f he State JteitaL
jOilN SFELMAN, ECitor and Proprietor
AND PRINTER TO THE STATE.
."-flX-BbBIXSOJ, "Assistant Editor.1
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The Southern Hcpublic.
f'e 'permanent Constitution of the Confederate SU
. - of America.
Ke tbepsoj;Wof the Confederate States, each State
'actin"' its sovereign and indeiendent character, in
orit'Ao form a permanent federal government, estab
'iih justice, insure domestic tranquility, and .secure the
t Session of liberty to ourselves and our posterity in
jthe favor and guidance of Almighty God do
' .cnlaiu'.and establish this Constitution for the Confcide
rate 'States of America..- '
Article I. Section 1. -r
11 legislative powers herein delegated shall be
VCstc(P in a Congress of the Confederate States,
which shall consist, of a Senate and Ilouse of Iiep
' restntatives
: , , " . Section 2.
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1 The House of Representatives shall be composed
r ineinhers chosen every second year by the people of
.p several States; and the. electors in each State shall.
1 e' -itizenspf the Confederate States, and have the qual
"ilic -itiniis requisite for electors of the most numerous
lr-nrli of the State Legislature; but no person of
f, jeim birth not a citizen ot the umieuerate htates
haiH)C allowed to vote for any officers, civil or politi
State or Federal. ,
X person shall ie a representative who shall not
i ive 'attained the age of twenty-five years, and be a
citizen' f the Confederate States, and who shall not,
v-liri cl'-tteu, be an inhabitant of that State in which
s J.ii'l be chosen.
? lit presci natives ana direct taxes biiair ue appor
the several States which may be-indluded
:ii)K ill:
: within mis p1 1 'J j : "r.
: Mini era, wh'uh shalKMletermined by adding to the
whole number ff free persos, including those bounf
t'l er vice for a term of years, and excluding Indian
r,;t taxed, three-fifihs of all slaves. The actual enu
lneratioii shall be 'made within three years after the
firt'iiieetiii?? of tile Congress ot the Confederate States,
an,! every subsequent term of ten years, in stub
manner aa?t hey shall, by law, direct. The immber of
V ijp'riUtives shall not exceed one for every fifty
t'4isaiKl but each State shall have at least one rcprt-
' i . .-1 .a. - i . i
, ii "v... t",..-i.if.iw apiT.riliiiT tri fchpir niunwhro
'Kiitative ; aii'l unui sucn u.umiti uuuy r-ijuu ua inane
' ' ti." State of South'Carolina shall be entitled to choose
s-ix. the State of. Georgia ten, the State of Alabama
v nine "the State of 'Florida two, the State of Mississippi
hfven, the State of Louisiana six, and. the State of
v Texas six.' : - t -
4. When vacancies happen in the representation
V')!ii any Stste, 1 1 ie Executive authority thereof shall
iiV-u rits of eleCttun to fill such vacancies.
5. The Ilouse of" Representatives shall choose their
Sjicakrr and other ofiieers, and shall have the sole
. jitter -f impeachment, except that any jud cial or
lin't; federal i fficer resident and acting solely within
; th" lihiits of anv.Stati, may lie impeached by a vote
..I iwi -thirds of both branches of the Legislature
v tliijieof. '
' - 'Section. 5.- , '
1. The. Senate of the Cn federate States shall be
(rmiposed of two Senators from each State, chosen for
six years 'by the Legislature thereof, at the regular
-session next" .immediately ' preceding the commence
' int nt of tlie term of service; and each Senator shall
hae one vote. '
!. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in
consequence of the first election, they shall be divided
as equally as may be into three classes. The seas of
the Senators of. the first class shall be vacated at the
a expiration of the second year ; of the second class at
the
expiration of the fourth year ; and of the third
class
at 'the expiration ot the sixth year; so that one
time! may be thoseu every second year; and if vacan
t lies happen .by resignation or otherwise during the re-
n ts o
fcmimriirv aPTuintrnents until the
"?J'T,.V
til ih
laeieoi iua ini.- 1 j. ... , .,
next meeting
ol tne iit.1410iiii.un., Kuiv" ow.... w.v,..
r- . i I : .14-,i. n'li!rh chnll fill
'' such vacancies. , ,
Z Ko person shall be a-Senator who shall not have
-attained the age of thirty years, and be a citizen of the
-Genlederate States, and who shad not when elected,
l,c an inhabitant of the State for which he snail be
rlutspu.
4. Ti e Viee President of the Confederate J
: he PiWalent of the S'enati but shall have n
federate States shall
no vote, un-
less the be equally divided. v , ' c. ,
j i. Tic Senate shall choose their other officers, and
I ak.,' : Presitlent pro tempore in t lie absence ot the ice
I I'n-i.hni, or when he shall exercise the office of Presi
ded of the Confederate States. t
i: The Senate shall have': the sole po,vcr to try all
.iiiipeachmente. When sitting for that purpose, they
fhalfbc on oath or affirmation. Hhen the Pretideat
' of the Confederate States is tried, the Chief Justice
-shall preside and no person shall be convicted with-
out the concurrence of two-thirds of t lie members
present. .
7 .Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not ex-
tend further than to removal from office, and disqual
. ilieation tl hold and enjoy any oflic-e of honor, trust or
piMtit, under the Confederate States; but the party con
victed hhall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to in
dietinent, trial. Judgment and punishment, accprding-
P. law! , . - ' "
Section 1.
1. I'lie times, qiaccs and manner of holding elec
tions for Senators and llcpresentatives shall he pre-
-crihed in-each' State by the Legislature thereof, sub--I
iect to the provisions of this Oaistitution ; but toe Con
irross may, at any time, by law make or alter' sutdi
recjitaiions, except as to the times and places of choos
- ing Senators. A -
2: 'hie O .tigress shall assemble at least o.ice in every
year ; and stich meeting shall be o'u the first Monday, in
Vvcemher. unless they" shall, by law, appoint a different
viav. ' ' .-
Section 5. '."'
1.. Kach Hon e shall be the judge of the elections,
returns and qualifications of its own members, and a,
ii.;i)?;ty of each shall constitute a quorum to do busi-
rg-'s; but a smaller number may adjourn 'from day to
lay. and may 1c authorized to compel the attendance
of 'absent members, in such manner and under such
penalties as each Ilouse may provide.
... 2. Each Ilouse may determine the rules of its pro-
Tedirsgs, punish its members for disorderly' behavior,
nd, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the whole
''.;vnl-er."expet'a member.
-i. Lacii House shall ker-p a journal of : its pro
! c' .iincs. and from 'time to time publish the sane, ex
! '-ptiiig such pifrts as lhay in their judgment require
I ' v.-cresy. and. the yeas and nays of the ihe:ubersot
either House, ou any question, shall, at the desire of
twe-tifth of those present, be entered on the journal,
j 4. Neither House, during the session of Congress.
'.Mian,, without the consent of the other, adjourn for
; iaore than three days, nor to any other .place than that
u which the two Houses shall be sitting.
Section G.
I 1. Tlie Senators and representatives shall receive
i" ;tcoiupensa,tiini for their services, to be ascertained by
1; aw, ami. paid out of the treasury ;f ihe Confederate
' States. ' They shall, in all cases, except treason, felony
I ' and breach of the peace be privileged from arrest during
- their attendance at the session of their respective
j Houses, and in going to "And returning from the same ;
! and for any speech or debate in either Ilouse they shall
; not be questioned in any other place. .
2. Xo Senator or Pvepix'sentative sna' during the
'; time for .which he was elected, be appointed to any
civil office "under the authority of the Confederate
, States; which shall have been created, or the emolu
ments whereof shall have been increased during such
' time; and no person holding any office under the Con
federate States shall be a member of either House du
; during his coniinuance in office. But Congress, may,
by law, grant to the principal oncer in eacli of the Ex
ecutive Departments a seat upon the floor f fitliVr
Ilouse, witb-lbe privilege of discussing any measures
appertauing to his department. .
Section 7.
All billsibr raising revenue shall originate in the
Hcuae of Jiepresentatives; but the Senate may propose
he. oncur with amendments as on other bills,
loa Every till which hrfve passed both House st2 1,
before it becomes a law, be presented to the.
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Vol. II.
President of the Confederate States ; if he approve, Le
shall sign it; but if not he shall return it with his ob
jections to that House - in which it shall have origi
nated who shajl enter the objections at large on their
journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such
reconsideration, t'w o-thirds of that House shall agree
to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the ob
jections, to the Otheniouse, by which it shall likewise
be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that
House it shall become a law. But in all such cases the
votes ot both Houses shall be determined by yeas and
nays, and the names of the persons voting for and
against the bill shall be .entered on "the journal of each
House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned
by the President within ten' days (Sundays excepted)
after it shafl have been presented to him! the same
shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it,
unless the Congre;, by their adjournment, prevent its
return ; in which case it shall not be a law. The Presi
dent may approve any appropriation and. disapprove
any other appropriation in the same bill. In such case,
lie shall, in siguimr ""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 nrorppd-
ings shall then-be had as in case" of other bills disap
proved by the President. " v
3. Every order, resolution or vote, to which theron-
currence of both Houses in ay be necessary (except on
a question of adjournment) shall be presented to
President of the Con federate States: and beforft
the
the
same snail take efiect, shall be approved by him; or
being disapproved by him, may be repassed by 'two
thirds of both Houses, according to tli! mlns nnH Int
uitions prescribed in case of a bill. . '!
Section 8. .
'fha-Congress shall have power ''..
1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex
cises for revenue necessary to pay ti e debts, provide
for the common defence, ami carry on the government
of the Con federate States; but no bounties shall be
granted from the Treasury, nor shall,anydutiesor taxes
on importations from foreign nations be laid to pro-
luoie or joster any orancliot industry; ami all duties,
imposts and excises shall be uniform: thoroughout the
Confederate States.
2. rlo borrow inonev 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 impropriate money for any
internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce,
except for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons and
buoys, and other aids to navigation upon the coasts!
and the improvement of harbors and the removing of
obstructions in river navigation, in allwhich cases
uch duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated
thereby as may be necessary to" pay-the costs and ex
penses tliereof. . "
4. To establish uniform laws of naturalization, and
uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, through-,
out the Confederate States ; but nu law of Coligres shall
discharge any debt contracted before the passage of
the same.
5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof a nd of
foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and mea
sures. :
6. 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
expenses of the Post office Department, after the first
day of March in the year of our lord eighteen hundred
and sixty-three, shall be paid out of its own reve
nues. 8. To promote the progress of science and 'useful
arts, by securing for 'limited times to authors . and in
and discoveries.
9. To i onstitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme
Lourt. -
10., To'defiiie and punish piracies and felonies com
mitted on thehigh seas, and offences agaiust the law .
of nations'.
11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re
prisal, and make rules concerning captures oh land
.and water.
12. To raise and support armies; but no appropria
tion of money to that use shall be for a longer term
than two years. ; '
13. To provide. and maintain a navy
14. lo make rmes
b.r government and regulation
of the land and naval forces
15. To provide for caliis g forth the mili'iia to exe
cute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress in
surrections and ycpel invasion..
1G. To provite for organizing, arming and discip
lining the militia, and for governing such part of them
as may be emiuoycd hi the service of-the Confederate'
States ; reserving to the States, respectively, the ap- .
pointment of 'the officers and the authority of training
the militia according to the discipline prescribed by :
Congress. .
17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases
whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles ;
square) as may, by cession of one or more States and
the acceptance of Oingress,, become the seat of the
gaycrnment of the Confederate States;" "audi to exercise
like authority over all places purchased by the.cousent
of the Legislature of the State in which the same snail
be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock
yards and other needful buildings ;. and
18. To make all laws which shall.be necessary and
proper for carrying into execution the foregoing pow
ers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in '
the government of -the Confederate States, or in any .
department or officer thereof.
Section 9.
1. The importation of negroes of the African race
from any foreign country .other than the slaveholding
States, or Territories of the United States of America;
is hereby forbidden ; and Congress is requfred to pass
such laws as shall effectually prevent the same.
2. Congress shall also halve pbwer to prohibit the
introduction of slaves from any Shite not a member
of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy.
3. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall
not be suspended, unless when .in cases of rebellion or .
invasion the public safety may require it.
4. No bill of attainer, or ex post facto law, or law .
denying or impairing the right of property in negro
slaves shall be passed.
o.Xo capitation or other direct tax shall be laid '
unless in proportion to the census or enumeration here- ;
iubefoie directed to be taken. ,
G. No tax or dutv shall 1 e laid on articles exported ;
from any State, except byfavote of two-thirds of i
both houses. ''
7. No preferences shall be given by any regulation
of commerce or revenue to tlie ports' of one State over i
hose ot another. ,
S. No moitey shall be drawn frohilthe treasury, but
in consequence of appropriations made byr law ; and a
regular statement and account of the receipts and ex
penditures of all public money shall he published from
time to. time. .
9. Congress shall appropriate no money from the
treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses,
taken by yeas and hays, unless it be asked and 'esti
mated for by sou.e one of the heads of department, and
submitted to Congress bv the President i cr for the
purpose of paying its own expenses and Contingencies ;
or for the payment of claims against the Confederate
States, the; justice of which shall have been judicially
declared by a tribunal for the "investigation of claims ,
against the government, which it is hereby made the
duty of Congress to establish. .
10. All bills appropriating money shall specify in
federal currency the exact amount of each appropria
tion and the purposes for which it is made ; and
Congress thall grant no exti .ompensation to any
public contractor, ;fiiccr, agent or servant, after such
contract shall have een made or such service rendered
11. No title of nobility shall be ged rantby the Con
federate States ; and no person holding any office of
profit of trust under them, shall.witha out the copsent
fo the Congress, accept of any neresent emlumeuts
office of title of any kind what prv from aoy king,
n , ce or foreign State. '.
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11ALEIGH N. C, SATURDAY. JUNE 7, 1862.
12 Congress
shall make no law respecting an
religion, or prohibiting the free
CTuumsijiueuii 01 reunion, tr pro
exercise thereof ; or abridfrintr the frewloni nf rpo1i
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 Wng necessary to the
security of a free State, the right I the people to keep
and bear arms shall not be infringed.
14. No soldier shall, in. timeof peace, be cuar
tered m any house without the consent of the owner;
nor in time of war, but in a mauner to be prescribed
by law. .
15. The right of the people to be. secure in their
persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasona
b.e searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and
no warrants shall issue but upon pfcibable cause, sup
ported by oath or affirmation, and pai-ticulnrlv
scribing the place to be searched, and the persons or
uuiigs w) ue si'izea.
16. No person shall be hoJd to answer for a capital
or otherwise infamous cnaie, unless on a presentment
or maiciment oi a grand jury, except in cases arising
in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when
m actual service, m time ot war or pubhc danger;
nor shall any person be subject" for the same offence
w uu iw ice put in jeopardy ot lite or limb, nor be
compenea, 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 prorw
cn,y ue uuien ior puone use witnout just compensa
tion. 17. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall
enjoy tlie ngut to a speedy and public trial, bv an im
partial jury of the te and dis trict wherein the crime
shall have beer' nmnntfed, which district shall
have been pre v'- .sly ascertained by law, and to be
.informed ot the --ature and cause of the accusation
. . - " ,
to be ContrOr.tfn with thn m th om net V;,.. i
, V ; '""r."'.''"uu w
have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his
itnesses in his
favor, and to have
the assistance of counsel for his
ocjenco.
Id. In suits ai conimon law, where the -value in
i controversy shall exceed ' twenty dollars, the ridit of
' trial by jury shall be -preserved ; and no fact so tried
1 t ti , .. ' . , . - "
b a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court
common law. '
19. PLxcessive bail shall not be required, nor exces
v.. i,.. ..v-i -....0 .v luv, , mo ui tije
sive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual puuisluneiits
iunictei.
20. Every law or resolution having the force of law,
shall rela.e bx bpt one subject, and that shall be ex-
pressed in the title. ....
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Section 10.
1. 'No State shall
ov.ior info !siv froafi- 0.1;.,,. ....
confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal
coin raonev: make anything but n ?i Ji ii t
t uwvT. aiiiiiiii r. 111
a tender in 1 avment odebte, nass anv l,"li i II
dcr, or ex pout facto law, or law impairing the obliga
tion'ofcont racks; or grant any title of nobility. '
2. Nu State shall, without the consent of the Con
gress, lay any imposts or duties on imports and ex
ports, except what may be absolutely, necessary for
executing its inspection laws ; and the nett'pr'oduce of
all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports
or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the
Confederate States ; and all such laws'shall be subject
to the revision antt control of Congress.
3. No State shall, without the consent of 'Congress,
lay any. duty, of tonnage, except on sea-going vessels
for the improvement of its rivers and harbors naviga
ted by the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con
flict with any treaties of the Confederate States with
foreign nations; and any surplus of revenue thus de
rived shall, after making such improvement, be paid
into the common treasury; nor shall any State keep
troops or ships of war, in time of peace, enter into any
agreement or compact with another State, or with a
ded, or in such imminent danger as wu; not aannt ot
delay. Hut when any river divides or flows through
two or more; States, they, may enter into compacts
with each other to improve the navigation thereof.
Ar.TUVLK II. Section 1.
1. The executive povr shall be vested in a Presi
dent -of the C io'eciirate States of America. He and.,
tlie Vice President shall hold then offices for the term
of six years ; but the President shall not be re-eligible.
"The President and Vice President shall be elected as
follows:
2. Kach State shall appoint . 111 such mauner as the
Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors
equal to the wh -lo number of- Senators and Representa
tives o which -the State maybe entitled in the Con
gress; hut yo Senator or representative, or person
holding an ofth eof trust or profit under the Confeder
J 7 X J 41 v "twliu
ate States, shall be
appointed an elector.
1 1 t
3. The electors shall meet in their respective States
and vote by ballot, for Pie-ident and Vice President,
one of whom, at least, shall not b-3 an inhabitant of
the same State with themselves; they shall name in
their ballots the person voted ior as President, and in
distinct. ballots live 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 th'e government of the Confederate States, directed
to the President of the Senate ; the President of th
Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate jftid Hous
of Representatives, open all the certificates, and 'th
votes shall then be counted; the person having th
greatest number of -votes 'for Jb esident 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 Ilouse of Representatives
slfall choose immediately, by ballot, the President.'
But in choosing the President the votes shall be takeu
by States, the representation from each State having one
Vetera' quorum for this purpose shall consist of a
memoer 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.
lonowing, men tnc ice rresiaent snau act as 1 resi
dent? as in case of the death or other constitutional
disability of the President.
' 4. The person having the greatest number of votes
no Vice PVtoident tKtll le tiro - Vice I'retKc-nt, if SUch
-number be a majority of the whole number of electors
'appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from
the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall
choose the Vice President a quorum for the purpose
shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Sen
ators, and a majority of the whole number shall be ne
cessary to a choice. i
5. Ihit no person constitutionally ineligible to the
office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres
ident of the Confederate States.
. G. The Congress may determine the time of choosing
the electors, and the day on which they shall give their
votes, which day shall be the same throughout the
Confejpte States.-.
7. N a person except a natural born citizen of the
Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of
the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof
born in. the United States prior to the 20th ot Decem
ber, 1SG0, shall be eligible to the office of President;
neither shall any person be eligible to that office who
shall not have attained the ace of thirty-five years,
and been fourteen years a resident within the limits of
the Confederate States, as may exist at the time of his
election ' "
8. In case of J 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 what officer shall
then act as President, and such officer shall act accord
ingly until the disability be removed or a President
shall be elected. 4
,9 Tlie President shall, at stated times, receive tor
his services a comjensation, which shall neither be in
creased nor diminished during the period for which he
it:
t.
fhall have been elected : and he shall not receive with
n that period any other emolument from the Confed
erate States, or any of theru. , -
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-1 - will faith
fully execute the office of President of the Confederate
States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve
protect and defend the Constitution thereof." . '
, tkctian 2.
1. The President shall be commander-in-chief of
the army and navy of the C onfederate Stales, and of
the militia of the several States! when called int., th-
officer
, , . . & , I ' . It I civile
wwf minting .l..ir. e .1 .
TlOll ntllr enh
jvV. .y.anuK uieimueskoi tneiT respective offices
and he shall have power to grant reprieves and par-
v.v unuiia aaiusi, me nieaerato States ex
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, shall appoint ambassadors
other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su
preme Court, and all other officers of the Confederate
States whose appointments are not herein otherwise
provided for, and which shall be established by law
but the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment
ot such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the
President alone, n the courts of law or in the heads
of departments.
3. The principal 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. All otlrtr civil officers of the
-.-.i:, . iLjiuiiuicm "Jiy u reiiioveil at anv time
u... .i J . . V "-'inc
"J me r resiueni, or otner appointing power when
their sprvirvs nrn i,,,. i,'r. .i' . '
-- - M.iuvvtviuij , jl iuj uiiMiuiicsiy, mca
pacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect --of duty
and when so removed, the - removal shall be reported
t6 the Senate, together with the reasons therefor.
4. The President shall have power to fill all v'aean-
f-lP rll.'lf'mov tinnruin iliinni, 4-U,. C il. . .
v inning me ictms .u me oenare
by granting commissions which shall expire at the
1 cit
end of their next session ; but no person rejected by
the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office du
ring their ensuing recess.
v Section 3.
1. The President shall from time to time, give t)
tlie Congress information of the state of the Confed-
eracy, and recommend to' their consideration such
measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient
'U I 1 .V:
he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both
" tucui , aim in case oi aisasTce-
1 1 . - ii , . '
,Hil?efn Inera w,tti respect to the time of ad-
J?nt, he may adjourn them to such time as he
sn,aU thmfe proper ; he shall receive Ambassadors and
otner puonc ministers: he shall take cam tht H,
ii ti- -.. .
laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all
tne omcers of the tnfederate States.
Section 4.
l.-The President, Vice President, and all civil offi
cers of the Confederate States, shalLbe remored from
office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason,
bribery, or other high crimes and misdeanors.
article nr. Section 1.
1. 'The judicial power of the CnvfivteratA
shall be vested in-one Superior Court, and in such'iul
ferior courts as the Congress mav froih tirm, tn t;
ordain aud establish. The rtubW both nf tl
preme and. in ferior courts,, shall hold their offices du-'
ring good .behavior, and shall-, at stated times, receive
for-their services a compensation, which shall not. W
diminished durins their continuance, in oftW '
Section 2.
1. The judicial power shall extend to all e:isr
niadelioiiei-I'neVi'VrfiHW
bassadors, other public ministers and consuls to all
eases' of admiralty and maritime jurisdictitih ; to con
troversies Uy 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
or the citizens thereof and foreign' States, citizens or
subjects; but no State shall be sued by a citfzeh or
subject of any foreign State.
2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public
ministers aud consuls, and those in which a State
shall be a party, the Supreme Court sh a ,1 Lh a ve origi
nal jurisdiction.' In ad the other cases before men
tioned the Supreme Court -hall have appellate juris
diction, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions
and under such1 regulations as the Congress shall
make.
3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im
peachment, shallbe 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 dm federate States shall con
sist only in levying war against them, or in adhering
to their enemies, giving 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 Congress shall have power to declare the
punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason
shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except
during the life of the person attained.
abticle nr. Section 1. .
1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each
State to the public acts, records and judicial proceed
ings of every other State. Aud the Coiigrcsi may,
by general laws,' prescribe the manner in wch such
acts, records and proceedings shall be proved and tjic
effect thereof. .
Section 2.
1. The citizens of each State shall oe entitled to all
the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever
al Stales, and shall havo the right of transit and so
journ in any State of this Confederacy, with their
slaves and other property; and the right of property
in said slaves shall not bo thereby impaired.
2. A persoii'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 autority 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 law or regu
lation therein, be discharged from such service or la
bor, but shall be delivered upon 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 whole House ot
Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate, the
Senate voting by States; but no new' State shall be
formed or-erected withiu the jurisdiction of any -other
State ; nor any State be formed by the juuetion 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 ami
make all needful rules and regulations concerning the
property of the Confederate States,, including the
ands thereof. t -
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 with
out the limits of the several States, and may permit
them, at such times and ?a such manner as it may by
law provide, to form the States to be admitted "into
the confederacy. In all such territory the institution
of negro slavery as it now exists in the Confederate
States shall be recognized and protected by Congress
and by the territorial government and th inhabitant!
of the several Confederate States and Territories sha f-
w.ui service oi tne Uon federate States ; he may re
nunc uiB opinion, in writing, of the nrincinal
II 1L II 1 11 1
a i w m n , . j
M 59.
' St4 St ' -cry
of this amfederWo i? ft ? ome a member
and shall Protcri r; )IlCi,n fo of ernment,
o" appHcationf H t f J" against 'invasion ; and
wheut ?S I ,ft?ltte the Executive
c "ence. 2 C " m -n) aiast domes-
1 n ' .1 ABJTICLE y- Section 1. ;
assernbffin tl aamA a three States legally
S3u , X sever:U conventums, the Concress
shall summon a Convention of all the States to taS
nto consideration such amendments ? the 'conUtu
Jaili.l PrI?eJ.emend?iens to the constitution
he agreed on by the said convention voting by
Statesand the same be ratified by the LerisHtuS
of two-th rdsof the several StatesTor nSSSSSS
Z WlrdS thof the ne o'r thcoythTmot o
ratificanon may be proposed by the general conveu-han-they
shall hence forward form a part of this
Qnstitut,on. But no. States shall, without its con
Senate GP ltS eluaI . rePrescntation in the
ARTICLE VI
i. k The Goverament established by the Constitution
fW f (;esSc(lr tof lte Provisional government of the
G federate States of America, and all the laws pass
ed by the latter shall continue in force until the same
shall ho repealed or modified ; and all the officers ap
pointed by the same shall remain : office until th&
successors are appointed and qnalifiej, or the offices
iooiisiiel.
Jh)ll ClCS c1ontr:l0tol ai engagements entered
into before Aho adoption f this constitution .hall be
n n f " V 6 V,e leriite States under this
-l1.1011 as lJnifcr te .provi.Monal government.
-,ta 'i Ui" CJnSVtl.t10"' aud the ,;uvs f the Gmfeder
'XlnS' nia, e i,U PeVflla"ne thereof, and all trea
v nf?T Pr r' "Ch 8ha11 the authori-
I Ot the (JonfednrMt Sif.it. i. u
v ,1 , , "",tvof "'Ui oe me supreme Jaw
bou d tHdl aiKlth1 Judges in every StaLha I Z
bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws
of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
4. Ihe Senators aud Representatives before men
tioned, and the members of the several State UA.
the Co fed.rate States and of the several States, shall
be bound by oath or affirmation to support this con
stitution, but no rehgous test shall ever be required as
Hua nuuion to anyotneeor public trast under the
C p federate States. ' '-
rJ Thi i""1'0'1' the eonstitu.ionl of certain
rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage
others retained by the people of the several States. "
G Ihe powers not delegated to the Confederate
States hy he constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
Sta.es are reserved to -the Shi tes, respectively, or to
the people thereof. , , - '
AU'iICLF. VII.
i Vi iThC ""ffthc Conventions of five State
shall, be sutiicient for the establishment of this consti
tution between the States so ratifying the same
2. When five States shall have ratified this consti
tution, m the manner before specified, the Congress
under provisional constitution shall prescribe the time
for holding the election of President and Vice Presi
uent ; and for the meeting of the - Electoral Glle"e
and for counting thefvotes and inaugurating the Presi
dent, They shall also prescribe the time for holding
the first election of members'of Congress under thi
constitution, and the time for assembling the same.
Until the issemblinr of such fJnnrmxws tho
under the provisional constitution shall continue to.
ca( 1 me legislative powers granted them, not ex
tendina bcvondNthe time bmitml hv fl.o ct;
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BK. M00RE,
ATTOIiXEY AT hAYV
SALISBURY, K. C,
Will practice in the Courts ot" Rowan and adjoining coun
ties. Collections promptly made.
Jan. ti lSfil. s . 17 ly
NOTICE.
Methodist Prot. Female College,
Jamestown, GbiLroBD Co., X. C.
THE FIFTH SESSION WILL OPEN JULY 4,1SC1,
JL under tha "charge ot U. W.IIege, A. hi.
This Institution has the advantage of a healthy I cation,
large and comfortable buildings, and extensire philosophi
cal and chemical apparatus, &c. -
Ihe resident and family, with the other members 01 tne
Faculty, live in thi College and eat at the same tables with
the Students. Tuition $15 per session: Music on the Piano
or Guitar 20; Grecian Painting $7 50; Embroidery $7 50.
Latin, i rench, Oriental Painting, Drawing, Hair b lowers,
Wax Flowers, Frather Flowers,. Wax Fruit, each $5: V.
cal Music $1; contingent expenses $1; Boarding $7 50 per
month, including washing and tires, halt in advance, x or
further inlormation address
G. W. HEGE, President.
June 2G tf.
rpiUMP SEED.
JL TURNIP SEED.
Large Flat Dutch Turnip SSeud,
Red Top Turnip,
Large Norfolk,
Large Mammoth (from this county,)
And other kinds of Turnip seed,
For sale at PESCL'D'S Drug Store.
August 19 I I 76 tf.
A
FINE LOT OF SPONGE.
falad Oil, I
Raker's Bitters, 1
Black Tea,
EnglUh Mustard,
A large stock of Fancy Soaps,
Received at P. F.
PESCUD'S,
Drug Store.
76- tf.
aug 19.
Our Own Primarj Grammar.
' JUST PUBDlSHED BY
STERLING & CAMPELL,
Gbeensboro' N. C. '
72 pages, 12 mo., 25 centa per copy.
For sale by them aud all booksellers.
Teachers and School officers desiring copies for examina
tion will receive them on remitting 15 cents to the author.
C. W. SM Y THE,
Lexington, N. C.
dec. 11, 861 V 9-tf-
Cracker Bakery.
rpiIE subscribers haying built a larse VjABD-
1bRED and CRACKER BAKERY, and fitted it up
with the most improved machinery, are now prepared to
furnish the citizens of Raleigh, and the State, with freh
Crackers, and of ihe best quality, such as .
Soda Crackers,
Butter Crackers,
' Water Crackers,
Sugar Crackers, etc., etc.
We are alio prepaid to furnish the Army and Xa?y
with ,, ,
Isavy lin-atl,
I'ildt Bread,
Wine Biscuit,
etc., ftc.. etc.,
at the lowest market rate. ;h Pfffnv'lv
and promptly by ' Pr
Wasted. Emptv Flour Barrels in good condition, for
which we will pay 25 cent, eacj. WO & SON.
n.v. 30, 1S61. - 6-swCm.
Carraie tor Sale:
A FOUU SEATED close andtisht Carriage,
made br Brewster of Broadway New ork. . beeij
buCitUed. 'SortcM
low. apply to- 40 2t
. March 29, i - .
TAX LISTS. .
-"h80 wBJ J will tSnd t the Court House, on the
trLctl Vilth davs of April next, for that purpose.
9th, 10th "Jfjfgit u T prompt in their attendance,
All parties "" fu Hf .11 their taxabJet tc
mndbringwiti them wntten SEAWELL, J. P
cording to U- -q lse2 40 -W
Kaleigb, March 29, Ibbi.
TERMS FOR ADVEBTISIS.
One sqaare, first nsertion... "
$1.00
ti
cn anowqaeai insertion.
. . (Fourteen linM or undep make m
1
square. )
iJ i!
Contracts win ie ented iato wfth yUrly, alAjearlr
"d qWter1 reduction fron, th. ab.
So deduction front the refnl.r rate, for adrerti. :
inserted In the Weekly EdiUea.
Alltdrertisemenu receive one insertion lathi Wtetj."
mnrKorlh Carolina Shoe Factory,
n" in Liration 5n - 1 t,he-T haT' "tablishedjind hare
SWt "aldgh, manufactory of WOODEN
chent lh they cfc,tlj recommend m thi
made Tof SJThV1 U"b,C "?d ,MtiB Their shoM are
off wi?h fCThr tPpUr70od' ni finished "
than i!th?. fc tP tra.- These ihoe are lighUr
than leather btogans of the same number Ther are l -
Ma-si f:.f -sri
popl .We, r, ,slll a c C'uKSb, Ii;
iJfcM&ais'-
manr Th .11 C- 1 T J worn ln "nnce and Ger
irQ - 7 r8phly recommended by the Arricnl
Sth ttCS 1nd SVrnTOts of Europe. Imfreed
of f VirtPrtcr the Bord of Commerce anS trtd.
Sire SSSSSL 21? - PraCtiraI fr ti-
ki ve instruction in their manufacture. vflt
SiSSSfr r,PeM trVwq M Utther 'hw they .ri
mseases py promoting the requisite and ralatarr iwrsnira.
tion aud are regarded, to a g7eat extent, lfVJrS ,
.h,.,.i -lhe,c,s ldly an operation on the farm and
S t 6!'110? in wt"h not beprofitaWr
used. They are most economical about stafclcs where leathir
shoes are exposed to the destructive ltil!k?dw7lvSr
in plowing, mowing, harvesting, in doinJ earth work in
.h dnffii v- S & --Wn.
, j ' nnuiipw A nip lime. m w m m
ing population of the conn'
. ... .' TIIEIM FRAPS.
Standard and Regigter copy. ' ..."
Oxford Schools.
T,b5ardllijdrrnbefp !,PrcP,ed to furnish" with '
,t xr coinfortable accommodations Students at
tending the Masonic High School and the F male School, o
the town ; also any persons wishing to board, iu a health
Terms from $12..0 to ,$13, pcr.month. .
February 5th, 18G2. D' j
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LOIISBUUG FEMALE CM t vtiv
M .J?ES.S0UIHC.iTE,or the rnlvcrsity of
Wit rv, bttt lor .r.ar" President ofthe
.Nor oik Military and Classical Institute,) has takenchai
of tins elegant COLLEGE, with the hopeof cVtSshK
ofheSouUKCrJ ICSPeCt' higl1 accprtable to the people;
MR. SOUTIIAGE will be. assisted br his LADY, a
teacher of varied accomplishment and "vast experience,
who lor fifteen years has been connected with some of th?'
VvrtvS" "r.?n",e" . ln -irsrinia. Schools o
i.VTvVV,, "".Pri" WXUUAUkS, MUSIC andJ
y.. 11 . Kpne'nen Professora prceidinc1
over them. e ..hall offer the best educational advantages
to a people whom we know can appreciate them, and all
we ask, is, give. , a trial, and after this is fairly done
those who are not satisfied can remove their children or
wards, tree of charge. -
The Boarding Department shill have all the comforts'
and attractions of a well-ordered home, and the Boanders
as tenderly and affectionately watched over and cared for
tas even the most anxious-parent could desire, everv at
tention being given to the health. manners and literarv
advancement of each Pupil. Diplomas will be given to
n5Man S3j?id.,min'ns on five Schools.
Gold and Silver Medals will bo awarded for perfect jW
ment. oung ladies wishinjoljdjv---; oa.orantv'
teachers will -giSr SS
5bSaUJv1,CWUan(I magnificent, well adapted "
to School purposes. The location is unsurpassed, being
one of the loveliest, h althiest and.most refined sections if
the South, 30 inilea North' of Raleigh, and 10 miles from:
Franklinton Depot, where hacks are always in readinefi,
to convey passengers to and from the village. The entire
expenses fr ten uoiths will be from $150 to $250. For
further particulars, spplv to Gen. .1. H. Litth-john, Wni.
P. Wiillaiiis, Daniel S.Ifill, Richard F. Vsi borough, or to
JAMKS SOUTIIGATii, ,
- . Locisbuiio, N. C. '" '
March 29, 1S62. ' " 40 2mo.
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NOTICE.
rpAKEX TP and (03I3TITTED to JAIL IX ROCK.
I ingham countv, on the 2dh day of January lant, ,
negro man who calls his name rrant ana savs he b-lonpi
to James Pearce of Chatham county ;-ifayS' he was Ininnd '
to said Pearce, and at the age of twenty-one years he will".
be free, and savs he is about twenty years old at this time.
Said boy .is a dark mulatto color, bu-hy head of hair, stout
built, full face, about five and a half feelxigb, and had on
when taken up a brown homespun sack cost, pantiiloons of -kersey
nearly the same color, a good heavy pair of fhoes
and "no socks, and a drab felt hat. . The owner is requested
to conic forwud, prove his property and pay ch.tiges, or
he will be dealt with according to law,
JAM KS II. HALL. Jailor.
April2,182. 4 1 6m.
A Regiment for the Confederate States
. . Service. A
rPHE undersigned, having been authorized to
I raise a Regiment for the Confederate States trmy,
takes this method of iriftinning pernons who arc now en- ; (
gaged in raising companies, that this is tho fiiTt opportnn
tyfoffered for joining a Regiment to go directly into the
Confederate service. '
Rank of othcers and pay to officers and soldiers will begin
with their enrolment. . !
A bounty of FIFTY DOLLARS and the bounty from .
the State will be paid at tlie time of organization.----'
Arms and full equipmepts of tho bc-lj clas will be fur
nished to the companies. . ' ,
.. Term of service three years or the war. For further
particulars, address the subscriber immediately. .
1 ' M. D. CHATOy,"
Lt. Col. 35th Regt,, X. C. Troops.
Xewbern, N. C. Feb. 18, 1862. . 31 tf pd
BATTALION OF LIGHT HORSE.
TnE under signed naTlngr been commissioned
by the President to raise a BatUhon of Light Horse,
for the War, calls upon the young men of North Carolina
to come forward and Volunteer for the purpose. Let those
who have good horses come andtirin" them, to aid in tba
defense of the Country." Let those who have horaes bi
who cannot come themselves, give fr lend them to those
who can come, and thus contribute material aid to those
who would defend them in the enjoyment of their home.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS per
annum, will be paid for each horse in the Battalion, in two
months; instalments. They wilt be ti-d and cared for at the
expense of the Gevernment, end if killed in action, the
valueof theaniroalwillbe paid. - - ....
Equipmenta for men and horses will be furnished, but
each man must bring his rifle, gun, p istol and knife, or such
arms as he has, which will anewer, until a uniform weapon
can be furnished by the Government. .
Energy of ActioaUAction is what tbecountrv needs now, . .
and the men of the country mart hhow by their readiness
to come forward the determimatioii whichactuatesthein
Vever to be conquered. The Battalion will cons.st of tlx
S&rfJllnt address me at Halifax .
N. C, until suitable recruiting ; ajti-Utohe
Lt. Col. Cav., Prov. A., C. . A.
Feb. 20th, 18C2. ' ' 31nf
"MDULE TREES
SADDLE TREES.
SADDLE TREES ; " ' w
Or all descriptions and styles can be made on reasonable
terms, at shot test-notice & p,
Raleigh, N. C. . ,
March 8,
u 11. -.
Wanted to Hire.
TirrrvY TVTFLLIGEXT XUnSES F02t THE
uTi- Lad men nreferrcd.. Also two f aKhcr-womca.
Apply to
aaua -
E. BURKE HAYWOOD, Surgeon.
April 9, 1662.
PUTIES WISHIXB TO PUKCniSK NORTH
Carolina eight per cent, bonds can do so by applying
to John A. Lancaster 4 Son, Ajenta for the State, Rich
mond, Va. Present price 102. . , .; ; .
March 25, ' ZO-lt ,
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