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(tm , ... M .If ;, I I rl :;v, - ;.i'n' ' tv, ...... - . V f; l7Hft "V5 81 Bifi' . 1 II II 1 11 BI I -,.-tv !gy krELMAri, Editor and Proprietor I .. KOBHCOX, .Assistant Editor. it . f - . k'k-T.Y KOITIOX.1 oer anntim.t ..$4 2. Ijirariably n Advance.) Soutliorn Republic. vstxtu ion of ihc Confederate States America. -' . . iho; Confederate State's, cach f$tatc ovOrcign ma inaopenaent cnaractcr, in iVTlu Litu t(V- ii T P ' . O"- ;, -!a:n aiidct-'tain tH5 uonsuimion ior inc V"iume- .ABTfcEEj li Section 1. dslatlvjl. powers; herein delegated RliaU'bt- a: li'i: ' in: a (jpiigrpk of the: Ctinfedcrate ."' States, sh;i!l cot list ; M a I Senate and' House of llep- ';; I i Ji;-f,0n2- " :',.'.. 1 Ttic Ilousliqf :cjprc!sclitativcs"-liall be composed f ,nenjk'is chfceii el;ej-y iscauid year by the people of :;.'vbral -'f?,tatt;a4dtle electors in each State shall rrit:nsof tlicpJ'iWHprate btates and nave the qual ;, tis rei'jiiisie1 electors of- tlic niost numerous i'rsrifh- ( theliSiati Legislature; but no person of Iff.irth rid a cltiljcn of the Confederate States i; aHowtvjho vwtLfpr any ofticers. civil ofpoliti cJ,!StateorF?alI, ' I ' - ' - );( xfrsoi:sla e a representative who sliall not v."i. attaiiwl tialefcrtwenty-fivc years, and be a dvnlof tlie (iiifcite States, -and who shall not, 'n't'lected, l Aii n: ia)itant of that State in which ,-s.;.! lie c'uon: : I - ; ' ; - ' i : .. .. j j: j. a. 1 11 1, 3. 'uopreseiiivejj ana nirpec .ia.us snau w.poi-- 1 rtAfii inonc: l(i?Keyci;iLi states wnicn may oeinciiwicHj. ;hi'i this Uvl(ter4cy accoramg to tneir respective SHiuUrs, whi h Kh;m bci dctenmnod by adding to the persons, including tht6c bouml f years, and excluding 'Indians ::in!c:miinl)cr ii free KTvicc fnr' aperni 6 k takl, threfftjfti of all-slaves. The actual euii ,.ti,m shall lti Arkdc within' three years after" the" ;;rf meetiuir (. tf ni'zressot tiie ivonieuerate states, - - 1 ivi vkhin cvef ylulf epieiit term of ten years,-in such fcimiicr as itii snafi by-Uny, direct. Ihe nitmocr ot fl'1tT.'lltSi;iVl5 SlUm not exceed one tor everr - lift y n!riWi:i(l.lutiibhState shall have At least (;ne re pre- such, enumeration snaii uu inatie. A 1 .11 1. . 1 tiicSUt'J. f. MllthC iiroliua shall be entitled to choose .' .i "iS i -ill t hf State M (in1 tirria ten, tnc mate oi Aianaina-- Arida two, the State of Mississippi , Louisiana six, and the State of T..x.s six: : .4 Jw'hen TKdM's hapicn in the representation LKin'rciv tal'J teKxccutive authority .thereof- snail :ivltt:Fits.oflec.t Dp to nil such vacancies. ihc-1 Tsetse, of cpro-entative's shall choose their officers, -and shall : have the sole vKcr aiKlsoine T.AvJr i.VifeihrneMt. except-that any iudicial-,or ' Vjiid ..fnleral6ffAcj)i resident and acting solely within :hH:n:i'fs: of laiiy!ttatr', may be impeached ly a vote ;,h-,..ti.Vr.lJ; ff tJ!li branches of the 'Legislature G'ifedcratc. States shall l?c Senator shall uavconc vt)T;C. - lrainei;itf'v after thej shall be assembled, in first election, they shall be divided eanto three classes. The scats of y? f'.so'jucijcepf tlu (uillyfjtiayf !h - SdKitiTs'of ' t.li hd St'iiators!.iit--tllp lrst Class -stmu ins uiuuui au Moct&nd year; of the secoinl class at i:!oxinnitin of Md fourth year - and of the third ,.l.,L 0t if.feiur-.Hiii of the. sixth year; so that one- IfhiWr.vwmlcll tohnjorarv amxiutments unti ! n(:xt inect.i f ;4e jLegislature, which' shall . then fill :udvvw;tes-?J- -! '.' . . L f. ,' h :.N.) tsmV sliall be a Senator who Shall .not have . I i tillage .(if thirty years, and oc a citizen oi tne '.-t4.ii;avrat-lSfctip,"5vnd who' shall -not, when elected, I' U-mi inhi&itaniUfHhe Statelof. which he' shall be-. U. Trie fccTrjbsl.Jcnt of the Confederate States shall U Tridrt;4 tjc (Senate, but shall have no vote, iiif-" l'tliov jiequMlyj divided. i. TlrteiiateshMl choose their otlicr officers, and sis.. 'adVetlcrtlVW''wi in tne llsencc of tbc lce -JW.1riit,i'vli'nic shall exercise the office of Presi- : il!iTi4 ,,f iik'iVfli.dil.yriff States. ' J:: The,icna4 sh!all have the sole power to try ah .ife-Hjachiifntit. if When sitting , or that mtrp.e, they l)o iM bvthlori affirmation. When the President .4 the tfcderktei States .is tried, tner uniei oumicc fwil.rn'4?e'Nhd'no perspn. shall be . ctmvictcHi with fu the ii4vujrcnc of two-thirds of the members iTwnn-:.f'V- ! , ' ' ' T. jA'racit -in cases of impeachment shall not ex n,l f.fSil fiiln'Li removal from office, .and disqual- !-atUihili1 a-nd enjoy any office of honor, trust or' !!"' i:t.-i!n.),,rth( (oufedorate States; hut tlie party con- t'.i' i i;..l.U oml cnliif-rf. tt in- n ivertiieiesSj uv" i,,ui1' ."iu :-ii.a'nij; trial md"fuout and punishment, accoramg Section 4. : -l-ihos nnd manner oi notuuu l -I l!!... clcc- imck i ;s fori?; mV:vMts and lepTesenft-ives mhih uc ? i . i- -ii vi'x' l f biicll State by the Legislature thereof, suo 'r?l tlfe 1i4rtijsto;n of this Constitution; but the Oo- Crvss ra iti'ulati mm 'i.i i;, Kv Uw make or alter such rtsj! excel wlit-as to the times and piac ices of choos- 1. ' i iTfeMpbrelsk)all assemble at least once m every arvalsyf ineeting shall be on the lirst Monday in li.w;.t,';.iJLJ.i-.-..j:Jt..V.oKii lv Law. a! KJint'a ui tlerent i I - .nii;. Ullaer tlicjf J ' xx. - - .., - . -i. ' . . - ; i Section b, at i l-Piri 11 shall 1x5 the judge of thctinns, : M - ; I -N .-. 1 111 1 each! shall constitute a qnorimi l todo biisi- f4 pallet dumber may adjourn fcl to; ' and. inav .Ih authorized to comper vv -- -f "f al4t kldllcrs, in such maimer and under-such iMtin MA Uottsc. may -provide. v . . 2. Each Uouse may determine the rules of i s pro. -U!12sV punish its numbers :for disordc rly Miav or ... iiuthl Qoncurrcnce of two-thmls of the nhole -V fi iVSusl 'shall keep a journal; of .its, pro... :n,,ad f timc time publish the same, cx lti4i4;ii4rts as may in their judgment .rcqmre Tg lUAU yeas and nays of the members of HiLSffM. rinn. shall, at the desire of i III m 1111 M11V I UV'vw-i In-, V. -. .1 i !. i Krt r iVlVUVHU V"V ..t 1 ui,li ti n f inse.UL .ui '- 7 j - Ihanlihrilc flays, nor to any otner Vu 11 whto-tlb itvJ liousss shall be sitting. . f :t--It !f r' f . if ictt'HorJn nnanpu icueirii government, cstao-U.-A,-c iiisurl (lurihebtic tranttuility, and seeufo'tKo i . i a . t l . . a ... i i .Qk (.nibcBfV tOf-brsc'Tves and our posterity irr- M-.hWd of fwo1 Senators from each State, chosen for i Vcars bhe:iliegislatur:c- thereof, at the, regular nryfeirrttiileiliatelv vnrcccdihg: the commence- Ut service: anu ci;h thirtl mav '1'chtfc 'every second year ; and if vacan kiikliappcTvfcy. n$giiation or otherwise during the're-li-oftVic''- baistkture-of . any , State, the Executive" Section 1.. The Senators an Kipresentatives' shall receive ; aconipensat ion f or ihenr services, to be ascertainby Qtit i of the trcasury.of the Confederate Btates. W shall, in all cast; except treason, J-clony " and breach of the peace bcpnvileged from arrest 'duriDK their attendance at. the session of their rosiiective -Houses, and m going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House they shall not be questioned in any other place. 1 2. No Senatorxir llcprcscntative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be apJ)ointed to any . cm office under - the authority of the Confederate btates, which shall have been created, or the cmolu- . ments whereof shall have been increased, durino- such time ; and no person holding any Office under the Con federate States shall be a member of cither House du- -xung his continuance in office. But Congress may, by .ow, gr nt to the principal officer in each of the Ex- ,Oiitivc Departments aseat upon the floor of either" vuse,' .with the privilege of discussing any measures ii , oppertaniug to his department. ' - - 4 . . . ' ' ' ' , Section 7'. ..- , .'- rt 1. 411 bills for raising revenue shell originate in the ' ILmse of lieprescntatives; but the Senate may propose jconcur with amendments as on other bill. .. '2. Every bill which shall have passed both Houses' shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to tho President f.f the Confederate 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 ind - iiroceed to reconsider it. If, after such 'reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree ' to pass tbjj bill, it thall 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. Hut in all such cases the votes of loth 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 House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the name shall be a law, in like manner as if he hatlsigvied it, . unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return ; in which case it shall not be a law. The Presi dent may .approve any, appropriation and disapprove any other appropriation in the same bill In such case, lie shall, in signing the bill, designate the appropria tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of such a p , propriations, wfth his objections, to the House in which the bill shall' have originated ; and the same proceed ings shall ,thcn be had as in case of other bills disap proved by. the President. 3. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the con-. currencc 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 Jbeing disapproved by him, may be rcpa'ssed.'by two thirds of both Houses according to the rules and limi tations prescribed in case of a bill. v Section 8. t The. Congress shall have power 1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, import and ex cises f(r -revenue- necessary. to pay the debs. jirovide . for the common defence, and carry on the government of the 'Con federate States; but no bounties shall be.' granted from the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes on importations from foreign nations bo hrid to pro mote or Vostor any -branch of industry ; and-all duties, iin posts and excises shall be uniform thoroughout the -Con feilenrte Slates. ' . - . 1 2. To borrow money on the credit of the Confede- -rate States. ' -: o. To 'rpgulatc commerce with foreign nations, and nm'oiig the sevcra States, and with the Indian -tribes; but neither this, nor any other clause "contained -in the CJonstifution, shall ever be coitrue I to delegate the -power lo Congress to appropriate money for any internal improvement intended. to facilitate commerce, except, fcr the purpose, of furnishing lights, beacons and buoysj . and other aids to navigation upon the coasts, ' andthc improvement of harbors arid th rcjnoving of obstructions in, river navigation, in all which cases . sucli duties shall be laid -on the navigation "facilitated thereby ns maybe necessary to pay the costs and ex penses thereof. 4. To establish uniform laws of naturalization, and uniform huvs on the subject of bankruptcies, through- . out the Confederate States; but no law of Congres shall , ; discharge any debt contracted before the passage of the same. . . : 6. To coin money, regulate the. value thereof and of ' 'foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and mea , sures. '--."'" C? To provide for the punishment of counterfeit- . ing the securities and current coin of the Confederate States. ' . . 1'. To establish post offices and post routes ; but tho 'expenses of the Post office Department, after the first day of March in the year of our lord eighteen , hundred and' .sixty-three, shall '.be paid out of its own reve nues. '8. To promote the progress of science and ' useful arts, Sy securing for limited times. to authors and. in ventors the exclusive right to their respecti ve writings -and discoveries. 9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme ' Court. ' t -' . . a 10. To define and, punish" piracies and felonies com mitted on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations. r 11 . To 'declare .war, grant letters of marque and re prisal, -and make rules concerning captures on land and water. " 1 ' - . - ; ,. . 12. To raise and support armies; but no appropria tion of money to tliat. use shall be for. a longer term than two years. , - 18. To provide and maintain a navy. -11. To. make rules for government and regulation of the land and naval forces. ., . 15 To provide for calling forth the militia to cxe- cute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress in "surrections and repel invasion. - 10. To provide for organizing, arming and discip lining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be cmployeil in the service of the Cpn federate States'; reserving ,to the States, respectively, the ap pointment of the" officers and the authority of training 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 Vquare) as may, by cession of one or more States and the acceptance of Congress, become the scat of the government of the Confederate States ; and to exercise - like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magtizines, arsenals, dock- vards and other nceiifui buildings ; and 18. To make all laws which shall be necessary and .proper for carrying into execution the foregoing pow ers, and all other jiowcrs vested by this Constitution in the government of the Confederate States, or in any department or officer thereof. , . : Section 9. ; l' The' importation of negroes of the African race from any foreign country other than the slaveholdmg States, or Territories of the United States-of America, is hereby forbidden ;. and Owgrcss is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same. 2. Congress shall also have power to prohibit, the ' intrcHluction of 'slaves from an State not a member Of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy. 3i The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall mot be suspended unless when in cases of rebellion or ivn.m the nublic safety may require it. ... . v - -j..t 1 4. No bill of attaiucr, or exposi jacw law, or w denying or impairing the right oj property in negro aves shall lxj passed. - - - - : b. iNO - capitation or other dirt. ixr shall ho. lni1 unices in proportion to the census or enumeration herc- inbefore directed to be taken. , -6 No tax of duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State, except by a vote of two-thirds of i ;. bothihouscs."-.f-i;:''.:'t. -' :' , "' ' .. ' 7. No preferences shall be given" by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over hose of anothcr.-:ig, ;;' "'"- '"' '" . i " ' 8. No money shaU be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made bylaw ; and a regular statement au4 account of the receipts and cx- -penditures of ail "pulflic money shall be published from .- time to timc i$ i. - ,.-,.-. 9. Congress shall i appropriate no money from the treasury except by a, vote of fwo-thirds of both houses, -taken by yeas and ays. unless it be asked and esti- -mated for by some one of the hcatls of department, and ouuuiuitu v-vufcss uy tne l restaeni; or ior tne . purpose of paying id own expenses and contingencies ; federate 7 aims .against the-government, which it is hereby made the autj- ot Uongress to .establish. 10. All bills appropriating money shall specify in federal currency the exact amount of each appropria tion and the , purposes-for which it is made; and Congress shall grant jao , cxtri. compensation to -any public contractor officer, "agent or servant, after such contract shall have been made or' such service ren dered. ill. No title of nobility shall be granted by the Con federate Slates ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without tlie consent fo the Congress,-, accept of any ..'present eniolumejits office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince o 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 J assemble . and petition the government for a redrew of - grievances, j ' " 13; A well regulated militia btiing nepessary to the '. security of a free State, the right f the people tokepp and bear arms shall not be infringed. 14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quar tered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a mauner to be prescribed by law. ' - '15. The right of the peopletobc secure in their ' persons, houses, papers and effecTs-against unreasona ble searches ancf seizures, shall not be violated ; and "no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup ported by oath or affirmation, and particularly de scribing the place, to be searched, and the persons or :' things -to be seized. Hi. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise' 'infamous crime, unless on a presentment or iildictment of a grand jury, except' in cases arising in, the land Or naval forces, 'or in the militia, when .t in actual service, in tithe of war or public danger ; nor shall any erson be subject for the same offence '. to be tvi e put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor )c conijK'lleil, in any criminal case, to le a witness against himself; nor le depwved of life, liberty, or roperty, without due process of law; nor'sliall private prop erty be taken for public use without, just compensa tion. . - 17. In all criminal"" prosecutions ihe accused shall enjoy th right to a ppeedy and public trial, by .an im partial jury of the State and district wherein the crime nhall have been committed which district shtll have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of, the nature and cause of the. accusation ; "to lie con fionted with the witnesses against him; to have compitlsorj' process for obtaining witnesses in his 1 favor, -ami to have the assistance of counsel for his defence -.' " . ! 18.. In suits at common law, where the value in t controversy shall exceed t wont- dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved; aiid no fact so cried-' .byia jury sludt le otherwise re-examined in any court Of the Confederacy than according to the rules of the common law. : - 19. Excessive bail shall not le required, nor exces sive lines 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, affiance, or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal coin money ; make aii3Tthing but gold and silver coin a tender in" payment of debts ; pass any bill of attain der, or cx jost facto law, or law impairing the obliga tion of contracts ; or grant any title of nobility. .2. No State shall, without the consent of the Con gress lay .any imposts or duties on imports and ex ports, except what may lie. absolutely necessary for executing, its inspection laws ; and the nctt produce of all duties and imposts, laid- by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the Confederate States ; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of Congress. 3. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, . lay any duty of tonnage, except on sea-going vessels, , for the improvement of its rivers and harlors naviga ted -by the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con flict Avith 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 State keep troops or ships of war, in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact-with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually inva- ded, or .in such imminent danger as will not admit of r 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. . AkticliJ II. Section 1. 1. Tho executive power shall be vested in af Presi dent of the Confederate States of America. . IJc and the Vice President shall hold their offices for the term of six years ; but the President shall not be re-eligible. 11 ic President and Vice President shall be elected as follows:- 2. Each State shall appoint, m 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 bo entitled in the Con gress'; but no 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 be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves; they shall name in their 'ballots-the person voted for as, President, and in ' distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted ' for as President, and of ail persons voted for as Vice President, and of; the" number of .votes for each, which list they shall -sign and certify, and transmit, -scaled, to the government of tlie Confederate States, directed to the President of the Senate ; the President of th Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and Hons of Representatives open all the.certificates, and fh votes shall, then be counted ; tWpersqn having th greatest number of votes for President shall le th President, if such "number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed , and if no person have such majority, then, from tlie persons having the high est numbers, not exceeding three, on the !ut 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 tf a -' . ; - - ' . - ?-;or lor tho paympnt of claims against the Con . States, the justice riwhich'sliall have been judicial; ueciami oy a tnounra ior trie investigation ot -cl ir a!'. ' otates, and C3s3ry to a es shall not hoi-e shall Alaxh nrt I'ltaM- 3oiaI choice. ' And the House -choose a President, when'" devolve upon them, befo' following, then the Vice. Pre' dent, as in case of the death disability of th ! President. : 4. The perscp liaving the great as Vice President. shall be the V Oi -.aii r "net'' 14 0tC3 - dent, if nch er of electors number be a majority of the wholu appointed ; and if no person have a nudity, 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- . atirs,' and a majority of the whole number shall be ne cessary to a choice. f 5. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of rrcsidciit shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres ident of the Confederate States. ; C. The Congress may determine the time of choosing , the electors, and the day on winch they shall givo their 1 votes, which day shall be the same throughout the Confederate, States. 7. No person except a natural born citizen Of the Confederate Elates, or a citizen thereof at the time of the adoption of :this constitution, or a citizen thereof horn in the UDited States prior to the 20th of Decerh l)er, I860,' shall be eligible to the oCico of President ; neither shall Any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained tho ace of thirty-five' ears, and been fourteen years a resident within' the limits of the Confederate States, is may exist at the time of his , election. 8. In case of the removal of the- President from office, or his death, resignation; or inability to dis charge the powers and duties of the said office the same shall devolve on the Vice President; and the Congress may, by law, provide for the case of re moval, dcathj resignation, or inability both of the Prcs- ' ident and Vice President, declaring what officer shall then aet as President, and such officer shall act accord ingly 1 until tne disability bo. removed or a President shall be elect id. o ,9. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation, which shall neither be ill creased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have Ik: en elected : and he shall not receive with in that period any "other emolument from the Confed erate States, or any of them. 10. Before he enters on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation " I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faith fully execute the office o President of the Confederate States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend, the Constitution thereof." r " I Sectum 2. . 1. The Presivlent shall bo commander-in-chief of the army and navy'of the Confederate States, and of the militia of -the several States, when vailed into tho actual service of the Confederate States ; he may re- . quire the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments, upon any sub ject relating to the -duties 'of .their Respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and par dons for offences -against the Confederate States, ox cept in castjs of impeachment. ' 2. lie fcltall hafcve the power, byjand with the ad vice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, pro-"'--ided two-thirds. of the Senators present concur; aud he shall nominate, and' by aud 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 f the Confederate States, whose appointments are not herein other wi so provided fir, am which shall bo established by lav. ; but the G ngresw may, by law, vest the'appointment of such in ferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, n ihe courts of law or in the heads of departments. ' ' 3. The principal officer in each of tho executive de partments' and all persons connected with tho diplo- matic service, may be removed from office at the plea sure of th President. All other civil officers of the Execuiiv(sDcpartment may b removed at any lime ' -by the P -Qsident, ' or other appointing power, when their services arc unnecessary, or for dishonesty, inca pacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect, of duty ; and when so removed, the removal shall be-reported to the Senate, together with the rcasons'thcrefor. 4." The -President shall have power to fill all vacan cies that may happen' during the recess of .the Senate, . by granting cdhimissions which shall expire at the end of their next session ; but ho person rejected by ( the Senate shall be. reappointed to the same office du- ring thei rccess. - Section 3." ' 1 Thi President shajl from time to time, give . to ress information of the state ot the uonled- ill V W J f-J eracy; and recommend to tneir consiuerHuioii suuu measures as he. shall judgc'-ncccssary And expedient; he may, on extraordinary cccasions, convene both houses,, or either of them ; and in case of disagree ment beiAveen them, with respect to the time of-adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he - 1 1 . .1 . .: 1 x:.... l shall think proper ; he shall receive Amoassauors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the Confederate States. Section 4. 1. Tl e President, .Vice President, and all civil ofli- ccrs of he Confederate States, shall be removed from impeachment for; and conviction of treason, or other high crimes and misdeanors. article in. Section 1. office on bribery J The iudicial power of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Superior Court, and in such in ferior enirts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Su preme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices du ring good behavior, and shall, at stilted timesreceive 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 ariiing under this Constitution, the laws of the Con fodcrat.5 States, and treaties made or which shall be ma'Vimdcr 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 btates shall oe H party ; to controversies between two or more States; between a State and citizens of another State where the State is plaiutilf ; between citizens claiming lands under 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 and consulsand those in which a State shall lie a partv, the Supreme Court 'shall have origi nal jurisdiction. In all the other cases before men tioned the Supreme Court ..hall liave appellate juris diction, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions and under such regulations a3-the Congress shall make. . ' ' , - " , . 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im peachment, shall be by jury, and Buchi 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 x Congress may by. law have directed. , - Section 3. ' 1. Treason against the Confederate States shall con sist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them ai?. 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 auirt. - . I i 2. The Conzress shall have power to declare the " punishment of treason, but no ; attainder of treason ' ' shall work corruption of Hood, or forfeiture, except member or memljcrs . a majority of all the f during the life ofhe i person" attalnod. " - 1 article' it. Section 1. ' 1. Full faith and - crcdit .shall be gttenn each State to the public acts, records and jtidiclal procccil mgs of very other Srate..t And the Congres may by genera! Prescribe the manner In wlch snch dings shall be pivred, and ti -. ' : v - ' V - " vefiin 2. '--;-' CZ': .!",' 1. 1 e . if .. . H k .ch State shall tjo entitled to alt tho pnvlicge vrn immunities of ci tiaras in the sever al States, ani shall haT the right of transit ukTmh jourr in any, SUto of this OoiifederacT, with thlr i sHvcs and other property; and th right of property m said slaves shall not bo thereby impaired, i 2. A person charged In any Suu with treason, fel ony or other crime against the law's of such State, who shall flee from justice, andbe fpund in another State, shall, on demand of the executive autority of tb State from which lie fled, be delivered up to W re moved to tho. State having jurisdiction, thectfeL-b 3. No slavrcrwher person held to service or labor in any State Territory of tho CbnlVderato Statea, under thelaws tlieroof, escaping or lawfully carried into anotlier, shall in consequence of any law or regu lation therein, lie discharged from such service or . la bor, but shall bo delivered up on claim of the party -to whom such stares belong, or to whom such ferric or labor may bo due. i ' . -- - ' . " " Section 3.' . ' -l 1. Other States may bo admitted Into thl Confed- -cracy.by a vote of two-thirds of the wholo" limine of Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate, the Senate voting by States; but no new Stato shall b formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State nor any State l formed by the junction of twu or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures f the States conocrnod, as well aa f the Congress. , 2. The Congress shall have power to depose of and make all needful n'les and regulations concerning th property of the Confederate States, including th ' ands thereof. ' 3. The Confederate States may acquire now territo ry, and Congress-shall have power to legfslate ami provide governments for the inhabitants Qf all UTri tory belonging 4o tho Confederate States lying Witn- out the limits of the several States, and may permit them, at such times and in such manner as it nuy by law provide, to form the States to bo admitted into the confederacy.' In all such territory the inftitution of negro slavery as lt'now exists in the 1onfvderaU States shall bo recognized and protected by Gmgresa and by the territorial government and the Inhabit an tl 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 n'tiw is or hereafter my lecorho a memWr of this Confederacy a Republican form of goTemment, and shall protect rach of them againut Invasion; and 011 application of the Legislature (or rf tho Executlta when the Legislature is not in session) against domes tic violence. . article v. Section I. 1. TJion the demand of any thrw State legally assembled hi their -several conventkitis, the Congress shall summon a Convention of all the States, to take iuto consideration such i nnieridmcnts to the constitu tion as the said States vliall qncnr In suggesting at the time when the said demand is made, and shooM any of the proposed amendments to the coutitution le agreeiljton by the' said convention voting by States and the same be ratifiwl by tle Legislatures of two-thirds of the seVcral States, or by oonftutkD in two-thirds, thereof ras the one or the other mode of 1 rati ficat ion n lay be proposed by tlw general conven- -tion-r they shall henenforwant form a part of thia Constitution But no States shall; without. lU con sent, be deprived of its equal reprwontartoo in the Senate. - ... ' ) -! article VI: . ' ,.- '- 1. The Government established by th Cpntirution Is the successor of the provisional goYernnicnl of the Gmfedcrate States of Americaand all tli laws pass ed by the latter shall continue In force until the same , shall be repealed or molifioil; arid all th officers ap pointed by the same shall remain. in office until thir successors are appointeil and qualified, or th oSoee abolished. ' 1 ' ' ,2. All debts con tracteil and engagements ontcmV; into before the adoption of this constitution shall be . as valid against the Confederate States under UiU constitution as under the provisional government. " 8. This cbrist-jtutiori, and the Jaws of th Oonfoder ate States, made in pcrstianco thereof, and all trea ties made, or which shall be made under the authori ty vf the Confederate States, shall be the supreme law of the land ; 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 atid .Representatives before men- tioned and the members of the several State legisla tures, and allexecutive and judicial officers, both of ' .the Co" federate States and of the several States, shall le lxwnd by oath or; affirmation to' support this con stitution, bitt no religous test shall ever be roquirotl as; a qualification to any office or public trust under tk Confederate States, i-) , v 5. Tlie enumeration, in the constitutijn, of certain rights, 'shall not be construed to deny or dfsparag others retained by the peoplevof the soveral States. . C. The powers not delegated to the Confederate States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to th States are reserved to the States, reupectivoly, or to the people thereof. ARTICLE VII. r. 1. The ratification of the Conventions of Arc 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 thtft'miut!- tution, in the mannjer before specified, the Congress under provisional constitution shall prescribe the time for holding the election of President and Vice Presi dent; and for the meeting of tho Hoctoral College; and for counting thf votes and inaugurating the lrwl dent. They shall also prescribe the time for holding the first electiou of members of Congress under thU constitutionand the time Jor amembling the sam. Until the assembling of such Congress, the Congress under the provisional constitution shall continue to exercise jthe. legislative powers granted them, not ex tending beyond the time limited by the coaaUtution . of the provisional government.' Adopted unanimously, March 11, 1861, . I t. Q. DK 0&KTESBT.! jobs Asjurajsaa. N 0RTH-CAR0LI5 A BOOK BI3TDERT, - (UftA lUxi 4I. i. Jvuv ciavob.; DcCartcrct & Armstrong BOOK DIXDEUS A2fD BLANK JJOUJC MANUTAO- . -,,.. :-.;f TUMEJtS, ; - vi r rrnn. s. n. . Jan. 13, 186L -:) : vv.:, ' b-J'; -. '.j l-ly ED. GRAHAM It ATW00D," ... COUNSELLOR AKD XTTOBNBT AT LAW ''.'-". - - ! SAtEIOB. H. C., Will attend the Coanty and Superior Coorts of Wake,. Johnston and Chatham ; the Superior Court of 5 w Ilaa OTer and Saoopnon, and the Terms of the Federal Court and Supreme Court of North-Carolina, at Baleifh. , Office, the one formerly oocupiwi by th Ut Bam. WB-. liana IL Ilsywood, jr. : ... - '.' j ; . Jan. 26, 1861. j, - ';'-::"""' , .- tT ly . B R. K00UE. '-1-- - ' :; , ATTOUXEY AT LAW, , r , . SALISBvBT, ji. v., f . i Will jractiee in th Courts of Rowan and adjoining nn tics. Collections prompt! mad. . ; an.. s isi . j :' ' : j --' '; -L ' " f ... i. - I, ." V ? V. 1 - : '. - - .i ii if .-,. -
Daily State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 25, 1861, edition 1
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