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mm srELMAN, Editor and Proprietor
JU Avn PRINTER TO THE STATE. :; : .
VII. BjBlKS05, Assistant Editor, j
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Invariably in Adrancc.)
e Southern BepubLic.
r cncht Constitution of the Confederate State
TiitlC'1"" ?
. '.. - , of America. .
.1 0 people of the Gji.fcdcrate States, each State
oc,y l j' .-..j, anl indeiendcnt character, in
"Vm ; fornrli .Immanent fcleral government, estab
rf iice iiir:l'nieBtic tranquility, atid secure the
JIMij ;
... ipAfiire lowers herein delegated shall be
. a I fVnvn-ess of the Confederate States,
. fiy J insist of .a Senate and UuiKse" of Ilei-
Vrf"J.V.' Section 2. ' ;V
The lifliscof Representatives fehallbe composed
v Asr-ii everv second year by the people of.
' "f ''Cn J Shtct and the electors in each State shall
' !llSof the Coafe-lcratc States, and have the qualr
. Ktuw v. f electors ot the most numerous
v-ift Wge- Legislature; but no person of
f a" 1 1 HhoU citizen of the Gmfederate States
JSbtt -officers, civil orpoliti
State or Federal.
N. iM'f fil)a!l U a representative who shall not
LVattakAthca-e of tweiay-nve yrs, and be a
?it'miofthei0.iift-ilt-ratc Stitcs, and who shall not,
?. wh'rn elcclplUc 'an inhabitant of that tate in which
1 .-A...... . .i i.ira ' V f -111 It 11 fT Trwlii.TIC
n.,t t.ixl, thf fifths -of all slaves. The actual ciiu-writi-m
shut Ikj made, within three years after the
fiM nirttmS ff the Congress of the Confederate States,
iiid w ithin ervubscqHent term of ten years; in such
jiKium
.r .16 t v sha . lv law. uireei. . 1 nu-nnm.uer 01
fsciitaUvej hLuUI nut exceea. one lor every imy
. .. . 1 ' cc...
' tlmiisuxl, but each Staie shall have at least one rcpre-
.i i l : . . ii i . 1
ilic StatcOf 4"th Carolina 'sh'all Ik; entitled, to choose !
hx, tju.' Sfatc' of : Geiirgia ten, the State of Akbama'
hum-; tli" Stii'fe of Fl.irila two, the State of Mississippi!
H-n'kU the ste':'-of Iuisiana. six, and the State of;
; IVxas'six: , I ' . . - !
4. When " jracancies happen in the representation I
fF,,in any State, the Executive authority thereof shall i
i-Mie writs yllelcftiiin to fill such vacancies. . ; '
i ii 5.... l....fr.r.tit.ili-'s: ulmll flirwusn tlipJr;
:S('rtkcr - an t-tfior olliccrs, and shall have the sole
jow r onfpe'ichment, exccj.t that any judrcial or
hili!T f(tieraiflieef resident and acting solely within
tlit limits ofUnv "State, may be impeachcl ly a vote
v (!' tvv.Aliiidl ot kth branches of the Legislature
li:erci.
Ar
"Section 8
1 The Sviafe'uf the G-nlederate States shall be
(VKipoM-d .flVo Seuators .from" each State, chosen for
mx years 1'ylitTie legislature- thereof, at the regular
ftevm ncxti!in'diatcly preceding the, otmnence
Mit of the fc-ri :of service; Vand each Senator shall
" Iimvt' fim: vote. . '.
f ' ImmiAitv . after they shall le assembled, in!
C;)nseqienccof;-ti'ie first election, they shalbbe divided
asciually ai niay be into three classes. The seats of
the:Senatorluf the first class shall l vacated r.t the
ex(iration il the second year; of the second class a 5
the expir.iti'ii of . the. fourth year-; and of"-the third
-,-tiiss afUielxjHratioUj.of the sixth year; so that one
hird may lL chosen 'very second ywj and if vacan
cies happen J y resignation or otherwise during the re
' Wssnftlie; legislatureof any State, the Executive
Jthtw.f niaj'inakc temporary appointments until ihci
iii. xt aeetinf.of the, Ijegislature, which shall then 'till
Hit-li Taeai.cfcs.'y j
a. No lieifun shall lHi a Senator who shall not have?
Jivttaiiieil theigpol thirty years, ami ie a cuizcnoi me
Ik nfele)rate;JStatcs, and who shall not, when elected,
be an itihalftant of the State for which he shall Ic
'di"srn.. -i ' ' - "i
4. The Vie President of the Cohfederate States shall
1 l?resideirtlof the Senate, but shalhhuve no vute, un-
less they lciinally divided. ,
5. Tlie Sifiate shall 'choose their other-officers, and
nl'iio a Presid nt jrm tempore in the absence of the Vice
rroidcnt.oiwhen he shall exercise the office of Presi-
. dent of the Confederate States. . I
6. The S(Siate shall have the stile power to try all
inineachineilts' When sitting fjr that purpose, they
fliall he on ath or Affirmation. T.en the 'President
"i.ftlie Giif(kerate' States is tribd, the Chief Justice
shall prusidtf;. and n. person slutll l convicted with
'Wit. the ;:aacurrenee of tWo-thinU of the members
: pn'SCllt.: i ' I .'-'-;". . " ' J
7. Jiidgfnont in case 8 f impeachment shall not ex
tend fiirtheithah to removal. from office, and disqual
ification to fold and enjoy any office of IjoiKjr, trust or
N!".." pretit. undorftho' Confederate States ; but the party con-
,viner siiaii ncvertneiess, uninc aiiu i'jit iu m
' ilu tiiiciit, tiCl,'judgniciit and punishment, according
tol.iw. t-.
; I Section 4
- 1". nie places and mariner '.of holding elec.J
tions for Senators and Kepresentitives shall Ijc" pre
scribed in ech State by the IiCgishxtjire thereof, sub
ject to the provisions of this Constitution ; bntthe Con-.ui-pss
may, at any time, by law make of alter,,-such
reulatiouslexccpt as to the times ami places uf choos
iug Senator. " ' !
2; The ('Ugress shall assemble at least o.icc in every
tMr ; and sich nieetiug shall he on the first Moiida'y in
leeemWr, tiniess they shall, -by lixsc appoint adiflerent
- . I ,. Sj'dimi 5.
1. rH.hIoufe shall be tlie judge ; of the'" elections,
ri-tariista:ntpudilicatious of its ,own menders, and a
majority ijleaeh shall constitute a quorum todo busi
ness; ;!ta-f smaller humlter niay adjimm from day to
lay-, and nfiy be iuithorizevVto compel the attendance
f( absent "if iehibers, in sijch manner and under such
lK.i!alties acach. House may provide. - . i
U. EachHouse may determine the rules of its. pro
1 f(vlings,-prlish its members for disn'nlerly lehaviop,
anil, with concurrence of -two-thirds ot the whole
liTiiuliCr, cxnel a member. t
f Each House shall keep a jomnal ; of its pro-
eMitigs. a-fed frmn time to time publish the 'same, ex
. h'kmz siiJv txitts as may in their iutlgment fcquiic"
jvrcsy. aif-l the 'yeas and nays of the . imybers of
either Uuiile, on any question, shall, at t he- desire of i
twe-iifth og thiTse present, be entered on the journal.
' 4. XeUlar j louse, during, the session of Congress,'
shall, withfiit the consent of the other, adpmru for
la-ire than liree days, nor to any other place than that
ii which t$? two lt?(ri -HaU lw sitting; - -1
. Section 6. -.
.1. The enators and Kepresentatives shall receive
" a oompenfitioiv for their services, to le asCeitainrd by
law, and iid ut : of the treasury of the Cnfe derate
States. Tliey "shall, in ail cases, except treason, felony
a!id bre:ioi if the peiice be privileged fr.m arrest uiiring
their atteidance at the session of their respective
Houses, aull in going to and returning from the same;
arid for any speech or debate in either Hon, they shall
nut lie qKtiuned ia any other place.
Kofl-nator or ltcpnisentative shall, 'during the
tirae for wiich be was electetl, be appoints! to any
r'vil ofilce uuder'-the authority of the Confederate
, SUites, whch Iiall have leen created, or the cmolu
Hients wheofcball have leen increaseil during, such
; t iine-aml lio perkm holding any office under the Con
etlcrate Sats shall be a member of cither House du-
; viugVw cifitinuanee hi office. But Congress may, by
' aw, gr ni to the principal officer in each of jhe Ex
viontive lpartuient--seat upon the f.Kr of either
vuse, wih the privitege of discussing any measures
Oppertanipg to his department. -.
. '4 SectioPl. -
' 1 AH IjIla for raising revenue shall originate-in the
lbuse of Xlepresentatives; but the Senate may propose
jeoncur
vith amendments as on ther bills,
y biii which shall have passed Ivth Hou
2. K
iu?es
fill
lalJ. UXra - it tiucocues a law, be ircuteil to the
J1MlJ - . td (jurseives aouour ptwtemy m
1 -fllfcamlpiHlahaof Almighty Cd-nlo
, , al'Hl&Wwl thi Constitution fur the Confixlc-
2 'Rcpro'ilkl'lVi'S ailU tmi omul w .vyjnu-
tioueu amowjl the several States which may Jeiricludel
within this Mifc-ilrracy according to their respective
inmilers, wll h shall I determined by adding to the
..hhuIkI of free liersons, including tin we. bound
.1 Jl t maaA- 4- r VAU 1-v r M lv A t
flol. II.
rrcsidcnt ki the Confederate States ; if he approve, he '
shall sign &; but if not, he shall return it with bis ob I
jections tyjthat House in which it shall have origi- f
nated, who shall enter the objections at large ou their J
journal arid, proceed to reconsider it. If, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree
to pass thd bill, it shall be sent, together witluthe ob- ,
jections, U tlie other Houfie, by which it shall likewise f
be reconsnlerett, 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 th 3 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 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 shall not be a law. .The Presi
dent may approve any appropriation and disapprove
any other impropriation in tlie same bill. In such case,
he shall, i: signing the bill, designate the appropria
tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap
propriates, with his objections, to the House in which
the bill shall bave originated ; and the same proceed
ings shall then be had as in case of other bills disap-proved-byi
tlo PrfsiiWr -
3. 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
slime shal take effect, shall be approved by him; or
being disapproved by him, may ie r repassed by two
thirds of loth Houses according to the rules and limi
tations prescribed in case of a bill.
' : ! . j;. Section 8. , ,;!;.
The Congress shall have power
1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, impost: and ex
cises for revenue necessary to pay t; c debts, provide
for the. common defence, and carry on the government
of the Gnifederatc States; 'but no 'bounties shall be
granted fijom the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes
on importations from foreign nations be laid to pro
mote or foster any branch of industry ; and all duties,
imposts ar.d bxcises shall be uniform thoroughcut the
Confederate States.
2. To. borrow money-on the crcilit of the Confede
rate State;. - .
3. To regnlate commerce with foreign nations, and
among lb? sc vera States, and with the Indian trills;
but neitliL'r this, nOr any other clause contained in
the Constitution, ; shall ever be construed to delegate
the power td Congress to appropriate money Jbr any
internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce,
except fi n the purjKise of furnishing lights, beacons and
buoys, and other aids to navigation upon the coasts,
and the improvement of harbors. and the removing of
obstructions jin river navigatimi, in all which cases
such- duties shall Ikj laid on the navigation'', facilitated
thereby as rfiay be necessary to pay the costs and ex
penses thereof.
4. Ti (stabiish uniform laws of naturalization, and
uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, through
out the (3t nfederate States ; but no law of Gmgres shall
discharge any debt contracted before the passage of
the same.
5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof and of
foreign coin,) and tix the standard of weights and mea
sures. J .
C. To provide for the punishment ot couutcrteit
ing the securities and current coin of the Cxn federate
States. ' . '
7. To .establish post offices and post routes ; but the
expenses of the Post office Department, after the first
day of March in the year of our lord eighteen hundred
and sixtjf-three, shall be' paid out of its own reve
nues. j. .
. 8. To promote tlie progress of science and useful
arts, by securing for limited times to authors and in
ventors tlie exclusive right to their respective .writings
.and discoveries. ' '
'J. To i oiistitutc tribunals inf rior to the Supreme
Court. ; '
10.! T define and punih piracies and felonies com
mitted on the high seas, and offences against the law
of nations, j ; .
' U. Ti " declare war, grant letters of marque and re
prisal, ar d make . rules concerning captures on land
and water. .
12. T.4 raise and support armies ; but no appropria
tion of ip(ney to that use shall be for a longer term
than two) y eat rs.
13. To provide and maintain a navy.
14. To make rules for government ami regulation
of the larjd and naval forces.
15. T pronde for calling forth the militia to exe
cute thejlaws of the Confelcratc States, suppress in
surrections and repel invasion.
lC.fTo, provide for organizing, arming and discip
lining the njilitia, and for governing such .part of them
as may lie employed in the service of the 'on federate
States ; jreserving to the Stetcs, respectively," the ap
pointment of the officers and the authority of training
','thc rfiijitia acconling to the discipline pre'ribed by
Congress. ' r .
17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases
whatsioevcT, Over such district (not execedinse ten miles
square) : s may, "by cession of one or more States and
the acceptance of Gngress, Isecome the seat of the
gjovcninii'iit of the Confederate States ; and to exercise
lfkc antl ority over all places purchased by the consent
of the Legislature of tlie State in which the same shall
be, for the erection efforts, inagazines, arsenals, dock
yrtrds aai.l other neolful buildiqgs ; and ' V
18, To make all laws which shall be .necessary and
proper for Carrying into execution the foregoing pow
ers, and ifl other powers" vested by this Constitution in
the goycrtilnent '.of. the Confederate States, "or in any
departm nt or officer thereof.
. . .Section 9.
' 1. Tli3 importation of negroes of the African race
from an i foreign country other than the slaveholding
States, i Territories of the United States of America.,
is hereb '; forbidden ; and Cngress is required to pass
such Us as shall cHeetually prevent the "same.
. 1. Co lgress shall also have power to prolubit the
intrjtduc ion of,, slaves from any Shite not a member -of,
or Territory n'.t"belfnging to, this Gmfederacy.
3. Tlie iivilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall
riot Ih s lsiiendetl, unless when in cases of rebellion or
invasion- the public safety may require it.
4. Xo bill of attainer, or ex M)nl facto law, or law
denying or impairing the right of property in negro
slaves shall le passui. '
o. No ca pi tition 5or other direct tax shall be laid
unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hcre
inbefore dii-ectcd to be taken.
G. No 'ta.4 or duty shall lc.laid on articles exportcxl
from any State, except by a vote of two-thirds of
both ho isles. .
7. No iirpferences shall 1 given by any regidation
of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over,
hose. of mother. 1
8. No money shall be tlrawv fnun the treasury, but
in conse mence of appropriations made by law ; and a
regular statement and account of the receipt? and ex
penditures of all public mouey shall be published from
time to time. f
9. Ccngresjs shall appropriate no'money from the
treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses,
taken 1 y yeas and nays, unless it le asked and esti
mated fi r by some one of the heads of department, and
submitl nl to Congress by the President ; or for the
puniose of baying its own expenses and contingencies :
or for tlie payment of claims ajrainst the Gufelerate
States, the justice of which shall haVe been jiidiaV.y
declared by a tribunal for the investigation of cliims
agr.iiist the government,- which it is hereby made the
uuiy oi Oougrcss to establish
10. All bills appropriating money shall specify in
federal currency the exact amount of each a-ppropria-tion
aijd the purposes for which it is nvwle; and
Gngres shall craut no extiw JMnoensation to nnv
pvllie iontraetor, ofiicer. acent or servant, after wit h
co itracjt shall have bc-en made or such service ren
dered.
h 1. 'No title of nobHitv shaU lw
feierattj ,ates; am uo person holding any office of
,pync or trust unuer tueni, shall, without the ccpsent
u tlie i Ungrcss, accept of any present emoluments
cince or line oi anv-Kina. wnatever from anv tin
. 1.. r . . r . J '
nuce ororeigu oiaic
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ItALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY. JANUARY 18. 1862;
12. Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, . or . prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speecli,
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 1 the people to keep
and bear arms shall not be infringed.
14. No soldier shall, lin time of peace, be quar
tered in any house without the consent of the owner;
nor in time of war, but iu a mauner to be prescribed
by law. .
15. Tlie right of the people to be secure in tlieir
persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasona
ble searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and
no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup
ported by oath or affirmation, and particularly tie
scribing the place to be searched,, and the persons' or.
things to bo seized.
16. 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 iu 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 pcrsixm be subject for the same offence
to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb rior be
compelled, in any criminal case, t be & witness lg9iut.
himself; nor lie deprived of Rfe.lHbert.y, 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 ihc accused shalP
enjoy the jightto a speedy and public trial,. by an im
partial jury of the State and district wherein the crime
shall have been committed, which district shall
have been previously ascertained by law, and to Ikj
informed of, the nature and cause of the accusation ;
to le confronted -with the witnesses against him ; to
have compulsory process for obtaiuing witnesses in his
favor,aand 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 fart so tried
by a jury shall Iks otherwise re-examine-d iu any court
.of the Gmfederacy than according to the rules of the
common law.
19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exees
sive fines imposed, nor cruel ami unusual punishments
inllicted. - .
20. Every law or resolution having the force of law,
shall relate to Iwit one' subject, and that shall be ex
pressed in the tlth-? .
Section 10.
1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or
confederation'; grant letters of marque and reprisal ;
coin money ; lttake anything but gold and silver coin
a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attain
der, or ex ost facto law, or law impairing the obliga
tion of contracts; or grant any title of nobility.
2. No State shall, Without the consent of ihe G in
gress, lay any; imposts or duties on imports ami ex
ports, except what may be absolutely necessary for
executing its inspection laws; and the nett produce of
a'l duties, and imposts, laid by any State on imports
or cxjwts, shall be lor the use of the treasury of the
Confederate States ; and all such laws shall Lc subject
to the revision, and control of Gmgress. ' ,
3. No State shall, without the consent of Gngress,
lay any duty of tonnage, except on sea-going vessels,
for the improvement of its rivers and harbors naviga
ted by the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con
flict with any treaties of the Confederate States with-
-foreign nations; and any .surplus of revenue thus de
rived shall, after making such improvement, be paid
into the common treasury ; nor shall any State keep
troops or ships of war, hi 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 sue.h imminent danger as will not admit of
delay. But when any river divides or flows through
two or more States, thjiy may enter into compacts
with each other to improve the navigation thereof.
..Article II. Section 1.
. 1. Hie 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 y-ears ; but the President shall not be re-eligible.
The 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 elector's
equal to the whole numljer of Seuators and Representa
tives to which the State may.be ! entitled in the Gni
gress; but no Senator or representative, or person
holding an office of trust or profit under the Gmfeder
atc 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 hot bo an inhabitant of
.the same State with themselves; they shall name in
their ballots the person voted for as President, and in
distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President,
and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted
for as President,' and of all persons voted fwr as Vice
President, and of the munWr of votes for each, which
list they shall sign and certify, and transmit, scaled,
to the government ot-. the. Confederate States, directed
to the President" of ( the Senate; the President of th
Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and Ilous
,- of Representatives, open all .the certificates, and th
votes shall theii tc counted ; the person having th
greatest number of votes for President shall be.th
President, if such number be a majority of the whole
number of electors appointed , and if no person have
such majority, then, from the persons having the high-,
est numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those
voted for as President, the House of Representatives
shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President.
' Piit in choosing the Rresident the votes shall be ttken
J by Suites, the representation from each State having one
: veto;, a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a
member or mcml)ers 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 oT choice shall
! devolve .upon them, before the 4th day of March next
following, then the Vice President shall act as Presi
dent, as in case of the death or other constitutional
disability of the President. r - ' v " . -
. 4. The person having tlie greatest numlcr 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 niimliers on the list the Senate" shall
chK)se the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose
shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Sen
ators, and a majority of the whole number shall be ne
cessary to a choice. " , -;
5., But no person constitutionally ineligible to the
office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres
ident of the Gmfederate States.
G. Tlie Congress may. determine the time of choosing
the electors, and the day on which they shall give tlieir
votes, which day shall be the same throughout the
Gmfederate States. v
7. No, person except a natural born citizen of the
Gmfederate 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 oi Decem
ber, 1860, shall bo eligible to the office of President;
neither shall any person be eligible to that office who
shall not have attained the ae of thirty-five years, -rttid
been fourteen years a resident within, the limits of
the Confederate St-ates, as may exist at the time of his
election. -
8. In case of tlie removal of the President from
office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to dis
charge the powers and duties of the 8.a:d office, the
same shall devolve on the Vice President ; ;and the.
Gmgress may, by law, provide for the case of re
moval, death, resignation, or iji ability both of the Pres
ident and Vice President, declaring what officer shall
then set as President, and such officer shall actaccord
ingly iru til the disability be removed "or a President
shall be elected. . .
f,S. The President shall, at stated times receive for
- s services a compensation, which shall neither be in
hJeascd nor diminished during the period for which ho'
shall have been elected : and he shall not receive with j
in that period any other emolument from the Confed I
erate States, or any of them. -
10. Before he enters on the execution of his offiot f
he shall take the following oath or affirmation '
" 1 do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faith
fully execute the office of President of the Confederat j
States, and will, to the best of my ability, prcservt
protect and defend the Constitution thereof."
Section 2.- ,
1. The I President shall be commander-in-chief o? -the
army and navy of the Confederate States, and o I
the militia of the several States, when called into tlx
actual service of the Gmfederate States ; he may re4
quire the opinion, in writing, of , the principal officei
in each of the Executive Departments, upon any sub-'
ject relating to the duties of-their respective officesj
and he shall have power to grant reprieves and par
dous for offences against the Confederate States, cx ,'
cept in cases of impeachment. ,
2. He shall have the power, by and with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, pro
vided two-thirds of the Senators present concur; and
he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, snail appoint ambassadors,
other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su
preme, Court, and all other officers of the Gnfederato
rtitates, wboae:appointments are not herein otherwise
provided for, and which shall be established by law;
but the Gjngress may, by law, vest the appointment
of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the
President alone, u the courts of law, or in the heads
of departments.
3. The principal officer in each of the executive de
partments, and all persons connected with the diplo
matic service, may be removed from office at the plea
sure of the President. AH other civil officers of the
Executive Department may b removed .at any time
by tlie President, or other appointing power, when
their services arjp unnecessary, or for dishonesty, inca
pacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty ;
and when so. removed, the removal shall Ikj reported
to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor. '
4. The President shall have power to fill all vacari-
cies that may happen during the recess of the Senate,
by granting commissions which shall expire at the.
end of their next session ; but no person rejected by
the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office du- ;
ring their ensuing recess.
Section 3.
1. The President shall from time to time, give ti
Khc Gnigress 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
houses, or either of them.; and in case' of 'disagree
ment lietweeh them, with respect to the time of ad
journment, he may adjourn thenr to such time as he
shall think 'proper ; he shall receive Ambassadors' arid
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. .The President, Vice President, and all civil ffi
cers of "the Gmfederate States, shall Ikj removed from
office on impeachment for, aud conviction of treason,
bribery, or other high crimes and misdeanors
ARTICLE ui.SiCticrn 1.
' 1. The. judicial power of the Gmfederate States
shall be vested in one Superior G nu t, and in such in
ferior courts as the Congress may from time to time
ordain aud establish. The judges, both of the Su
preme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices du
ring good liehavior, and shall, at stated times, receive
for their services a compensation, which shall not be
diminished during their continuance in office.
yScctiou 2. v
1. '. The .judicial, power shall- extend to all j cases
arising under this Cmstitution, 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
eases 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 another State where
the State is plaintiff ; lctwoen citizens claiming lands
under grants of different States, and between a State
or the citizens thereof and loreign Stetos, citizens or
subjects; but no State shall be sued by a citizen or
subject of an jT foreign State.
2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls, and those iu which a State
shall be a party, the Supreme Gurt shall have origi
nal jurisdiction. In ail the' other cases before men
tioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate juris
diction, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions
and under such regulations as the Cougress shall
make. ,
8. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im
peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall Ikj
held in the State where the said crimes shall have
tcen committed ; but when not committed within-any
State, the trial shall be at such place or places as tho
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, gi ving them aid and comfort.. No
person shall be convicted of treason unless on the tes
timony of two witnesses to the same -'overt act, or on
confession in open court.
2. The G ingress shall have power to declare the
punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason
shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except
during the life of the person attained.
article xx i Section li
1. Full- faith and credit shall 1 P'v in each
State to tlfc public acts," records and .judicial proceed
ings of every other Slate. And the Congress may,
'by general laws, -prescribe the manner in which such'
acts, records and proceedings shall be. proved, aud the
etk-ct thereof. ,
Section 2.
1. The citizens of each State shall oe entitled to all;
the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever-
al States" and shall haw the right of transit and so- -journ
in any State of this ?lmfederacy, 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 crimeagaiust the laws .of such State.
. ho shall tlec from justice, and b found in another
State, shall, on demand of the executive autonty of the
State-from which he tied, be delivered up to be re
moved to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
3. No slave or other person held to'scrvice or l:dor
in any State or Territory of the Gmfederate States,
utder the laws' thereof, 'escaping or lawfully carried
into" 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 service
or labor may be due.
' ' Section 3.
ll Other States may be admitted into this Confed
eracy by a vote of two-thirds of the, wliole House of
Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate, the
Senate, voting by States; but no new Stite shall be
formed or erec ted within the jurisdiction of any other
State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two
or more States, or parts of States, without the conseut
of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as
f the Gingrcss. .
2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and
make all needful rules and regulations concerning tlie
property of -tho .Confederate States, including the
amis thereof. ; -6r.
3.- The Confederate States may acquire new territo
ry, and Congress shall have power to legislate antl
provide governments for the inhabitants of all terri
tory belonging to the Confederate States lying with
out the limit of the several States, and may permit
them. at such times -and ri 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 arid protected by Congress
! aul by the. territorial government and the inhabitant! ,
cf the several Confederate Ste-tes and Territories saa
No. 18.
have the right to take such territory and slaves law
fully held by them in any ol the States or Territories
of the Confederate States. ' j
4. The Confederate States shall guarantee toj every
State that mw is or hereafter may become a memUr
of this Gmfederacy a Republican form of government,
and shall protect each of them against invasion; and
on application of tlie Legislature (or, of the Executive
when the Legislature is not in session) agaiust domes
tic violence. ' ,i -'
article v. Section 1. ;
1. Upon the demand of any three States legally
assembled in their several conventions, the Congress
shall summon a Convention of all the States, to take
into consideration such amendments to the constitu
tion as the said States shall concur iu suggesting at
the time when the suid demand is made, and should
any of the proposed amendments to the constitution
be agreed on by the said convention voting by
State and the sdme be ratified by the Legislatures
of two-thirds of the several States, or by conventions
in two-thirds thereof as the enc or tlie other mode of
ratificat ion may Ixj -proposed by the general conven
tion they shall henceforward form a part of this
vjonsinuutm. imi no otatcs srian, without its con
sent, be deprived of its equal .representation in the
Senate. .' -...'.
;.''"'' "I'-iw-ain.-' :;' '1 .' ',.'-'
1. The Government established by the Constitution
is the successor of the provisional government of tlie
Confederate States of America, and all the laws pass
ed by the latter shall continue in force uutil the same
shall be repealed or modified ; and all the officers ap
pointed by the same shall remain in office until tlieir
successors are appointed and qualifictl, or tlie offices
abolished.
2. All debts contracted and engagements entered
into before the adoption of this constitution shall lie
as valid against the Confederate States under this
c institution as under the provisional government.
. 3. This constitution, and the laws of the Confeder
ate States, made iu persuance thereof, and all trea
ties made, or which shall Ikj made: under the authori
ty of the Gmfederate States, shall be the supreme law
of the land; and the-judges in every State shall W
bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws
of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
4, The Senators and Representative before men
tioned, and the members of the several State legisla
tures, and all executive and judicial officers; both of
the .G i- federate States and of the several Stoics, shall
Ik? 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 publicjrust under the
Gmfederate States. "
, 5. The enumeration, in the constitution, of certain
rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage
others retained by the. people of the several States.
G. The powers not 'delegated to the Gju federate
States by he'eonstitution, nor prohibited by it. to. the'
States are reserved to. the States, respectively, of to
the people thereof. , v
, article vii.
1. The ratification of the G inventions of five State
shall lie 'sufficient for the establishment of this consti
tution lietween the States so ratifying , the same.
2. When five States shall have ratified this consti
tution, in the 'manner before specified, the G ingress
under provisional constitution shalbprescribe the time
ft r holding the - election of President aud Vice Presi
dent; and fi r the meeting of the Electoral G!Iege;
and for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi
dent. They shall also prescribe the time for holding
the first election of niembers.of Congress under this
constitution, and the tjme for assembling the same.
Until the assembling of such Gmgress,' the Gmgress
under, the provisional constitution shall con ti hue to
exercise the legislative powers granted them, not ex
tending beyond the time limited by tho constitution
of the provisional government.
Adopted unanimously, March 11, 18C1.
J. Q. UK C.VBTEllET.
JOIIS AKVSTRONfi.
N
OKTlI-CAilOLIXA BOOK BLXDRKY.
(OVEli TUK X. C. BUUK STORE.)
1 DcCarteret & Armstrong
COOK BINDERS AND IlLA NIC BOOK MANUFAC
TURERS, RALEIGH, N. C.
Jan. 23, 1861. . 16 lj
E
ii r n i ii t xi if t rirnnn
ii CUUNSELLOlt A XI) ATTORNEY AT LAW,
i BAXIUOH, S. C,
Will attend tho County aud Superior CourU of Wake,
Johnston ad.jChatham ; the Saporior Courts of New Han
over and Sampson, and the Terms of .the Federal Court
and Supreme Court of N'orth-CaroJina, at Raleiph.,
Ollico, the one formerly occupied by the late Hon. Wil
liam II. Haywood, jr.
Jan. 26, 18G1. 17 lj
BK. M00UE,
ATTOitXEY AT LAW,
SAMSBUiir, N. C,
Will practice in the Courts' of Rowan aud adjoining coun
ties. Collections prouipUy made. .
Jan. ti ISG1. nlj
NOTICE.
HAVIXG lost or mislaid my crrtiHcatc, Xo.353,
Tor four sliares of stock in tie; Raloih and G.isUin
'Railroad Company, I sliall make application to the l-nd
of said Company "for a ru-lMuc of eaulj'0II V WAX8hy
dec. 4, 1861. 7 ha.
NOTICE. n -
Mctliodist rrot. Female College,
J VMESTOWN, GCILFOKD Co., X. C.
THE FIFTH SESSION WILL 0PEV JULY 4,tSCl,
under the charge of G. W. IItE, A.M.
This Institution 'has the advantage of a healthy location,
large and comfortable "buildings, and extensive philosophi
cal and chemical apparatus, Ac. "
The President and family, with the other members onne
Vacuity, live in th; College and eat at tbe'sauie table with
the Students. Tuition $1 o per sewion, Music a the Piano
or Guitar $20; Grecian Painting $7 5; Etnbkoiuiry 7 o.
Latin, Krench, Oriental Painting. Drawing, Hair llrovers,
Wax Mowers, Feather Flowers, Wax Fruit, each S."; V.
cal Music 51; contingent expenses 1: boarding $7 60 tH
month, including washing and tires, halt" in advance, ior
.further inlormation address . , .
G. W, IIEGE, Prendcvt. -K
June 26 ' - ' tf-
ROANOKE FINALE HKM1NAHY.
THE next session of this Institution, at the
residence of Dr. J T. Watson, near Koanoke P. O.,
Martin Co., N. C, will befjin o8 tha fourth Monday in
Julv Miss Sue Williams, ot X. C.,tiacher.
J TERMS: . .
Spelling, reading and vritin? per s?stion..............$10.00
Higher English branches......
French ; '
Musicrfin Piau - "
Use of Instrument... in" on
hoard, per month.....
" 5 da vs in a wetk, with walunij at home.... 7.W
For further particulars addre ' j ' T' ' WATSOX. .
July 10,1861. 41. , a4tf:
(Register copy i times weekly) ,
Proclaraation.
TX pnrsnance, and by virtue of, a rcsolation ct
I the General As3embtT orth Carolina, I,. Henry T.
Clark, Governor ex-oiticio of our SUte, do hereby notify
and r'xiuu-e all male citizens of this .Uta now in the
enemy' country of the United SUt. to return to Aorth
Carolina where their allegiance; u jurtlr due, A rtwjr
Jal, L the dutehereo7 and I do h,rebr dlare an
alkn enemv, subject to all the Pain?, ,na! ties and forfe
Ur which are or mar ba incurredi)y an .ahen enemy,
eTerersln failing to obey the requirement of thW pro
clamatlon, except ffe be a soldier in the army of tha ton
federate States, or some one oi them, or in prison or de
tained by force. UEXRY T. CLARK,
Governor Ex-Oih'cio. .
Executive PErARTMEXT, . .,
wtl&onrnSd diailotte Democrat copy.
oct3,186l. ' ; "
THE Xorth Carolina State Agrlwllurat Socletj.
are revested to meet at the Conr IIuse m tLU city
?t 7 o'dik, V iL, oa Tuesday, IWh day of Aorember
hRU8LQeM of Very Igreatunportance-rcHuire. full and
punctual attendance. . . : ''"-.-
By order of the President. p y j.p
Raleigh, N:C.,bov.C,'18CI. y6-Ul-
TERMS FOR ADYERTISISG,
One qai, first, mertro.t4rt
11.00
Eack subsequent tiisWtio5, ....
: (Fowtoea Uae or auder nibi tqumre. )
f
-' V
ContracU will b entewd Uu witl yearly, half-yearly
and quarterly adTertisera, at redwtioa from h aUr
rate. ';"'. -; . ;
No deduction from the regular ntcs for adrertlasm ea
inserted in the WecUy EdiUon. r ' I
AUMrertueaenta receive on iaaertion ia the Weeky
. ' HILLSBOEOUGH C
MILITARY ACADEMY.
f nlS P?.TPrTJ03rJ? ttBdcr c induct of
iiTTu . a ' f?P?rtT Superintendent of the Stale
Military Academy at Columbia, S. C. It ia designed to
aflord., edocatton of the same wienUfic and pracUcal , ,
chara er as that obtained in the State MUitaj ImUU
tions of irginia and South-Carolina.
COURSE OF STUDY
TTir"' iTT, o4 - c'a Arithmetic, Algebra, French
t" 01 UtC' EnglUh 0t"p Geography, Or '
.S'ftilr t' V aT-k Geometry.Trigononi-
ei. 4 TV?1 CT"-DcriptiTe Georaetrr, Shade,
Shadow, and lyrsptire. Analytical Geometry, Survey
ing, reach, Latin, Rhetoric, History , England, Litera
ture, Drawing, Elocution. ' ' - T
ort tear 1m4 (7-Dif. and Int. Calcul as, Natural '
huono-
, , j,,, , ,w,,vmi engineering, ff lew I oru
hcation. Ethics, Political Economr, Evidence, of Chrbtl
anity. Constitution of the United States.
Infantry and Artillery Drill will form a feature of the
w nole course. " 1
- -f ACADEMIC. YEAR BARRACKS.1:
The Academic year will commence on the tint Wednes
day in February, Feb. 6, 1861,) and eontinne, without in
termission, to- the AKirU Wednesday in November. Th.
Darracks are arranged with special reference to the nee- a
aities of a Military , Academy. The main bunding is US
feet long and three storie. high j another building, 190 Tee
long, contain, the weaa hail, kitchen, .tore ruoia, .urgcon's
olhce and hospital. . '
The charge, for the academic year are $315, for which
the academy pronde. board, tnel, lights, washing inatme
tion, text-books, aH-dical atUvdaneo and clothing.
for circular, containing full information address
COL. a C. TEW,
', ,a: '.'" ' 8uptyn.M. A.
April 10, 1861. , . t, UwAiWi7,
; TENTS .'FOR THE VOUTEERS.
THE subserlber keeps constantly on hand and
rrr.uv",uctures 10 order WALL, SIULEY, BELL AND
A .1 1 ATI'S
Any number, from 1 to 1,000, of the best thd mast im'
proved styl.-s can be supplied as fast as needed.
N.'B. Ollicer's tents made to order and warranted to
suit. '...' . '
S. A. MYERS,
Corner Main and Pearl street.
' - - ' Richmond, Va.
. oct.3, 18C1. , -.' 88 3m.
Hump skei). ... -
TURNIP
Largo"1 Flat Duich Ttt
d,
Ivt.(1. ipp lui nin-:
. Large S'orfoltev "
? : Large Mammoth (from t
Ana oilier kinds of Tumi
For sale at PiiSCl
Angust 19
county,)
vt-d. " -
Drug Store.
. 7C tf.
A
FINE LOT OF SPONGE.
i Salad Oil, -Raker's
Hitters, .-. .
Black Teal
Kniih Mustard. ' "
A tar
,rg. ftocK oi i ancy isonns,
uweceffed at , P.'F.
uwecei
PESCCD'S, -
Drug Stere."
76-tf.i
1
aug ID.
riUlE Sl HSCUIBEli BKi.S LEAVE TO A0l'ACE
JL to the citizens! of Italeigh that he has made arrange
ments' to kiiep on hand 'a constant supply of Coal from
Egypt, iu Charlifltji county. : ; .
-Persons i wishing to have Coal delirered at their residence
can have it bv milking early application. .
,1. FKURELL,
. Wilmington street.
August 28, 18G1, 1 78 tf.
r sj . - r , . . . , .. i ...... i.i, . , .i, ,
Qu:ir;crmasters Department.
OK0F0SALS will be rcrelvcd at thla office for
JL furnishing th North Carolina troop with Hats. Pro
posals mutt ! ai.eompanied by a sample ii live hat, and
must Btat. p -ire -and utiuiber which can be tielircrot per
week, and also at what time the delivery wiil commence.
i J. DEVEllEUX, A. Q. M. '
wpt. 0. . '? - 90 tf.
'; . . "
Map of-itortli Carolina and Virginia.
A FEW (0PIE8 OF PE1UCES XEW 3IAr0F
North Carolina and Virgjioia, embracing Virginia As
as tar iiiciunoud, oi ktown, Uethel, r rfi tm Monroe, Ac.
The CoaMt Defences of Notih Carolina, Fort Macon, Mat- '
terasj &c. ' -.- ..;' . ''""..-' ' '
Send soon if you want a copy. " Worth $10. Sold
for $ti. ' ! ' ' ' " ,.
SAMUEL PKARCE," '
: - llillsboro N. C.
September It. j. 82 gin.--.
- NORTH CAEOtilNAINSTITUTE
For tlie Deaf and Dumb and the Blind.
Tiltncxt session or this Institute will com
luence on Monday, tho 2nd of September, and coa
tinue tei rapntbs.. Pupils should be srut in punctnally at ...
the commencement 'of tlie session. Haring a full corps 4
teachers in the different department, it is to be hoped that
the parents .and fiiendi of the Deaf and Dumb and tli
blind witl send thein here to receive the bencCts of an
eilucation. j ' .' ' ' ' '.
Any information as to the method of admitting pupils,'
Ac, will bo givcu upon application to me by. letter or
otherwise. WitlE J. PALMEll, Principal.
Aug. 17. w.w.4Urt.f
NOTICE. ' ' ' .
OX AM) AFTER TI1E FIRST DAT OF 0CT03ER.
l shall sell no gods, except for
CASH ON DKLlVKltY. ' ' V s
; I am compellec) to do this because I ea buy no good
now except t frojin two to two hundred and fifty per eeat.
higher than I bjught them 4 months ago and lean get n '
time on them, bet must plank down the cash or gu without
the goods. I therefore advise all iny customers and the
public generallr, who will favor me with their calls, that
they must bring the change hereafter, as 1 ahalt certainly
refiuu my best Iriciuls A & '.' ''
I also earnestly, request all partie. owing ne .cconnU
due 1st July or previous thereto, to enne forward and fcU
tie the saw -, cither by caxh or note parties failing to corn
plv wilhthis wticobv 2th October next, will be charged
10 p-T cent, on hs vbolo awountdiw, ti two 1st J last,
so Imi-; as their s-Ccount. remain unsettled ' .
' Raleigh, epf 28. - 7 ' 70t
Sequestration Aoticc V : V ';
HATIXC BEEX APFOIMED BY TI1K 1107. ISA''
Big"s, Judgeof the Disfic1 Cui tot Hmt Confederate
SUi-sot America, for the District of North Carolina, the
Keceirer for tlie Counties of Northampton, Chowan, VHtf,
and Hertford ia Mid State, I hereby notify eTcrr attrtm y,
a 'ent, former partner, trustee or other person holding of
'controlling, within said couiitfes, any Liads, tenements or
hereditainents, goods or chattels, right or credits, or any
iijlexcft therein, of Of for any ialien eienvr of the Confed
erate States of America, speedily to inform me of the .aii.e,
and tu render to ine an account thcreif, and so far J pi s
ticablc to par over tho ame to nw, or to ptaee the tire la .
my hands. Anv such person will! ull v failing to do so shall,
be ( iriilty of a high iuileineanor, and upn indictment ao. .
eonvlction, shall be lined in a stfm not cxcceding.fif c i thOUM
i and dollars, and impriwined no more than six months, ail;
hall further U,liabl ti be Sued by -aid Confederate Sut.,
andsubj-ct to pay double the value of the citato, property
or ctlocu of the alien enemy hdd by him w. .object to Lu .
C!i notify each and every citizen of Confederals '.
States speedily tr give iafurnmrma to me (as be Is rwjuirwi
byIawtodo)ofaJ.yaodall Uo.U, tenement, and bUr
UmvnU, goods and chalteb-, righU and erediU. withw the
said couoties, andot eTery Hgbt and interest therein held, .,
owned and possessed or enjoyed by or for Mjaaeh alu-n
f0lF oificc U at iackn, Xoramw".BLE.S; U '.; j
Receiver for the Counties a-'oressMl. .. j -oct.
19, iS61. ' ' ' : :' : 9wCt. . .
PR0CLA31AT10N ' I
By his Excellency, Henry T. Clark; j Go Yt ,
ernorcftho State of North Carolina. . ... r s
E-vtccTivE DerAsrnKxr, 1 , ;
i RaMgh, Oct 3id, lM;t. . j
, In pursuance of the power giren B, "
,k th - Constitution, and by and with tlie adilce W e
Siuncll Jsute, I'do henby prohibit the r'-
roid the HmiU of this State, ofaJI bacon, po: k, beef, lealUr,
SsshS w.l goKls,'jeans ar. and b -koU-,sut
except through the order, of the proper othcei. or
Seder.teOore.nmcnt,rof the ht.te(ivernment.
The or Jer m iu im , .
jutaut General is direcUd to employ U neoesaary means t
cirrv into full cfl.-ct this order. .. , - .. . ; ,
.Kaent the tity of Raleigh, thU3r aav of OctvWi,
ft iar.1. if- " '' ' . , - 4-
Z'f , . , ; i':- HENUY T. CLAuK,
'".-. ' - . A-.Aiorernor Ex-flicio sJi
occvici.1 T.- -.-',ti,'i r .'
Western Democrat, Fayettevilb Observer and Vkil?ig
a Journal copy four time, and send bills to ex-ouic.
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