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The Southern Republic.
t; Permanent Constitution of . ihe Confederate Stales
of America.
'e the poxleof the Confederate States, each State
snvorni rrn rnrl itirtanpndpnt character, in
2 rkrto iorm-a permanent federal government, estab-
.rfJlHi iw iwv.v.j,- -i- . -
; v jUotice, insure domesuu ua-miuuii ,
'iessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity in
dicing the favor and guidance of Almighty God do
im and establish: this Constitution for ;the Confc-de-
rute iutes ol America. ; ,
Article I. Section 1.
All legislative powers herein delegated - shall be
ted in a Congress ot the umieuerate states,
which shall consist ot a benate ana xiouse oi xvep-
ecti.tatives ,
- Section,. , i
1 The House of Representatives shall be composed
6f momters chosen every second year bythe people of
the several States; and the electors in each State shall
.pcitizensof the Contederate htaies, auu pve cue 4u.11-
ficsvtiuns requisite tor electors oi me wwi. uuiuub
lirauch of-the State Legislature; buto persori of
f ,roi"n birth not a citizen of the Confederate States
IhnlLbe allowed to vote for any officers, civil or politi-
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cal, Oiaic orrcut-rju. . .
2 No person shall be a representative v uu Mian uui
1-ivc attained the age of twenty-five years, and be a
c-tizen ofithe Confederate Statck and who sjhall not,
when elected, be an inhabitant of that Statenn which
he shall be chosen. .
j I'nr.rpsftntiitives and direct taxes shall be appor
tioned among the several States yJBich may be included
within this Confederacy according to their respective
r ami ers1 which shall ty. determined by adding to the
Uok- number of free 'persons, including those bound
i.icrvicefor.aternioffWa, and excluding Indians
rot taxed, three-fifths aBl,slaves. The actual enu
neration shall be madi within three years after the
;:r4 mcct'tng of the Congress of the Confederate States,
M-d within every subsequent term of ten years, in such
muncr as they shall, by law, direct. The number of
V-pvehentatives shall hot exceed one for every fifty
, hV,iind but each State shall have at least one rcpre-
I Mutative- and until such enumeration shall be made
J the Mate oi ouuiuvmuiiun - - "
sr tlieStatcol Ueorgia ten, tnu olhlu ui jxmuuiua
Mil,,- tli'i State of Florida two, the State of Mississippi
-i ' ' '.i oj. ... ,'e r ..nScioiKi civ nnrl tlir StnfA nf
Hfvcn, ine oiuie ji uuioiaui. .
Ti;xassix. ' " ' .
When vacancies happen -in the representation
-from ahy State, the Executive authority thereof shall
' iue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
5. The House f Ileprewjutatives shall choose their
Siiiikcr and otler officers, and shall have the sole
Jiowcr of impevaiment, except that any judicial or
. tlicr federal ofticcr resident and acting solely within
ll,, limits of any State, may be impeached by a vote
ui two-tijirds of 'both branches of the Legislature
thereof. '
: Section 3.
1; The Senate of the Confederate States shall be
1 c'i , fvrm o.nli fotA plincn fnr -
..-; vcars by the
legislature thereof, at the regular
M nii nrxt inmiediately preceding
Jin-Hi of tli-o terthof service; and each Senator shall
,.te' (!ie vote. - , ' !
2. 1 Immediately after they sliall be assejmbled, in
omstqueuce of the first election, they shall be divided
as equally, as may be into three classes. The seats of
tin-. Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the
expiration of the second year; of the -second class at
the expiration, of the fourth year; and of, the third
(;iss at the expiration of the sixth year ; so that one
third may be chosen every second year; and if vacan
.itiamwn bv resignation or otherwise during the re-
(ris of the. Legislature 01 any ouite, iub lwiuuvc
l.jfrreOi may inaive u-itipuiaij, inn.uiniu.ma .n.i-n ..i
etui"- of the .Legislature, wnica snau men 1111
ivacauciesi r. . , , . -i, ,
o ncrsori shall be a benator ?uo snail not nave
rittiini'd the age of thirty years, and be a citizen of the
ciiledende States, and who sliall not, when elected,
,; an inhabitant of the State for which he shall be
C",4: The Vice President of the Confederate States shall
he President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, un
less they le equally divided..
The Senate shall choose tneir otner oiucers, ana-
a President pro tempore in the absence of the Vice
President, or when he shall exercise the office of Presi
dent of the Confederate States. .
i 0. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all
'impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they
yhull be on oath or affirmation. When the President
of the Confederate States is tried, the Chief Justice
shall preside:; and no person shall be convicted with
out tlie' concurrence of two-thirds of the members
lfirseut.: . .
I 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not ex
kui further, than to removal from office, and disqual
ification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or
rofft, under the Confederate"Statcs; but th party con
victed shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to in-,
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(iictment, xriai, juugmeiit anu iuuimuuuh, auj
law. 7 -
Section 4
1. Tlie times. ilac;s and manner of holding elec-
turns for, Senators and Representatives shall be pre
scribed in each State by the Legislature thereof, sub
ject to the' provisrons of this Constitution ; but the Con
gress may, at any time, by law make or alter such
regulations, except as to th times and places of choos
. ing Senators.
"J. The Congress shall assemble at least orcein every
year ; and such meeting shall Ix? on the first Monday in
December j unless they shall,by law, appoint a different
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"l . - Section 5. ;
1. Each Iioue shall be the judge of the elections,
n tarns and qualifications of its own members, and a
. inajcrity of each shall constitute a qturum to do busi
ness; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to
lay, and may be authorized to compel the attendance
i of absent 'members, in' such manner and under such .
1-enalties as each House may provide.
2. Each House may determine the rules of its pror
"fedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior,
'ud, with the concurrence -of two-thirds of the whole
.timber, expel a member. 1 i
3. Each House shall keep a journal of its pro
ceedings, and from time to time publish the same, ex-
cvpting such parte as may in their judgment require
heresy, and the yeas and nays of the members of
''": lOr House, on any question, shall, at the desire of
twe-tifth of those present, be entered on the journal,
4l Neither House, during the session of Congress,
!-l:all, without the consent of the other, adjourn fur
more, than three days, nor to any other place than that
i.'wleh the two Houses shall be sitting.
. ' Section G.
l.The Senators and Representatives shall receive
a ecjtapensation for their services, to be ascertained by
aw, and paid out of the treasury of the Confederate
States. " They shall, in all cases, except treason, felony
VI breach of the peace beprivileged from arrest during
their attendance at the session of their respective
Houses, and in going to and returning from the same';
ii fnr nnv crwwori nr VlpVatf in PltViPr TTnilSP iriov sTinll
) tict be' ouestioned in anv other place.
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2. No Senator or Representative shall, during the
time for which he was elected, be appoiutel to any
tivil office under the authority of the Confederate
States, which shall Rave been Jcreated, or the emolu
ments whereof shall liave been increased during such
time; and no person holding any office under the Con-federatev-States
shall be a member of either House du
tlurinsrhis continuance in office. But Congress may,
by .law, grant to the principal oficer iu'each of the Ex
centime Departments a seat upon xoe noor 01 eitner
House with the privilege of discussing any measures
appertaning to his department.
.1 Section 7.
2
1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate inlie
Ilouae of Representatives; but the Senate may jjrjjxwe
he. oncur wirh amendments as on other bU
loa Every bill which have passed XxJlouse st2 1,
V efore it becomes a law, be presej.o the. t
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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
iournal and proceed to reconsider it. If. after such
reconsideration, two-thirda of that House shall ag
to pass the bill, it shall.be sent, together with the oo- J
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 in all seh cases the I
votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and f
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 case it 6hall 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 siguing the bill, designate tbe appropria,-:-
tions disapproved, and shall return a copy of such ap
propriations, with his objections, to the House in which
the bill shall have originated ; and the same proceed
ings shall then be had as in case of other bills 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 presepted to the
President of the Confederate States; and before the
same shall take effect, shall be approved by him; ca
lling disapproved by him, may be repassed by two
thirds of both Houses according to the rules and limi
tations prescribed 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 -the debts, provide
for the common defence, and carryon the government
of the Confederate States ; but no bounties shall be
granted from the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes
on importation from foreign nations be laid to pro
mote or foster any branch of industry ; and ah duties,
imposts and excises shall be uniform thoroughout the
Confederate States.
2. To borrow money on the credit of the Confede
rate States.
3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and
among the severa States, arid with the Indian tribes ;
but neither this, nor any other clause contained in
the Constitution, shall, ever be construed to delegate
the power to Congress to appropriate money for any
internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce,
except for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons and
buoys, and other aids to navigation upon the coasts,
and the improvement of Ivarbors and the removing of
obstructions in river navigation, in all which cases
such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated
thereby as maybe necessary to pay the costs and ex
penses thereof.
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 coip, and fix the standard of weights and mea
sures. . , j
G. To provide for the punishment of counterfeit
ing the securities and current coin of the Confederate
States.. ' . I ,;
7. To establish post offices and post Routes ; but the
expenses of the Post office Departmenit), after the first
day of llarch in the year of our lord eighteen hundred
and svety-thr, shall he. 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
ventors the exclusive right to their respective writings
and discoveries. . ey
9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme
Court. .
10. To define and punish piracies and felonies com
mitted on the. high seas, and offences against the law
of nations. j "
11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and re
prisal, and make rules concerning captures on land
and water.
12. To raise and support armies ;, but no appropria
tion of money to that uso shall be fo? a longer term
than two years.
13. To provide and maintain a navy.
14. To make rules for government and regulation
of the land and naval forces. - -
15. To provide for calling forth the militia to exe
cute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress in
surrections and repel invasion.
16. To provide for organizing, arming and discip
lining the militia, and for governing such part of them
as may be employed in the service of the-Confederate
States4: reserving to the States, respectively, the ap
pointment of the officers and the authority of training
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the militia according to "the discipline prescriDea oy
Congress. . .
17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases
whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding tenmiles
square) as' may. by cession of one or more States and
the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the
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government OI tne tonieueiuwi oiaies; auu w eeietse
like authority over all places purchased by the consent
of the' Legislature of the State in which the same shall
be,-for the erection of forts, magazines, .arsenals, dock
yards and other needful buildings ; and .
18. To make all laws which shall be necessary and
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. . ' - : v .
. 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 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 not belonging to, this -Confederacy . ,
3. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall
not be suspended, unless when in cases. pf rebellion or
invasion "the public safety may require it.
4. Xo bill of atminer, 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
inbefore directed to be taken.
fi. No tax 6r.dut4r shall be laid on articles exported
from any State, except by a vote of two-thirds of
both houses. ,
7. Xo preferences shall be given by any regulation
of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over
hose of another.
8. Xo money shall be drawn from the treasury, but
in consequence of appropriations made by law ; .and . a
regular statement and account of the-receipts and ex
penditures of all public money shall be 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 some one of the heads of 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 claiifis
agains the government, which it is hereby made the
dutv ci" Congress to establish.
Qj All bills appropriating money shall specify in
fedejrd currency the exact amount of each appropria
tionV and the purposes for which it is made; and
Ccigress shall grant no extri. compensation to any
public contractor, officer, agent or servant, after such
Contract shall have been made or such service rendered .
11: No title of tfobility shall be ged rantby the Con
federate States ; and no person holding any office of
profit or trust under them, shall,witha out the consent
fo the . Congress, accept of any neresent emluments
office or title of any kind what prv f rom aoy king,
efoorcelign State. , I
RALEIGH N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1862.
12. Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof ; or abridging the freedom of spe-ech,
or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble and petition the government for a redess of
grievances.
13. A well regulated militia being necessary to ther
security of a free State, the right -f the people to keep
and bear acos shall not be infringed. -
. 14. Xo soldier shall, in time of peace, be quar
tered in any house without the consent of the owner;
nor in time of yvar, but in a manner to be prescribed
by law.
15. 'The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers and effects against 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 pqons 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;
nor shall any person be subject for the same offence
to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor be
compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against
himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law ; nor shall private prop
erty be taken for public use without just compensa
tion. 17. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall
enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an im
partial jury of the 3 ate and district wherein the crime
shall have been committed, which district shall
have' been prevj .sly ascertained by law, and to be
informed of the mature and cause of the accusation ;
td be confronted with the witnesses against him ; to
have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his
favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his
defence
18. In suits at common law, where the value in
controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of
trial by jury shall be preserved; and no fact so tried
by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court
of the Confederacy than according to the rules of the
common law.
19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces
sive fines imposed, nor ciel 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. Xo State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or
confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ;
'coin money ; make anything but gold and silver coin
a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attain
der, or ex post facto law, or. law impairing the obliga
tion of contracts ; or grant any title of nobility. '
2. Xo 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. Xo 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 ; -uul sumi auy ouv
troops or ships of war, in time of peace, enter into any
agreement or compact with another State, Or with a
foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually inva
ded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of
delay. But when any river divides or flows . through
two or more .States, ..thsy may enter into compacts
with each other, to improve the navigation thereof.
Article II. Section I..
1. The executive power shall be vested in a Presi
dent of the Confederate States of America. He and
the Vice President shall hold their offices for the term
of six years ; but the President shall not be re-eligible.
The President and , Vice President shall be elected as
follows:" v,
2. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the
Legislature thereof ibay direct, a number of electors
equal to the whole nuknber of Senators and Representa
tives to which the Slate may be entitled in the Con
gress ; but no Senator or representative, or person
holding" an office of tfust or profit under the Confeder
ate States, shaH be appointed an elector.'
i 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 raiemselves ; they shall name in
-their ballots the persoip. ypted 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, and of the number of votes for each, which
list they shall sign and certify, and transmit, sealed,
to the government of the Confederate States, directed
to the President of the Senate ; the President of th
Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and Hous
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 I such number be a majority of the whole
number of electors appointed , and if no person have
such majority, then, from the persons haying the high
est numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those
voted for as President, the House of Representatives
shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President.
But in choosing'the President the votes shall be taken
by States, the representation from each State having one
vcte ; a quorum for this purpose shall consist 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 uponthem, 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 suGh
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.
5. But no person constitutionally ineligible fr) the
office of President shall be eligible to that f Vice Pres
ident of the Confedrate States. -
6. 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
Confederate States.. -
7. Xo person except a natural born citizen of the
Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of
the aqoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof
born in the United States prior to the 20th of Decem
ber, 1860, shall be eligible to the office of President;
neither shall any person be eligible to that office who
shall not have attained the ane of thirty-five years,
and been fourteeh years a resiaeut within the limits of
the Confederate States, as may exist at the time of his
election. .
8. In case of the removal of the President from
office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to dis
charge the powers: and duties of the said office, the
same shall devolve on the Vice President; and the
Congress may, bylaw, 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 uutil the disability be removed xi a President
shall he alec ted. ; ; - -' , , .. ;..!,
,9 The President shall, at stated tiniest receive tor
his services a compensation, which shall neither bo in
creased nor diminished during the period for which he
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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 affirmation
? l 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 j 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
of such inferior ofiicers, 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 ot the President. All other ci vil 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 ta
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, convene 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 them to such time as he
shall think proper ; he shall receive Ambassadors and
other public ministers ; he. shall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all
the ofiicers of the Confederate States.
Section 4.
1. The President, Vice President, and all civil offi
cers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from
office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason,
bribery, or other high crimes and misdeanors.
article -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 from time to time
ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Su
preme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices du
ring good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive
for their services a compensation, which shall not be
diminished during their continuance in office.
1. !Thi judicial power shall 'extend' to ' all Tjases
arising- tinder this Constitution, the laws of the Con- "
federate States, and treaties made or Which shall be
made under their authority ; to all cases affecting am
bassadors, other public ministers and consuls ; to all
caws of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; to con
troversies to which the Confederate States shall be a
party ; to controversies between two or more States ;
between a State and citizens of another State where
the State is plaintiff ; 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 bo sued by a citizen or
subject of any foreign State.
2. In all cases, affecting ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls, and those in which a State
shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have origi
nal jurisdiction. In a'd the other cases before men
tioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate juris
diction, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions
and under such regulations as the Congress shall
make.
3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im
peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be
held in the State where the said crimes shall have
been committed ; but when not committed within any
Stated the trial shall be at such place or places as the
Congress may by law have directed.
' Section 3.
1. Treason against the Confederate States shall con
sist only in levying war against them, or in adhering,
to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. Xo
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.
' article ir. 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 Congress may,
by general laws, prescribe the manner in wlch such
acts, records and proceedings shall be pred and the
effect thereof.
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 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 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, escaping or lawfully carried
into another, shall in consequence of any law or regu-"
lation therein, be discharged from such service or la
bor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party
to whom such slaves belong, or to whom such service
or labor may be due. .. U
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 formed 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 '
of the Congress. " .
. 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and
make all heedful rules and regulations concerning the
property of the Confederate States, including the
amis thereof. -
3. The Confederate States may acquire new territo
ry, and Congress., shall have power to legislate and
provide governments for the inha"bitmts 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 in 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 iLnow exists in the Confederate .
State shall be recognized and protected by Congress
and by the territorial government and the inhabitantl
of the several Confederato States and ': Territories iha i
Xo. 69.
fully held by them in any of the States or TerrisasW
of the Confederate States.
Sti rt!!ffcmfc?ratl StatS g41 to every
S r SW h r h"TT 3"7 become a member
L11 Piam form of government,
.SS T0 h of them against invasion; and
i08?00. ?f the filature (or of the Executive
tic volencT " U 'm 8e8aio11) a&ainst dome8-
article v. Section 1.
1. Upon the demand of any three States legally
assembled m their several conventions, the Congress
shall summon a Convention of all the States, to take
into consideration such amendments to the constitu
tion as the said States shall concur in suggesting at
the time when the said demand is made, and should
any of the proposed amendments to the constitution
be agreed on by the said convention votin by
States and the same be ratified by the Legislatures
of two-thirds of the several States, or by conventions
tn two-thirds thereof as the one or the other mode ot
ratification may bq proposed by the general conven
tion they shall henceforward form a part of this
Constitution. But no States shall, without its con
sent, be deprived of its 'equal representation in the
Senate. ' .
ARTICLE vi.
1. The Government established by the Constitution
is the successor of the provisional government of the
Confederate States of America, aud all the laws pass
ed by the latter shall continue in force until the same
shall be repealed or modified ; and all the officers ap
pointed by the same shall Vremaia it office until their
successors are appointed and qualified, or the offices
abolished;
2. All debts contracted and engagements entered
into before the adoption of this constitution shall be'
as valid against the Confederate States under this
constitution as under the provisional government.
3. This constitution, and the laws of the Confeder
ate States, 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 Cor, federate States and of the several $tateSj shaji
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. v
5. The enumeration, in the constitution, of certain
rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage
others retained by the people of the several States.
6. The powers not delegated to the Confederate
States by he constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States are reserved to the States, Respectively, or to
the people thereof. , . '
ARTICLE VII.
1. The ratification of the 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 merabera of Congress under this
constitution, and the time for assembling the same.
Until the assembling of such Congress, the Congress
under the nrp visional ennstitntion shall continue to
tending beyond the time limited by the constitution
of the provisional government. '
Adopted unanimously, March 11, 1861. . ''
BR. MOORE,
jLTTORXF.Y at law,
salisbcrt, s. c,
Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun
ties. Collections promptly made.
Jan. 6 1861. 17 ly
TURNIP SEED.
TURNIP SEED. '
Large Flat Dutch Turnip Seed,
Red Top Turnip,
Large Norfolk,
Large Mammoth (from this county,)
And other kinds of Turnip seed,
For sale at PESCUD'S Drug Store.
August 19 ' ' 76 tf.
A
FINE LOT OF SP0XGE.
Salad Oil, :
Baker's Bitters,
Black Tea,
English Mustard,
A Jarge stock of Fancy Soaps,
Received at P. F.
PESCUD'S,
Drug Store.
76 tf.
aug 10.
Onr Own Primary Grammar.
JCST PUBDISHED BT
STERLING & CAMPELL,
Greensboro' is. C.
72 pages, 12 mo., 25 cents' per copy.
For sale by them and all booksellers.
Teachers and School officers desiring copies for examina
tion will receive them on remitting 15 cents to the author.
C W. SMTTHE,
Lexington, N. C.
dec. 11, 661 9-tf.
Cracker Bakery.
THE subscribers hailng built a large HARD
BREAD 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 fresh
Crackers, and of the best quality, such as
Soda Crackers, "
Butter Crackera,
"Water Crackers,
Sugar Crackers,, etc., etc.
We are also prepared to furnish the Army and Navy
with
2savy Bread;
I Pilot Bread,
' Wine Biscuit,
etc., etc., etc., " .
at the lowest market rates. Cash orders securely packed
and promptly by JAS. SIMPSON & SON.
Wanted. Empty Flour Barrels in good condition, for
which we will pay 25 cents each &
nor. 30, 1861. 6 sw6m.
NOTICE.
TAKEX UP and COMMITTED to JAIL I2T R0CR
ingham county, on the 27th day of January last,
nero man who call's his name Frank and says he belongs
to'james Pearce of Chatham county; says he was bound
to said Pearce, and at the age of twenty-one s years he .wiU
be free, and says he is about twenty years old at this time.
Said boy is a dark mulatto color, bushy head of hair, stout
built, full face, about five and a IWf feet high, and bad on
when taken up a brown homespun sack coat, pantaloons of
kersey nearly the same color, a good heavy pair of shoes
and no socks, and a drab felt hat. The owner is requested
to come forward, prove his property and pay charges, or
he will be dealt with according to law.
JAMES H. HALL, Jailor.
April 2, 1862T ' 11 Cm.
Wanted to Hire.
FIFTEEX IXTELIIGEXT NURSES FOR TIIE
North-Carolina General Military Hospital at Raleigh.
Middle aged men preferred. Also two washer-women.
Apply to e. BURKE HAYWOOD, Surgeon.
April 0, 1862. 43 tf
QcAKTEEMAsrsa's Officb,
- JcLiboro June 14th, 1862. f
Farmers and others having WOOL for sale, re hereby
notified that the Quartermaster's Department is desirous
of purchasing Wool in any quantities, and requested to
notify me at this place at what prices and la what quanti
ties they can deliver the article. On .e receipt of such
notification, the place of delivery will be id eated.
Those having the article for tale are earnestly solicited to
irive thia advertisement their attention, as .the place or
Seliyery will be made convenient and liberal price will
be naid. This advertisement ts intended to apply only to
Sjding within jtotogttg. of North
Carolina..; : Si? j vir r 4 A
Jnne 18 ww Major and Q. M., O. . A.
TERMS FOR ADYERTISIJftti
linn imiiarii nrtt MM.:.. " - - " . -v :
Each subsequent insertion, ............ -...i.. S
(Fourteen lines or under make a square.)
Contra43ts will be entered into with yearly, half-yesriy
and quarterly advertisers, at a reduction from th above
rates. ' .
Xo deduction from the regular rates for advertisement
inserted in the Week Edition. ' . " . "t,J
All adrertisements receive one insertion in the Weeky.
Oxford Schools.
TStt8!? & PTt Tanhh with
. - .V . comir.Uble accommodations 8 Laden ts at
tending the Masonic High School and the Female Schools ef
the town ; also any persons wishing to board, in healtky
section, and enter good society. ,
Terms from $12.50 to $15, per month.
r , u - B- D, HART.
Febmary Sth, 1862. 25 if
"NOTICE.
Methodist Frot. Female College.
Jamkstows, GcuroaD Co., N. C.
THE FIFTH SESSIOX WILL 0PIJT JULY 4 .ISM,
T. M.dr cbarge of O W. Uso, A.M. . V '
This InsUtution has theadrantage of a healthy 1 cUon,;
large and I comfortable buildings, and extensive philosophi
cal and chemical apparatus, Ac r.
p.?t? Tr ".t" , ofa,?i,jr' with the other member, of the .
StrStyJ 'l? iflJ?toIieP nd t the same tables with
I?r ?J uit mtl-6n tf5. Per ses6kn; Masi the Piano
V.L? k' ?,rfciu Looting $7 50; Embroidery $Tfc.
Latin, French, Oriental PainUng. Drawing, Hair Flower
Wax Flowers, Feather Flowers, Wax Fruit, each l, Jtl "
w Sl V? .contingent expen.es $1; Boarding $7 60 pet
month, including washing and fires, half in ad ancer For
further inlormation address "
June 26 O. W. HEPE, ,,
CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE-
THE L16".1,8, otJu Institute will be re
sumed on the 1st day ot September, under the di-
rection of Mr. and Mrs Burwelf, aided by competent
teachers in all the branches. The scholastic rear will bo
dirided into two sessions, one of sixteen and the other of
twenty-four weeks, with a vacation of threa weeks at
Cnnstmas. For circulars, containing full particul trs as to
terms, address Rev. R.' BUR WELL,
Jnlyl2-68-3t Charlotte, X. C
Edgeworth Female Seminary,
4 GREENSBORO', N.C. '
I WILL resnme thc exercises or inr School on
Moxdat, August 4th. ,vwiv
In consequence of the increased expense of lit ing, Board
will be one hundred dollars per session. Other charges the
same as heretofore. .
RICHARD STERLING, Principal.
Jnne2- 66 6wpd
Bethel Academy.
THE FIFTH Session of this School, under the
care of Rev. T. J; Horner, will be opened the second
Monday in July. The Principal will stnvu to make tho
rough scholars, and to train his pupils to steady and Indus-
trious habits ; and an experience of sixteen years in teach-'
ingand governing a school, Justifies the expectation th
he will be successful in his efforts.
The course of studies is designed to prepare yonng men
for College, and also to fit those who may not expect or
desire to obtain the benefits or a full collegiate course, for
respectable stations in life, by instruction in the ordinary
branches of a sound English education.
The price of board in the family of the Principal and
tuition is eighty dollars per session.
Applications for admission should bo made in advance.
r or particulars address the Principal at Bethel Hill.
Person count v. X.
Elder J.
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E. MONTAGUE,
F. XEAL.
D. A. HARRIS, Trustees.
W. H. LAWSON ,
p n rmf i ca
June 28th, 18G2.
65-4 1.
Warrenton Female CoUeg. Institute
WILL BECIX ITS TWENTY-SEC0XD TEAR THE
10tb of July, at the same rates as usual, and as well pre.
pared to give instruction to. young Ladies. This place is
very healthy, and none is more secure from invasion.'
Please send for Circulars for further information.
Junel8-9t JULIUS WILCOX, PrincipaUV
MASONIC HIGH SCHOOL. . ;
MATHEMATICAL AJiD CLASSICAL. "
OXFORD, N. C. "
rpHE FALL SKSSIOxY WILL OPEN ON THE 1ST
oPticVri'lnVepara to Doara ana tuition address .
THOMAS C. TULEY, Principal.
June 18.
61-
wlOt, .
Hillsboro Military Academy. .
HHlsnoro, K. C. v
THE SECOND SESSION of the Fourth Academic
year of this Institution will commence on let. Au
gust, 1862. , '
For circulars or information apply to ,
Maj. WM. M. CORDON, Sup't.
June 13. 61 2id.
SADDLE TREES-
SADDLE TREES.
SADDLE TREES
Or all descriptions and styles can be made on reasonable
terms, at shortest notice. , ,
Twenty hands wanted white or colored. Conscripts
not apply. THEIM & FRAPS' Factory
' : - Raleigh. 1 C. '
July 2. a-tf.- '
LOST ! LOST 1 ! LOST 1 1 !
WHILE OX MY WAY FROM U0LDSB0R0 TO
Raleigh, on the 21st of May last past, one large BUkck
Knnmld linn. nuirl-fA .L T4. BeoWS ..V. C. It WM BOt
Nput out at Raleigh, as it should have been, bu carried up
to the Company Shops or Charlotte, or some other place J
on the road. The finder will send it to tue i aruorougu ,
House, in Raleigh, and leave it in charge of the Clerk,
and write me at this place, and also at Tarboro, . C,
and I will get one or the other of the letters; if to Tar
boro, mark to the care of li. M. Selby, of that place. -The
finder will be liberally rewarded for hi trouble.
May 11.
V1VTY DOLLARS REWARD
RANAWAY FROM THE UNDEBSIGNED, OX
the 8th instant, his NEGRO BOY lijetrt of age,
yellow complexioned, about 5 feet inches high. His left
thumb is larger than the other, and has a very small nail
on it. His tefth are slightly affected with the scurvy.
The above reward will be given for Li confinement In
prison so that I can recover him. He u "PPed to b in
Raleigh or the vicinity. . F. B. lIAKKISOa,
June 18-4t Raleigh, N. C ,
Partizan Rangers. j i
HAYING RECEIVED AUTHORITY FB0M THE
Secretary of War to raise a mounted company of
PARTIZAN RANGERS, I invite to my ttsndard all who
wish to enter actively into the service of their conotrj.
The company will operate in North Carolina. The men
receive the same bounty, pay, clothing, rations andquar
ter as other soldiers. They will fnrnuh their own arms
and equipments and horfces ; Ut the overnroent W
for the use of these, an& their value if deetroyed in.the
service I f
The Lieutenants wilr be elected Conscripts c Jow
this company before they arc cnrolkd, butnot afterwards.
Address me at.PitUboro', N. C. R .
.Tun, 25. q-w8wpd
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OFFICE X, U. It. U. W.
Company Shops, July 2d, 1862.
DIVIDEND,
A DIVIDEND OF ElfcllT ran uai.
Capital Stock of this Company ha. been thu day
declared Da vable, on and after the first day of August
stock.0 The transfer ?iATjT'
the day of payment. J OH 3 U. BRYA , J
July 5. . ' .
Headquarters 7th lino. N. C. 8. 'fff '
Camp, near Richmond, 'June 4tb, 18G. ;
Special Order, )
Morethan twi Thundred enlisted men, M?
Rent. are at this time absent without proper lesra ,
nnn 1IJV AV mV
f Vnrf h Carolina. AH ucn w.
ndquarternatdy. etr.
names will be published a deserters, and themselves vv
treated as such. - - CAMPBELL, ' t
Commanding 7tb l&giment,
Lieutenant and Adjutant 7th IgJ;
Iredell Express,. Wilmington Journal and Charlotte
Democrat copy four times and forwird accounts to Quarter
master of this Regiment. ........ ; gyri.
jnne 13. 1 ' ,
THE USDEBSIGXED HA VIJfB ATfi W PM
"ect term of Wake County Court, qualified " Execu
tors of the estate of John. B. Johns, deceased, hereby give
mSee to all the debtors of the estate ff the decease to
pljupi and to all the creditors, pteaeat their claims
within the time prescribed by law.
r T Tnmvtl
ft
V. JOHNS.
" , Executorf.
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May 19th, 186?.
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