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The Southern Republic.
fc Tcrraanrnt CohstitutioH of the Confederate States
of America.
.r tl.e pftr;vleof the Confederate States, each State
wiii' its sovereign and independent character, in
2 1 7t form a permanent federal government, estab
fj f L-ticc insure domestic tranquility, and secure the
i i,v-8 of liberty to ourselves and our posterity m
bit? UAhe favor U guidance of Almighty Gdo
iifand f tablish this Constitution lor tne Confide--
jjte States ol Amenta. 1
ABjii'iE I- Section 1. J
Ml ieUlatiV powers herein delegated shall he
wiSXCongreaiof the Confederate States,
S.i, h shall consist of a Senate and House of Rep-
reic&uiires ; j ' .
;i Section 2.
, TT. ...... pTirfs!ittfives Khali be composed
1 ine iu'uoo v""-i- ; , , .
v ... i. .w.,rw umiti(i vearbvthe DCODle.oi
ol mtiu w -wtnra in each State shall
!letoaieConfeilcratc States, and have the qual
lecitiztuhw i ; , irs of the moBtnuIner,lU8
friJ.itiiw"- lmt no Ttf'rsjm of
curtate or bg a relrestntative who shall not
v.:c "attained the age. of,twenty-five years and be a
..ftbc C-nf' derate States, and who shall not,
SSU inhabitant of that State in which
''tSvcs and direct taxes shall 1 appor-
ll i iiuuir these veral States which may be included.
Sin' this Confederacy according- to their respect. ve
nSers, whi. h shall be determined by adding to the
KM of frce rS"nS' '"Sthose bound
Wvice f.r a term of years., and excluding- Indians
t0Kr 1 , ; nr.iw ..f all slaves. Tne actual enu-
""VS 'shall be made within three years after the -
fr.t netting ol Uieongrei v. ; .,,
anil 4in .very subseq-ent term of ten years msucn
AnhH .,s they shaU y taw, i u.
' .i . y(.,t,, r,f fieovtia ten. the State ot. Alabama
rm'e tlw State of Florida two. the State of Missiippi
nen, th? SUUe of Louisiana six, and the State of
txussix. O . .,.;..
4 When" vacancies happen m . ui im.u..
,m atA' St;tte, ihe Executive authority thereof shall
fr
Uue writs of electlun t im sue i vaean
S 1 e How? "i liepre-entatn-es shall clioose their
Si.tid;er and1 other officers, and shall have the sole
JlV,cr ol uin-enchinent, except that any judicial or
,Ult-r federal officer resident and acting soldy within
th, limits of any State, mny be impeached by.avote-oHwn-thhds
of both branches of the Legislature
thereof. . .
Section 3. ,
1 Tl-e Senate of the' Confederate States shall be
r.ViWd of two Senators from each State, chosen for
s x v. -ns by th'i- Legislature iheret-f, at the regular
Wxt imtnediately precetling the commence-.
i:.ei.t of tin- term of service; and each Senator shad
have : one vote. . - it i :
- Innnahatelv after they shall be afiseinh lee. , in
,i coutuoe of the fir.t eject ion, they soall be divided
eowallv as n.av be into three flosses. . 1 lie seals ot
lh Seiwtovs o( the tirst class shall be vacated at the
.X!.rati...n of the w4 year; of the soennd class at
n'T"Vi'iuf'Vild.!(fri hi foe fcii.ii CUr: w tun J o.--
c i.l
laWt-ilfA-m' second year; and if vacan-
Trss ol the Legislature oi any ciam, i.i.v..
thereof may mak tciporary appointments until tne
ixxtiiH.eiin ot ttie Legislature, wiuoa buun iulu uu
fctioU vacai-cies. ; '
) i No iierson shall he a Senator ho shall nc have
tiincd the age of thirty years, and be a citizen of the
(.'AiMeriilc States, and who shall not, when elected,
he a'n inhabitant of the State for which he sh Jl d'e
ch-en. . , . f- . ,,
"4 The Vice President of the I eiileuerate states Siiall
If Present of the Senate, but siiall have no vote, un
W'jtlivx be equally divided. " ' -
o' The Senate shall chose their other officers, and
also a President ro tempore in the absence of the Vice
IWdent, or when he khall exercise the oflice of .Presi
dent 'of the ConlVdc-rate States. . .. "
6 The Senate shall have , the sole power to try all
impeachments When sitting for that purpose, they
shall be on oath or 'aflirmation. "When the Pretidei-it
of the Confederate States is tried, the Chief Justice
shall preside; and no person shall he convicted with
,ouL the- coneuirnnce of two-thirds of the members
"H, . J udgnier t in cases of imneachmcut shall not ex
teud further than to removal fn-m office, and disqual-
ifieatwn to hold and i joy an' t,fik"e of honor, trust or
prof't under the Contederate States ; but th,party con
vicitKl shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to in
dictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according
. to law.
r If. Section 4.
1. The times, places and' manner of holding elec
' tiovi's iut Senators and Repwscntatives shall he pre
! scribed in each State bv the Legislature thereof,-subject
to the provisions of tins Constitution ; but the Con
fess may, at anv time, by law make or alter such
'lvgulatiuus, except as to th times' and places of choos-
ing Sen4to;v. '
' 2 J The Congress f-hall assemble at least o jee in every
ve ir and such meeting shall be on the first nday in
De- cmliCj, nsiess tliey shall,by law, appoint a different
'iav t J - ' . ' '
' I . It' 1 ' '. I Section 5. . ' c
1 Lacn IIou e Vhall be the judge of the elections,
rp.'im!s and qualifications of its om members, and a
majirity of each shall constitute arqrum tod! busi-net-s;
but a smaller number may adjourn' from day to
lav,' and may be authorized to compel the attendance
ol "absent Qiienibersi in such manner and under such
penalties as each House may provide. , ,
' 2. Kach llouse may determine the rules of its pro--ecdin"s,
punish its members fur disorderly behavior,
nd with the concurrence of two-thirds of the whole
- : ruber, expel a memoer. , .
J. Each House shall keep a journal of its pro-ct-'iin-s
and fnnn time to time publish the same, ex-
rt i tin Juch parts as may in their judgment require
: ' secresy, and the yeas and nay of t!ie members ol
father" House, on any qnestioii, shall, at the desire of
twe-flfth of those present, be entered on the journal.
4 Neither House, during the session ol Congress,
shall without the consent of the other, adjourn for
more thau three days, nor to any other place than that
n which the two Houses shall be sitting.
Section C.
1 The Senators and Kt-prescntatives shall receive
a compcuisation for their services, to be ascertained by
aw, and paid out of the tmisury of ihe Con feu--rate
Suites. They shall, iu.all cases, except trciuson, felony
and breach of the peace be privileged lrom arrest during
their attendance at. the session of their respective
Houses, and in going to and returning rom the same ;
faud for any Speech or debate m either House; they .shall
not be questioned in any other place!
2 No Senator or Representative snail, 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
merits' whereof shall have been increased during such
time; and no person holding any office under the Con-
" federate Statea shall be a member of either House du
duriu" bis continuance intnee. But O.ugress may,
by law "rant to the principal oticer iu each of the Kx
ecutiie "Departments stat upoi the floor of either
i House, with the privilege of disciisbing any measures
appertauing to bis department.
. rr Section 7. ; .
1 All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the
Hotiae of Representatives; but the Senate may propose
he oticnr with amendments as ou other bills,
loa Every till which have passed Wth House &U 1,
before it bccomeit a law; be presented to the.
r,.n.psentativcs shAll not exceeu -one -wi cvcij. uu
ltJml, but each State shall have at least one rep re
;i,ritive:aiul until such enumeration snail be made
.. . c c..,i,':,r.livA shall Ik: entitled to cliooae
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President of the Confederate States ; if he approve, he
shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it with his ob
jections to that House in which it shall have origi
nated, who shall enter the objections at large on their
j lumal and proceed to reconsider it. : If, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agre
to pass the bill, it ehall be sent, together with the ob
jections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise
be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that
House it shall become a law. But i -all st:ch cases the
totes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and
nays, and the names of the persons voting for and
against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each
House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned
by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted)'
after it shall have been presented to him, the same
shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed: it,
unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its
return ; in which ase 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,
he shall, in signing the bill, designate the appropria
tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of mich 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 disap
proved by the President.
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 Con federate States; and before the
same shall, take effect, shall be approved by him; or
being -disapprovea. by him, may be repassed by two
thirds of both Houses according to the rules and limi
tations pre&cribed in case of a bill.
Section 8.
- The Congress shall have power- .
1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex
cises for revenue necessary to pay t e debts, provide
for the common defence, and carry on the government
of the Con federate States; but no bounties shall be
granted from the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes
on importations from foreign nations be laid to pro
mote or foster any branch of industry ; and all duties,
imposts and excises shall be uniform thoroughout the
Confederate States.
2. To borrow money on the credit of j 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 W facilitate commerce,
except for thejjfr'pwseof furnhingijghts, beacons and
buoys, and c$ and;ds-.to navitkti'on' upon the coasts,
and the imprAtth in aof .t Aors and the removing of
obstructions in riv possibajion,.. in all which cases
such duties shall bejiig.s iu the navigation facilitated
thereby as may be accessary to pay the costs and ex
penses thereof. i "
4. To establish uniform laws of naturalization, and
uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, through
out the Confederate States ; but no law of Congres shall
discharge any debt contracted before the. passage of
the same. " '
5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof and 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 SLtreh in the year of our lord eighteen hundred
and sixty-three, shall be paid out of its own reve-
8. To promote the progress of science and useful
venttrrs tne exciusive'iiftut Btiv. -,-
and discoveries. . '.
9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme
Court. I
10. To define and punish piracies and feloniesjcom
mitted on the high seas, and offences against the law
of nations.
11. To declare wsr, grunt letters of marque and re
prisal, and make iules concerning captures oil land
and water.
12. To raise and support armies ; out no appropria
tion of money to that use shall . be lor a longer; term
than two yen is.
13. lo provuie 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
surrections and repel invasion. -
1G. To provide for organizing, arming and discip
lining the militia, and for governing sitch part of them
as may be employed in the service ot tue t ontedcrate
States ;, reserving tothe States, respectively, the ap
pointment of the officers and the authority of training
the militia according to the discipline prescribed by
Congress. . i
17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases
whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles
square) as mav, by cession of oue or more States and
the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the
government of the Contederate btates; ana 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 , -1 -
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. - t '
1. The importation of negroes of the African race
from any foreign country other than the slavehblding
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 prohibit the
introduction of slaves from any State not a member
of, or Territory n-t 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 atainer, or ex post facto law, or law
denying or impairing the right of property in negro
slaves shall be passed.- , ! '
. No eanitatibn or other direct tax shall he laid
unle?s in proportion to the census or enumeration here- j
. in be fore directed jto be taken. ' i
C. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported
from any State, except by a vote of two-thirds of
both houses. j - . . .j 1 '
7. No preferences shall be given by any regulation .
'of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over 1
hose of another. I . j
8. No money shall he drawn from the treasury, but j
in consequence of appropriations made by law ; and a j
regular statement and account of the receipts and ex- :
penditures of all public money shall be published from 1
time to time;
9. Congress shall appropriate no money from tho
treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses,
takeu by yeas and nays, unless it be asked and estir
mated for by some one of the heads tf department, and
submitted to Congress by the President ; or 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 shall grant no exti- . Dmpensation to any
public' contracted-, officer, agent or servant, after such
contract shall have Hen 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 or trust under them, shall,witho out the consent
fo the Congress, accept ofany neresent emlumeuts
office or title of any kind what prv from aoy kiug,
efoor celign State. ' ;
12. Congress bhall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof,; or abridging tne freedom of, speech,
or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble and petition the government for a redress of
grievances. '
IS. A well regulated militia being 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 time of peace, be quar
tered in any house without the consent of the owner;
nor in time of. war, but in a mauner to be prescribed
by law;.-.
15. - The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasona
ble searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and
no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup
ported by oath or affirmation, and particularly de
scribing the place to be searched, and the persons or
things to be seized.
16. No person shall be held to answer for a capital
or otherwise infamous crime, unless on- a presentment
or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising
in the land or naval, forces, or in the militia, when
in actual service,' in time of war or - public danger j
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; npr le 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
en joy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an im
partial jury of the ' ate and district wherein the crime
shall -have been ommitted, which district shall
have been prev": .sly ascertained by law, and to be
inforrh'ed of the .-ature andcause 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 .
1. 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 factr so tried
by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined- in any court
of the Confederacy than according to th-rules of the
common law.
. 19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces
sive fines imposed, nor c;cl and unusual punishments
'inflicted. '
20. Every law or resolution having the force of law,
shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be ex
pressed in the title.
Section 10.
1. No State sljall enter into any treaty, alliance, or
confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ;
coin money ; make anything but gold and silver coin
a temlerin payment of debts ; pass any bill of attain
der, or ex post facto law, or law impairing the obliga- .
tiou of contracts ; or grant any title of nobility.
.2. No State shall, without the consent of the Con
gress, - lay any imposts or duties on imports and ex
ports, except what may be absolutely necessary for
executing its inspection laws ; and the nett produce of
all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports
or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the
Confederate States ; and all such laws shall be subject
to the revision and" control of Congress.
3. No State shall, without the consent of Congress,
lay any dutyof tonnage, except on sea-going vessels,
for the improvement oft 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; aud 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 ship's of war, in time of peace, enter into any
ioreign power, or engage in war, imiess actually inva
ded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of
delay. But when any river di Tides or flows through
two or more States, thy may enter into compacts
with each other lo improve the navigation thereof.
Auticle II. Section 1.
"1. The executive, powr shall be vested in a Presi
dent of the Confederate States of America. He aud
the Vice President shall hold their offices for the term
of six years ; but the President shall not be re-eligible.
The President and Vice President shall be elected as.
follows!
2. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the
Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors
equal to the whole number of Senators aud Representa
tives to which the State may be entitled in the Con
gress; but no Senator or representative, or person
-holding an office of trust or profit under the Confeder
ate States, shall be appointed an elector. , '
3. The electors shall meet in their respective States
and. vote by ballot, for President and Vice President,
one of whom, at least, shall, not be an inhabitant of
the same State with themselves; they shall name in
their ballots the person voted for as President, and in
distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President,
and they shall nuke distinct lists of all persons voted
for as President and of all persons voted for as Vice
President, aud 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, iu the presence of the Senate and Hoiis
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 having one
vote; 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 of votes
as Vice President shall be' the Vice Presdent, if such
number be a majority of the whole number of' electors
appointed f and if no person have a majority, then from
the two highest numbers on the fist .the Senate shall
ch(Ke the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose
shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Sen
ators, and a majority of the whole number shall be ne
cessary to a choice.
5. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the.
office of President mall be eligible to that of Vice Pres
ident of the Confecr ite States. '
6. The Congress may determine the time of choosingr
the electorsj and the day on which they shall give their
Votes, which day shall be the same throughout the
Confederate States. .
7. No person except a natural born citizen of the
Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at the time.of
the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof
lorn in the United States prior to the 20th ol Decem
ber, 1860, shall be eligible to the office of President ;
neither shall any person be-eligible to that office who
shall not have attain. d the asc of thirty-five years,
and been fourteen years a resiaeut 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 iuability to dis
charge the powers aud duties of the eaid 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. W -
,,9 The President shall, at stated times, receive lor
his services a compensationvwhich shall neither be iu
creased nor diminished during the period for which he
shall have been elected : and he shall not receive with
n that period any other emolument from the Confed
erate States, or any of them.
10. Before he enters on the execution of his office,
he shall take the following oath or affirmatuwi
" 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 my ability, preserve,
protect and defend the Constitution thereof."
Section 2.
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, in writing, of the principal officer
in each of the Executive Departments, upon any sub
ject relating to the duties of their respective offices,
and he shall have power to grant reprieves and par-,
dons for offences against the Confederate States, 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, jtidges of the Su
preme Court, and all other officers of the G.nfederate
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
of 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 other civil -officers of the
Executive Department may b removed at any time
by the President, or other appointing power, when
their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, inca
pacity, inefficiency , misconduct, or neglect of duty ;
and when so removed, the removal shall be reported
to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor.
4. The President shall have power to fill all vacan
cies that may happen during the recess of the Senate,
by granting- commissions which shall expire at the
end of their next session ; but no person rejected by
the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office du
ring their ensuing recess.
Section 3.
1. The President shall from time to time, give tj
the 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 occasions, jConvene both
houses, or either of them; and in case of disagree
ment between them, with respect to the time of .ad
journment, he may adjourn therh to such time as he
shall think proper ; he shalrreceive Ambassadors and
other public ministers ; he shall take care that the
laws be faithfully .executed, arid shall commission all
the ofiicers of the Confederate States.
Section 4.
1. The President, Vice President, aud ail civil ofii
cers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from
office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason,
bribery, or other high crimes and raisdeanors.
article in. Section 1.
1. The judicial power of the Confederate States
-shall be vested in one Superior Court, and in such in
ferior courts as the Congress may lrom ume to tim9
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, winch shall not be
diminished during their continuance in office.
Section 2. ' .
). The judicial poMpr shaft; extend to all cases
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
cf.-s ol admiralty ana maritime jurisdiction ; to con
troversies to which the Confederate States shall be a
party; to controversies between two or more States ;
between a State and" citizens of another State where
the State is plaintiff 4 between citizens claiming lands
uuder grants of' different States, and between a Statu
or the citizens thereof and loreigu States, citizens or
subjects ; but no Stab' shall Ik sued by a citizen or
subject of any foreign State. A
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 ad the other cases before men
tioned the Supreme Court ehall have appellate juris
diction, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions
and under such regulations as the Congress shall
make. '
3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im
peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be
held uvthe 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 tho
Congress may by law have directed.
Section 3.
1. Treason against the Confederate Stales 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 oped court.
2. The Congress shall have powder to declare the
punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason
shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except
during the life of the person attained.
article iv. 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. And the Congref. may,
by general laws, prescribe the manner in wch such
acts, records and proceedings shall be prrt7ed and the
effect thereof. ,
j Section 2.
1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all
the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever
al States, and shall hav the right of transit and so
journ in any State of this Confederacy, with tht-ir
slaves and other property: and the right of property
in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired.
2. A person charged in any State with treason, fel
ony, or other crime against the laws of such State,
who shall flee from justice, and be found 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, escapiug or lawfully" carried
into another, shall in consequence of any law or regu
lation therein, be discharged from such service or la
bor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party
to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such service
or labor may be due. . t
Section 3. --
1. Other States may be admitted into this Confed
eracy by a vote of two-thirds of the whole House of
Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate, the
Senate voting by States ; but no new State shall be
formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other
State ; nor any State be foBmed by the junction of two
or more States, or parts of States, without the consent
of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as
wf 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 tho
ands 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 with
out the limits of the several States, and may permit
them, at such times and n 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 the inhabitant!
of th several Confederate States and Territories ha
flfiT6 ?t,hto Uke ach territory and .laveerli
fully heH by them in any of the States or TerrisasW
of the Confederate States. -
'JJe.Coufederate States shall guarantee to every
otate that now is nr hprwo Or- 1 ;.
JtY 0 gorernmenv t
... r.wci,, mfl 01 tnetn against invasion: and
on .application of the Legislature (or of the Executive
when the Legislature is not in session) against domes
tic violence. - . . ",uc
article v. Section 1.
C pon the .demand of any three States legally
assembled m tneir 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 in suggesting at
the time when the said demand is made, and should
any f the proposed amendments to the constitution
be agreed on by the said convention- voting by
States and the same be ratified by the Legislatures
of two-thirds of the several States, or by conventions
m two-thirds thereof as the one or the other mode ot
ratification may be proposed by the general jconven
tion they, shall henceforward form a part of thia
Constitution. . But no States shall, without its con
sent, be deprived of its equal representation in- th
Senate.
ARTTCT.R VT,
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 same shall remain il office until their
successors are appointed aud qualified, or the offices
abolished. .
2. All debts contracted and engagements entered
into before the adoption of this . constitution shall b
as valid against the Confederate States under this
c institution as under the provisional government.
3. This constitution, and the laws of the Confeder
ate Statea, made in persuance thereof, and all trea
ties made, or which shall be made under the authori
ty of the Confederate States, shall be' the supreme law
of the land ; and the judges in every State shall be
bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws
of any State to the contrary Notwithstanding.;
4. The Senators and Representatives before men
tioned, and the members of the several State Legisla
tures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of
the Co federate States and of the several States, shall
be bound by oath or affirmation to support this con
stitution, but no religous test shall ever be required as
a qualification to any office or public trust under the
Confederate States. .
0. 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.
(5. The powers not delegated to the Confederate
States by he constitution, toor prohibited by it to the
States are reserved to the States, respectively, or to
the people thereof. I
ARTICLE VII. '
1. Tire ratification of th Conventions of five State
shall be sufficient for the establishment of this consti
tution between the States so ratifying the same.
2. When five States shall have ratified this consti
tution, in the manner before specified, the Congress
under provisional constitution shall prescribe the time
for holding the election of President and 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 ame.
Until the assembling of such Congress,( the Congress
under the provisional constitution shall continue to
exercise the legislative powers granted them, not ex
tfn(lir)T lvvond rhp'tima limibvl hv t.h mnRt.it.ution
Adopted unanimously, March 11, 1861.
K. MOORE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
8AI.ISBURT, N.. C.,
Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun
ties. Collections promptly madtj.
Jan. 6 1S61. 17 ly
NOTICE.
Methodist Prot. Female College,
Jamestown, Guilford Co., N. C. ;
THE FIFTH SESSION WILL OPEN JI LT 4 ,1861,
under the charge of G. W. IIkgk, A. M.
Thu Institution has the advantage of a healthy 1 tcation,
large and comfortable buildings, aud extensive philosophi
cal and chemical apparatus, ice.
The President and family, with the other members of the
Faculty, lire in the College and eat at the same tables with
the St udents. Tuition $15 per session, Music ou the Piano
or Guitar $20; Grecian Painting $7 60; Embroidery $750.
Latiu, French, Oriental Painting, Drawing, Hair I'lowers,
Wax Flowers, Feather Flowers, Wax Fruit, each $5; V.
cal Music $1; contingent expenses $1; Boarding $7 50 per
month, including washing and fires, half in adrance. For
further inlormation address
I G. W. IIEGE, Presidttut.
June 26 i tf.
rni'RNIP SEED.
JL TURNIP SEED. .
Large Flat Dutch Turnip Seed,
Red Top Turnip,
Large Norfolk,
Large Mammoth (from this county,)
Andother kinds of Turnip seed,
For Fale at PESCUD'S Drug Store.
August 19 A 76 tf.
A FINE LOT OF SPONGE.
IV talad Oil,
Baker's Bitters,
Black Tea, -English
Mustard.
A large stock of Fancy Soaps,
Received at
P. F. PESCUD'S,
Drug Store.
76- tf.
aug 19.
Onr Own Primary Grammar.
JCSX PCS DISHES BT '
STEBLING & CAMPELL,
Gbseksboso' N. C.
72 pages, 12 mol, 25 cents per copy. ,
For sale by them and all booksellers.
Teachers and School officers desiring copies for examina-
tion will receive mem on remnung w
i n TXT ClIVTlIP
Lexington, N C.
Cracker Bakery.
THE snbscrlbers having: built a large HARD
BREAD and CRACKER BAKERY, and fitted it up
with the most improved machinery, are now prepared to
furnish the citize-s of Raleigh, and the State, with fresh
Crackers, and of the best quality, such as
Soda Crackers,
Butter Crackers,
Water Crackers,
Sugar Crackers, etc., etc. .
We are also prepared to furnish the Army and Nary
Navy Bread, -Filet
Bread,
Wine Biscuit,
etc etc. 'ctc. '
at the lowest markei rates. PJ orderSpseCTrely packed
and promptly by JAS. S1MPSOS BCa.
WAXTEDEmptr Flour Barrels in good condition, for
which wc will pay 55 cents TjSIMps0X go.
n teal ! i $ sw6nx.
Carralge lor Sale.
A FOUR SEATED close . and fight Carriage
V made by Brewster of Broadway ew J,?""
Prefer . ! '-2t
TAX LISTS.
ail naVuntereVted must be prompt in their attendance,
A ifJfii tSens writtea fcsU of all their taxable ac
and bring with tnens wn op. WELL. J. P
cording to iae, - 4-t4
ar i
On tqawe, firrt aBertioa,.....:............;...
Each nbaeqoent insertion, ..... ....
(Fourteen lines or under mak a aqure.)
Contract win be entered into with yearly, half-yearly '
and qnarterly adTtrtier, at a reduction from th abr
rates. , . , ;;" -.
lo deduction from the regular rates for adverti
Inserted in th Weekly Edition. " :
AH advertisements reoeiv on insertion in th T?ty.
Oxford Schools.
THE Sabsf rlber Is prepared to fnrnUlt wit
board and comfortable accommodations Student at
tending- the Masonic High School and the Female Schools tf
the town ; also anr persons wishing in twrt i & health
section, and enio? good socittj.
Terms from $1160 to $15, per month. . J
. B. D. HART.
February 5th, 162. IS if
L0U1SBIIRG FEMALE COLLEGE. .
Mh JA,5?$ S0UTH6ATE, or the UnlTentt or
. .y?;?,? for eTrl Jr Pst, President of the
Aortoik Military and Classical Institute,) has taken charre
of this c egant COLLEGE, with the hope of esUblishinra
of the South""7 re"pect hiwJ acceptable to the people
-MR. SOUTHAGE will be assisted by his LADY, a
Teacher of varied accomplishments and vast experience,
who for fifteen year has beea connected with some of the
Lilv2d b?,.einle ln Virginia, Schools of
piSJrrJn .,M0ERX LANGUAGES, MUSIC aud .
rAIXTiau, will bare gentlemen Professors preaidiag
OTer them. e shall offer the beat educational ad an Urea
to a people whom we know can appreciate them, and alt
we ask, is, arte. N. a triat, and after this is fairly done,
those who are not satisfied can remove their children or
wards, free of charge. " ,
The Boarding Department ahIl have U the comfort
and attractions of a well-ordered home, and the Boarders
as tenderly and affectionately watched over and cared for,
Us even the most anxious parent could desire, every at-!
ten tion being given to the health, manners and literary
advancement of each Pupil. Diplomas will be given to
those whocan P rigid examinations on fire Schools.
Gold and Silrer Medal, will be awarded for perfect deport
ment, oung ladies wishing to educate themseWes for
teachers will find unusual inducements here, as the terms
for them shall be made suitable to circumstances. '
The School is not sectarian, though the purest morality
is taugh Land required of eTery member of the Institution. "
The building is larAe, new and magnificent, well adapted .
to School purposes. The location is unsurpassed, being .
one of the loveliest, h althiest and most refined sections of .
the South, 30 miles North of Raleigh, aud 10 miles from
Franklinton Depot, where backs are always in readiness,
to conrey passengers to and from the tillage. The entlr
expenses for ten months will be from $150 to $250. For
further particulars, apply to Gen. J.B. Littlejohn, Wm.
P. Williams, Daniel S. Hill, Richard F. Yarborough, or to
JAMES SOUTHGATc,
." Locisacao, if. C.
March 29, 1862. 40 2)fmov -
NOTICE.
f PA KEN IP and COMMITTED to JAIL IN B0CX
JL iugham. county, on the 27th day of January last,
negro man who calls his name Frank and says he belongs
to James Pearce of Chatham county; says be was bound
to said Pearce, and at the age of tweuty-one years he will
be free, and says he is about twenty years old'at this time.
Said boy is a dark mulatto color, buihy bead of hair, stout
built, full face, about five and a half feet high, and had en
when taken up a brown homespun sack coat, pantaloona of
kersey nearly the same color, a good heary pair of shoes
and no socks, and a drab felt hat. The owner is requested
to come forward, prove his propertv and pay charges, nr
he will be dealt with according to law.
JAMES H. HALL, Jailor.
April 2, 1862. 41 6m.
A Regiment for the Confederate States
. Service.
HMHE undersigned, bavin? been authorized to
JL raise a-Regiment for the Confederate States army,
takes this method of informing persons who are now en
gaged in raising companies,1 that this is the first opportuni
ty offered for joining a Regiment to go directly into the
Confederate service.
Rank of olhcers and pay to officers and soldiers will begin
with their enrolment.
A bounty of FIFTY DOLL A.RS and the bounty from
the State will be paid at the time of organization.
Arms and full equipments of the best class will be fur
nished to the companies.'
Term of service three years or the war.. For further
particulars, address the subscriber immediately.
M. D. C RATON, - -,
, Lt. Col. 35th Regt., N. C. Troops.
Newbern, N. C. Feb. 18, 1862. 31 tf--pd
BATTALION OF LIGHT TTOESE.
nHE under signed hafins been commissioned
jl ijy me rresiaeni to rawe a liattalion 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 hare good horses come and bring them, to aid in the
defense of the Country. ' Let those who have horses bat
who cannot come themselves, give or lend thera to those
who can come, and thus contribute material aid to those
who would defend them in the enjoyment of their homes.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS per
annum, will be paid for tach horse in the Battalion, in two
months; instalments. They will be fed and cared for at the
expense of the Gevernment, and if killed in action, the
value of the animal will be paid.
"' Equipments for men and horses will be furnisLed, but
each man must bring his rifle, gun, pistol and knife, or such
arms as he has, which will answer, until a uniform weapon
can be furnished by the Governmeut. .
Energy of Action Action is what tho country needs now,
and the men of the country must show by their readiness
to come forward the determiniation which actuates them
Never to be conquered. The Battalion will consist of six
Companies, of bixty mencach. ,
Volunteers will, for the present address me at Halifax
X. C, until suitable recruiting stations can be established
P. M. EDMONSTON;
4- ' Lt. Col. Car., Prov. A. C. rf. A.
Feb. 2fith, 1862. s Ultf
SADDLE TREKS.
SADDLE TREES;,
SADDLE TREES
Or all descriptions and styles can be made on reasonable
terms, at shortest notice, at
TiiEIM A FRAPS' Factory,
Raleigh, N, C.
JTarch 8. . 3 tf.
Wanted to Hire.
FIFTEEX IJfTELLIGEXT SIRSK.H FOB m
North-Carolina Oeneral Military Hospital at Raleigh.
Middle aged men preferred. Also two washer-women.
Apply to E BURKE HAYWOOD, Surgeon.
Apri1 9, 1662. itt '
"D ARTIES WISHIXa TO PURCHASE 50RTB
JL Carolina eight per cent, bonds can do so by applying
to John A. Lancaster k Son, Agent for the State, Rich
mond, V a. Present price ivi.
March 25, ,
Jftf
Laws of the Confederate States.
. (BT ACTHoRlTV.) "
(No. 40.) ;
JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS FOR
. THE VICTORY AT SI1ILOH, TNN.
" Resolved, by the Congress ol the Confederate
States of America, That Confess lias learned
with gratitude to the Divine Kulcr of - Nations ,
the intelligence of the rcrnt .complete and bril- t
liant victory which has been gained by the Army
of the Cou federate States under the command of
Gen. A S. Johnston, over the Federal forces in
Tennessee, on the battle 6eld of Shiloh.- 'f .
Kesolved, That the thauts of CooTess rc
hereby tendered to Gen. G. T. Heauregard, aod -the
other surviving officers and privates of that
army for the signal exhibition wf skill and gal
lantry displayed by ihem on that memorable oc
casion; aud all who attributed to that signal
triumph, iu the judgment of Cougi ess, arc enti
. tied to the gratitude of their country. I ;
Kesolved, That the intelligence of the death .
of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, Commander-in-Chief
when leading the Confederate forces to
viccory on the sixth of April, in Tennessee,
wh.lajt affects Congress with profoui.a sorrow,
at thame time obscures our joy with a shade ,
of sadness aAthe loss of an officer so able, skill-...
ful and gallant, '.w - -, . - -1
llegolved, That the foregoing resolutions be ,
made known by approprite geneaal orders by the
Geneials in command, to the officers and troops
to whom they are addressed, and that they als
be communicated to the family of GenJ Johnston .
Approved April 15, 1862. "
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