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RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1861. ,
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: JOHN 8fefiyute Editor and. Proprietor
AN'l j'UOTEIi TP THE STATE.
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' iTnvariablv'Jn Adrance.
J he Southern Eepublic.
,U VwMnviion of. -the Conf cderaie blata
of America.
U the ifcta-fluof 'the- Confederate States, each btate
in itstHoverctgn and nwipenaonc cnaracier, m
opinio fon ajlr
;nanent letlerai govcnimcij.-esuiu-
liJiusticevttisufe;!
onsestic trannuihty. and secure the
to ourselves antl olir posterity io-
i -p tl.'vi;r;..j. -l
vising the &vnjr aiid guidance of Almighty God do
oWiiirainl (ta.lisi this Conhtitution-jfor the Conftxk
J States of ;AHneficS.
,1 - ;;Aktcle I. Section 1. ; -
" 'All. If
Mslat'ive powers herein delegated 8hall m
vh-il :n
aj ijongreps oi the. (jonicueraie ouiu-h,
which
dinllr consist of a Seriate and liousa'pf Ilep-
rfhtiiitativi
Section 2. j
tJ The !
ouiie oc Representatives shall be composed
of iiifiul?ers( cheii every second year. by the people ot
tWVver'aVHtaic; kind the electors laeacn state snail
lK-cjUzoiisot tii4 uuiiieuerawj oiai,- nm "avu l"5 4uai
ifii iitiHiis reiuiHite, lor: electors or tiicj most numerous
1,1-iu h of Uhei-htate legislature; uit no person oi
Fi-'ii I)irtli'nOt: a'citizen of the Confederate btates
ell he all.we(l to
vote, for any officers-civil or "pcfliti-
lStateotFeter41..
2. No ptrsoij Rhjill be a representative who shall hot
' ye attahjed (he age of twenty-five years, and be a
citizen of the Cjufifcclerate States, and who shall, not,
Avlin elect (1, he ah inhabitant ot that State hi-, which
'hcsliall le chosen. ', ; . '
1 S, 1 :epVesl-ntati)fes and direct taxes shall be appor-
li,ni,-;l avic)ig"ihe several .States which may be included
i uiMiiu 'thV 'jUiliifelcracy according to their respective
iiuiriVersVA-'liitjli sV all be' determined by adding to, the.
wly.lt; iiiarbOriof Ijree- persons, including those boiiiid
.f. t rvice li-i; a terin of years, and excluding Indians
riui iip(,hiiVae'-i3itks of all slaves. The actual, eniH
liit ra'tion s i;dl!-1 madc within three years after. the
jirkt mcctiig lr th Congress of the Confederate States,
:iTiH within eivtiry Sji ibseqjuent term of ten years, in such
manner asthey sTijill, by law, direct. The nnmler of
rej)res''iitative4 shidl'. not exceed one for every fifty
- k ! -ml 1 HI . J "
State snail nave at least one repre-
jbL-Titativc-tuldi until I such enumeration snan oe maue
!!- . . t, t 1-111' 1
(e Stale 4f Sbutl Carolina shall R entitled to choose
ix', the Stiate j of 'Georgia ten, the State ot Alabama
iiife, the State f
nda two, tlie State ol Mississippi
ate
of Louisiana six, and the State of
'I'exas six
4. V
i an vuca
icies happen in the representation
,f roju any
State;
tihe Executive autlioritv tliereof shall
is,l ue writ
li ofU'lecsion to fill such vacancies.
I 5. THdihiiise pf Kepreteutatives slj'altehoose their
-SpeaVc or land (4her officers, and' shall have the sole
power o iii) pchmeht, except that any, judicial or
other feilcral officer resident and acting solely, within .
5. TViej
dhe liniitR ol
anjf State, may be impeached by a vote
- of ,two-t5h;d
.Of!
both branches..' of the
Jjegislaturc
thereof;
'jSeclkm 3.
1. TlK
S'iiialff 'of the Confederate States .shall be
(.nipose oi
ItwoiSenotors irom each State, Chosen tor
six year by
liel .Legislature-' hereof, at the regular-
'session 'iixt
iimhediatelv preceding the commence
ment, of the terul of service: ahd each j Senator shall
l.: ve mier vote.-.
2. rminediatelv alter they shall be assembled, in
(i . - . j . .. . I .
i()ivs(ipiej:icc of tlie first election, they shah be divided
Jse'iuallr M may be into three classes, j The scats of
as
the Senaorsk)f ; fhe first class shall be vacated. at the
xpirati(i1ofth(rsecond year; of the seeond'e'lass at
tlie expiration J tlie fourth yenr; and of the third
crass. at xpii ation of tlie sixth year; so that one
iiii'rd miikHl ip-chpsen every Second year ; and if vacan
cies hnmiien' by ncmgiiation pr otherwise during the rc-
f fSS OI .tltCj: 1 jeglp UU 111 u ui -ftlijr "Lan-, tui, ii.vcvtn
tliereof imVyimalte temporajry appointments until the
'L-ext lneJtmi'of the Legislature, twhich shall then fihV
'.- un ii van;
faflciesv- ; . 1 ' j- ' '.
petson
shall be a Senator who shall not have
' ' attained
thejage
M'u thiriv years, anu i: a eiii.un oi iiie
' ((i,SMlei!ate States, and w
i.o shall nrt, when elected,
he an iijhal itatA of the State for which he .shall be
'chosen.
4 13 e Ticc iliresident of, the Confederate States shall
i lie l'li-siilcni of the Seriate, but shall have no vote, un- .
'lless thejifejequlilly divided. ' . V, . .
; - 5. riui Spnaik shall choose their other officers, and
ialso r Jlrisienfljtr tempore in tlie absence'ef the Vice :
; " Proiloltv -or wllenhe shall exercise tlie office of Presi-
: JIe"iit tfhepoiijederate States; ' - - '
! -.j'. 0: Tliie Scnatje shall have the sole power to try all
iinieaciiments!j "When sitting1 for, that purpose, they -f
?liall b( on ;oath or affirmation. When the -'President
i' of the' (jn federate . States is tried, the Chief Justice
. .: shall pit-side ; rind no person" shall he convicted with
vv ! out thef c'incutreiyjc '-'of two-thirds of the, members
nivsent j ;. :';. j . '4 ,
- 7 ' Judgment in cases of imneachment shall not ex
tend fuKther than to removal from office, and disqual-
up I
ifica-tion'ito
hold .and enjoy any ollice of honor,-t rust or.'.-
rC)tit.'nindnr
the Conftxlerate States; but the party con- '
vktvd ihaljl, nevertheless, be liable and subjwt to in-dk-tineii't;:tirhilJitidgnient
and punishment, accordiin
law.
v- Section 4. f '
1. The in ne?, places and manner ot holding elec-
n far Senators and lvepreseutatives shall be pre-
ibedj in Hdt State by the Legislature thereof, sub-
ctU'othelpT()Visions ol this jontitution ; uut tiieuon-
-, ' '!:-.t. . i- . v.. i i. . .. - - i-
iess lira VL lit ran v rane, oy. ui,w n,iu4vu or- uiu r t-uen
rt'ulaiVoi'ijj, ovcept as to the tinies and places of c1kks-
in!ri Senators. ' '
L'. 1 he 'Congress shall assemble at least o,ice in evei-
yenr; iiullsueij-meeting shall be the firstlonday in
i)e'eeuv)i unies$.they shall, by law, pppoiuta'dill'erent
oav.
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Section
f.L .ipadi Ucjrae shall be the judge of the elections,
"retuiMi aikd .citutificatioiis of its own members, and a
iHaj.mtv.(f oaich 4diall constititte a quorum.todo.biisi-
nes.-; "lAdja smaller mimler may adjourn from day to .
' day, ;wl Iniayi be authorized to compel 'the attendance :
. of -d Jent members, in such maimer and wider such
jH-uallites. as each House may prov'ule.
2. Cach Iloiise may determine the rules of its pro-
ceelhv4s:punihHts inemlers for lis)rderly behavior,
' and, l itll thefcoiicurreuoe pf twi-thirds of the whole,
buinlfer, jcxptjl a member. . ,-' '--;: - ' v
; 0: jloh House shall keep a journal of its pro
( etsligs, aiiili h'om time to time, publish the same, ex-
eptiig sUthjiais as may in their judgment require
iitVTclv.j aild the yeas and nays of the .members of
veitherIL.iisi'oii any question, shall, at the desire of
twevlfth of those present, be eiitejedon the j-mmal.
4.jNeithei House, during the session of Congress,
f Khalty itlioit the cnsent of the other, adjouru for
mortv tliiu tliree days, nor to auy other place than that
ii which' t)i9 two Houses shall be sitting
Section 6.
1. The Senators -and Representatives shall receive
a compensation for their' services, to be ascertained by
law, and paid out of the treasury of the Confederate
Btates. They shall, in all cases', except treason, felony
and breachof the peace be privileged from arrest during
; their attendance at the session of their respective .
' Houses, and in going to and returning from the same ; .
jand for any. speech or debate in either House they shall
hot be questioned in any other place,
j 2. No Senator or Piepresentative shall, during the'
itime for which he was elected, be appointed, to any
civil office under the authority of the Confederate
jStates, which shall have' been created, or the emolu-
. ments whereof shall have been increased during such
time ; and no person holding any office under the Con- .
cderatc Statesshall 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
. trpntive Departments a seat upon the floor of either -
. uuse, with the privilege pf; discussing any measures
oppertaning to his department. .
Section 7. .
1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the
House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose
jconcur with amendments as on other bills.
'2. Every bill .which shall have passed both Houses
shall, before-it becomes a law, be presented to the
; President of the Confederate States ; if he approve, he "
shall sign it ; but if not, he shall return it with his ob
jections to thai Uoue in which it shall have rigi-
"nated, who shall enter the objections at large on their
journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such
reconsideratiori, two-thirds of that House. shall agree
to pass tlie till, it shall be sent, together with the ob
jections, to the Other House, by which it shall likewise
be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that
House it shallbecome a law. But in all such cases the
. votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeasf and
nays, and the names of the persons voting for and
against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each .
,, House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned
by the President within ten dajTs (Sundays excepted)
after it shall have been presented to him, the same
: shall be a lay, iri like manner as if he had signed it,
unlessdhe Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its
return ; in Which case it shall not be a law. The Presi
deutmay approve any appropriation and disapprove
any other appropriation in the same bill. In such case,
he shall, irx signing the bill, designate the appropna-r
tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap
liropriations, with his objections, to the House in which
the bill shall have originated - and the same proceed
ings shall then be had as in, case of other bills disap
proved by the President. .
3. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the con
currence of both Houses may be" necessary (except on t."
a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the
President of the Confederate States; and before the
same shall, take effect, shall be approved by him; or
being disapproved by him, may be repassed by two
thirds of both Houses according to the rules and limi
tations prescribed in case of a bill. ! '
: , Section 8.
. The Congress shall have power m
I. To lay and collect taxes,' duties, imposts and ex
cises for revenue necessary to pay t he 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 foreign nations be laid to pro
mote or foster any-branch of industry ; and all duties,
" imports and excises shall be uniform thoroughout the
Confederate States. ;
2. To borrow money on the credit of tlie Confede
rate States, : - : ' ' '
3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and
among the severa States, and with the Indian tribes ;
but' neith'ei: this, hor any other clause contained in
; , the. Constitution, shall ever be construed to delegate
the power to Congress to appropriate money for any ,
. internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce,
except for the purpose of furnishing lights; beacons and
buoys, and other aids to navigation upon the coasts,
and the improveriient of harbors and the removing of
obstructions in river navigation, in all which cases
such dutiesshall be laid on the navigation facilitated
thereby as may be necessary to pay the costs and ex
penses thereof.
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
discharge any debt contracted before the passage of
tlie same! '
5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof and of
foreign cjoin, and fix the standard of weights and mea-
. sivres. . .-'v ..
6. To provide for the puriishment of counterfeit-:
ing the securities and current coin of the Confederate
Suites;
, 7, To establish post offices and post routes ; but the
expenses of 'the Post office Department, after .the first
day nf Alarch in the year of our lord eighteen hundred
and sixty -three, shall be paid out of its own reve-
. hues. . -. ;
f8.' To promote the prc-gress of science and useful
arts, by securing for limited times to authors and in
ventors tljicrexelusive right to their respective writings
and discoveries. . ,
9. To coristftute 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 1-. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re
- prisal, and make rules concerning captures on land
and water. , .- . :
v 12. To raise and 'support armies ; but no appropria
tion of money to thatuse 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-
surrection 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
pointmentof the officers and the authority of training
the militia jiccording to the discipline prescribed by
Congress.
17. To. exercise exclusive' legislation, in all cases
, whatsoever,' over' such district (not exceeding ten miles
square) as may, by cession of one or mere States and
'the acceptance of Cugress, dx;come the seat of the
g )vernment of t,he 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, dockyards-and
other needful buildings ; and
, 18. To make all laws which shall be necessary and
proper for carrying into execution the foregoing pow-
ers, and all other powers vested by this Constitut ion n
the govcrhnient of the Confederate States, or in any
department or officer thereof.
. . 1 ' . Section 0. :
; 1. The -importation of negroes 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 pass .
such laws" as shall effectually prevent the same.
2. Congress shall also have power to prohibit the
introduction of slaves from' any State not a member
if, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy.
o.rThe jfivilege 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
fclaves shall be passed.
5. Xo capitation or other direct tax shall be laid
unless in proportion to the census or enumeration here
inbefore directetl to be taken. - f J
6. No'tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported
from any State, except, by a vote of two-thirds of
both houses. . " 1
7. Xo 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 conseguence 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 tworthirds of both houses,
taken by xeas and naj's, unless it be asked anil esti
mated for by some one of the heads of department, and
submitted to Congress by the President; or for the
purpose of paying its own expenses and contingencies ;
or for the payment of claims against the Confederate
- States, the justice of which shall have been judicially
declared by a tribunal for the investigation of claims
against the government, which it is hereby made the
duty of Congress to establish,. . i
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 jj and
Congress shall grant no extrt. j-ompensation 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 ccrseut
fo the Congress, accept of any present emoluments
office or title of any kind whatever from any king,
prince or foreign State. .j
12. Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof ; or abridging the frecdorii of speech,
or of the press ; of the right of the people peaceably to
assemble and petition the government for a redress of
grievances. ,
13. A well regulated militia Ixmig necessary to the
security of a free State, the right 1 the people to keep
and lear arms shall not be inf ringed.
14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quar
tered in any house 'witlioht the consent of the owner;
nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prose rihed
by law. ! " ' .
4 15. fIhe right of the people' to be secure in, their
persons) houses.'-papers and effects against unreasona
ble searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and
no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup
ported Iby oath or affirmation, and particularly de
scribing the place to be searched, and the persons or
things to be seized. .
lft. 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 m thq militia, when
in actual service, in time of war t)r public danger ;
nor shall any person be subject for the same offence
to be twiie 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 bCj taken for public use without' just compensa
tion. f . 'v.
17. j In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall
enjoy the right to a speedy and'public trial, jy an im
partial jury of the State and distric t wherein the crime
shall have '.been committed, winch 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 np 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 execs-;
" si ve fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments
. infiicted.
,20. Every law or resolution having the force of law,
shall re
pressed
ate to but orie : subject, and that shall be ex-
iu the title..
Section 10.
1. No State shall enter into any treaty, aflilince, or
confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ;
coin money ; make anything but gold and silver coin
a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attain
der, or ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligaT
tion of contracts ; or grant any title of nobility.
2. No State shall, without the consent of the Con
gress, lay any imposts or duties on imports and ex
ports, except what may be absolutely necessary for
executing its inspection laws ; and the nett produce of
all duties and imposts, laid by, any State on imports J
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, le paid
into the common treasury ; nor- shall any StatQ 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 clanger as will not. admit of
delay. But when any river divides or flows through
tw o or more States, they may enter into compacts
with each other to improve the navigation thereof.
v Aeticle II. Section 1.
1. The executive povfrer shall be vested in a Presi
dent of the Confederate States of America. He and
the Vice President shall hold their offices for the term
of six years ;but the President shall not be re-eligible.
The President and Vice President shall be elected as
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 arid Representa
tives to which the State may be entitled in the Con
gress; but rid Senator or representative, or person,
holding ah 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 bs an inhabitant of
the same State with themselves; they shall name in .
their ballots the person voted for as Presiderit, and in
distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President,
ami 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 Confederate States, directed
to thd President of the Senate; the President of th
Senate shall, 4n the presence of' the Senate and Hous
of Representatives, open all the certificates, and th
votes shall then be counted ; the person having th
greatest number of votes for President shall be 'th
President, if 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 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, the representation from each State having 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 Represeutitives 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 Prcsdeut, if such
number' be a majority of the whole number of electors
appointed ; and; if no person have a majority, then from
the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall
choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose
shall consist of itwo-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 tq that of Vice Tres
icl.eht of the Confederate States.
6. The Congress may determine the time of choosing
the electors, and the day on which they shall give their
votes, which day shall be the same throughout the
Confederate States.
7. No person except a natural born citizen of the
Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of
the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof
. bora in the United States prior to the 20th of-December,
1860, shall be eligible to the office of President ;
neither shall any person be eligible to that office who
shall not havcp attained 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-r.
charge tlie 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 Vic6 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 -increased
nor diminished during fhe period for which he
shall have beeh elected : and he shall not receive Avith
in that period any other emolument from the Confed
erate States, or any of them.
10. Before he enters on the execution of his office,
he shall take the following oath or affirm ation
" I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I. will faith
fully execute the office of President of the Confederate
States, and will, to the best of my ability, 'preserve,
protect and defend the Constitution thereof."
-- . Section 2.
14 The President shall be commarider-in-chicf of
the army and navy of the Confederate States, and of
the militia of Ithe several States, . when walled into the
actual service of the Confederate States ; he may re
quire the opinion, in , writing, of the principal officer
in each of the1 Executive. Departments, upon any sub
ject relating io 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 j)f impeachment. s '
2. He shall have the .power, by and with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, pro
.v'ided two-thi'Kis 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 aiTd consuls, judges of the Su
preme Court, and all other officers of the Confederate
States, whose appointments are not herein othef wise
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 aldne, n 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 bt removed at any time
by the President, or other .appointing power, when
their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, inca-
t. parity, inefficiency, misconcluct, or neglect of duty ;
' and when so removed, the removal shall be reported
to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor. -
i 4. The President shall; have power to fill aH 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 Pi
resident 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,' oi extraordinary occasions, convene both
houses, or either' of themj-jind in case of disagree
ment between them, with respect to the time of ad
journment, lie 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.
. .' t Section 4.
1. Tlie President, Vice President, and all civil offi
cers' of the Confederate States, shall be removed from
office on imrieachment for, and conviction of trcasou,
bribery, or bther high crimes and misdeanors.
article in. Section 1.
1. Tlie 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
ordain audj 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 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 rninisters 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 ;
between a! State and fitizensof another State where
the State is plaintiff; between citizens claiming lands
atnder grants of different States, and between a State
or the citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or
subjects; but no State shall be sued by a citizen-or
subject' of any foreign State.
2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public
ministers knd consuls, and those in which a State
shall be a partv, 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 fact, with such exceptions
and riinder such . regulations as the Congress shall i
make. ! : " . !
3. .The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im
peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be
held in the State where the said crimes shall have
been committed ; but when not committed within any
State, the (trial shall be at such place or places as the
Congress may by law have directed.
j Section 3.
1. Treason against the Con federate States shall con
sist only in levying war against them, or in inhering
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.
' 'Flirt! 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.
" articlf, it. Section 1.
r 1. Full faith and credit shall be- given in 'each
State to the public acts, records ami judicial proceed
ings of every other State. And the I Congresj mav
by general laws, prescribe the manner in wV '.ch such
acts, records and proceedings shall be proved, and tha
fleet thereof. ; j . ; .
Section 2. f '. - ;
1. The citizens of each State shall -no entitled to all
the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever
al States, and shall haw the 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,
24 A person charged in any State with treason, fel
ony, or other crime agaiust the laws of such Stated
who shall flee from justice, and be found hi another
State, shall, on demand of the executive autority of the
State from which he fled, be delivered iip to 1m? re
movedto the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
3. No slave or other person held to service or labor
in any Stitc or Territory of the Gmfederate States,
under the laws thereof, escaping or lawfully carried
into another, shall rh conscqueuce cf any law or regu
lation therein, be discharged from .such service or la
bor, but shall be delivered up oh claim of the' party
to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such service
or labor may be due.
t Section 3.
1. Other States mav be admitted into this Con fed-
eracy by a vote of two-thirds of the whole House of
iweprescntatives arid tworthirds Of the Senate, the-
penaie voting oy states ; but no new State shall be
formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other
Stite ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two
or more States, or parts of States, without the consent
bf the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as
of the Congress. , ;
J 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and
make ah needful lines and regulations concerning the
property - of the Confederate States, including the
ands thereof. " j . .
! 3. The Confederate States may acquire new territo
ry, and Congress shall have power to' legislate and
pr.ovide governments for the inhabitcnts of all terri
tory belonging to the .Confederate States lying With
out the limits of the several States, and may permit
them, at such times and n such manner as it imv by
:1 . - CI iT : Oi l l .1 T . I-
jjiuviue, io iorin tne states to te .. admitted- (into
the confederacy. In all such territory the institution
of negro slavery as it now exists in the Confederate
States shall be recognized and protected by Congress
:aud by the territorial government and the inhabitant!
of the several Confederate" Statos and Territories sha
have the right to take such territory and slaves law
I 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,
land shall protect each of them against invasion ; and
I on application' of the Legislature (or of the Executive
j when the Legislature is not in session) against dwiiies-
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article v. Section 1.
1. Upon tlie demand of any three. .Statee legally
: assembled in their several conventions, the Congress
i shall summon a Convetition, 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 demand is made, and should
any of the proposed i amenchnents to the constitution
' be agreed on by Ac said convention voting "by
States and the same.be ' ratified by the Legislatures
of to-thirds f. the several States, or by conventions
r.. x xi it. . -e . ii. . . ii. . ii . . i. i
in iwo-iuirus inereoi as uie one or incomer moue oi
ratification niar be proposed by the general conven
tion they shall henceforward j form a part of this
Constitution. But no States shall, without its coti
sent,.be deprived of its equal representation in the
Senate. - .- . ' .. . . .
AllTICI.i: VI.
1. The Government established 'by the Constitutioii
is the successor of the provisional government of ; the
Confederate States of America, and all the laws pass
ed by the latter shall continue in force until the same
shall be repealed or modified ; and all the officers ap
pointed by the same shall, remain in office until their,
successors are appointed and qualified, or the. offices
abolished. . 1 - . - v
2. All dehts contracted-and engagements entered'
into before the adoption of this constitution' shall bo
as valid against 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 si i.ail be made under the authoii
ty of the Coiifcxlerate States, shall be the supreme law
"of the land; and the judges in eve; y State shall be
l-.niinl llitiwliv nnvfliiior in t.lif Pfillstilltioii or I.'IU'H
of any State to the'eoutrary notwithstanding. '
4. The Senators and Represeutitives before men
tioned, and the members of the several State IiCgisla-
'I ' ill HI hjvivi'j i .7 i . ' J ... . ... - .......
tures,' and ail executive ana juaiciai oiucers, ixui oi
the Co:; federate States and of the several States, shall
be bptuid by;'cKth or affirmation to support this con
stitution, but no religous test shall ever be required as
a qualification to any office or public trust underthe
Confederate States. ' , r ;
5., The enumeration, in the constitution,' of jeertain
rights, shall not lc construed to deny or . disparage
others retained by the people of the several State.
6. .The powers not delegated to tlie ''Confederate
States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States are reserved .to the States, respectively, or to
the people thereof. ! . .
ARTICLE Vlf. ; '
1. Tlie ratification of the Conventions 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, thev Congress
, under provisional constitution shall prcscrile 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 the 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 constitutioh
of the provisional government.:
' Adopted unanimously, March 11, 1807.
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RALEIGH, M. C, ' ,
Will attend the County and Superior Court of W ake,
ti a nuathor t )i SnnpTior Cour tit of A e w Han-
over and Sampson, arid the Terms of the Federal Court!
and Supreme Court of North-Carolina, at Raleigh.
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Jan. 26, 1861.
B
MATRTfeNEV AT LAW.
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Will practice in the Courti of Riiwan and adjoining coun
ties. Collections promptly made. , .
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