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We the people of the Confederate States, each State and indeuendent character, in ' dcAo' form a permanent federal government, estab V .v ;,10f?ri. insure domestic tranquility, and secure the " WestW of liberty to ourselves and our posterity in fv, rvnr and miidance of Almighty God do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confine- rate States of America. - Abticle V. Section 1 All legislative powers herein 'delegated shall be in a rn?rress of " the Confederate States, . which shall consist of a Senate and House of Rep resentatives . Section 2. . m. . ti,0 f i?rfsfintatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of , ' i o.. w Sectors m each State shall becitiSof the Confederate States, and have the qual i??Tf tim State Legislature; but no person of in a la 1.1 w rth not a citizen oi me Confederate States fchall be allowed to vote for any officers, civil or politi cal, State or Federal. .' 2 No person shall be a representative wTio shall nt have attained Che age of twenty-five years, and be a citizen of the Confederate States, and who shall not, when elected, be nn inhabitant of that State m which he shall be chosen. . , ' 3 Representatives and direct taxes shall be appor tioned among the several States which may , be included within this Confederacy according to their ppcctive m mlcrs, whhh shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians art Taxed, three-fifths of all staves. 1 he actual enu Swrition shall be , made withm three years after the fiS rneetin- of the ingress of the Confederate States, ami - within every subsequent term of ten years, in such mer ks they shall, by law, direct. The number of representatives shall not exceed one for every fifty thousand, but each State shall have at leas one repre-Witive- and until such enumeration shall be made Jc State of South Carolina shall be entitled to choose 8iX the State ot Georgia usn, uw "t- nine the State of I' lorida two, tue owuc ui miatia4.i Kcveh. the Sk'e of ljouisiana six, aim- ne oiaiu ui Texas six. . : v-i-ifvinrif's happen in the representation from any State, the Executive auiuuuty di.-.i ,Uue writs of clectii to fill such vacancies - 5 'J he House of Representatives shall choose their Sueaker and other officers, and shall have the sole nUcr of impeachment, except that any judicial or ntheT-'-ft-dcral officer resident and acting solely wUhin the limits -of any State, may be impeach! by a vote f:two-thirdS of both branches of the Legislature tljereof. . ' - Section 3. - ' 1. The Senate of the Confederate State shall bo d of two Senators Irom eacn duiw, cnuhun iui .six years by tue he Legisluture thcrcoi, ai ine regunir. session n xt mTmediately . preceding the -commence- incut of the term of. service; aiki eacn senator suan have one vitc. ' . , . t, nfter thev shall le asscmblcfl, in mii-a-mii rice of the i iiiim-viiv-'j - , , .it. .: i 1 first election, iney snau uu uiviulu as equally as may be into three clObS the Senators, of, the first class sha 1 classes, the seats ot be vacated r.t the expiration of the second year; ko f the f(.)urth yer of the second class at ir ; and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year ; so that one hirJ may ho ,.n rcry second year; and if vacan cies happen byVchignatiou or otherwise during the re cess, of the Legislature ;of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary appomtments untibthe next meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill hiich vacaucies." ,,11., 3 No vvrkm shall be a Senator kIio shall not have attained the feef thirty years, and bo a citizen of the Confederate "I Sfcites, Pnd who shall not, when flectol, be an inhabitant of the State for which he .shall be 4 TheYiJca rresident of the Confederate States shall lwTrosident of the Senate, but shall have no vote, un less they be equally divided. "'L 5 The Senate shall choose their other, officers, and also a President 2 tempore in the absence of the A ice lWdent, or when lie shall exercise the office of Presi dent of the Confalcvate States. 6 The Senate shall have the sole power try all i mp'eachments When sitting for that purpose, they 'shall be on oath or. affirmation. V hen the Preideat of the Confederate States is tried, the Chief Justice "shall preside ; and no person shall be convicted with out tho concurrence of two-thirds of the members 1,1 7 "'judgment in cases of impeachment shall not ex tend Further than to removal from office, and disqual ification to hold and enjoy any office f honor, trust or i.mht under the Confederate States ; but the party con victed shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment,-trial", judgment and punishment, according t? law. , - Section 4. ' . " ' 1. The times, places and manner of holding elec tion's for Senators and Representatives shall be pre Mibcd in each State by the Legislature thereof, sub ject to the provisions of this Constitution ; but the Con . gress may, at any time, by law make or alter such "regulations, execptjis to the times and places of cnoos- ing Senators. - . . -j 'p)e Congress shall .ssemble.at least oacc in every . A wrh meeting shall be on the first ilonday in 'December unless they shall, by law, appoint a different day.. . ' . C Section 5. .s a Each Hou e shall be the judge of the elections, onrl .Mi'alilications of ite own members, and a niaicrity of each shall constitute a qu.rum to do busi ni. v,t. a Rmaller number may adjourn from day to lay' and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in sucn manner anu uuuer acb House may provide. 1 2 ' Each House may determine the Tules of its pro Ziu, TMinisb its members for disorderly behavior, 1, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the whole--zmber, expel a member. ' ,i ' r J. Each House Vnall keep a journal of its pro- ccodins and from time to time publish the smie, ex cepting such parts as may in their judgment require s'ecresy and the yeas and nays of the members of either House, Vn any 'question, : shall, at the desire of ' twe-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal. 4 Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall without the consent.' of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that u which the'two Ueu-s shall be sitting. , Section Ck ' . 1. The Senator and Representatives shall receive a co'mpeiiivition for their services, to be asct-rtainetl by aw, and paid out' of the treasury of ihe Confederate States They shall, in all cases, except treason, felony hid breach of the peace be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and. in going to and returning from the same ; and for any speech or debate in either House they shall jiot be questioned in any other place. . 2. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any, civil office under the authority of the . Confederate which shall have been created, ortlie emoiu- merits' whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no person holding anyoflice under tue tvon federate States shall be. a member of either House Jdu fliirintf bi rrmtinuance in office. But Congress may, law, grant to the pnncipuuu. yw" " eZ ;C House, with the privilege of discussing any mcasurw appertaning to bis department. . . . - ': -k Section!. :- 1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the Houae of Representatives; but the Senate may propose he. oncur wjth amendments as oa other bills. w , 16a Every bill which have pas?ed both House sn I, - VToro it becomes a law, be presented to the. , , rresident 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 tneir journal and - proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agoo to pass the bill, it shall be seut, together with tho 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 in all sch cases the votes 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 Barae shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return ; in which case it shall not be a law. The Presi dent may approve any appropriation and disapprove any other appropriation m the same bill. In such casdj, he shall, in signing the bill, designate the appropria tions disapproved, and shall return a copy 01 micu 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. V 3. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the con currence of both Houses may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the Confederate States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him; or being disapproved by him, may be repassed by two thirds of both Houses according to the rules 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 piy the debts, provide for the common defence, and carry on the government of the Confederate 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, imposls and excises shall be uniform throughout 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 sevcra States, and with the Indian tribes ; but neither this, nor. any other clause contained in the Constitution, shall ever be construed to delegate the power to Congress to appropriate money for any internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce, except for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons and d other aids to navigation upon the coasts, and the improvement of harbors and the removing of ftUnwirait ?n rivftr navigation, in aft which eases such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated thereby as may be necessary to pay! the costs and ex- of naturalization, and uniform Ihwq nn t.liH snbiect of bankruptcies, through nnt tho f!.infm1.-rate States: but no law of Congiessha;! discharge any debt contracted before the passage of the same. 5 To coin mouev, regulate the value thereof and ot r.crn r.ii1;anl fix the' standard of weights and mea- IVJVIqU vy 1 ' j - - , w r, To r.rnvitle for the Tmnishment of. iuuterfeit- ing the securities and current coin of- the Confederate 7 To Publish' uost offices and post routes ; but the tl.R P.wt office Denartment" after the first day of M.irehJnthe 3-ear of our lord eighteen -hundred and sixty-three, shall be paid out -oi its owu iuvu nues. " .. : ' . 8. Toprdmote the progress of science and usetut arts, by nouu-ilug AJr iixvtaa. tiTco to ituLiiuis ui ventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries. 9. To constitute tribunals interior to the Supreme Court. ' ... . 10. To define and punish piracies and lelomcs com mitted on the high seas, and oflences against the law rf nations. . 11. To dechire war, grant letters ol marque and re- - - t 1 .... - . .C.w rtunfunw Mil 1 1 rtf 1 pnsal, and maKe ruics tuiiceiuiu wi"" and water. . li. To raise and support armies ; but no appropria tion of money to that use shall be tor a longer icim than two jrears. 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 cxe- cute the laws of the uonieueraic ouues, buppies in surrections and repel invasion. 16. To provide for organizing, arming ana discip lining the militia, and for governing such pari 01 mem as may be employed in the service ot the Lonleclcrate States reserving to the States, respectively, the ap pointment of the officers, and the authority ot training the militia according tcj !thc discipline prescribed by Congress. " , . . ' 17: To exercise exclusive legislation-, in all cases whatsoever, overmuch district (not exceeding -ten miles square) as may, by cession of one or more States and the acceptance of Congress, become the scat, of the government of the Confederate States ; and to exercise fike 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 wnicn snau ue ncvij auu 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?. 1. The importation of negroes of the African race from anv 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 of rebellioir-or invasion, the miblic safety may require it. 4. No bill of attainer, or ex ost facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property 'in negro slaves shall be passed. ' 5. No capitation or other direct tax shall le laid unless in proportion to the census or enumeration here- j inbeforc directed to be taken. . m 6. N " i ai rnoose Hie vice r rvsiuciii' t uuuiiuu iui i-uc-uuijaw o Ux or duty c?tnS of 5 -haFconsist of two-thirds of th'e whole numbeof Sen ,nv State, except uy a. olo ui inu-um ui . - ;.,jif n,nl,-i, from anv State, both houses. , , . 1 7. No preferences shall le given by any regulation : of commerce or revenue to the ports of one Stdte,Over 1 hose of another. ' 8. No 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 fiom the treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses, taken by yeas and nays, 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 j States; the justice of which shall have been judicially J declared by a tribunal for the" investigation of claims against the government, which it is hereby made the j duty of Congress to establish. . . 10. All bills appropriating money shall specify m federal currency the exact amount of each appropria tion and the nurposes for which it is made ; and n,wTroc ehxll rant no CXtlw compensauuu w unjr J VgiS Public iZ, 11: No title of nobility snau oe 5 . . disabilitv be removed or a President tha confederacv..- In all such territory the federate States; no person nogw ? . . . to - fieW 8UteV as 'it now exist, in the profit or trust under them, snau.wiuia out Prudent shall, at stated times, receive tor Stenalr rWrnzed and brotected by io the Congress, accept of any nereseni emiumra cororsation. which shall neither be in- W hw the temtorud overhment and tbe onice or uucui -"j ""r - - t cr8ascd nor diminished during tbe period lor winch no . iiii- .n binri whot rvrv irnm Jliv kiii" i . at 71 . . . 1 12. Congress shall, make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of tbe people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. . 13. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right f the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. 14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quar tered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a maimer to be prescribed by law. f . 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 110 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; 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- tl17 In all criminal .prosecutions the accused shall eiijoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an im partial jury of the ? ate and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previ. .sly ascertained by law, and to be informed of the .jature and cause of the accusation ; to-be confronted with the witnesses against him ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistanceof counsel, for his cIcFcnc j 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 rcsol ution 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 shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation : grant letters of marque and reprisal ; roin monev : make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attain der, or expostjacto law, or law impairing tne obliga tion of contracts ; or. grant any title of nobility. ; 2. No State shall; without the consent of the Con otpss lav anv imposts or duties on imports and ex- norts excent 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 ex norts. shall be for the use of the treasury ot the Confederate States - and all such laws-shall be subject to the revision and control ot Lougress 3 No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lav anv duty of -tonnage, except on sea-going vessels, for the improvement of its rivers and harbors naviga tad bv tho said vessels : but such" duties shall not con ' Uict with any treaties of the Confederate States with foreign nations; and any surplus of revenue thus de rived shall, after making such improvement, lie paid into the common treasury ; nor shall any State keep troops or ships of war, in time of peace, enter' into any groaint ii? compact with o-uotWr 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. Rut when any river divides or flows through two or more States,, they may enter into compacts with each other to improve the navigation thereof. Abticle II. Section 1. 1. Tne executive power shall be vested in a iTesi dent of the Confederate States of America, ile and the Vice President shall hold their offices for the term of six years ; but the President shall not here-eligible. The President and Vice President shajr be elected as follows: J 2. Each State shall appoint, luuch manner as the legislature 'thereof may directa number of electors equal to the whole number ofSenators and Representa ti ves to which the State may be entitled in the Con gress ; but no SenatOTor representative, or person holding an office ortrust or profit under the Confeder ate States, shill )d appointed an elector. 3. The electors shall meet in their respective States and vote bypallot, for President and Vice President, 'One opwhomF at least, shall not be an inhabitant of thtsame 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 ncke 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 SPiiate shall, in the presence of the Senate and Hous f TlPr.rfisnnth.tives: own all the certificates, and th votes sliall 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 rrtfmber of electors appointed , ana ir no person nave such majority, then, from the persons having the high est numbers not exceeding three, on the list of. those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President the votes shall be taken Yjy States, the representation from each State having one veto; aquorum for this purpose shall consist of a memberor 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, in case of The death or other., constitutional disability of the President. - ':) ", 4. The person having the greatest number of vote3 as Vice President shall be the Vice Presdefttif such number' be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed : and if 110 person have a majority, then from .trr . i-i i il. 1:.. C f ..T, 11 uie , two nignesb nuiuueis.ui usi j,uv ocuhk? ouui cesary to a choice. , 5. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres ident of the Confederate States. . ' - G. The Congress may determine the time of choosing the .electors, and the day on which they snau give uieir votes, whidi day shall be the same throughout the Confederate States. ' - ; -- 5 : ' 7.: Ko person except a natural born citizen of the Confedwate States, or a. citizen thereof at the time of the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof bora in the United States prior to the 20th ot Decem ber, I860, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not h.ave attaint the ace of thirty-five years,' and been fourteen years a resident within the limits of the Confederate States, as may exist at the time of his election. . ' ". ' ' ' " 8. In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignarm, or inability to dis-; charge the powers and duties i tho ' said office,, the same shall devolve on tbe Vice President ; and the Congress "may, by lawv provide tor the case ot re- tory belonging to the Uontederate btates lying witn niovai, death, resignation, or inability both of the Pros-. I out the limits of the several States, and may permit ulent and Vice President, declaring what officer shall I Koti art. as TTPsidnt- and sucn omcer snail act accord- l law wrovwin. in form th States to be 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 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." oecuon z. 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- 1 i. l i.- 1 1 1 i r .1 . jse jtb relating xa we auues 01 ineir respective omces, and he shall have power to grant . reprieves and par dons for offences against tho 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 benators present concur ; and he shall nominate, andT by and with the advice and consent of jthe Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other! public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su preme Court, and all other officers of the Confederate States, whosie 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 ot 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 to the Congress information of the state of the Confed eracy, and recommend to their consideration sue 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 yCi fu journment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper ; he shall receive Ambassadors and other- public- ministers ; he shalb take caye that the laws Ikj faithfully executed, and shall cummission all the officers of the Confederate States. Section 4. 1. The President, Vice Presidemyand all civil ofu 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 m. 'Section 1. . 1. The judicial power joi 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 behaviorf and shall, at stated times, receive .fortheir serviced a compensation, which shall not be imimshed diirinf; their continuance in olnce. Section 2. judicial poAver shall extend to all cases arising tinder tuui uunsLicuion., ma mws 01 , tuo vaii- lerate States, and treaties made or which shall Le under their authority ; to all cases aflecting am- . iadors. other public ministers and consuls; to alt :aies of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; to con troversies to which the Confederate btates 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 Stato shall be sued by a citizen or subject of any foreign State. 2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have origi nal jurisdiction. In ail the other cases before men tioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate juris diction, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions and under such . regulations as the f Congress shall make. . ' 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of 1m peachment shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed. i Section 3. l. Treason against the Confederate States shall con ilv'iivlevvinsr war asainst them, or in adhering fr t.Kfiir oncmies. srivins them aid and cpmfort. - No person shall be convicted ot treason unless on tne ies- 1 ! timany ot two witnesses to me vyw - il r .. , .1 l confession m open curt. o Tho rVuiorrsK shall have-nower to declare tne punishment of treason, but no attainder treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attained. abticle 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 Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in whch such acts, records and; proceedings shall be pr7ed and the effect thereof." . Section 2." 1. The citizens of each State shall be cntitletl 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 qf 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 0r labor may be due. OCCiWIt ix. - 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 f the Congress. -. - ' 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful ru'es and regulations concerning tho property' of the Onfoderate States, including tho ands thereof. m ; -r---, - 1 ' '. 3.,.The Confederate States may acquire, new territo ry, and Congress shall have power to legislate and ci-.i? n proviae goverrunenis inr toe uiuauiutuw them, at such times and m such manner as it may uy admittea mvo institution , Confederate Congress inhabitant! of Xhc several .Confederate States and Territories - i- ; have the right to take such territory and fclavsew i . fully held by them in any of tbe Stales or TerrsarLL . of the Confederate States. 1 :' -' 1 4- The Confederate States shall guarantee to emy ; State that now is or hereafter may become a member of this Confederacy a Republican form ofovernment. I ouu prowct eacn 01 thera against invasion; and J on application of the Legislature (or of theExecutivo wuen we legislature is not in session) against domes- article v. Secion 1. 1. Upon the demand of anv three Stairs Wait1 - in iucii Bcvcnu uonTenwons, me Uongre?a sliall summon a Convention of all the States, to take into consideration such amendments to the constitu tion as the said States shall concur hi suggestj&g at, the time when the said demand is made, andshould any of the proposed amendments to the constitution oe 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 byconventions 1 A M - 1 ,1 J .1 ( . T m. in iwo-iniras tnereoi as the one or thbther mode ot ratification may be proposed by the general conven tion they shall henceforward fornr a part of- this Constitution.. Put no States shall -without its' con sent, be deprived of its equal representation in the Senate. ARTICLE 1. The Government established bv the Constitution is the successor of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America, and 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 11 office until their successors are appointed and qualified, or the offices abolished. 2. All debts contracted and engagement entered into before the adoption of this constitution Bhall be as valid againstthe Confederate States under this constitution asUnder the provisional government. , 3. This constitution, and the laws of the Confeder ate States, made in persuanno thereof, and all trea ties made, r which shall be made under the authori-, ty of Confederate States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every State shall be bounMhereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any Stte to the contrary hot withstanding. 4. The Senators and Representatives before men tioned, and the members of the several State Legisla tures, and all executive an! judicial officers, both of the Confederate 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. ' 5. The enumeration, in the constitution,, bf certain rights, shall not, be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people of the several States. G. The- powers not delegated to the Confederate States by he constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States are reserved to the Statesj 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 havfe 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 f and for the meeting of the Electoral Ojllee ; and'for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi dent. They shall also prescribe the time for holding the first election of members of Congress under this constitution, and the time for assembling the same. Until the assembling of such Congress, the Congress under the provisional constitution shall continue to exercise the legislative powers granted thern, not ex tending beyond the time limited by the constitution nf the provisional 2 jveniroent. ; 1 Adopted unanimously, March 11, 186.1. ; MOORE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, IAM8BUKY, N. C, Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoining coun- tie?. Collectiens promptly made. Jan. 6 1861. 17 ly TURNIP SEED. i TURNIP SEED. Larpe Flat Dutch Turnip Seed, . Red Top Turnip, Large Norfolk, Larec Mammoth (from this county,) And other kinds of Turnip seed, For sale at PESCUD'S Drug Store. August 19- 76 tr. A FIXE LOT OF SP0XGE. Salad Oil, 1 Baker's Bitters, Black Tea, English Mustard, i A large stock of Fancy Soaps, . Received at J F. PESCUD'S, t Drug htore. ang 19. 76- if. Our Own Primary Grammar. ' ' JUST PtTBDISnjJD BT 1 ' STERLING & CAMPELL, Geeessboko' N. C. 72 pages, 12 mo., 25 cents per copy. For gale bv tbein and all booksellers. Teachers and School officers desiring copies for ex anima tion will receive them on remitting 15 cents to the author. ., Lexington, N. C. dec. 11, 861 Cracker Bakery. miiF. Kiihsrrlhers havlns bollt a laree IIARD- 1 .'BREAD and CRACKEK BAKERY, and fitted it' up with the most improved machinery, are now prepared to furnish the citizens of Baieign, ana fne otatc, wim iresu Crackers, and of ihe best quality, suen as Soda Crackers, Butter Crackers, Water. Crackers, Sugar Crackers, etc., etc. ; We are also prepared to furnLih the Army and XaTy with Navy Bread, ;.' Pilot Bread, ' Wine Biscuit, ' , -r etc.. etc.. etc.. at the lowest market rates. Cash orders securely packed and promptly by JAS. SIMPSON 4 bO. Wanteb. Empty Flour Barrels in good condition, for wluch we : wui pay a cents eacn UTSO SON. hot. 30, 1861. ' 6 sw6m. NOTICE. ;. rpiKEK P and COMMITTED to JAIL 15 ROCK I inirham Piinntr. on the 27th dar of January last, nejrro man who call's his name. Frank and say he belongs lim.a Ponrfu at Chatham countv : sars he waa bound W w ... to said Pearee, and at tbe ae of twenty-one years he will h fm. and aavs he ia about twenty years old at this time. Said boy is a dark mnlatto color, busby head of hair, stout K..;it fnn ft nhAiit fire and a half feet hi?h. and bad on when taken up a brown homespun sack coat, pantaloons of kersey nearly tbe same color, a gooi neayy pair pi snoea and no socks, and a drab felt bat. The owner is requested to come forward, prove his property and pay charges, or ne will oe acaii witn accoraing ui taw. JAMES II. HALL, Jailor. Jtnrit f. 1RH2. 41 6ra. , Wanted to Hire. THimvY-- TTi'LT.lfiEXT 2.TRSES FOR TIIE North-Carolina General Military HoepiUl at Kaleigb. Middle aged men preferred." Also" two washer-women. Apply to V. KFTRKE IIAYWOOD. SnrgeoB. April 9, mi. " .- 45 tf . - QDaTBaKAsrca' Office, -" - -1" : 1 n.tj 1 I... Uh KR?.. Farmers and others having WOOL for sale, are hereby notified that the Quartermaster's Department J desirous ,ofparchasinf Wool ia txnr quantities, and requested to notify me at this place at what prices and in what quantj Sei they can deUrer the article. 0a .the receipt of such noliSation, the place of delivery will be iUT Thoso baying the article fofaale are earnestly solicited to ST IU .vertisement their etioa; - the place of r I- Kwonlpnt inff a liberal oncewul be oaiZ TWa advertisement ia inUnded to .PP'JL'J f rtreaidinff within the-limit of the' KUte of North those residin. InilM W. CAMERON. sha . Jane 18 ww : V Jlaor and M, C. S. A." . 7 Oxford School v THE SabRrribcr is Drf pared to fanilli wit board and comfortable accommodations Stadents at tending: lh6 Masonic High School and tbe Female Schools ef tLe town also any persons wishing to board, ia a keaJlky section, 4nd enjoTpod sodctr. 1 " . Tern& from $13.50 to $15, per month. ' ' x t ' ..B.D. IURT. - Febrnary &tb, 1862. .--.- , -.j, . tkVT 'NOTICE. 4 Methodist, Prow , Female College. Jsmkstowx, Gvttroap Cft-YXi C. 1 THE FIFTH SESSION WILL 0PE3T JULT 4,1851, under the charge of G. W. iliac, A. M. Thu Institution has the adranUge of a healthy Iscation, large and comfortable buildings, and extensive philosophi es! and chemical apparatus, Ac ; ' - ,,,'" The President and family, with the other members of the Facolty, lire ia the College and eat at the tarn table with the Students. Tuition SIS oer aeninn: llufdea the Piano cal Mutfic $1; eojxtinp?nt expenses $1; Boarding S7 6 per month, including washing and firea; half la ad t anon.. t For further inlormation address - - O. W. IIEGE, Prtidmt. - -- - if. Jane 20 CHARLOTTE FEMALE' INSTITUTE THE exercises of this Institute will be re samed est tbe '1st day- oi September, under the di- rection of Mr. and Mrs. J3ntwell. aided -br Tsoannetent teachers in all the branches. The scholastic vear will bo divided into two sessions, one of sixteen and the other of twenty-four weeks, with a. racation of three weeks at Lnrlstmas. j?or circulars, coBtainin full particulars as t terms, address Ker. K. BLHWELL, . ' 1 July l2-8-3t Charlotte, N. C. Edgeworth Female Seminar, Jt x GREENSBORO', N. a.. . ; U : 1 WILL resume the exercises of nir School on Mondat, August 4th. . In conscouencv of tho increased expense ofUrtn Board will be one hundred dollars per session. Other charres tho same as heretofore. RICriARD STERLING, Principal. 6&6wpd June 2. Bethel Academy. i TnE FIFTH Session of this School, under the care of Rev. T. J. Horner, will be opened the second Monday in July. Th Principal wilt str ire to make tho rough scholars', and to train his pupils to steady and indus trious habits ; and an experience of sixteen years in teach ing and gorerning a school, justifies the expectation tha he will be successful in his efforts. : ; ." . ,' The course of studies is designed to pVopariyonng men for College, and also to fit those who may rot expect or desire to obtain the benefits of a full collegiate coarse,' for respectable stations in life, by instruction in the ordinary branches of a sound English education. ' , ' ,-,' P- The price of board in the family of tho Principal ;anl tuition is eighty dollars per session. . - . ii Applications for admission should bo mado ib ad aare. For particulars address the Principal at Bethel Hill, Person coiintv, N, C. .. .. Elder J. E. I.ONTAGUE, V J. F. NEAL, D. A. HARRIS, Trustees.. W. H. LAWSON, - - Vl--- ' R. D. BUMPASS, J -V June 28th, 1SG2. . . s !B54U Warrcnton Female Colleg. Institute WILL BEGIN ITS TWENTY-SECOND TEAR THE 10th of Julv, at the same rates as usual, and as well pre pared to elve instruction to young Ladies This place is very healthy, and none is more secure from invasion. Please send for Circulars fijr further information. June 18 9t J CLIPS WILCOX. Principal. MASONIC niCII SCIIOOiW MATHEMATICAL AND CLASSICAL. OXFORD; N. C. " rpiIE FALL SESSION WILL OPEN OX THE 1ST A MONDAY in July. ' , - - j ' For particulars in regard to board and taition address THOMAS U. i LLt.1 , 1'rtncipai. June 18. M. 1 61 wlOt. llillsbbro' Military Academy. lltllsboro, N. C. ; ? THE SECOND SESSION oT the Fourth Academic vear of this Institution will commence on 1st Au gust, 18(!2. - ' , ' x or circulars or information apply 10 -- , Maj. VM. M. UORDON, Hup t. June 13. P 12 in. SADDLE TltEES. SADDLE TllEES. SADDLE TltEES j. T Or all descriptions and styles can be made on reasonable terms, at shortest notice. . Twenty hands wanted white, or coiorca. vonscripw hot apply; TjIKIM A ctoryf July fifi if. LOST! LOST! ! LOST!! I wnirrAy-lHY- 1VAY FU0M C0LDSB0R0 TO Ualeisli, ort the Pist ol May Jat pat. one rye i, one iri .X. C. It Block Kunntelrd lUm. wr"t J. I'. waa not put out at Kaleigh, ax it should hare been, but carried up to the Company' Shops or Charlotte, or some other place . on the road, the Underb ill send it to the arborougU Hyuse, in Kaleigh. and leave it in cnarge oi ine c,iera, and write me at this place, and alno at TafbT, U, and I will "et one or the other of tbe letters? if to Tar-, boro, uiarlfto the care of. I?. M. Belby, of that place. The finder will' be liberally rewarara Mr May 11. ;. FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD TMVIU'IV VIMIM Ilia, L'ilUrX OIVMaU, 01 K iu" l:l i;,r,i iii NKURO BUY 18 yearaof a?e, yeriow'complexi.ned. about 5 feet 6 inches high. 'Ilia left J. . . . ' .1 . i tX.a.r anl hn rcrr unall nail thuinD is larger man iue un.. , on it... His teetn are suguw : ", V- The aboTe reward will do pien i'r . .-ii Z prison so that I can recorer Dim. A' 7 U. irh nr tho TlfiniLV. - " Kaleigh. N. C. June lo- 4t ... Partizan Rangers- i .v LIAVIXG BECEIYED AITHORITI FB0M THE H Secretary of War to raise a mounted opaaj PARTIZAN RANGERS Unvite U. my rtandardjll who LXV;,tiVelV into tbe service of their country. ThTcoWanv-will operate in North Carolina. The men inecoiuu n f r.tinna n4 nntr. receive the same oouniv, v .-- n--- eS as other soldiers. They will furnish tbdr own arm- and equipment and boroes : d '7"'"7 H " for the use of these, and their value if destroyed in the service. ... . . r1,.. ...- r I,. in The Lieutenants will e I'lttioi. . y , tbU company before they are enroll, but m,tafterwardi. Add .me ru-wuoru , g;n haRrIS. : r - 64 wRwtKf June 2-i. - . i "orricE n. c. k. u, ool OWanv Suors, Jnlyd, 18G2. ..J: . DIVIDEND, V . n ' n Pif nt ppn rvxT- ilk TIIE I' mmnanr has been tbU dar ron"and after the first day of Augu UCVlOl l'J : iESSSmtwKwi. an. c. . Camp, near llichmond, June 4th, Sneeitl Order, a xrt0;tfa;two,hndredcnltediDenf Ulongingio jtfcto RSeni, are at e XSrZZ. diferent portions of North .mediatelr. or tneir. themselves at tnese ne-.- - - th-mscItT, ba themselves names win oe pul"""v treated as sncn. Br order of OA. CAMPBELL,' ?h I iincnt. Nortb wrwiiaa iroorr.-.. r . ... i m tomaiu-""o - p rj. JTOCKTON, . V V reas Wilminjctea- Journal and. thaTlotte: Iredell ixj reas, .crouqU Lo Quarter- nsa ocrat copy rouriunea master of this Regiment. w6t. nE I DKi:SIGEP JIA V1X0 AT TlUl.PRE. tor. of the esute of Joha Bj , JoUna, "hJ r nbUce to 1I the debtors of the estate r,tbe deceased to pay np; to the CTelitor' to Preicnt their claim., within tbe time prescribed by ; J ' . I-l'J, - l-u liaecutois, -w6w 5i - MayT3tb,lS6V"- V . . w'? i aiuunjj ovi xanoroioerv 9' Katia, Frrachr Oriental PainUnr: Drawtnr, Uair Flowers, Wax Flnvera. Pih Yl. Ur e f. . . V ,thcdarof paymenL J0IIX IL tff-J: , JnU5. ' ; F ' r-