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No. 10.
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- The Southern Hepublic.
, flWfn-rwwVMivi Confederate
States
of
America.
t,f liin-rtv tl dursfclyes anrtonr pctenty m
favor an(i piuddnce of Almighty -God do .
"a;id taMiiilvlUV Constitution lor tne;yoin!ue-. .-.
of Amef m- .i, t M . '
" vi ' Auti;K:k" I.-r-ecft'O)!"!".'- ' "
; i(-..;titiv. -Towers hereintelcatod shall be
i 'iu" a Con-sB ot : the 0nleder&te; States
. slutf -iuiblstji' Senate ind liousc of:Rep-
":' ( . : A Sect, on 2. ; 's '-
J ikkffKoTvresftrifativek shall be com posed
I Lr 4 T i i .
.r c eetors 01 in uiwi
;.!.ca
the .btate i.esiMuiun., " ,
. vf?l- n'ibwed'to jte .fof any oCfc ers, civil or politi-
. v ,,;.r n Kii.be alrdpfcseiitfttivc who shall not
.iten thee of twenty-five years, and be a
l'.i theCuufeferate States and who shall not,
lUt, be atiiinhabtautof that State in. which .-
,Ua;j ixiitfluoseh. V - -- t : " , -
!. r.rNMitativd aiHi-.xureci.ftixfs siiHii Fi'"f-
iJcml-:'Staie which may he included
lacy according to their respective,
fl be determined by adding to the
-ii.H-rs.-'ivhiL-h shf
nr Af ffcll- YtCTSOllS.
including thoee bound ;
- C'-vice fnr a teriiiof . years;. aiii excluding Indians
rfl. tliree-iiiup
of : all slaves. The actual enu-
vntinn 'shall : be;w4mM
dci within three years after the:.
of thlfcorigress of the C on federa testates, ; ,
,:,Uithirr every sfef .sequent term of ten rears, m 5
,;pcr M they shaij by. Jaw, direct. 1 he numbc
.i,4rves shilnot' exceed one for .every. :
i sucn : ;
er of,.
.'ru'i.lj.nt cachlStatej shall have at least one repre- ;
t iMve-i'and untO such! enumeration snau ie mmiu
.Ktclf SmUlfaroliira shall be entitled to choose ;
v'th..' State' of qr-bf tcne State of Alabaina
I State of iSovidaj tw, fte State ol Mississippi;
'ivf ; l.mnsiana six, and the fttate oi
Vlill,
tlie State
i . i r i
;'Vj;;S si!'.
L Whi-n vac;m:tes happen m u-m .uu.mu
ianyStatc;' Kxecutiv .authority thereof shall .:
i he House m wm iv
il;crj
and otbir oliicers,--yiu muui n.j c .
u'Aer
rlittr
of impefimeut, except j . r
r, L.i flVJ.r residtnd acting solely within-
of anvlStatH, .may c impeached by a vote.
ie'liinit''
r Fti-l:ii id.-? oL'i'OUl
oth ln-anches of the
Legislature
SenatiTjo
ihh. federate States
shall be
of; the term o
'de vote.-.; .
ryice;
'i.;rv.
t,.!.:' ..i;.rr.ftrtr,. thCV snail oe iKuuiuiw, .
r. 1TlfefirJ rlnction.thev shallljc divided
W iSsign:ion or otherwise during the re
iflaturoof any State, the Executive
cu's ha m.en i
i.nsofthe Le
inal e teniporary apponitments until thd
r oflhe liegislature, which shall then fill
.! firwf; may
iit'xt ineetmg
wli vacaticies. f ; .J . , i , yxn
-S.Jso
iH-rson'shall be a tynaior woo
at-taiiiCKi itie a
f thiftv years, and be a citizen oi uiu
ir
lo ;4ii .limaLiuam vi
la biate lor iuqi nuioum
loLt of the Confederate States shall
i 4 ... the v no I resu
1. li oidnf efftlic; Sdnate; .
but'shall have. no: vote, un-
t.' . .-"eivjiliMC!
be e'.maliy djivideu.
Sitntes.
hM lhe bcl
tre shall have: the sole. power to try an
. i ii
r.K Wlrn fitting for that purpose,. they;
oath or a'p.irmati.ni.. "When the President
imi'iaohniri.
?ha If be-'on
i,4 t'.ic t;-nkHli.naie
f.HWi-ate States is tnea, tne vim
the Chief .Justice
ifiHtV.prcde ; lutidlnh person shall le convic
iint' the cor.fuivciu'l ' ofj two-thirds of the
convicted, with-
membcrs
,' . r initaitnift inJs of impeachment shall not ex.
tViuffurtheritian'ieinoval from office, and disqual
' infill idn.to hltdraiidlciiioy any office of honor, trust or.
.nrotit under tfecT Ci?lerate States ; but the party con-;
Iv .la wi.v,ir ; sA-.rt.hvi,Gs' ho, liable and sivbiect.to m-
Viotlnent, tri, ijudgment arid punishment,: according
l WW";. - '. S !;.':
Section.
4:
'I
U Thv linJe -phii-es ana manner ui.irmuu,0 v
Kepresentax l ves s n a 1 1 vu. pi-.
J in eah'Staie by the legislature thereot,' sub-
ji-cti to the ',pjf visum
s of this Constitution ; out me jm
time, by law make or alter such
ds to 'the limes and places of ch'oos-
p-cf may, !ft ny
;iV-ulatious, xpept
inSeiiatorsi. ' "L-
I. The Ctiigrossj
chnVi assemble at least once in every
otin shall be on tlie first Monday in
VMiit; and swiuuf
nt ctinlHT, uness t
ey shall, by law, appoint a dinyrent
Section 5.
1: Each;iloi3hail be
,ie judge oOhe (flections,
MUms audwtaimean
its owni members, ana a
inaiovitv il each
dlialV
stitute a quorum todo busi
lidss: but smaller
er mav adjourn from day to
ei.;v on.T if iv' ' authorized to compel i ue.aucuuauiv
,.r -..lsnt ..r..frs. in such manner ana unaer
l . ai ml & J U .T T . .
. 1 -I
such-
;,, neiwlties as each House may proMae
.2. Each" 11
House
nrav determine the rules of its pro-
ceeam!?s.'imisn us uieiuucia
ajid, withl-e co&nrrence of two-thirds ot the wliole
number. fiel a jmember. . j; ! . ".. . -
il3. EaMloiiile 11. keep a journal of its pro
ceedings, Jud from time to time publish the same, ex
cepting suHi parts as may in their judgment ;.rcquiro
J(TrcW: id : the!, yeas and nays of the ; members of
cither" Ib-fisei onlanv question, shall, at the desire of
two-tilth U those preseut, be entered on the journal.
; r i. Neither lfouse, during the session of Congress,
' usn -,thnnt thft consent of the other, adjourn for
n
inure thai three Mays, nor to any other place than that
n which the two lloujie shall D siiuug.
, .,hP paoplcof fjOrwlcrate States, each State
!,ilVj ';t5 povtreig and iwlciiiaent cV.aracter, in
! lunn :i pernfiirventJieileral government, etal
;vr '!;. ;r.;,,r.Mlifiitic tranqmiity, an a secure tlio
, v .-.;., iWvnnn war uviiiu iitu iu
States; ipd th4 .electorsj m each State; shall
i, if tlie O.jiifbdcrac States,! and have the qual-
1 1 The
$ Tviaid f twurSenatQrs lrom eaciiae ciwa of
1 1 veaTs by tlHlr.egisature; thereof, at; the regular.
H.iiLh text knfe4 V Focechng thq ence;
! ". ..fl tl, torn i of SGI
f Sle nrclass ;sliall he vaCted the
2( r u mof th&conU;year.i of the ondass
f; , .xolration of, he f-uirth year; and ot-. t (3 third
! fat he expliion pf the sixjh year ; so that one
. - , S-,'..r CnPnH vft;ir:and if vacan-
... iii ti o 1 1 o i v in-- i iin m-" -
: ir-n m.tv n
t ,. .i ...
' Ti,(one1shal: choose their other oincers, ana
Al. ' a VnUdent inporcMi the absence of the ice
FioLW or Wwnhd shall, exercise thej ollice of 1 resi-
ai-v.t of the 0'Mtexler:e
lUUl
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Section 6.
1. The Senators and Representatives shall receive
a compensation for their services, to he ascertained by
law, and paid out of the , treasury of the Confederate
Slates. They shall, in all cases, except treason, felony
and breach of 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 ;
and for any speech or debate in cither House they shall
not be questioned in any other places
-2. No Senator or Representative shall, during the
time forwhiclj he was elected, be appointed to any
civil office under the authority of the Confederate
States, 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
- cderate States'shall be a member of either House du
utug his continuance in office: But Congress may, by
ow;' gr nt to the principal 'officer in each of the Ex
tjpntive Departments a seat upon the floor of either
uuse, j with the privilege of discussing any measures
oppertaning to his department. .
1. All bills for raising re venue shall originate in the
House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose
j concur with amendments as on other bilU
" 2. 'Every bin which shal have passed bothilouses
shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the
President of the Crafederate States ; if he approve, he
shall sign it ; but if not, he shall return it with his ob
jections to that House in which it shall have origi
nated , who shall enter the objections at large on their
journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree
' to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together, with the ob
jections, to:the other House, by which it shall likewise
be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that
House it shall become a law.... But in all such casesthe
votes of both Houses-shall be determined by yeas and.
nays, and the names of" the" persons voting for and
' against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each
H ouse respectively. If any bill shall not be returned
by the President within' ten day& (Sundays 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 its
return ; in which case it shaft not be a law. The resi
dent may approve any appropriation and disapprove
any other appropriation M the same bill. In such case,
he shall, in signing -the -hill, 'designate the appropria
tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap
propriations, with his objections, to the Housein which
the bill shall have originated.; and the same proceed-
' -I 11 ii 1 1 ! J ; if- nf .lill 1-Vlllo flCOTi-
mgs snail -tnen ue nuu as m,ic ji uui imo
. proved by the rresident. . .
C. Every order, resolution or. vote, to which the con
currence of both Houses may be necessary (except on
a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the
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 ot a bill.
... .' Section. S. .
The Congress shall have power
1. To lay 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 froni the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes
' on importations from foreign'. nations be laid to pro
; mote or fpster any branch of industry ; and all duties,
imposts and excises shall .be uniform thoroughout the .
, 'Confederate States. :
.'1, lo oorrow mwioj un .- - - - ...
Vt' ; To regulate cbmmercc with foreign nations, and
amon- the sevcra States; and with the Indian tribes ;
but neither this, nor any other clause contained m
I the Constitution, shall ever be construed to delegate
the power to Congress 'to appropriate money . tor any
: internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce
except fur the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons and
: buoys, and other aids to navigation upon the coasts ,
and the improvement of harbors and the removing of
. obstructions in river, navigation? in all 'which cases
suph duties shall 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 ot
the same. ' . . ' . - , P
5 To coin money, regulate the value thereot and ot
foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and mea-
SU1(Tto provide for the punislimcnt of counterfeit
ing the securities and current coin, of the U)ntederate
nost routes : but the
i a i Jr. 1 -n -..i. '! Tvr.i.vVmf nftor ih r first
expenses oi vne x osu oiulc yanin, ----dav
of March in the year of our lord eighteen hundred
and sixty-three, shall be paid out of its own reve-
:; 8 ' To promote" the , progress of science and useful
arts bv securing for limited times to authors and in
ventors the exclusive right to their respective, writings
and discoveries. . , . . x o
9. rJV constitute tribunals inferior to the bupreme
Court. . . . . .
' 1Q 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 mak,e : rules concerning captures on land
and water. . , ;
' -Y To raise and support armies -, but no appropria
tion of money to that use shall be for a lopger tenn
than two years.
13 To provide and maintain a navy. .
14;. To make rules for government and regulation
of the! and and naval forces. ' r
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
ras may be employed in the service of the Confederate
: States ; reserving to the States, respectively the ap
pointment of the officers and the authority oi warning
the militia according to the discipline prescribed by
Congress. ". : , . ;
17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases
whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles
square) as may, by cession of one or more States and
the acceptance oi' Congress, become the scat of the
governmcnt of he Confederate States ; and to exercise
like authority Over all-places purchase! by the consent
of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall
be; for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock
yards and other needful buildings ; and :
18. To make all laws which shall be necessary and
proper for carrying into execution the foregoing pow
erg, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in
the government of the Confederate States, or in any
department or officer thereof
Section 9.
1. The importation of negroes of the African race
from anv foreign country other than the slaveholdmg
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 shrill also, have power to. prohibit the
introduction of slaves from any State not a member
of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy.
3. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall
not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or
invasion the pttblic 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 . ! . ; j ; . . "
. 7. : No preferences shall pe given by any regulation
of commerce or revenue toihe ports of one State over
hose of another. j ! ? ;
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 mopey shall be published from
time to time. j. '; ,'
9. Congress shall appropriate no money from ,the
treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of ixth houses,
taken by yeas and nays, unless it le 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
i States, the justice of which shall have been judicially
i declared by a tribunal for the investigation of claims
! against the. government, which it is hereby-made the
duty of Congress to-establish. , " .
' 10. All bills appropriating money; shall specify in
I federal currency the exact amount of each appfopria-
tion! and the purposes for which it is made ; and
Congress shall' grant no' extiu compensation to any
public contractor, officer, agent or servant after such
contract shall have been, made Or such service ren
dcrcd. , "
1 1 ." No title of nobility 'shall be granted by the Con
federate Slates; and no person j 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
assemble and petition the government for a redress of
grievances.
13. A well regulated militia .being necessary to the
security of a free State, the right T 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 manner to be prescribed
by law. .
15. The right of the people be secure in their
persons, houses, papers and effects -against uureasona
l)le 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, arid -the persons or
things to be seized.
1Q. 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;
' nor shall any person be subject for the same offence
to betwbe'put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor be
compelled, in anjT criminal case, to be a witness against
, himself; nor be deprived of life, lilxrrty, or property,
without due - process of law; nor shall private prop
erty be taken for public use without just compensa
tion. 17. In all criminal prosecutions thes 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
inn.l nr t.hh;iTitiireaTlttltse lm w sALlahc.
to le confronted with the witnesses against him ; to
have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses m 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 jurt shall be" otherwise re-examined in any court
of the Confederacy than according to the rules of the
, common law. , .
19 Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces-
sive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments
inflicted. , . e .
Or Every law or resolution having the force ot law,
shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be ex
pressed in the title .
Section 10. . r.
1 - No State shall, enter into auy iimij,.'"".
confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ;
coin money ; make anything but gold and silver coin
a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attain
der or ex post facto law, or law impairing the obliga
tion of contracts ; or grant any title of nobility.
2. No State shall, without the1 consent of the Con-
"ress lay any -nupossi ui uuno
Ports except what may be absolutely necessary j tpr
executing its inspection laws ; and the nett produce of
all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports
or exports, Aall be for the use of the tteasury of .the.
aaifederate gtates ; 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 shalll any State keep
troops or ships of war, in time of peffce, enter into any
agreement Or compact with another State,, or with a
foreign 'power, or engage in war, unless actually mva- -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.
it The executive power shall be vested in a Prcsi
dentiof the 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-ehgible.
i The President and Vice President shall be elected as
i follows: - ' " I v
2 Each State shall appoint, m such manner as the
I Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors
'equal to the whole number of Senators and Representa
tives to which the State maybe entitled in the j Con- .
crress : but no Senator or representative, or. person
holding an office of trust or profit under the Confeder
ate States, shall be appointed an elector. -
3. The electors shall meet in their respective States,
and vote by ballot, for President and Vice President,
one of whom, -at least, shall not be 'an inhabitant of
the same State with themselves; they shall name in
their .ballots the person Voted for as President, and m
distinct ballots the perse-11 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 V ice
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 tn
Senate feliall, in the presence of the Senate and-Hoys
of Representatives, open all the certificates, and tn
votes shall then be counted ; the person having th :
greatest number" of votes for President shall betn
President, if such number be a majority of the --whole
number of electors appointed , and if no persomhave
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.' 1 And if the House of Representatives shall not
choose a President, whenever the right of choice hall
devo
ve upon them, before the 4th day of March nest
ring, then the Vice President shall .act as Presi-
folloi
dent j
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 Presdcnt, 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 two-thirds of the whole number of Sen
ators, and a majority of the whole number shall be ne
cessary to a choice. y
5? But no. person constitutionally ineligible to the
office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres
ident of the Confederate States. - -!
6.) The Congress may determine the time of choosing
'the 'electors, and the day on which they shall give their
votes, which day shall be the same throughout'' the
Confederate States. ; "
7j-'jNo person except a natural - born citizen of the
.Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of
the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof .
born in the United States prior to the 20th of Decem
ber,! I860, shall be eligible to the office of President -neither
shall any person be eligible to that office who
shall not 'have attained the ase of thirty-five years,
and been fourteen years a resident within the limits of
the Confederate States as may exist at the time of hisl
election. j
8 In case of the removal of the President -from
office, or of hisjrteath, resignation, or inability todis
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
shallo 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, v
10. Before he enters on the execution of his office,
he shall take the following oath or affirmation
' "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faith
fully execute the office of President of the Confederate
States,1 and will, to the best of my ability, preserve,
protect and . defend the Constitution thereof."
: Section 2.
1. The President shall be commander-in-chief of
the army and navy of the Confederate States, and of
the militia of the several States, when called into the
actual service of the Confederate States; he may re-
qiiire 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 pcAver to grant reprieves and par
donsTor offences against the Confederate States ex
cept in.cases-of impeachment.
2. Ik 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 Con federate
.i;t. whilst-, rmiiou'tn-icnts are not herein otherwise
i
but the Congress, may, -by law, vest tntpwJo.
of such-inferior officers, as they think proper, m the
President alone, n the courts of law or in the heads.,
of departments. ,
3 The principal officer in each of the executive de- -partmerits,
and all persons connected with the diphw
' natic 'service, may be removed from office at the. plea
sure 'oi the President. All other civil officers ot the
Executive Department may ba removed at any time
by the "President, or other appointing power, when
their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, mca-
pacityiefiiciency, misconduct, or .neglect ot duty ;
and when so removed, the removal shall be reported
to the Senate, together with' the reasons tberefor.
4 the President?shair hdvc power to fill all vacan--.
cies'that may happen during the recess of the Senate
hv -ranting '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.
The President shall from time to time, give to
the Congress information of the state of the Confed
eracy and recommend to their consideration such
measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient;
he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both
, J' ':a,, rf H,om - and in case of disagree-
ilV'll'-" 'j
Tiinnt between them,
nouses, oi uuai ri v.r;;-, ,
witii respect lo uiu -
journment, he may adjourn tliem i
shall think' proper ; he shall receive
them 'to such time as ne
c Ambassadors and
other puoiic miui-wo, . .
laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all
the officers of the Confederate States.
Section 4.
1 The President, Vice President, and all civil oiu
cers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from
office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason,
bribery, or other high crimes and msdeanors.
article in. Section 1.
1 The judicial power of: the -Confederate States
shall be veiled in one Superior .Court, and in such .in
Sr comts as the Congress may
ordain and establish. The Judges, bo ft oM he Su
Treme and inferior courts, shall hold their ofiices du
& good behavior, and shall, at stated times reeqve
"c,.e.-r ..... ' mtaneo nl1. which shall not IX!
i i-T ho e ha UIG ca U mill mv.
for tneir servients . w"1". ' . ,
-iimmishfid durina their continuance m
office.
Section 2.
l.-The
power
shall extend to all eases
the laws! of the Oon-
aning ui - nt,na -lft or wl,ich shall be
ansmg unaer um
federate blares, nnena
C DUUfs, : ouu - .
C'j.. ionI t.rpnT.IRS II
,,,, 1, authority : to all cases anecung an -
inauu niK-iv-i ; .
to all
con-
which the Confederate States shall be a
trovcrsies to
nartv : to con
trovcrsies -between two or; more di ,
o Sfat and citizens oi- auuuiwi
t1 ' cfofp is ola utitt ; between 7
nte lantl rf .liffercnt St-,, Sa
. . li,rr (in. J
-iL-nriff n dim nir i;liki
or the citizens
thereof and loreign ouv,
lbieets: :bllt no
Stato shall be suea oy oi
or
shall I a party, the fcm Omr t Adl h" ""
1 :
rliniv- in ail UK uurci
Conrt shall have appellate juris
tiuue.t , a '.ui, such excentions
UM-m Vit h as tO law iiuu uivi, ...w. - x
icfion: IvAh as to law
oitA under such regulations as
the
Gjngress
shall
mtqThe triahof all crimes; except jn cof imf
Pcachment, IboPriUry
held in the
sit-in, wliwfi the said crimes sr
i . i,f vrLon r,cA. committed within any
been commuiw , ui , "V" -- --- . tl
State, the trial shall Ihj at such place or places as the
Congiess may by law have directed.
. Section 3. " .
1. Treason against the Confederate State, shaU con-
sist only in leyyinj
t. . R 1 1 V.i. An
war against mem, 01 m
to thpir p.nemics. giving
mnnnr t: l('.m JUll U1U WHW"": '
w Vfc - "
.. ,.1,rtn La r-
1 . . ' 0 'f nn milosx on-ihe te-
sliall be convicwu wc- r
1. . rj. tr. flo cam. overt act. Or
timony 01 two whuiwo - -
'Siall work corruption of Wood, or forfeiture, , except
-' during the life of the person attained.
article it. Section I.- ;
1. Full faith and credit shall bo 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 .wUch such
acts, records and proceedings shall be proved, and the
fleet thereof. ,;
; ' St ciion 2. '
1. The citizens of each State shall toe entitled t all
the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever
al States, and shall have the right of transit and so
journ in any State of this -Anfedcracy, with their
slaves and other property; and the right of "property
in said slaves shall' not be thereby .'impaired.. I
2. A person charged in any State with treason, fel
ony, or other crime against the laws of Mich- State,
who shall fiee from justice, and Ik; found in another
State, shall, on demand of the executive autority of tha
State from which lie ' flot.1, be delivered up to- be re-
moveil to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
3. Noi 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 another, -shall in consequence! f any law or ngu
lation therein, be discharged fromrsuch 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. - K
. I . . Section 3. .
. Other States may be admitted into this Confed
eracy by a vote of two-thirds of the whole House -of
Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate, the
Senate voting by States'; but no new State shall Ikj ,
formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other
State ,; nor any State lie formed by -'the junction of two
or more States, or parts of States, without the consent
.-of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as
of the Congress. . . 7.
2. The Congress shall have power 0 dispose of and
make all needful rules and . regulations concerning the
property of the Confederate States including the
ands thereof. - ' : f 7 :
3. Tlie Confederate States may acquire new territo
ry, and Congress shall have power to legislate and
provide governments for the inhabitants of all terri
tory belonging' to the Confederate States lying with
out the limits of the several States, and may permit
them, at such -times and 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' as it now exists in the Confederate
States shall be recognized and protecfel by Congress
and by the territorial government and the-inhabitant!
' cf the several Confederate States and Territories s ha
have the right to take such territory and slaves law
fully he,ld by them in any of tlie States or Territories
of the 'Confederate States. j -
4. The Confederate States shall guarantee to every '
State that now is or hereafter piny Inn'oipe a nicmber :
of this. Confederacy a' Republican form of government,
and slilall protect each of thetn. against; invasion and
on application of the Legislature (or of the Executive
"when the Legislature is not in -session) against domes-ti.'-
violence. ' ' ' -' ''
, ! AitrrcLE v. Section 1.
1. Upon the demaird of any three SUit legally
assembled in'their several conventions, ...the .Congress
shall summon Convention of -all the States, to take
into consideration, such -amendments to: the (oiistitu
tion as the said Skites shall' concur in suggesting at
the time when' the said demand is made, and should .
any of the proposed amendments tl jhe constitution
bo agreed on by tlie "siiid convention voting by
States and the simc be ratified by fhe Legislatures
lir V HU-lWnte tilll.i u .- j 1 , ' - -'
..r- , : 1 .,: 1.,. flxt kvinnv-ll irmvitt
ratuicauon mav uo nimwau iv i..v ...v... .....y-
tion they shall henceforward form a part
of this
Cbnstitutioi
But no States shall, without its' con-.
sent, b(
deprived of its equal- representation in tne
Senate. ' ' , ' ' ' '
- , AliTICLE VI. ' j - .- '
1 . The G ovcrnrnent estal lished by1 the -Constitution
w -hV successor of the iirovisioual' 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 -appointed
by tlie same shall remain in! office until Uieir
successors are appointed and qualified,' or the offices
abolished. 1 ' ' ' ,
2. All debts contracted and engagements enteml
intn Wnrf. t f! ' lulootion Ot tlllS COnSlUUUOll MJiVll NU
as
i-ni;..r n.iiii t ho ( ontcderatc Mates
under this
constiuuion as umua.Miv piw
3. Tim constitution, and the. laws of the Confeder
ate States, made hi- persuance thereof, and all tnia- ;
ties made or which shaU'be made under the authon- -ty
of the Confederate States, shall bo the supreme law
of the landf and the judges in every State shall be
bound thereby, anything in-the constitution or laws
of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. .- '
4 The 'Senators and Representatives before men- ..
tioned, and the members of the several State Lcgisla---tu'res,
and all executive and judicial officers, both o
the Confederate States and of the several States, shall .
be bound by oath or affirmation to support this con
stitution, but no rcligous test; shall ever le required as
a qualification to any office or public trust under Lie ,
Confederate States.' . - '.( . - .
5 The enumeration, in the constitution,..! certain
rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage
others retained by the people 01 ine wjvi, .
6 The powers not delegated to the Con federate
States bv the constitution, nor prohibited bv it to the
States are '-reserved to the States, respectively, or,
the people thereof.
ARTICLE VII. 1
1 The ratification 01 tne vxmveuuuu.-, uyxi
shall be sufficient for the establishment this consti
tution between the States so ratifyingie same.
2 When five States shall have jaftifiwl this consti
tution, in the manner before specified, the Omgress
under -provisional ctlfl
for holding the election of president and YJ.n-s1"'
dent; and for the meeting of-the Electoral C ego;
and for counting the votes and inaugurating the 1 resi
dent They shlll 1so prescribe the time for holding
the first electiomof members of Congress under this
constitution, ! the time lor.tuw .
telling beyond the time iiraiwu, uy
of the provisional government. - .
' Adopted uhanimously, Marcli 11, 1861. .
3. Q. DE CAETKKET.
JOHS ARMSTRONG.
N0KIll-aU0LI BOOK BISDEKTk
ir.irioret & Arnistron;
BOOK BINDERS A BUSK BOOK XASVFA C-
RALEIGH, N.
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l&-ly
Jan. 23, 1861.
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Will attend the County ani Sarior Cour -U of V, r.te
,hn,ton and Chatham. r tSuperipi ; Court
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over an
d Sampson, anct tne iru XT
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and-Snpreme Uourxoi ". 'h7the late lion. Wil-
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Office, the one
liam II. Haywood; jr,
Jan. 2&, 1861.
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Will nractice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun
ties. Collections promptly maac j 17 ly
Jan. o
Until the assembling ot sucn v?"Sn, iu
under theovisional constitution sliall nt
; 1,0 loti,lativQ. TMjwcrs granteil them, not ex-
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