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The Southern Eepublic.
.' Pemaxnt Constitution of Vie Confederate Slate
of America.
V; the reopk-of the Confederate States each State
' n itTsoVereiaud independent -character , in
gti form a permanent federal government, estab
V.: i,T domestic tranquility, and secure the
'ishJ" nf liberty to ourselves and our posterity in
bkSin?he favor and guidance of Almighty God-io
Ji,"gand establish this Constitution for the Confide
Ssof America. .- . .;
. Article I. Section 1.
-.. cowers herein delegated shall be
A , a Congress of the. Confederate States,
S conbisfof a Senate and House of llep-f
Section 2.
rA
The House of ItepreseniaLivco
i- 11 e - DWTrv Bncond year by the people of
TA electors in each State
the MToa?J and have thf
Ifff&torsof the mostnul
V State Legislature; but no pego
: r,iTVritizen of the Uonlederate
foreign buth not a c t zen or
shall Joe allowea w
cal, btate or.ruu.-V rf,nrftS.ntative who sl
gllHll " -I
have
t n.-nfpr-itc States
and who sha
5r.fc.rtl- , inhabit of that State in
''''tpSivo, and direct ta MRU
: - vnral States which may,be ic
ppor-
fcluded
tjoncu uiuif, - . .
j: rt.i onif kill' 1. 1 1 v. . - . i
uuucu uiv. 0 -
2 to their res
icctive
w ( I I I I II - -
DumUrS, whun snau "Tncd ne Uelbound
wholc ..inunuer 4rRnd excluding tidians
t0 .erv.ce "Vf all slaves. The actull enu
,lt)t uxeci vears a&er the
SXVeeting of the Congress of the Confederate
n 1 irv suteeqW tern, of ten years,
, t n CMflll TJC lttvv - .
tates,
nsuch
au - iw law. direct.,' The nn:
ber of
ma
fifty
"T?w:Ti ,; ;,, Shite shall W At least on repre-
.,vntl1TP
alia TIOL CXtCVAt ! -'' v
t6f ! : :1uch enumeralipa Khall'U made
S "t"te of South Carolina shall W entitled tcch(xc
It t State-of Georgia ten, the Stete of Alabama
rh.e 'the State of Florida two, the btate of MiAianpm
seven, the State
.in.":: ;,! Lannen in the represitation
f nnv Stite the Executive authority thereSf shall
issue writs of election to nil sucn .vacaia.
he House of Kcrreuentativcs shall choole their
5.' Th
c. ,i.- r,ri tVf.r nthccirs. ana snau iwvei;
- 1 nt. tliat. nriv iulcial or
rower 01 lmpcwiiuivui., v-A- r - i 1 I
- other federal officer resident and acting solely within
the limits of any State, may be impeached a vote
of tvv.Hthirds of both branches of the Lq uslature
thereof.
Section 3.
1 The Senate of the Confederate States hall be
com'posed of two Senators from each State cl; vsen for
' six years by the Legislature thereof, at the. regular
ion next in.mcdiatcly preceding the commence
ment of the term of-service; and each Sena or shall
' Immediately after they shall be assen bled in
consequence of thirst election, they shall b divided
asequally as may be intolhree classes. 11c seats of
the Senators of the first class shall be vacat d at the
expiration of the second year; of the secon( class
itli expiration of the fourth year ; and of t je third
tlass at the expiration of the sixth year; so.; hat one
third may be chosen every second year ; and f vacan
, . "L u otherwise-durirt: the re-
"olnfthe iirfslaturc of any State, the Ifxecutive
thereof may make temporary appointments
. next meeting of the Legislature, which shal
1 . itn nnind
intil the
then fill
ieZn shall be a. Senator who shallinot have
and be a citilen of -the
attaint the age 01 tniriy 1 , .
. O.uf.Hlerate "Statesj and who shall not w
he an inhabitant of the State for which 1
1 . It'
whei elected,
hef shall, be
u TV,P VieePresidentW the Confederate Sf tcs shall
-fl President of the Senate.Jbutshall have no
allw divided.
iCSbinejr wh-v v," I, tv,;. l. rtUr--nt.
also a President F'o C"iore in the absence o the A ice
Present, or when he shall exercise the oflicc of Presi
' dent of the Confederate States -
C The Senate shall have, the sole power to try all
impeachments. When sitting for that P' y
.i..1!! 1 affirmation. A hen the Presideat
States is tnea, me vyinri o uswo
shall preside ; and no person shall be convijt
i,t tL concurrence-of two-thirds of thdi
conviated witn--r
ii. J i,
out the concurrence-. 01
7 - judgment in cases of impeachment sh ill not ex
tend further than to removal from office, anf disqual
ification to hold and enjoy any.ioffice of hon r, trust or
prutit, under the Confederate States ; but jtheKarty con
victed shall, nevertheless, be liable and sufject to in
dictment, trial, judgment .nd punishment, according
tolaw. . " - ! . -r f
j. Section 4.
1 The times' places and manner of homing clec-.:..,.l-r.
nT,nfr,rs nrid Rebrcsentativcs shall be pre-
. MvW StatA bv the Legislature-thereof, sub-
: i, of this Constitution ; but the Con-
grei may, at any time, by law make or, jalter such
reulatious, except as iu tuc muw t-. -
in'g Senators. ..." . ;
The Congress ehall assemble at least 04ce in every
year' and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in
iX-cember.-unless they shall, by law, appoint a different
day.'
: 1 Section 5. .
1 Each Houfp. shall be the judge of thfe elections,
returns and qualifications of its own members and a
majority of each shall constitute a qxurum to do busi
ness; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to
liv and may bo-authorized to compel the attendance
of absent members, in suth manner and under such
penalties as each House may provide. - .
V Eacb House may determine the rules of its pro--eedin-s
punish its members for. disorderly behavior,
S wlththe concurrence of tworthirds of the whole
?iKpr rxncl a member. - . . ..
8 'Each House sharl keep a journal of its pro
cteiings, and from time to time publish the same; ex-
' rii mav .hi. their ludgment require
1 . i ma and ivs of the members f
seeresy, auu iuo j - j - - , , - , -
it... . nnv n,u-st.ion. shall, at the desire of
tuner iiousc, -1 - j . . ,
. ft r,r tMwmnit. be entered on the journal
. xr-n itca during the session of Congress,
shall, without the consent of the other adjourn
more than three days, nor M any other phice than that
n which the,two Houses sbau w muug,
. . Section G.
' 1. The Senators and -Representatives shall receive
' . 'fiw'tlmr services, to be ascertained. by
T tn!a.wJ-of,K,a.nferato
cL - .'ni.A.ii it. all cases.-except treason, felony
and Weachof W peace W privileged from arrest during
- their attendance at-tHe- , session, of their respective
' Tt... ;--;,-tr nnd returning from the same;
and for any speScfeor debate in cither House they shall
i :,i n anv other olaceJ
o .rtsrntative shall, during tne
i;;v. i, ir, lected. be appointed to any
S:' authority of the Confederate
. c . i ' u nil lure been created, or the emolu-
t Kave been increased during such
Sg anyoffice,under the Con
?mr!r ci.ll . member of either House du-
ounns uia t"- ;,,!, ,,f,u Vt.
W"01.-- J J
bv law, grant to tne prmeifHi -
lWiartmentS a scat w
with the privilege of discussing arty-measures
appertaning to hii depaitinent; f;;;.
11 Section 7. - , .
' 4 ' a ii vsii. ikr raisin? revenue shall originate in .the
Ilnnaeofllepresentatives; butthe SnatemSy propose
moTKYents as on otner Diiib.
U1 UiUVU -
- before it becomes a law, bo presented to the. ; ;
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vol. n.
President of the Confederate States ; if he approve, he
shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it with hisob-v
jectiohs to that House in which it shall have origi
nated, who shall enter the objections at large on their
journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree
to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the ob
jections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise
be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirdg of that
House it shall become a law. But in all such cases the
votes of both Houses shall ber 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 same
shall be a law, in like manner as if he had sigBed it,
unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its
return ; in which case it shall not be a law. The Presi-r
dent may approve any appropriation and disapprove
any other appropriation in the same bill. In such case,
he shall, in signing the bill, designate the appropria
tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap
propriations, with his objections, to the House in which
the bill shall have originated ; and the same proceed
ings shall then be had as in case of other.bills disapr
proved by the President. ;l
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
same shall take effect, shall be approved by him; or
being disapproved by him, may be repassed by two
thirds of -both Houses according to the rules apd limi
tations prescribed in case of a bill.
Section 8.
The Congress shall have power
1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, impost and ex
cises for revenue necessary to pay the debts, provide
for the common defence, and carry on the government
of the Confederate States; but no bountieslshall be
granted from the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes
on importations from foreign nations be. laid to pro
mote or foster any branch of industry ; and all duties,
imposts and excises shall be uniform thoroughout the
Confederate States. v'
2. To borrow money on the credit of the Confede
rate States. . '
3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and
among the severa States, and with the Indian tribes;
but neither this, nor any other clause contained in
the Constitution, shall ever be construed to delegate
the power to Congress to appropriate money for any.
internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce,
p-rrpnfr. for th i nirrnosfi of furnishine lights, beacons and
except for the purpose of furnishing lights,
buoys, and other aids to navigation upon the coasts,
and the improvement of harbors and the removing of
obstructions in river navigation, in all which cases
such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated
t Wpliv as mav le necessary to pay the costs and ex-
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4. To establish uniform laws of naturalization, and
uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, through
out the Confederate States ; but no law ot u.mgres snau
lischarge any debt contracted beMre the passage or
the same. ,
5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof and ot
foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and mea-
sxircs ' '
fi To provide for the punishment of counterfeit
ing the securities and current coin of the Confederate
States. ,
7. To establish post offices and post routes ; but the
(.ywnsps of the Post office Department, alter the nrst
dav of March in the year of our lord eighteen hundred
J. . .. . : 1 - 3 . r i ..
and sixty-three, snail oe paia out 01 ilh uwju iuvo
nues. - . .
8. To promote the progress of scienjce and usetui
orto liv svMirin" for limited times to authors and m-
0r.wa tho pxrhisive rieht to their respective writings'
ClllU. VJ.LOV'V I '
9. To constitute tribunals inferior to tne supreme
Court
lO.'-To define and punish piracies and felonies com-
fnitted on the-Aigh seas, anu oneuces aguiusi, m
of nations.
.11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re
prisal, and make rules concerning captures on land
and water. w .
12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropria
tion of money to that uso shall be for a longer term
than two years.
13. To provide and maintain a navy.
14 To make rules for government and regulation
of the land and naval forces. ,
15. To provide for calling forth the militia to exe
cute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress in
enrrprtions and reocl invasion.
16. To provide for organizing, arming and discip
lining the militia, and for governing such part of them
as may be employed, in the service of the Confederate
Slates ; 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. 1 . .
17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases
whatsoever, over inch district (not exceeding tenmiles
square) as may, by cession of one or more States and
the acceptance of Congress, become the scat of the
crvprnmpnt 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, magazines, arsenals, dock
yards and other needful buildings ; and '
18. To make all laws which shall be necessary and
nroner for carrving into execution the foregoing, pow
ers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in
the' government of the Confederate States, or in any
department or officer thereof. .
oecuvn .
1 Th importation of negroes of the African race
from anv foreign country other thaD the slaveholding
States, or Territories of the United States of America,
is hereby forbidden ; and Congress is required to pass
such laws as shall effectually prevent the same.
2. Congress shall also have .power to pronibit tne
introduction of slaves from any btate not a member
of. or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy.
! 3. The privilege ot the writ 01 naoeas corpus suau
riot "be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or
invasion the public satety may require it.
4. No bill of attamer, or ex post jacw law, or law
denying or impairing the right ol property in negro
slaves shall be passed. , . .; ' ' .
R Nn rnifcition or otlicr airect tax snail ve laiu
unless in nroportum to the census or enumeration here-
inbe fore directed to be UKcn. i
A ,
6. No Ux or duty shall be laid on articles exported ;j
from anv' State, except by a vote of tAvo-thirds of J
7 No preferences shall be given by any regulation
of commerce or revenue to the pcrts of one State oyer
hose "of another. . .
8. No money shalH-e drawn irora the treasury, but
in consequence 01 appropnawuua maw u iu , ui
regular statement: and account 01 tne receipts aua ex- ;
penditures of all puhio nioncy shall be published from
time to time. ! . - .
,9. Congress shall appropriate rip money from the
treasury except by a vote of two-thifds of both houses,
taken by yeas and nays, unless, it. le asked and esti-
mated for by some one ot'tne,neaotr aepsirtment, suju
submitted to . Congress. by the 'Presidejjt ; or for the
purpose of paying its own expenses ana 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
fpoVral rurrenev the exact amount of each appropria-
tion ana tne proposes ior wu.wu 11.
tion and the purposes lor woicn is maae; anu
th- DO cxt,,. compensation to any
1 . V- .. er. -rf
public contractor, officer, agent or servant, after such
contract shall have been made or such service rendered
1 1. No title of nobility shall be granted by the Con
federate States and no person holding any office of
Jirofit or trust under them, shall, without the consent
6 the Congress, accept of any present emolument
office or title of any fcina wnatever irom any siug,
pirnce or foreign State. , . .
RALEIGH N. C. SATURDAY. JIAY 3. 1862.
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 pjeople peaceably to
assemble and petition the government for a redress of
grievances. f , . ,
13. 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 quar
tered in any house without the consent of the owner;
nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed
by law. ' . . ; . -
15. The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers and effects against unresisona-
. We searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and
no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup
ported by oath or affirmation, and particularly de
scribing the place to be searched, and. the persons or
things to be seized. . . t -
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 in cases arising
in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when
in actual service, in time Of war or public danger ;
. nor shall any person be subject for the same offence
to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor be
compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against
himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law: nor shall private prop
erty be taken for public use " without just compensa
tion. 17. In all criminal . prosecutions the accused shall
" enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an im
partial jury of the' State and district wherein the crime
shall have been committed, which district shall
: have been previously ascertained by law, and to be
informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ;
to be confronted with the witnesses against him ; to
have compulsory, process for obtaining witnesses in his
favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his
defence : ' .
,'18. In suits at common law, where the value in
controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of
trial by jury shall be preserved; and no fact'so tried
by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court
of the Confederacy than according to the rules of the
common law. k
19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor execs-
si ve fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments
itiflirtpd. - l
20. Everv law or resolution having the force of law,
rI.jiII rol.atfi to but one subject, and that shall bejex
pressed in the title.
Section 10.
1. No State shall enter jnkrany treaty, alliance, or
confederation ; grant-detters of marque and reprisal ;
coin money -make anything but gold and silver coin
a tciKienn payment oj ueuus ; p.wo iuy um ui dbmiu-
lerTor ex ?)ost facto law, or law impairing the obliga
tion of contracts ; or grant any title ot nobility.
2. No State shall, without the consent of the Con
gress, lay any imposts or duties on imports and ex
ivorts. except -what may be absolutely necessary for
executing its inspection laws ; and the nett produce of
aU duties and imposts, laid by any btate on imports
or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the
Ci.nfedcrate 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 011 sea-going vessels,
for the improvement of its rivers and harbors naviga
ted bv the said vessels : but such duties shall not con
flict with anv treaties of the Confederate States with
foreign nations; and any surplus of revenue thus dp--rived
shall, after making such improvement, be paid
into the common treasury ; nor shall an j State, keep
troops or bliips of war, in time of peace, enter into any
. a.nwmp.nt nr mranact wim aiioun-.: owill-, vi nu
Wpio-n nower. or enerage in war, unless actually inva
imminent dansrer as will not admit of
delay. But when any river divides or nows inrou
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two or more States, they may enter into compacts
with each other to improve the navigation thereof...
Article II. Section 1.
1. Tlie executive power shall be vested in a Presi
dent of the Confederate States of Americiv. He and
tlie Vice President shall hold thcir-offices fir the term
of six 3'ears ; but the President shall not bej 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
coual to the whole number of Senators and Representa-
tives to which tlie State may oc, entitiea in tno vaju
grcss ; lu;e no Senator or . representative, or person
-holding an office of trust or profit under the Confeder
ate States, shall be appointed au 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 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 Hous
i of Representatives, open all the certificates, and th
.votes shall then be counted; the person having th
greatest number of votes for President shall be th
President, if such number be a majority of the whole
number of electors appointed , and if no person have
such majority, then, from the persons having the high
est numbers, not exceeding three, ou the list of those
voted for as President, the House of Representatives
shall choose immediately, by'ballot, the President.
But in choosing the President the votes shall be taken
by States, the representation from each State haying one
veto; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a
member or members from two-thirds of the States, and
a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a
choice. And if the House, of Representatives shall not
choose a President, whenever the right of choice shall
devolve upon them, before the 4th day of March next
following, then the Vice President shall act as, Presi
dent, as in case of the death or other constitutional
disability of the President. ' -
4. The person having the greatest number 01 votes
Vice President shall be the Vice Presdeut, if such
as
number be a maiority of the whole number of electors
w j appointed j and if no person have a majority, then from
the two highest numbers on. the list tne oenate snail,
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 bo nv
cessary to a choice. 1 ' - -
5. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the
office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres
ident of the Confederate States.
6. ZThe Congress may determine the time of choosing
the electors, and the day on which they shall give their
votes, which day shall be the same throughout the
Confederate States. '
7. Nq 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
lxrn in the United States prior to the 20th of Decem
ber, I860, shall be eligible to the office of President;
neither shall any person be-eligible to that office who
shall -not have attained the age of thirty-five years,
and been fourteen, years a resiueut within the limits of
the Confederate States, as may exist at the time of his
election.- .' ' ' , ; ,
i 8. In case of the removal of, the President from
office, or of 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, death, resignation, or inability both of the Pres
ident and Vice President, declaring $rhat officer shall
then act as President, and such officer shall act accord
, ingly until the disability be removed or a President
shall be elected, - v ' - - ' p
,9 The President shall, at stated tames, receive tor
his services & compensation, which shall neither be in-
creased nor dirranied daririg the period for which
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-it
8hall have been elected : and he shall not receive with-
n that period any other emolument from the Confed
erate States, or any of themr ; . o - :'
10. .Before he enters on the execution of his office,
he shall take the following oath or affirmation
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faith
fully execute the office of President of the Confederate
States, and wilL to the best of nry ability, preserve,
protect and defend the Constitution thereof."
; Section 2. -.' '"' r-
1. The President shall be commander-in-chief of '
the army and navy of the Confederate States, and of
the militia of the several States, when called into the
actual service of the Confederate States he may re
quire the opinion, m 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 ami par
dons for offences against the Confederate States, ex
cept in cases of impeachment. ' r
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 nomiffiite, and by and with the advice and
consent of the . Senate, shall appoint ambassadors,
other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su-
reme Court, and all other officers of the Confederate
tates. whose appointments are not herein otherwise
provided for, and which; shall be established by law ;
but the Congress may, by lawvest the appointment
of such inferior officers as they think proper, in the
President alone, n the courts of lawx or in the heads
of departments. -
3. The principal omccr in each or the executive de
partments, and all persons connected with the diplo
matic service, may be removed from office at the plea
sure of the President. All other civil officers of th6
Executive Department may ba removed at any time
by the President, or other appointing power, when
their services are unnecessary, or lor aisnonesty, inca
pacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of dub
and when so removed, tne removal suau rje reported
to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor.
4. The President shall have power to fill all vacan
cies that may happen during the jecess 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.
- l.The President shall from time to time, give to
Lthe Congress information of the state of the Confed
eracy, and recommend to their consideration such
measures as he shall judge necessary and. expedient ;
he may, on extraordinary occasious, convene both
houses, or either of them ; ami in case of disagree
ment between 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 of the Confederate States.
Section 4.
1. The President, Vice President, and all civil offi
cers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from
office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason,
bribery, or other high crimes and misdeanors.
article 111. Section 1.
1. The judicial power of the Con federate States
shall be vested in one Superior Court, and in such in
ferior courts 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 stated times, receive
for their services a compensation, which shall not be -diminished
during their continuance in office.
Section 2.
1. Tll6 Jlldkrlrtl jrawci olm.ll xm-l -i
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
caes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; to con
t.rovprsios 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; between Citizens claiming lands
under grants of different States, and between a State
Of the citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or
subjects "; but n State sjiall be sued by a citizen or
subject of any foreign State.
2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls, and those in which a State
shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have origi
nal jurisdiction. In ail the other cases before men
tioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate juris
diction, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions
and under such regulations as the Congress shall
mate
3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im
peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be
held in the State where the said crimes shall have
been committed ; but when not committed within any
State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the
Congress may by law have directed.
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 aid and comort. 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 Congress shall have power to declare the
punishment of treason,, hut no attainder of treason
shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except
during the life of the person attained. f
Article it. Section 1.
"1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each
Kfot. n tV.fi niiblie.acts. records, and judicial proceed-
ins of every other -State. And tjio Congresi may,
by general laws, prescribe the manner m wrcn sucn
ats, records ana proceeuings suau uu ii"fou
effect thereof. ' ' . "
--Section. ; . . , , "
". 1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all
ti,fi x7ilprj and immunities of citizens, in the sevcr-
i fatoa anl Rball havd the richt of transit and so-
Ol. " 7 7-' wj. . .,1
their
slaves and other property; and the right of property
lonrn -in anv Dun ui,iLLio -wuiv.wj, --
in said slaves shall not bo thereuy nnpaireu.
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 in another .
State, shall, on demand of the executive autpnty of the
State from which he fled, be delivered up to be re
moved to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
3. No slave or.other person held to service or labor
in any State or Territory of the Confederate States,
under the laws thereof, escaping or lawfully carried
into another, shall in consequence of any iaw or regu
lation therein, be discharged from such service or Ja
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. . V .
1. Other States may be admitted into "this Confed
eracy by a vote of two-thirds of the wnoie nouse oi
Representatives and two-thinls of the Senate, the
Senate voting by States ; but no new State shall be
formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other
State ; nor any State be formed by the junctibn 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 rules and regulations concerning the
property of the Confederate States, including the
anas thereof. - -
3. The Confederate States may acquire new territo
ry, and Congress shall have power to legislate and
provide governments for the inhabitants of all terri
tory belonging to the Confederate States lying wilb
j out the limits of the several States, and may permit
them, at such tunes and in such manner as it may oy
law provide, to form the States to be admitted into
the confederacy. In all such territory the institution
of negro slavery as it now exists in the Confederate
States shall be recognized and protected by Congress
and by the territorial government and the mnaoitanu
. A SWT -1-
te of tlie wyeral Confederate States and Territories
$ Illlll Till III
No. 50.
have the right to take srich 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 Rebublicn form nf
I and shall protect each of them against inTasion ; and
fii -r - 1 . . ... .
.ipjjuumua 01 tne legislature (or ol the Executive
', when the Legislature is not in session aamst rLmps-
i tic violence. - ,
articuc 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 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 tie Legislatures
of two-thirds of the several States, or by conventions
in two-thirds thereof as the one or the other mode ot
ratification may be proposed by the general conven
tionthey shall henceforward form a part of thifc
Constitution. But no States shall, without its con
sent, be deprived of its equal representation in. the
senate. ,.
ARTICLE VI.
1. The Government established by the Constitution
is the successor of the provisional government of the
Confederate States of America, aud all the laws pass
ed by the latter shall continue in force until the same
shall be repealed or modified ; and all the officers ap
pointed by the samcshall rcmaia at office until their
successors are appointed and qualified, or the offices
abolished.
2. Alights contracted and engagements entered
into before the adoption of this constitution shall be
asvalid against the Confederate States under this
l 1 11 . : - - i . .. . -
uMiiuuuu h unucr me provisional government.
3. This constitution, and the laws of the Confeder
ate States, made in persuahce thereof, and all trea
ties made, or which shall bo made uuder the authori
ty, of the Confederate States, shall be the supreme law
of the land ; aud the judges in every State shall be
bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws
of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
4. The Senators and Representatives before men
tioned, and the members of the several State Legisla
tures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of
the Confederate States and of the several States, shall
le bound by oath or affirmation to "support this con
stitution, but no rcligous test shall ever be required as
a qualification to any office or public trust under the
Confederate 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.
6. The powers not delegated to the Confederate
States by he constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States are reserved to the States, respectively, or to
the people thereof.
AUTICLE VII.
1. The ratification of the Contentions 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 Vice Presi
dent ; and for the meeting of the Electoral College ;
and for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi
dent. They shall also prescribe the time for holding
the first election of members of Congress under this
constitution, and the time for assembling the same.
Until the assembling of such Congress, the Congress
under the provisional constitution shall continue to
exercise the legislative powers grantod tu. -tending
rjeyona me luue uuiiuxj vy tne constitution
of the provisional grvermnent.
Adopted unanimously, March 11, 18Glr
B.
11.
MOORE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
- SALISBURY, N. C,
Will practice in the Courts of Ilowan and adjoining coun
ties. Collections promptly made.
Jan. 6 1861. ,' ' 17 ly
NOTICE.
Methodist Trot. Female College,
Jamestown, Guilford Cq. N. C. . ;
THE FIFTII SESSION WILL OPEX JULY 4,1861,
under the charge of G. W. Hege, A. M.
ThU Institution has the advantasre of a healthy lscation,
large and comfortable buildings, and extensire philosophi
cal and chemical apparatus, Ac.
The President and family, with the other members of the
Faculty, live in the College and eat at the same tables with
the St udenti. Tuition $15 per session; Music on the Piano
or Guitar $20; Grecian Fainting $7 50; Embroidery $7 50.
latin, lrcncn, uneniai rainun, irawinp, nairriwti,
Wax Flowers, Fiather Flowers, Wax Fruit, each $5; V
cal Music $1; contingent expenses $1; Boarding $7 50 per
month, including washing and fires, half in advance. For
further inlor-ination address ' "
G. W. HEGE, Prerident.
June 26 ' tf-
HILLSBOBOUGH
MILITARY ACADEMY.
TIIIS INSTITUTION Is nnder the conduct of
Col. C. U. Tew, formerly Superintendent of the SUte
Military Academy at Columbia, S: C. It is designed to
afford! education of the same scientific and practical
charac cr as that obtained in the State Military Institu
tions of Virginia and South-Carolina.
COURSE OF STUDY :
jf.w Y,r. U Cla Arithmetic. AUrebr a. French
History United States, English Grammar, Geography, Or
thography. ' ' ' .
Second Year, ith Clat Algebra, Geometry, Tngonom
ctrv. French, Latin, Universal History, Composition.
Third itar, ia Jia .uescripiiTe zwuiv.ij , ouwoi,
Shadows and Perspective, Analytical Geometry, Survey
ing, French, Latin, Rhetoric, History ' England, Litera
ture, Drawing, Elocution. , , ,
Fourth Year, 2nd Clata Dif. and Int. Calculus, Natural
Philosophy, Chemistry, Rhetoric, Logic, Moral Philoso
phy, Latin, Drawing, Elocution. .
Fifth Year, Ut CUu. Agricultural Chemistry, Astron
omy, Geology, Mineralogy, Civil Engineering, Field Forti
fication, Ethics, Political Economy, Evidences of Christi
anity, Constitution of the United States.
Infantry and Artillery Drill will form a feature of the
whole course6ADEMic YEARBARRACKS. .
The Academic year will commence on the first Wednes
day in February, (Feb. 6, 1861,) and eontinne, without in-
fnnrth Wednesdav in Aovember. Tne
Barracks are arranged with special reference to the e"
sities of a Military Academy. The main building is 21
feet long and three stories high ; another building, 190 feet
long, contains the mess hall, kitchen, store room, surgeon
office and hospitaL '
The charges for the academic year are $315, for-which
the academy provides board, fuel, lights, washing instruc
tion, text-books, medical attendance and clothing.
For circulars containing full information address
COL. C. C TEW,
Supt IL M. A.
April 10,1861. wAswly.
rpUBNIP
SKED- TURNIP SEED.
Large Flat Dutch Turnip Seed ,
im en ?
Kea rop xnrnip,
Large Norfolk,
Large Mammoth (from this county,)
And other kinds of Turnip seed,
ForsaleaY PESCUD'S Drug Store
August 19 76tr-
A
FINE I0T OP SPONGE.
Salad Ofl,
Baker's Bitters,
; Black Tea,
f English Mustard,
Drug Store.
Onr Own Primary Grammar.
JUST rtrisHE T
STEBI.ING & CAMPELL,
- GaaMsaoao' 5". C.
72 pages, H mo., 25 cents per copy.
u hrthem and all booksellers.
Teachers and School officers desiring copies for examina-
Ubrlceirethemoa rnnitting 15 ts the .UK,r.
SMYTHE.
Lexington, X. C.
aha ' . dec. ii, 8C1
JF Vim
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING. ;
One square, first awrtion, -fW.
Echwbtequent insertion,..
(Fourteen line or wider makt a iqwe.) .TT "I
Contracts will be entered into with yearly, kalf-yeariy
and quarterly adrertuers, at a redaction from the above
rates. '' ' .''""'. .' '-. 7 .
No deduction from the regular rates for advertise
inserted ia the Weekly Edition. ' ..
All advertisements receive one insertion la the Week.
. North Carolina Shoe Factory,
THE Subscribers Adopt this method cf InfonaV
ing the public tht thev hare established, and have
now in operation in Kalcigh, a manufactory ofWOODKf
SHOfcS, which they can confidently recommend ms the
cheapest shoes now manufactured, and aUo as an Article
which will prove vaUable and leatin. Their shoes are
3? fBnnd poplar wood, and are lined, and finished 1
than leather brosan. of the same number. They a im-
they will also keep the feet perfectly dry. They will be
for sentinels fcnd sold.ers who are muei. exposed. The
poplir shoes are very ligh and can be ealflyKSky
The subscribers have also in operation ,t their -sUblish-ment
a machine for making SIlOE LASTS 1 and they are
turnmrout Urge quantities of this articVao indSpW
ble to shoemakers, at fair prices. "t?"re.uamr
JdxlSLu 11 TBeiP ,h' P Pir wholesale,
w , K. T,ernw M,h on dehrery. ,
.'Bejenof ml. foUowin ctfroni the Patent Ofi
rtri?1 h". B!?WB thal er of diseases; oftea
resulting in impaired constitutions, and even in the loss ef
life, bare been contracted by a porUon of the laboring
population, in consequence of wearing leather shoes, when
engaged in their operations, during cold weather, er in
wet situations. To prevent these erUs to some extent,
wooden shoes are extensively worn in France and Oer
manr. Thev are hio-lilr rHnninu(( k k. 1 :
tural Societies and covernmenU of Eumni.
ritb
t . v irvnce, iuo uoara 01 commerce and trade
... r. . . ' r ' "-
of Wirtemberg, called a practical workman from France te
uuvii.iiuii iu tueir manuiacture. Xot '
allowing water to penetrate8 as leather shoes de,r they are
naturally dryer, capable of keeping the feet warm, preheat
diseases by promoting the requisite and salutary perspira
Uon, and are regarded, to a great extent, as life SiEeryers.
"bly an operation on the farm and
about the farm-house in which they could not be profitaW v
used. They are mwt economical about sUWes.where leather
shoes are exposed to the destrucfiTe attacks of dung-water,
in plowing, mowing, harresting, in doing earth work ia
,.ucjru0, vuypping wooa, and in marketing. With ths
adrantages in a saluUry point of iew, they combine
such durability as to last almost a life time.
These ad rantages will certainly entitle them te the atten
tion of a portion of the farming, manufacturing and labour
ing population of the counsry. .
p , w v'p TIIEIM FRAPS, i ;
Raleigh. N. C, Dec. 31, 1861. Jan. 8, Utf
Standard and Register copy, "tfc ,
. Twenty Five Dollars Reward.
INFORMATION WANTED. '
A
Man railing himself W. J.Trrpr.Miuiit
my Lirery Stable on Saturday morninr the 2Gth
mat , and haring hired a Uorse and liuggy until the same '
erening or following Sunday mornio-, left with same, and
has not fince been heard of by roe.
It was a Koan,IIoiso with the " Scratches' on the left
hind leg. The buggy was "a black, flat bottomed one,
rather worn. .
1 will pay TwentTTfire Dollars reward for the return of
the abore property and apprehension of the aforesaid W;
J. Terry, He is a stout thick-set man, with sallow cora
plcxion, dark hair, and rather blow the medium hlghU
, JAMES ii. UARRlS.
Jan. 28th, 18C2. , M tf
: . . INSANE ASTLIM.
APPLICATIONS tOK THE ADMISSIOX OP MALE
Patients must be made to the undersigned, to secure
admission, in consequence of the crowded condition of that
depa tin en t. . X . -.
ED. C. FISHER, -t
" Physician and Superintendent.
Januar , , 18C2. x jan 25-wAsw3m
DANK OF NORTH CAROLINA.
AS'IW1,!!? y thc Stockholders of this
,u vBnk "I1" held in the City of Raleigh, on SATUR
DAY the 15th msL, by order of the Board of Directors.
on business of the highest importance.
,,.A putactuaU-attendance is requested.
r . . . '. . -a-OM. t C. DEWEY, Cashier.'
Raleigh, Feb. 6, 1862. . 2ctd
TO HIRE.
KHeTncg?"?n,
a m . t
nanus ) ana a good nootler,
. x 1 ii a 1 . v
Apply at Journal Office.
March 5
33 2tpd
.Oxford Schools.
THE Subscriber Is prepared to furnish with
board and comfortable accommodations Students attending-the
Masonic High School and the Female Schools of 1
the town '; also any persons wishing to board, in a health j
section, and enjoy good society.
Terms from $12.50 to $15, per month. '. . .
R. D. If ART.
February 5th, 1862. , ' 25 tf
WAITED.
FiTClInndrcd Tree Negroes
TO WORK ON POETIFI CATIONS.
I Want 500 free Negroes to work on the fortlfl.
cations on Keusc and Pamlico Hirers.'.
They will be furnished transportation, jjuarters,sabsist
ence, and will be paid ten dollars per month.
?They are abselutely ueceeaary to the public defence, and
I appeal to county and city authorities, and t patriot!
private citizens to aid me in procuring them. If you in
tend to aid in the defence of the State, now is the time.
The soldiers are now at work, and hare been for weeks. .
I wish totake the spade from them and gire them their'
rouskeU. Citizens now at home must furnish laborers to
take the spade.
The government will pay for labor; but laborers we
must hare. ' ' ' , '
They should report without an hours' delay to Major
W. II. Thompson, Chief Engineer, Newbern ; r to Capt, .
W. Si G. Andrews, 10th N. C. Troops, at Washington.
Each party of 20 should, if possible, be accompanied by
an energetic white man, to attend to the supply of their
wants, and to overseer them at work. ........
Axes, Spades and Picks, or Grubbing Hoen, are not to
be bought, and should be brought : they will be paid for.
Letters on this subject must be addressed as above.
L. O'B. BRANCH, Brig.-Gen'l C. S. C. .
' Head Quarters, Pist. of Pamlico, J
Newbern, Feb. 12, 186231.
HILLSBORO' MILITARY ACADEMY.
THIS INSTITUTION WILL RE RE OPENED. !UX
Ar .ffiripnt manaceraf et. on Wednesdar. March 6th1
The services of oflicers having been permanently secured,
no further interruption ot duties need be apprehended.
For Circulars, stating new terms, c aaaress ,
"SUPERINTENDENT H. M. A."
feb. I wAsw3m - ' '
Cracker uaKery. r
Ttit? tnhsrrlbr rs liaTlns ballt t Iarse HAED
BReId a'" CRACKER BAKERV, and f fitted it up
with the most lmproveac"j. -
furnUh the citizens of Raleigh, and the State, with fresh
Crackers, and f the beat quality, such as
i Roda Cracken, ' 1 ''
J Batter Crackers,
' Water Crackers, '
Sugar Crackere, etc., ete. '
We are also prepared to furnish the Army aaJ a ry i
with ' Kavy Bread, v ,
inUt Bread, f
Wino Bwcnit, !
-' . etc.retc, etc., ' . .
Vv-.i.Mt market rates. Cash orders aeeurelypacked
and romp" y" y AS' S1MFS0X J
Wati -Empty Flour Barrels in good conditionfor
wmcn we wn. , g SIMPSON k SON,
nv.
30, 1861
swCsb.
SADDLETREES-
SADDLE TREES.
SADDLE TREES . ..
Or all deriptionand style, can be mtde on msonabl.
terms, at shortest oucS'iElu k
FRAPS' Factory,
Raleigh, I. V.
34 tf.
March 8.
rnrralirc for Sale, :
FOUB SEATED r Jose
m
r iLracowfiVwir k-
but little
?L K. BURuWYN.
low1, apply
to
! 40 2t
Marco
cb i J,
TAX LISTS.
mm? nnAeTne& barlnz been appointed A i.
SdT-S -or 1 IA LIST foUaleigh DU
.r .Ti: t 5 will attend at the Court Bouse, on the
SiTwh .nd 11th days of AprU next, for that purpose.
interested must be prompt ia their attendanee, ,
w:M
- . i ..h ,. a law. . , ii . j.
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