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a' 4 ' J . ft ! . vol. ii. RALEIGH, N. G, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1861. Xo. 10. WW I I k I 1 F f gyiPELMA, Editor and Proprietor axd printer to the state. 0i BOBIXsIx, jAsslstant Editor. P E RM S: WEEKLY EDITION, per annum,... ' j.'- ' Invafiabl in Advance.) .$4 1 The Sdlithcyn Republic. - ' r - . f (Y.itluti&ft 'rf-tJie Confvl rate Slates j tetxca. leopleoi ne. vomeueraie ouiw.-, cani owuc sovereign an.dj independent character, in t,nn a permHnentjfederal government, estab- iisure domestic tranquility, ana secure me f liberty ff oGrselves and our posterity m tayor angmuauee oi . .iimgniy wuu- uo a L-tablish this Constitution for the Confede tivt:" p fivers -jnerein uelegated tnail ue. Coiigiyssjit!. the .Upnteaerate fctates, C(iisist if a! kenate and House. of Ilep- !, .1 , . ' I Sedion 2. .. - Luse i)t'j'i)Vsentatiyc.slaall be composed . : i- chosen every; necoj id yifby the people 61 Stari-svaiM.tiiejiectrirsweacli Ktiite shall r:.:-" tin; Uu tolerate states, and nave tne ciuai juisitf frr elckiors of the most numerous the-Stat! . ligislaiure; but ny person of ' ;j-t;, pi if a t:iizei jo,f.ther Confederate States ' -iV-aluAvi-d to.vQte forfany offiee'fsV civil or politi- vr7.Wl;(enLl.!: -;: j , V, '( i-s-1 f slialllbc a feprescntative who. shall not ;::.tiii' (l riie ig V4t-v'p,nty-fiy6 years,1 . and he a i tiii C'oJifiHr fci-tps, 5 and. Who shall not, . vrtril. tte,a.ri iahaliitaiit of, that State in rwhich i..-c it..Mn.; i r . . - ,r . ' i;, ',riwiitativ'sainl direct tijtcs shall 'be appvr I'lil'iii the.Kevral "jSfcis' which may he included ). ihS'tJi'nfedcteylaecording to their respective .: vVl'iic'li' siial'heHletenninetl by alding to the 1 '. Miiutn' r ' U'(rinf l M'6ijk ' including tliose bound 1 -'rv- ?'V-.a t'-niv f years,. and- excluiiiug Indians .:,,-!. I, r"-ii it! otj'all slaves. , Ihcactual enu Mla'.i pxf litadej within three years after the . ;:Mhi(,i the imgrf-ss f the Confederate States litiilfiVvcry uif i'qtieiit terhi of ten ye;irs. in such i i jw.Jieliallby !law,direct. : The number of, . 4;ilitives sha!lnot exceffl one for every fifty;; , . ..Ir.Jf imt eacli bftat e shall; have at least one repre-. jjw-VaiVl until' iich enumeration shall be made -:;L;.i- f "Soutl i'Cilr 1 iha ;.tl lilf he entitle! to clioose I irsratr of-. nfyiii'ten, tjie' State oi" "Alabama. 1 nictate of Flrid;i 'tyvd.itlie State, of Mississippi. t!;- lviti' "1 J !l,.. Viiorj-'vacancis h; Dneh'iij the rei)reentatiun ; '.;.,y Mate, the writs. hf cluctitil to rutivc n5horlty inercoi snail fiH sit-U vaijmcies. i i-i n,.nc. Y,f RiM'wiiit3itiA-L'! 'ihall choose their i - . I ,r A, ' j . , . . , r:'of-1nu-K'Ht;htleiit; tscept that any'. judicial or, federal oini-vrri'sidyut iuul acting sok-lj withip :i',iis of anv Slate njay be impeached by a vote o-thiMs of""hah , )dnchw-?of the LegislatHre '.;: r;'-- -i ; I--- , . ' : f Sc't;t ' f l i.e ,S(iiU( tit thti (unfedefate States shall 4e ,tsol'lf two Sf) ito'from each-State, chosen for, i by tl e lei-iturc tbereot, at the regular Wt iume(ateK' lprecjcding tkc . commence- . i 7 V R: r - v ... l" I. c t... -.1 11 " - , f t ho term iifi sj-jvice: anti-uaijn ocuaiwi wiau T : . , - t.'hnmtilntilv AltiC they shall.-be assembled, in i-j.iin-n of th'' hrt j-;1iallv as may be in; de tion, they shall be divided . o thre lasses. The seats of' cl.is -fltall be vacated at the ' Carf-'," the P'coihI class at i Matni-s ot thefrjirsti t !.ai-ufj.M the sifm I' .i.ira ion ot tip 1 'iirth year : ajid of the third - 1 . lt the ( in it ion ii the sixth year; so ttiat one- j :,!:, iv: 1 1 MioNift exfij-; second year; am I it vacan- i l.v resiinationor otherwise' during-the re- . ljiit.ie it "any State, the Executive ' v ' ' e Lti inoiar appointments until the-. Hi. i, 'iK'iliui; oi t lif g.sliture, wnicn snait uit-u uit . . . .if: r ( . Ii '. , . .1 .1. 1. . 11 j.1 J : 1 1 l . . : . . l ! .Wri-on mi ill be A Senator who snail not nave , . " ! . i -..-." i i ii i .-l t 5 1 i 1 1 A u v' ind ho shall not. wheji elected, !;ii'itan'-or me i?uui 101 w iin. n m- .-hii . 1",,,- V . l'riVjtkntcf the Confederate States shall hMiif.it ot mediate, but shall have no vote, un- t:i. v be t oil i on uicu. TL." St n Ut A boose their other oflieers, and i 1'i jsiUfiit P ieinjiorc in the absence of the Vice f i:V;iti (.r w Iun e shall exercise the otlice tf Tresi- tfic Coiifiocjate'SUtt. w 'y. Si n't shiMf-hic the sole power to try hi I ; l UtiiUlCVitS sitting, for that purpose,.-they t : t i r Glniuh riti. tLtes is tried, the Chief Justice. i'i o:ini op -an I'niauuu. i ni-ii iue- l icmucih. .it fs- . . ..... v"i im..,. ., ! 1..1V5.PV, (u vit no ptison shall tie -emvicteil with- tne curMifnue M to-thirds of the members; . " .ludgi u nt.tii iM s of impeachmeut shall not ex i lViither than removal. froin'olhee.- and disqual- I -ti.n to hold mil eisiov any office of honor trust. or 1 ii.iinfk i the ClLdti'ifite States; but the party enn 5 ' slV.ill i efFh be liable and subject to in- ti t pimint and punishment, according V lion 4. 1 111-Hie- prnJ ind manner ot holding eke k -r iSeiu-.torfcnflu llolj-iresentatives shall' I e jive-'l.i-ire:ich Hllte Tv ttie Legislature thereof, sub- ' ill- 1 tri lYlsli r- Ol lll yviK-ii iui , urn un. vn- ( aiii tulie. by law make or alter' such t ci i a to the times and places of ehoos- Til c i ',, C t-h.iU .vsmbleatleasto.icein evrry i uiiintl'tinb; shall be on thelirst MondaySn 1'. U'lH'Ks p; ey Stiani, V law , appowu u uimw vut, t i ' .S-' Lon 5. ' ; i;-;. Ih.i.iv-lWl be(the judge of.tfiie elections. ' U '1 Ar atiouiOt its;rivn menuiers, and a,,-. ,,f 'u hi''iai! yoiistitute a quorum todo busi ;t a mi illf-r immUr naay adjourn' from day to t 1u.lv l-eiiuUwsracd to compel the: attendance nty l.i liu-iiiWf s, nvMijeh jmahner and under such -'u.is;i i:alh ilouse'iiay 'provide. . '4- i;ieh Moib4uia:y determine the rules of its prtn '':4.i'uuisji .'Is' timbers for disorderly behavior, w.:h the cnirenci . of two-tliirds of the whole '"'"!'! 'l'el a imember. luh Hoiilv sjiaHrkeep a; journal of its pro-. . uvA fr.jii ; tiiineto.tiHiie publis-h the same, ex :s;n.gW'irrail.i niajy iti their judgment require a;.uL'h y'abd isays of the members of vf l,l-'i::-e: :oi.m qutjstioi, -hall, at the. desire of '-'Li.Uai ' ! .Jhit'pi4seur'; be 'eiitered ou the journal. -J f -vutiifT H'liisel, during; the session of Congress, T'i - with. ml tn cimieut of the otherv axljount for " iiian tWivf Jl-iys. nor lo anv oiner piai- man mat 'hich tiit: t w Uouifes shatl bs sitting. i Section G. 1. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their sertices, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the Confederate States. They shall, in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peade be privileged from arrest during their j attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same ; and for any speech or debate in either House they shall not bd questioned in any other place. 2. o Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office; under the authority of the Confederate States; which shall have been created, or the' emolu ment whereof shall have been increased during such ' - time ; .and: no person holding any office under the Con . cdera'to States shall be a member of either House du ring his continuance in office.' But Congress may, iy w.' gr tit to the principal ofiicer in each of the Ex- vjontiye departments a seat upon the floor of either euse, j with the privilege of discussing auy measures op eraning to his department.! . i Section 7. ' 1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of. Representatives;' but the Senate may propose ' jeonjeur 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 jStates ; if he approve, he shall sjign it; but if not, he shall return it with his obr jectioris- to that House in iylijck it shall have origi nated who shall enter the objections at large on their journal aud proceed to reconsider it. If, after sueff reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree r to pas the bill, it shall be sent, together ' with the ob- , jectioiis, to the other House, by which it shalliikewise be recjijusidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that House it shall become a-law. But in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and . nays, and; the names of the persons voting for and ; against the bill shall be entered.' oii the journal of each ' 1 Louse respectively. If any bill shall not be returned i by th President within ten days (Sunda3"s excepted) after ; t shall have been presented to him, the same shall ie a;law, in like manner as if he had signed it,, unlesf the'Congress by their adjournment, prevent its ' return ; in'which case it shall not be alaw. The Presi 'dentr iay approve any appropriation and disapprove any other' appropriation in the snmebill.i In such case, he shall-, iii signing the bill, designate the appropria tions Disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap propriations, with his objections, to the Hotise in which the bfll shall have originated ; and the same proceed ings kiall then be had as; in case of other bills disap prove by the President, , :5. Every order, resolution' or vote, to' which the con-r. curreike of both Houses rnay be. necessary (except" on- a que ftion oi aujournnieni) snail ue presented 10 tne 1 resii entjof the "Confederate States ; and 'before the shall take effect, shall -be approved by him; or disaprbyed by him, may be repassed by two- same liei nrl think lof both Houses according to the rules and lmn- . tationjs prescribetl in case of a bill. ' .' Section 8. ' . ' Th 3 Congress shall have power :, . 1. To liy and collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex- ' cises f r revenue necessary to pay the debts, provide for the- coi union defence,-and carry on the government11 , of the Confederate States,; but -no bounties shall be "grant ;d from the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes n' lniportations from foreign nations be laid to pro intite i ir fost er any branch of industry ; and all duties, imjKWitS IW1 .Xinc't,oli -lj nif.-irm' 1 ' e" :;Ojnfudenite States.- ' -. ; - '2. To Wro-w; money, on the 'credit of the Confede rate tatesj '.''; .. ; ' 3. To regulate commerce wiUi foreigrviiations, and amor g the sevcra States, and with the Indian tribes ; , but neither this, nor any other clause contained in the ( ..iistitution, shall ever be. construed to delegate the.jliwer to Congress to" appropriate money for any internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce, except for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons a.iid buoy and other aids to navigation upon the coasts, and he jiuiprovement of harbors and the rcnioving of obstructions in river navigation, in all which cases such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated ' therelby as may be necessary to, pay the costs and ex penses thereof. .' . ; 4. Ttjr establish uniform laws of naturalization, and unif. mi laws on the subject Of bankruptcies, through- . out t ie Confederate States ; but no law of Congres shall discharge any debt contracted before the. passage of the'sam'e. V o.j To coin money, regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and mea- : sure. : G.rrb provide" for the punishment of .counterfeit - ; ing the securities' aud.curifent coin of the Confederate States. T.j .To establish post offices. and jiost routes; but the expenses of the Post office Department, after. the first day and nue: : 8 arts f March in the year pf our lord eighteen hundred sixtv-tlnee, shall be paid' out of its own rey.e- .To promote the progress of science and useful by securing for' limited times to authors and in- veil ors the exclusive right to their respective writings discoveries. . . . ; , and 9 To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Cou rt. ! ' ' - To define and punish piracies and felonies com mitted on the high seas,: anil otiences against the taw of nations. II. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re pris il, and make rules concerning captures on land and! water. ' - 12. To raise and suport armies ; but no appropria tion of money to that use shall be for a longemerm thai two years. . J 13. To provide and. maintain a navy. ii. To make rules for government and regulation ' of tjhe land and naval forces. Tj5. To provide " for calling forth the militia to exe cute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress in-surrections-and repel invasion. 6. To provide for .organizing, arming and disci p liniji'ig 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 the' officers and the authority of trainiug the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress. . - . ' ; 1(7. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases. ' whatsoever, OA'er nich district (not exceetling ten miles sqv are) as may, by cession of one or more States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the - government of the Confederate States ; aud to exercise like authority oyer all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards and other neIful buildings ; and ls. To make all laws which shall be necessary and ' prdper 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 de lartment or officer thereof. Section 9. . - "" 1. The importation of licgroes of .the African race . from anv foreign country - other than the slaveholding' States, or Territories of the. United States of America, is lereby forbidden ; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same. ' ; 2. Congress shall also have power to prohibit the ! inl roduction 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, linless when lu cases, of rebellion oj in vasion the public safety may require it. . - 4. No bill of attainer,-or ex post facto law, or Uvi' dfjnyiug or impairing tha.vight of property iu negro slaves khil be passtd. .' . 5. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion U) 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. 7. No preferences shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the porta 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. , ' K Congress shall appropriate no money from the treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses, taken by yeas and nays, unless it be, -asked and esti mated for by some "one of the heads of department, and submitted to Congress by the President; or for the : purpose of paying its own expenses aud 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. , 10. All bills appropriating money shall specify in federal currency the exact amount of each appropria tion and the purpdses for which it is made; and Congress ehall grant no extr;. compensation to any public contractor, officer, agent xr. servant, after such contract shall-have been made or such service ren dered, ' I ' ll. No title of nobility shall be'gi-anted 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. . . v - 12. Congress, shall nakc no law respecting an establishment of rdigion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or .abridging the freedom of spescji, or of the press) or the right of the people paeeably to assemble' and petition the government for a redress of grievances. ' . ' -lo. A well regulated -militia being necessary "to the' security of a free State, the right f the' .people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. 14. No soldier shall, in time Of peace, be cuar-"-' ,.tered in any house without the consent of the'owner; " nor in time of var.fbut.in a manner to le prescribed -by law:" - ' , 15. The right of the- people to be t secure in. their persons, houses, papers imd effects against unreasbna- ' ble searches nd seizures,- shall not lie violated ; ami no' warrants shall issue but upon probable -cause, sup- . ported by oath or affirmation, and particularly do scribing the place to be searched, and the-persuns or tilings to be seized. .. . - ' ' 1G.. 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 irt 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 ofi'ence to be tui:e "put in' jeopardy of life or limb, tior be' . 'rompelled, 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 betaken for public use without just com pensa-1 tion. .' " ' - ' - t 1 - ,- . '( 17. In all criminal prosecutions tha1Yh;-;?v, Vm" ' Hfyjy - tv j,v.tr ivuu JJUUllv bllcli, uy All 11U 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" havecompulsory process for obtaining vitiiesscs in his . favor, and to have the assistance of counsel tor 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 oqurt -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. . ; .". . , ' ' 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. 1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance or. confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal coin money ; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender iu payment of debts ; pass any bill of . attain- ' der, or ex.jx)st facto law, or law impairing the obliga tion of contracts ; pr grant any title of nobility. - 2. No State shall, without the consent of the Coiir gress, lay any imposts or duties Ion imports and ex ports, except what may be. absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws and the nett produce pf all duties and imposts, laid by"ahy State oh imports or exports, .shall be for the use of the treasurj' of the Cm federate States i and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of Congress. 8. 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 paidv 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 hot 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 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: - 2. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors equal to' the whole number of Senators and Representa tives to which the State may be entitled in the Con gress ; but no Senator or representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the Confeder ate States, shall be appointed an elector. " 3. The electors shall meet in their respective States and vote by ballot, for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be 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 jierson voted for as Vice President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted' for as President, and of. all persons voted, for as Vice' -President, and of the number of votes "for each, which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit, sealed to the government of the Confederate: States, directed . to the President of the Senate ; the President of th - Senate shall , in the presence of' the Senate and Hou . of Representatives, open-all' the certificates, and ,th votes shall then he 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 , andif no person have -" ' such majority, then",' from the persons' having the high- est number's, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as President, the .House of Representatives ' shall "choose immediately, by ballot," the. Presideiit. ,' But in choosing the President the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each State haying one vcte; a quorum for this purpose thall 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 4 th 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 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 Seuate 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. o.j But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall "lie eligible to that of Vice Pres ident of the Confederate States. 6, The Congress may determine the time ofchoosing 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 born in the United States prior to the 20th of Decem W, 1860, shall be eligible to the office'of President ; . neither shall any persori'be eligible to that office' who shall not -have attained theaie of thirty-five years. ;and been -fourteen years a resident within the limits of the Con federate States, as may existent the time of his Election. . . '-.. . . 8. In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his deathj resignation.'or inability to dis .charge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the. Vice - President ; and the Congress may, by law, "provide for the case of re moval, death, resignation, or inability both of the Pres ident and Vice President, declaring wht officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accord iugly . until' the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. ' ' . ,0. The President shall, at stated times, receive for -his services a compensation, which shall neither be in- created 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- crate States, or any of. them. -' 10. Before he enters on the execution of his office, he shall take-the following oath or affirmation '1 do solcmuly 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. 1. The. President shall be commander-in-chief of the aftnyand 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 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 don's for offences against the Confederate States, 'ex cept in cases of impeachment.' - ,2. II? shall have the power, by and with the' ad- 1 vice and consent of the Senate, to; make treaties, 'pro vided two-thirds of the Senators present j-juu'iki ivml . consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls,' judges of the Su- preme Omit, and all other officers of the Confederate States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise ' provided for, alul which shall be established by law;. - J uit the Congress may, bylaw, vest the. appointment . )f such inferior officers, .as-they think. proper, in the President alone.-n the courts of .law or in the heads of departments. . . . - - - - .3. The principal oflicor in cadi of the executive de-, parrments, .and all persons competed with the diplo matic service; may he removed from ofticc at the plea sure of the President. All other civil officers of the Executive Department may ba removed at any time by the 'President, or other appointing povyer, 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 fo the Senate, together with the reasons therefor. , 4. The President shall have power to fill all vacan- - ; cies that may happen during'the recess of the Senate, , by 'granting pominissions which -shall expire at the. " end of their next session ? but no person -ejected by the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office du ring their.ensuing recess, r . . ". --' . . Section 3." ' 1. The" President shall from time to-time, give t j the Congress information of the state, of the Confed eracy, and" 'recommend to their consideration saclr measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient ; he 'may, on extraordinary occasions,' convene both houses, or either of them ; and in case of disagree ment bet ween them, with respect to the time of ad journment he 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 ot the Confederate States. . - - . Section 4. 1. The "President, Vce President, and all civil offi cers' of the Confederate States, shall' be removed from office oh impeachmwit for, and -conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdeanors. article' til. Section 1. 1. Tl.ie judicial power of the Confederate States, shall be vested in one Superior Court, and in suclrin- ' ferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Su preme andinferior courts! shall hold their offices du ring sood behavior, iWWiail, 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 ; between a State and citizens of anothers State where the State is plaintiff ;. between citizen claiming .lands under grants of different States) and between a State or the, -citizens thereof and foreign .States,' citzens 'or subjects;, but nn "State -shall lie", sued by- .a citizeii- or subject of afev foreign. State. ' ", j. . 2: In all cases affecting ambassadors,- jther public ministers awl'. consuls' and those in which, a, State shall be a parHy. the Supreme Court .shall have origi nal jurisdiction. .' 'In. ad the other cases 'before men tioned the Supreme " Court shall have appellate juris- . "diction, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Cougress -shall make, '- ' .l ! . . 3. The trial of all crimes, .except m. cases of nn "peachmen't, shall be by jury, and such, trial shall be ' held in the State where the said crimes shall have heen committed ; but when not committed within any ' State, the trial. shall he at such place or places as theft. '.-Congress ma v bv- law have directed. , ' . ' ' ' ' ' Section's. - ' ' 1, Treason against the .Confederate States shall con- sist ohlv in levying war-against them, .or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid ; and comfort, .ho : person shall be convicted of treason unless on the tes " timonyof t, wo witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open courti ' 1 . - ? ' 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' , ,1 RTICL:E I- Section s L faittaDd credU te given in ich State to the public acts, records and judicial proceed ings of every other State. And the CongreU mar by general laws, prescribe the manner in wUch such acts, records and proceedings shaU be proyed, and the nect thereof. ; - " Section 2. ' lm Th. citizens of each State shall be entitled tp all the privileges and immunities of citiaens in the sever - al States, and shall haw, the right of transit and so journ m any State of this TVnfederacy, with their slaves and other property; and the right of property in said slaves shall not bo thereby impaired. 2. A person charged in any State with treason, fel ony, or other crime against the laws of such State, who shall flee from justice, and be found iu another State shall, on demand of the executive autority of the State from' which he fled, be delivered up to he re movedto the State having jurisdiction of the crime. 3. ,io slave or other person held to service or labor m any Stite or Territory of the Confederate States " , under the laws thereof, escaping or lawfully carried ' mto another, shall in consequence of any law or regu lation therein, be discharged from such service or la-' bor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party , to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such servic " 'or labor may be due. ' ' ' " . .. Section 3.. 1. 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 suall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by tire 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.' ', .2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rmes and regulations concerning the . property of the Confederate States,' includiug the ands thereof.- . . - 3. The Confederate Steites may acquire rfew territo ry, and Congress shall have po-wer to legislate, and jirovide 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 timerand.ju such manner as if, m:yby law provide, to form the States to be. admitted into thetonfederacy. In all such territory the institution of negro slavery as it now exists in iv Oonfelerate States shall be recognized and protected by (Congress . and by the territorial government and the inhabitantl of the several Confederate States and Territories sha have the right to take such territory and slaves law fully .held by them in any of the States or Territories of the 'Confederate States. 4. The Confederate States shall guarantee to every State that now is or hereafter may become a member of this Confederacy a Republican form of government, and shall protect each of thetn against .invasion ; and on application of the Legislature (or of the Executive, when the Legislature is not in session) against domes tic violence. . auticlk v. Section i.. ..'.'' ;-; ' 1. Upon the demand of1 any. three State legally ' assembled in their several convention",, the Cmgress shall summon a fiunvon-u f 11 i .c.- 'j tion as the said States shall concur in suggesting at the time when the said demand is made, and should any of the' proposed amendments to the constitution be agreed on by the said convention voting by States and the same be ratified by the Legislatures of two-thirds of the -several States, .or by conventions , in two-thirds thereof as the onejor the other mode of ratification may be proposed by -the general conven tion they shall "henceforward form a part of this f -'Constitution.- But no States shall, Avithout its con sent, be deprived of its equal representation in the Senate. a 4 ' ' '. ' ' AHTJCI.K li 1. The Government established by the Constitution 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 samo 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. . ; 2. 'All .debts contracted and engagements entered into before the 'adoption of this constitution shall be as . valid against the Confederate States under this constitution as under the provisional government. . ' ;3. This constitution, aud the laws of the Confeder ate States-, made in pcrsuance thereof, and all trea- ties made, or which shall Ikj made under the authori ty of the Confederate States, sliall be the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or lawn of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. . ' 4. The Senators and Representatives before, men tioned, and the members of the several State Legisla tures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of 'the Confederate States-and of the several States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this con stitution, but no religous test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust uuder the ' Confederate States.' 5. The enumeration, in the constitution, of certain rights, shall' not be construed to deny or disparag others retained by the people of the several States. 6. The powers not delegated to the Confederate States by the constitution, nr prohibited by it to the States are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people thereof. ' , . aiiticlk vn. 1. : The 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, the Congress under provisional constitution shall prescribe the time for holding the election'of President and ice 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 thi constitution, and the time for assxmbuiig the same. Until the "assembling of such Congress, the Congress under the provisional constitution shall'xontinue to exercise the legislative powers granted them, not -ex- ;tending beyond the time limited by the constitution ( . of the provisional g3vernracnt. Adopted unaniiuoiisly,March 11, 18CJ. , J. Q. ,DK CA.ETKRET. " ' 'OHS AHMSTROStt. " (OVER THE C. BOOK STORE.) DeCarteret & Armstrong: BOOK BINDERS AND BLANK B&OK MA NUFAC- TUBERS. i - RALEIGH, Jan. 23, 18G1. . lC-lv ED. GRAHAM HAYWOOD, - - . COUN.SELLOIi-AM ATTOBXE1 AT LAW , RALEIGH, "S. CU, . '- Will attend the County and Superior Courts of fcr, Johnston and Chathim -f the Superior. Courts of New Han- oter and Sampson, and the Terms of the Federal Courts and Supfeuic Court of Xorth-Carolina, at Kateib.. Office, the oue formerly occnr-'d,by the UUL Hon. w 11- Hara H. Havwood, jr. - - . r ',' , oc Iftci . T t R. MOORE, . , - ' JD. attorney at LAW, .. SiUISBLRT, - c, Will pracUce inthe Court 6f Rowan aud a-ij-ainsr coua ties. 0UctHn pruniptly mads. ' . Jan. tt V?461.-. . . ; , i . l 7 '".v. I -"1 i .1' : .'; .1 fl
Daily State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 18, 1861, edition 1
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