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The Southern Republic
The Permanent 'Constitution of the Confederate States
of America.
r. the riwopleof the Confederate States, each State
tinr id it8 sovereign and independent character, in
order, to form a permanent federal J government, estab
'ish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and ecure the
blessings of liberty to oursel ves and our posterity in
voking the favor and guidance of Almighty Gcd do
ordain 4nd establish this Constitution for the Conftide
rae States of America.
Article I. Section 1.
AH legislative powers herein delegated shall be
vested in a Congress of the Confederate States,
which shall consist of a Senate and House of Rep
resentatives. j" J . " Section 2.
i Ti;Trno of Kenresentatives shall be composed
of HkmberschoscQ every second yat by the people of
the several States ana me eiecwreju caw..
he ftitiVna of the Confederate States, ana nave me qaai
Votmn. tntiisita for electors of the most numerous
branch of the State legislature ; but no person of
foreign. birth not a citiien of the Confederate States,
shall be allowed to vptejfor aoy officers, civil or politi
..isatA nr Federal.
i No person shalf be a representative who shall not
ha've attained the age cjf twenty-five -years, and be a
citizen of the Confederate States, and who shall not,
- when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which
he shall be chosen. , , ,
3 Representatives and direct taxes shall be appor
tioned anion thcseveral States which may be included
lithin this Confederacy according to their respective
numbers whuh 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
nuUaxcd three-fifths of all slaves. The actual enu
meration shall be made within three years after the
rir4 meeting of the Congress of the Confederate States,
and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such
manner as they shall, by law, direct. The number of
rcD'escntatives shall not, exceed one tor every fifty
tVmsand but each State shall have at least one repre
sent Vive- and until such enumeration shall be made
the Htate'of South Carolina shall l entitled to choose
six tVe State of Georgia ten, the State of Alabama
nh'e th" State of Florida two, the State of Mississippi -wwii,
the Sfcc of Louisiana six, and the State of
"-r?vhcn vacancies happen in the representation
' from any State, the Executive authority thereof shall
U.ie Writs of election to fill such vacancies
- 5 i he Ilrmse of RcpreKeuUvtives . shall choose their
SiH-ikjcr and other oincgrs, aim
,K)vvii.f impeachment, except that any judicial or,
f,M.er'lHleral officer resident and acting solely within
the
11111174 J ll J J J. . .
of
two-thirds of both branches of the
Jjeeiskture
: thereof.
Section 8.
i The Si-nateof the Confederate States shall be
compel "f two Senators from each Bt.de, chosen for
.,r, l,v t.l,(. lAH-iskture thereof, at the regular
..;;, n-Tf immetliatclv precedihg the
comnience-
mcnt of; tlve term of service; and each
IiavdTme vote. - . .
Sehator shall
Vlittnietlhttely 'after they shall be winb.jsri in
asAj'mbled,
consequence, of the first election, iney sua. uiui
(-finally as maV be into three classes. . lhc scats of
tlie Siiiatotispf the .first class shallLe. vacated at the
expiration of the second year; of the second class at
J. n'J-lr. f tl.n fourth year ; snd of the third
.'h -iLttne expiration of the. sixth year
lilt Ci (IHUluii - . " . .,'
so tli at one-
third may be chosen every second year - and if vacan
cies happen by resignation or otherwise during the re
.w.f th-e Iieaislature of any State, the Executive
, . . .
.r. I ...! i ,.,.,i.ni.ir oiirviinfmpnts lllit.ll ilie'
tliercot may maw ie4'ij rr .......... ----
next liieeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill
such vacancies. - ,
3 Ko person shall lie a Senator wlio shall not have
attained the age of thirty years and be a citizen of the
Confederate States, and.-.who shall not when elected,
he an inhabitant of the State for which he shall be
tlleirpie Vice President of the Confetlerate States shall
be rresident of the Senate, but shall havcno vote, un
le they be equally divided. .
5 The Senate shall choose their other ofheers, and
also'a rresident pro tempore in the absence of the Vice
-.rrisidentrof.whenlie shall exercise the ofhee of 1 resi
dent of the ConfedtVate States ,; t' " .
G The Senate shall have the sole power U try al
impeachments When sitting' for that purpose; they
. .hall be on oath or affirmation. When the PresidiHt
of the Confederate, States is tried the Chief Justice
.hall preside ; and no person shall be convicted Vith-
7 judgment in cases of impeachment shall not ex
, rriwthrin to removal from otlice, ana ctisquai
ilication to hold and enjoy siny office of honor, trustor
-profit, under the Confederate btates; ouiuiepariywni-
victcd shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to in
dictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according
to law. - '
Section 4.
1 The times places and manner of holdiug elec
tion's forSenateWand liepvesentatives shall bo; pre.
scribed in each State by the Legislature thereof, sub
ject to the provisions of this Constitution;; but the Con-
i gre. may, at any time, by law make ori alter -uch
j regulations, except as to the times and places of cnoos-
1 inij Senators. ,
2 Tlie Congress shall assembleat leastoace m every
year ; and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in
December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different
nay. -
y Section 5. !
- i-i, tt7mi o "shall be the iudgc of the elections,
onaiifirations of its own members, and a
- maicrity of each shall constitute a quorum fodo busi
ncsf " but a smaller number may adjourn from day to
l iy and may lc authorized to compe
of absent mcmlcrS, in such manner
n;D oo-i. h House may provide
2. Each -House may determine the rules of its pro
ceedings, punish its members lor aisorucr.v v' ,
.-id, witthecmcurrence of twi-thirds ot the whole
ihwr exviel aT iucmber. . ' .
" vLu w, shatt-keep a vmrnal of its pro-
ccoding, and from time to time publish the same, ex
IdnnWsMmav in their, uidgmcnt require
,epu..s K z - - f- , - inombcrs of
-htfVi,,. ilUU J . " .
, it, anv nuestion. snail,
at the desire of
twe-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
n the journal.
during the session of Congress,
4.- Neither House,
more than three days, nor to any other place than that
n which the two Houses. snail oe n. ,
Section 6.
'ud WL ofVhe peicebe privileged from arrcs during
rh,ir attPnd,tnre at the session of their resjctive
f..f,. 'I1 witf wh l 1T1 All CHSCa CAU-UI. baU0iii, a""J
. 11 .... VArv4- traautn fsts'llV
u ..-i rr.w hi and returning: from tlie same
andvfor any speech or debate in either House they shal
i ... i .Knll .inritur riiA
fur which he was elected, be tppo
office-udder the author uy oi VlnVVT
bUtes. which shall have been creaieu, w
meats whereof alitll have been creased dj uring such
ttue; and no pemm holding
Aerate State. shalLbe a meniber of
during his continnance in officer SSvl--
ly US tejgSg 1 e7ltfr
appertaning to hia department..
, Section 7. ' ' "
1. AU bills for raising revenue shall oJte
HouaeofKepresentetiveevbuttbe Senate may vropofae
he. oncur w,th amendments as on btber mU8- -16a
Every bill which have passed both House Bt4 t
Neforo it becomes a law, beiwesenled to .the. , .
. L The Senators and llepreseutatives shall receive
compensation for their services, t be ascau.ed by
,.f of tlie treasury of vhe Confederate
. . - - : - : : . - , t . . . ,- . . ; .?. : .- t- : "
President of the Confederate States ; if he approve be
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
journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such
reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree
to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with toe 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 such cases the
votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and
nays, and the names of the persons voting for and
aeainst 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 shll 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 shall not be a law. l be rresi
dent may approve any appropriation and disapprove
any other appropriation in the same bill. Jn such case,
he shall, in-signing the billdesignate the appropria
tions disapproved, and shall remrn a copy of such ap
propriations, with bisobjecUons,to the House in which
the bill shall have originated ; awl the rne proceed
ings shall then be had as in case-of other bills disap
proved by the President ,
g Every order,' resolution ovote, to which the con
currence of both Houses may V necessary (except cn
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
i.; a;c.vA hv him. mav 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
1. To lay and collect tixes, duties, imposts and ex
cises for revenue necessary to pay the debts, provide
for the common defence, and carry on the government
of the Confederate States; but no bounties shall be
granted from the Treasury, nor shall any duties or taxes
on importations from foreign nations be laid to pro
mote or foster any branch of industry ; and all duties,
imposts and excises shall be uniform thoroughout the
Confederate States. .
2. To borrow money on the credit of the. Confede
rate States. . ,
3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and
among the severa States, and with the Indian tribes ;
but neither this, nor any other clause contained m
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 harbors and the removing of
obstructions in river navigation, in all whiclv cases
such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated
thereby as may be 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. ' , r
5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof and ot
foreign coiu, and fix the standard of weights and mea
sures. : v
. 6. To provide for the punishment counterfeit
ing the securities and current c6in of the Confederate
States. , , . t.
7 HV establish nost offices and post routes ; but the
expenses of the Post office Department, after the first
day of March in the year of our lord eighteen hundred
and sixty-three, shall be paid out of its own reve
nues. , c ,
nrt?" hv securing for limited times to author and in-
3- 4.1. .lucivA rlorht tii their resbective writings
ICIIU'IS i-llO V ' P""
'onrl .-licf(-V'priS.
9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme
All lf
10 To define antl puuish piracies and felonies com
mitted on the high aeas, and offences against the law
of nations. ' .
1 1 To declare war, grant letters of marque and re
prisal, and make rules concerning captures on land
and water. , , - .
M 1 To raise and support armies ; but no appropna
ton"of money to that use shall be for a longer term
than t wo years.. . . ; .
13 To provide and maintaip a navy.
14. To make rules for government and regulation
of the land and naval forces. - ; 4
15 To provide for calling forth the militia to exe
cute the laws of the Confederite States, suppress in
surrections and repel invasion. , , .
' 16. To provide for organizing, arming and discip
lining the militia, and ior governing sucn part ui .c
as may be employed in the service of the. Confederate
States ; reserving to the States, respectively the ap-
.ntm4.nt:r.f the.ofnctrs ana ine aumoiuy oi .uiu.ug
the militia according to the discipline prescribed by
Congress... .
-IT ovnrneo PTClUSlVe
legislation, in all cases
sauarefas may, bv cession of one or more Skates and
become the seat of the
tne accepuiuuo -"t; ; ltix , .
government of .the Confederate duu; huu uuu
fikc authority over all places purchased by the consent
of the legislature of the State m which the same shall
be for the erection oi lurta, uio6.uvU, - , .
yards and other neeaiui umiuuig , .- 4
y i To make all laws which shall be necessary and
1 rrvincr into execution the foregoing pow
ers and all other powers vested by this Constitution m
the covernment of the uwiieuerai
department or officer thereof.
UCMo
1 The importation of negroes of the African race
Ss or Territories of Uie United States of America,
is hereby forbidden ; anu, ui&. x
such lav shall effectually prevent the same
2 Congress shall also have power to prohibit the
introduction, of slaves om any State not a member
of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy.
3 Therivilege of the writ of habcaalorpus shad
not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or
invasion the public safety may require it.
a v wil of attainer. or ex post facto law or law
denying or impairing the right of property ui negro
slaves shall be passed. ' . N ui i
K xr,. fution or other direct tax fhall be laid
JkW waa.wv- - , f- . W
unless in proirtion to the census or enumeration rTere
inlcforc directed to be taken.
xt Lr. ,i,ifv Hall lie aid on articles exported
o. ,iu -"'J . r i.:i.. ..r
from any
State,
nrwnf. hv a VOte VI iwruiuiu "i
both houses.
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No preferences shall he gien by any regulation
nrrrSce1 or revenue to the prts of one btate over
7
of commi
hose of another
T shall be drawn Iromthc treasury, but
v. u, j .. . -x: Jm.,1. awand a
e ov.Arr.nriation&made by law :
jHS.ditures of all public money diall b? puWijhed from
time to time. .1 " i c,
... .ii,ii cronriate no money from the
of twoirds of bli houses,
taken by yeas and nays, unless it luiKtxi ana est
r"i u f th heads of department, au(
submitted to Congress by the Pmadent; or for the
" r ft nvvr, exnenses and contingencies ;
IrfU Siof claims against theCfedete
S : iustice of hich shall have been jadictal.y
ScbV the investigation of xlaims
duty oi Kr- - X" Rball snecifv in
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federal currency tE? exact ount of .eac b appropria
tion and the purposes for which it ts .matte, ana
rZn ehaU crant no exti- jarapensation to any
Congress ehail - g" servant, after such
nubile contractor, uii-., z'aa
deratcStates, and no person 1
j- j.
fo the Congress, accept of any eresenv tm.u
office or m ot' any find what prv from aoy king,
efoor celign State.
12. Congress shall make no law respecting an -estabiishment
of reUgion, or. prohibiting the free
exercise thereof ; or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press ; or tlie right of the 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 of the people to keep
and bear arens shall not be infringed. ,
14. , No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quar
tered in anv house without the consent of the owner ;
. nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed
by law.
15. The right , of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasona
ble searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and
no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup
t ported by oath or affirmation, and particularly de
scribing the place to be searcnen, ana ine persons or
things to be seized. ; l -
16. No person shall be. held to answer for acapital
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 4im 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, jn 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 becD ,ommitted, which district shall
haye 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 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 cried
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. i i
20i 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. ' . V
- 1. No State shall enter into any treaty alliance, or
confederation ; . jrrant letters of marque and reprisal ;
coin money : make anything but gold and silver coin
a tender Iri payment of debts ; pass any bill of attain
der, or ex 2ost Jaclo law, or jaw. impairing me oDiiga
tion of contracts : or grant any title of nobility.
2. No State shall, without the consent of the Con-
cress, lav anv imposts or duties on imports and ex
T)orts. excent what may be absolutely necessary for
executing its inspection laws ; and the nett produce of
all duties and imposts,- laid by any Estate on imports
or exnort. shall be for the use of the treasury ot the
Confederate States ; and all such laws shall be subject
to the revision and control of Congress.
3. No State shall, without the Consent of Congress,
lav any duty of tonnage, except on sea-going vessels,
for the improvement of its rivers and harbors naviga
ted bv the said vessels : but such duties shall not con
flict with any treaties of the Confederate States with
foreign nations': and nnv surplus ot revenue tnus cic
rived shall, after making such improvement, be ptiid
into the common treasury ; nor shall any State keep
troops or ships of war, in time af peace . enter into anv
agrceiijeui' ir i.uhijkh.i n unwuv. , ......
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, they may enter into compacts
with each other to improve the navigation thereof.
Article II. Section 1. '
1. The executive power shall be vested in a' Presi
dent of the Confe4erate 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: . , . ,
2. Each State shall appoint, m such manner as the
Legislature thereof may direct, a numher of electors
equal to the whole number of Senators and Representa
tives to which the State may be entitled in the Con
gress; but no Senator or representative, or person
holding an office of. trust or profit under the Confeder
ate States, shall be appointed an elector.
3. The electors shall meet in their respective States
and vote by ballot, for President and Vice President,
one of whom, at least, shall not ba an inhabitant of
the same State with themselves; they shall name in
their ballots the person voted for as President, and in
.distinct ballots the person vot for a Vice President,
and they shall ,rre.ke distinct lists oi i air persons voted
for as 1'resident, ana oi an persons uiu iui ivo
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 bo counted ; the person having th
nf votes for President shall be th
President, if sufth number be a majority of the whole
rmmhrr of electors appointed , and if no person liave
such majority, then, from the persons having the high
est numbers, not exceeding three, ou the list of those
voted for as President, the House oi itepreseniauvcs
ih:U choose immediately, by ballot, the President,
But in choosing the President the votes shall be taken
by States, the representation from each State haying one
vHnr a nuorum for this purpose shall consist of a
member or members from two-thirds of the States, and
a maioritv 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 j
devolve upon them, before the 4th day of Iarch next
following, then the Vice President sliall act as Presi
dent, as in case of the death or other constitutional
disability of the President.
4. Tlie person having the greatest number of votes
as Vice Preaidcnt shall be the Vice Presdent, if such
number be a majority of the whole .number of electors
appointed ; and if no person have ji majority, then from
the two highest numbers on the Est the Senate ahall
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 tlie whole number shall be ne
cessary to a choice. ; ! . . '
5. But no' person constitutionally ineligible to the
oflice of President shall be eligible to that of Vice Pres
ident of the Con federate States, j . V
6. The Congress may determincthe time of choosing
the electors, and the day ou whieMhey shall give their
votes, which day shall be the same throughout the
Confetlerate States. '. .
7. No jierson except a natural born citizen of the
Confederate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of
' the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen thereof
born in the UnitedlStates prior to the 20th of Decem-
ber, 1860, shall bd eligible to the office of President;
neither shall any person be eligible' to that office who
shall not have attained the ajie of thirty-five years,
ami been fourteen years a resweut within the limits of
the Confederate Spates, as may exist at the time of his
election. . ,
Tn msft of the removal of the President from
office, or of his death, rcsignaJ1, or inabiUty to dis
charge the powers aua auue .a uw;buu uuiw. m
'fikall devolve on tlie Vice President ; and the
nTrx mav. bv law ' provide for the case of re-
movaL death, resignation, or inability both of thePres-
ident and Vice xresiaent, aecianug wua uwi uu
tKn nr President, and such officer snau act accord
disability' be removed or a rresident
9 . The President ahalL at stated times, receive tor
hia services a compensation, wwcu utui mciuka
creased nor diminished during the period, for whichlie
shall have been elected ; and he shall not receive with-
n that period any othet 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 Go solemnly swear (or amrm) that I will faith
fuHy execute the office of Preadent of the Confederate ,
States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve,
protect and defend the Constitution thereof.
V 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; be' may re-
4uuTi wje opinion, m writing, oi tue pnncipai omcer
in each of the Executive Departments, upon any suV
jectTreJafirig to thedutie6f their respective offices, ' '
and he shall have power to grant . reprieves and parr-
dona for offences , against the Confederate States, ex-'
cept in cases of impeachment. ' ' .
2. He shall nave the power, by and with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate - to make treaties, pro-
videdt'two-thirds of the Senators present concut ; 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 officers, as they think proper, in the
President alone, n the courts, of law or' in the heads
of departments, 1--" ,:-"-, iv
8. 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 otther , appointing- power, when
their seryices are unnecessary, or for dishdnesty, inca
pacity, inefficienqy , 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-vacancies
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 6iich
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 ttwpect to the time of ad
journment, he may adjourn them to such time as he
shall think proper ; he shall receive. Ambassadors and
other public ministers ; he shall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all
the officers of the Confederate States. .
. Section 4.
1. The President, Vice President, and all civil offi
cers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from
office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason,
bribery, or other high crimes and misdeanors.
.article ill. 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 tima
ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Su
preme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices du
ring good behavior, ami shall, at stated times, receive
for their services a compensation, which shall not be
diminished during their continuance in office.
Section 2.
1. The judicial power shall
extend ro all cases
xtend to. all
ansinsr under this constitution,
the laws of the Cour
federate States, and treaties made or which shall be
made under their authority ; to all cases aflectmg amf
bassadors, other public ministers and consuls ; to all
irfs 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 btate Where
the State is plaintiff; between citizens claiming lands-
under grants ofhnerent States,' and. between a otate
or the citizens thereof and foreign States, citizens or
subjects;' but no Stat') shall lie sued by a citizen or
subject of any foreign btate.
2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, otner puDiic
ministers and consuls, and those m which a State
shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have origi
nal jurisdiction. In ad the other cases before men
tioned the Supreme Court idiall have appellate juris
diction, both as to law and tact, with such exceptions
and under such regulations as the congress , snau
make. .
3. Tlie trial of all crimes, except in cases of im
peachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be
held m the btate where tne saia crimes nu uio
been committed ; but when not committed within any
State, the trial shall be at Buch place or places as the
Congress may by law have directed.
' Section 8.
Treason against the Confederate States shall con-
sist only in levying war against them, or m adhering
to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No
person shall be convicted of treason unless on the tes
timony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on
confession in open court. '
2. The Congress shall have power to declare the
punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason
shall work .corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except
during the life of the person attained. ,
article it. oecnon i.
i pu '"faith and credit shall be civen in each
State to the public acts, records and judicial proceed-
ings of every other btate. Ana tne vjongres-v mayj
by general laws, prescribe the manner in wch sucli
a-ts, records ana proceeamgs snau i; f eu 'iu,u,
effect thereof.
" ' Section 2.
1. The citizens of each State shall oe entitled to all
the privileges and immunities of citizens in the sever
al States, and shall havo the richt of transit and 1 so-
; r Rf4t-f t.Kia JliiiffMliTarv with their
slaves and other property; and the right of property
in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired.
2. A nerson chareed m any State with treason, let-
onv. or other crime against the laws of such State,
who shall flee-from iustice. and be found in another
State, shall, on demand of the executive autority of the
State from Which he tied, be dolrncrea up to te re-
moved to tlie 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 Irom sucli service or Ja
bor, but shall be deUvered up on claim of tlie party
to whom such slaves telong, or to wnom sucn service ,
or lalior may be due.
1 Section 3. ,
1 Other States mav be admitted into this Confed
eracy by a vote of two-thinls of the whole House of
Representatives and two-thin is ot tlie aenaic, ine
Senate voting by States ; but no new State shall be
formed or erected wilhin 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
uf the Congress.
2. The Congress sliall have power to dispose of and
make all needful rales and regulations concerning the
property of the :Confederate States, including the
ands thereof,
' S. The Confederate States may acquire new territo
ry, and Congress shall , have power to legislate and
provide governments for the inhabitants of all terri
tory belonging to the Confederate States lying with-
out the limits of the several States, and may permit
them, at such times and n such manner as it may by
law provide, to form the States to he admitted into
tliA fnnCfApmrv v In all auch territory the institution
of . negro sUyery aa it now exists inr the Confederate
States shall be recognized and protected oy vami
.a tom'ai mornmmt ajid the inhabitants
of the several Confederai Sutes and Temtoriea shall
JiT iii?1 to tke TOch tory and slaves wil
fully hddhy them in any of the Stance or Territorirt
of the Confederate States. : a
4 Confederate States shall guarantee to every
btate that now is or hereafter may become a member
of this Confederacy a "Republicn form of government,
and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and
on i application of the Legislature (or of the Executive
wucu i.egmature U not m session) against dm
e-
V . ARTICLE -Section 1. - - V
Upon the demand of anv tKr Sf.. Un.
1.
tasembled in their aeversd conventions, the Conrreaa
shall summon a Convention of aU tKt States, to ake
into consideration such amendment to the cooatita
tion as the said States shall concur in mirowtinw
the time when the said demand is made, and should
any of the proposed amendment, to the constitution
be agreed on bv tha
btatesand the same be ratified by the Legislatures
of two-thirds of the several States, or bv vmTnH.
in twotWrdthereof-4 the one or the other mode ot
racncarion may oe proposed by the general convro
Gon they , shall henceforward farm a part of thie
Constitution; -But no States shall, without its cot
sent, be deprived of ita equal representation in -the
Senate. " . . : . '' ' v" -
. " . V V AEttCLE VI.
1. The Government estahlished by the Constitation
is the successor of the provisional covernment of tha
Confederate States of America, and all tlie laws pass
ed by the latter shall continue in force until theame
shall be repealed onnodified ; and all the officers ap
pointed by the same shall remain n , office until their
successors are appointed and qualified, or the offices
2. All debts contracted and encasements 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 tree-'1
ties made, or which shall be made under the authori
ty of the Confederate States, shall be the suprem law
of the land ; and the judges in every State shall "be
bound thereby, anything in the "constitution or laws
of any State to tlie, contrary notwithstanding.
. 4. The Senators and representatives before men
tioned, and the members of the several State Legisla
tures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of
the Confederate States and of the several States, shall
be boimd by oath or)affirmation; to support this con-
stitutiori, but no religous test shall ever lie required as
a qualification to any office or public trust under the
Confederate States.
5. The enumeration, in the constitution, of certain
rights, shall not be construed to deny .or disparage
others retained by the people of the several States.
6. The. powers not delegated to the Confederate
States by he constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States' are reserved to the States, respectively, or to
the people tnereoi.
ARTICLE VII.
1. The ratification of the Conventions of fi,ve State
shall be sufficient for tlie establishment of this consti
tution between the States so ratifying the same.
2. When five States shall have ratified this consti
tution, in the manner before specified, the Congress
under provisional constitution shall prescribe the time
for holding the election of President and Vice Presi
dent; and for the meeting of the Electoral College ;
and for counting the votes and inaugurating the Presi
dent. They shall also prescribe the time for holding
the first election of members of Coagress under this
constitution, and the time for assembling febe flame.
Until the assembling of such Conre., the Congress
under the provisional constitution shall continue to
exercise the legislative powers granted them, not ex
tort (luisr tvyonri ih Mm limited hv the conatitutioti
of the provisional givernment.
Adopted -unanimously, March 11, 1861 ,
B.
R. M00KE,
ATTORN El, AT LAW,
gAI.IKBURT, S. C,
Will practice in the Courts of Rowan and adjoiniher conn-
tics. Collections promptly made.
Jan. 6 1861. 17-rlv
rpiRSIP SEED. ,
JL TUKSIr SEEU.
Large Flat Dutch Turnip Seed,
Red Top Turnip,
Large Norfolk. v
Larre Mammoth (from (his county,)
And other kinds of Turnip seed,
For sale at PESCUD'S Drug Store.
August 19 76 tf.
A
FINE LOT OF SP6XGE.
falad Oil,
Baker's Bittass,
Black Tea, .
English Muskmrd,'
A large stock ot fancy hosps,
Received, at
r. t
PESCUD'S,
Dror, Store.
78-tf.
aujc 19
Oar Own Prirruipy (Kamraar.
JUST r0BDptlED it '
STEELING & CAMPE.LL,
GaiiMsaoao' N. C.
72 pagen, 12 mo., 25 cents per copy.
For sale dt them and all booksellers.
Teachers and School officers deairine copies foeamjra-
tion will receive tnem on remitting ta cents to tne auiuor.
, C. W. SM1THK, I
Lexington, N. C.
dec. 11, 861 -'..' . 9 tf. '
Cracker Bakery.
mHE nbscrlbcrn having bnllt a Urge HARD-
I KRKAD and CRACKER BAKt-K I , and fitted It up
with the most improved machinery, are now prepared to
furnish the citizens ot KaleiErti. ana tne state, wun iresn
Crackers, and of At best quality, such aa -Soda
Crackers,
Butter Crackers. '
Water Crackers,
Sugar Cracker, etc., etc.
We are also prepared to furnish the Army and ICary
Wi Navy Bread,
Pilot Bread,
Wine Biscuit,
. . etc.. etc.. etc..
at the lowest market rates. Cash orders securely packed
and promptly by JAS. SIMPSON A SC.V
WAaTEB. Empty Flour Barrels in food condition, for
which we will pay 2o cenU eacj
pov. 30, 1861; 6nm6m.
NOTICE. '
.
TAKKX TP and COMMITTED to JAIL 15 ROCK
incrham conntr. on tba 27th day of January last,
neero man who calls hia name Frank and says be belongs
to James rearce m vdsioiid ctanvj , am wmm wmm
to said Pearce, and at the age of twenty-one years ba will
h frp. and aava ba ia" about twentr Tears old at tbia time.
Said bor is a dark mulatto color, bby bead of b air, stoat
kiu fn'll face, about fire and a half feet bisrb. and bad on
when taken up a brown homespun sack cost, paataloons of
kersey nearly tne same color, a jtooa neary pair m invn
and no socks, and a drab felt bat. The owner is requested
to come forward, prora his property and pay charges, or
he will be dealt with according
i with accoraine 10 law.
JAMES II. HALL, Jailor.
April 2, 1862.
416.
Wanted to Hire.
TnisTTEEIf llfTELLIGEXT HrRSES FOB TDK
JJ North Carolina General M iliUry Hospital at Kaleigb.
M iMl xtm! men oreferred. AUw two washer-womea.
App,J 10 I E. BURKS HAYWOOD, Serge.
April 9, 1862- L - f
s Qnnynasrras Orrica,
, fiftldnboiV. Jane 14th. 1862.
Farmers and others having WOOL for sale, arc hereby
notified that the Quartermaster's lpartment u oeairpua
of purchasing Wool in anv quantitiea, and requested to
notify St this place at what prices and in what quanti
ties Oxer can deliver the article. On the receipt of inch
notification, the plae ; of delivery will b liidicated
Tboae baring the article for sale are earnestly solicited to
srive thU advertisement their attention, aa tba
ddivery will be made eodvenieat and- s Uberalnoe wrfl
be paid. This advertwement ia intended: t tpplf only
tbose nsidinr within, the limita of the State of ofto:
vSSom- "... JOWX W CAllERON,,
- Jsw la-wAtr- ' - ' - Major Bad Q. C. iV Av .
t
.
TICK Sabwrihf r li err&ared. U fwrli V wlU
board and comfortabf aecomradsUHW RtadttU
tendinf the Mawaie High School sad the rattle Sekeela ef
tbt tows ; alio aay trOBwidiiar to bra tf. im a health
ectio, and eajor food ociatr. s ,
xcrna irom m ai, pr itath -
r; hart.
NOTICE; v
nethodlst Prot Female Celled
Jam8tow, tihratoaa Co.. 5. C 1 v.
Z"."1?, chy"c ?f Q- W, Usa. A. It. J ,
larfe and 1 eotnforubla buildiap, and extoasiv pblloeeptt
eal and chtnucal apparatoa, Ac ; f . ;
The Presides tad famUr. with tk atkr mtmYnr af the
5 ' e.tyl imU Vl d thaaaUWtawith
tha i StudeBta. Taitioa $15 par acwion; Mai oa the PUae
f f'r'3?; Oreciaa Paintiac $7 60; Embroider; f7M
Utia, French, Oriaatal Paiatta, Drawlar, Hal llowar,
wf,F,? Fuher now.rt Waa rrafwaech $ir Y.
onth, uldla( waaktat and Eraa, half la adAaaa. , 1W
farthar taioraatioa addrcaa - - '
. C. If. fit QX, Frmnimt.
- . if.-:.-
Jaat 21
CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE-
THELxerci!fei, fJtWl iMtiute viitte w
amedoa the lit day ol September, anaer the-dl-rectloa
ef Mr. aad lira. Barwelf, aided by eompeteat
$ ilB F tb brch- The cholattie rear wlU be
divided fnto two huw. one of sUteear aad theWhar ef
T?t7"f"ir I" w.ith caUm ef . three weeks at
Chrittmaa. For cirealara, eentaiainc fall particalars el te
Wm, addrew . R. & KljlWELL, ,
Jalyl268-3t r Charlotta, !f . C.
Edgeworth Female Seminary,
i GREENSBORO, K. C. 4
T'WItt resnme-tlie ezercliei of m SchocUi
X MOMDAT, AugUBt 4th.
In conseouence of the increased exptnae of lilaa!. Beard
win oe one nunarea aollan per leMioa. Other charree the
same as heretofore. ,
RICIIARD STERLISO,PrlBeipal.f
June 2.
Bethel Academjr.
THE FIFTH Session of this School, under the
care of Re r. T.J. Horner, will be Waed tha atoaad
Mondaj in July. The Principal wilt trire to make tha
rough acholare, and to train hia pnpilt to eteadj and iadaa
trious habits ; and an experience of sixteen yean iateaeh
ing and goterninjr a school, justifies tha etpectatloa the
he will be successful in his efforts. '
The coarse of studies is designed to prepare Toaaft saea
for College, and also to fit those who mav aot expect er
desire to obtain the benefits of a fall eollegUta coarse, far
respectable stations in lfe, by instrnction in tha ordinary
branches of a sonnd English educatioB.
The price of board in tha family of tha Principal aad
tuition is eifrhtj dollars per aessioa. . .
Applications for admission sboatd be made ia adranee.
For particulars address tha Principal at Bethel Hill,
Person couptr, N. C.
Elder J. E. fcOXTAGUE,
J. F. NEIL.
I). A. HARMS. i Trustee.
W. II. LAWSO,
R. I. BUMPASS,
June 28th, 18C2. - .
.S-4t.
Warrcnton Female Colleg. Institute
WILL BEGI J ITS TWEmSEC05D TUB TUB
10th of. July at the same rates as usual, and as well pre
pared to glTcJinstructlon tolyounjf Ladies This plaea 1
very healthy; and pone ia more secure from la ration. J
Please send for Circulars for further information. : '
Jnnl8-8t JULIUS f ILCOI; Prlacipal. :
MASONIC HIGH SCHOOL.
MATHEMATICAL AND CLASSICAL.
OXFORD, N. C:
THBFAbL SESSION WILL OPEN ON TUB 1ST
MONDAY in July. " ';.
For particulars in retrard to board and tuition address
THOMAS C. TULEY, Principal.
" o. . - - :. t. . .
llillsboro' military Academy,
Hillsboro, N. C.
THE SECOND SESSION of the Foorth AeidenU
year of this Institution will commence oa 1st Aa-
frust,1862.
For circulars or information applv to
Maj. WM. M. G0RD0X, ept.
June 13.
SADDLE TREES-
SADDLE TREES. '
SADDLE TBEE8 '
Or all descriptions and styles can ba msde on reaseaable
terms, at shortest notice. . . '
Twenty bands wanten wniie or coiorea. vowenp'
not apply. T.IEIM A FRAPFactonr,
Jalr 2.
6-tf.
LOST LOST!! LOST!! 1
wttii v n MT WAY FROM G0LDSB0B0 T.
R.liah. en the 21st of Mar laitt
past, one Imrg Jfl".
Enameled Baa. marked J. L. B
Jaowa ,n. u. it waa n
put out at Raleigh, a it should have been, bat earried w
to the Company Shops onCbarlatte, or somejither plaev
. im m -If J B LA V aakatl
on the road. The nnoer win sena w . " .
House, in Baleigh.and leave ic:V"' Vi
and write ma at this place, and. also at Tarboro, X. t ..
sad I will get one or tba other of tha letters; if to.Ta
boro, mark to the care of B. If. Set by, of batpUca.
Th finder will te noeraiiy wi -
JNO. BROW.
M.Tll.
FIFTY DOLISMSMP
ANAWAT FB0M niWWHw
s 8th instant, his Huwov tT uu AT.
.kn.1 & feet 8 inches hich. llialaii
fbumb is laV than the other, and b
on it. His teeth are slightly affected ith
The aboTe reward will be hlTV
prison so that 1 can recorer Dim. n ".VYfefttO
Tialcigb or tba ricinity. ' F. p. 'J" HfV
June 18 4t . ' -
Partfzan Bangers. :
W 9
mm . " , Vir. moanum eooiDaar
PAitTIZAX RANGERS, I i-vite Ur y ( itwoara
wi.h to enter actively into the serviat of tbelr wnntry
sana II Aista yvi
ine company ww.-r-..- ,., . -ti.a andoaar
orth uaronna, na me
r?ceire the same vonvij, , vj, ? y -V 7771 1-il--. .
ters as other ldiers. th-y w.ll W"?':
and equipments and horses ; p nr v,y r -v
for the use of these, and their, ! f deatroyad la
Service. .... i P.iiti tnin
The Lieutenants will oa c.ec. - v
tbia company before they are enroi.eo, -
Address e vrMv, BAUBIS. ,
m ' iww4
Jun 25. - - - ... i.i
,v 0FFICK S. C. K. K: CO. V
&.MPAit Snow. J"'.' 51. ';J- )
DIVIDEND,)
the day of paymeBt. JOHN B. BRTAf. ""J
JulyS. v ,
Unp, near BkbmondU June 4tb. 1M2.
Spei-i 1 Order, r :
o.m..i. .r. ,1 Ihb tint ttm "i""- PVjmi
different portioas or VTunT iaamediately, or ti.ii
isfa b.urdT'tek v
treated cb. p rdef of M. CAMPBXLU '
Commanding 7th V ?$lto?'
Iradell ExfVeas, Wilmingto
Democrat copy fonr times aad forward aeeonnta te yaana
er of thii Regiment. ; -
" r V
mnc VXDEBStGSEtr Hi VlKO It THB JUT
rl 'fil. rJtzZTivcntr 43rLmallae4 aa Exee
tora of tba esUU of John B. Jebi4aeaieL;
noticoto alt tka debtora of .ib. esiate.BC the 4 K
and le all tba creditors, to praaent their dais.
itbin the tint prescribed by law.
, , . Execatara
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