlt Antinilo in fnrpfl 1int.il thfi SatllP
shall be repealed or modified ; and all the officers ap-:
pointed by the same shall remain in office until their
successors arc appointed and qualified, or the offices ;
abolished. j
2. All debts contracted and f engagements entered
into before the adoption1 of ,this; constitution shall be
as valid against the Confederate States under thin
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 whici shall be made under the authori
ty, of the Confederate States, shall be the supreme law,
of the land; and khe judges in- every State shall bo
boundhercby, anything in the constitution or laws
of any SmeHo the i contrary notwithstanding.
4. The Senato-rs; and Representatives before men
tioned, and the membet-s of the several State Legisla
tures, and all executive, and judicial officers, both of
the Confederate States and pf 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 j public trust under the
Confederate States. I ! !
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 to the Confederate
States by the constitution, nor. prohibited by it to the
States are reserved to the States, respectively, or to
the people thereof. :
4 UTlV? V VII
1. The ratification of the Conventions of five Stite
shall be suflicieht 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! tpecified, the Congi:pH
under provisional constitution shall prescrilx the time
for holding the election of President and 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 Congress under this
constitution, and the1 time for assembling the same.
Until the assembling of such: Congress, the Congress
under the provisional constitution shall continue ,to
exercise the legislative powers granted them, not ex
tending beyond the time limited by the constitution
of the provisional givprnment.'
Adopted unanimously, March 11, 180 1.
-J. Q. DK CAITERET. j iOHS ARMSTRONG. .
OKTU-CAROLmOgK RJk)
DeCarterct & Armstrong
BOOK BINDERS ASD BLANK BOOK JIANUFAQ
. TUltERS,
RALEIGH, N. C ' : ,;
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, BALKtCK, X. C,
WU1 attend the County and Superir Courts of. W ake,
Johnston and Chatham: the Superior CVrarta of Ncwr Han
ger and Samp)n,and the Term of the I ederal Com, In
and Supreme Court of Xorth-Carolma, at IWairh-
Office, the one formerly occupied by the late Hon. V il
liam IL Ilaywood, jr; , . 17 w
Jan. 26, 1861. ! I7lv
BE. H00RE
. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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' Will practice in the CurU of Rowan and adjoining eoun
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