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CONSTITUTION II If THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. We, tlie people of the Confederate \ M iti-s. each .state action in its Hoveieij.ni j and indepen lent character, in order to | form a |>eru)ancnt Federal Coyurnuient, | establish justice, insure doiaestia trim- I .polity and secure the blessings of filler- ■ tv to ourselves and our posterity— invo- ! hin_’ ll.e favor and guidanceof Almighty (iisi— do ordain and e taldiHii this con stitution for the Confederate Stater of America. AUTICLK I Six'. 1. All legislative powers herein delegated shall he vested in a Congress i i the Confederate States, which shall ; . nsist of a Senate ami House of Heprc- j si utatives. 'i.i!. 2. !. Tlie House of Reprcveutu tives sliall lie composed of memhers cho- \ soil every second year by the people of j tlie several States; and the electors in ! Cecil State sliall lie citizens of tile Con lederate States, and have the ipiaiiliea t ions reipiisite for electors of the most numerous hranch of the State Legisia trire; hut no person of foreign birth, not a citizen of the Confederate States, shall h ■ allowed to vote for any ollicer, civil or political, State or Federal. 2. No person shall he a Representa tive, who shall not have attained the ago of twenty-five years, and be a citi zen of the Confederate States, and who shall not, when elected, lie an inhabi tant ol that State in which lie sliall he chosen. .". Representatives and Direct Taxiis shall lie apportioned among the several States, which may he included within this Confederacy, according to their re spective numlicis, which sliall lie deter mined by adding to the who e number of fie ■ persons, including those bound to service fora term of years, and inclu- | ding Indians not taxed, tiiree-liftlis of | •ill slaves. The actual enumeration j . mil he made within three years after I lie In st meeting of the Congress of the i uiiJdcr.it" States, mid within every übsequent term of ton years, in such] manner as they hall, bylaw, direct— i The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every titty thousand, hut each State shall have at least one ! Representative; and until such enunie- j ration shall he made, the State of South t 'ai'oliua shall he entitled to choose six, the State of (icnr b iu ten, the State ol ; Alabama nine, the Statu of Florida two, \ the State of Mississippi seven, the State of 1/iuisiana six, and tlie State of Texas six. I When vacancies happen in tlie rep resentation Irom any St ,le, the Execu t:ve. authority thereof shall insane writs oftdtx don to till such vacancies. <>. The Hoiiim.'of Representatives shall ho,ise their speaker and other otticcr-, j tnd sliall have the sole power of im peachment, exeepl that any judicial or other federal ollicer resident and acting .oh !,v within tlie limits of any State, may hr impeached by a vote of two thirds of hot it branches of tin I .a tine thereof. Sec. I. rim Senate of the Confu.l cr ,tc Mates shall he composed of two Senators from each State, eliosen for six years by tlm Legislature thereof, at the regular session next immodiatek preceding the commencement of the term ol service; and each Senator shall have one vote. 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided as equal ly as may be hit" three classes. The seats of the 'euntors of helirst class shull he vaealedat the oxpirali >u of the second year ; ot‘tlm second class at the expiration of the fourth \ car, ami of the third clans at the expiration of the sixth year; so that one third limy bo chosen every second year; and it vacancies hap pen by resignation or otherwise, during the recess of tlm Legislature of any Slat •, thu Executive thereof may make •iliiporai v appointments until the next meeting of the Legislature, which slm.l then till siu li vacancies. No person shall lie a Senator who hall not have attained the age ol thir tv years, and lie licit zen of the Honied crate States; and who shall not, wiien elected, he an inhabitant ol the State lor widen lie shall e chosen. I 'I he \ ice President of the Collf.d erate States shall lie President of the Senate, hut shall have no vote, unless they he equally divided. •i. The Senate shall choose their oth er ollieeis ; and also a Ties dent pro tern in the absence ot the Vice President or when he shall exercise the office of President of the 1 oufedrrute States. (i. Ilm Senaieshull have the sol.' pow ertotiyall impeachments. Wken sit ting for that purpose, they shall been oath or affirmation. When tlie Presi dent ot the <'onfederate States is tried, • I'e Chief .lust ice shall preside; ami no I ison shall lie eonvieteil without the '.ueurretme.it two-thirds of tlie mem bers present. i. .lodgment in cases o! itnp.'aehnmtit : shall not extend.further than to remo-1 \ d from elliee, ami disqualification to aol.l and enjoy any olliee of honor,trust ■r profit, under the Confederate States ; ! Imt the patty en.'.vleted shall, never- ! t, lele.s'. Is l I’alile and subject to indict- j ment. trial, judgment and punishment j according to law. Skc. 11. The times, phu.es mid manner.i holding eleetionsfor Senators • •ml Representatives shall he preserilie.l ! in each State by tlie Legislature tliere ot. subject to the provisions of this con stitution ; hut tic Congress may, at any time, by aw. make or alter such I'cgu lations. . xeept as to tlm times und places choosing Senators. 2 The Congress shall assemble at b'a>t on.viu ovviy year ; and such ill. : ing shall boon the first Monduv in He readier. unless they shall, by law, up tstitit n dill, lent day. s ue >'» I Lavli House shall lie the imlge of the 4'l.vtions. returns and .pm! ni. .itious »f Its own members, and a majority ot civ i shall constitute a quo 'mil to do business ; hut a smaller num ber may adjourn tioin day to day, and may tie authori- ,1 toeouipel the utten- 1 lance of absent members, ip such man- | tier tin.l under such penalties ms each House may provide. latch House may determine the rah ■' of its pro.ceilings, punish its mriu 1. rs tot disoi L"lv ii. lmvi a. and witli the concurrence of two-tl.lr.ls of the 1 whole nunitvr, cxpvd a nivmtier. ... Each House shall k.a'p a journal of is pr.«veiling*. and (nun time to time publish the same, excepting such |xirts a- may. in their judgment, require sc ■ t'.s y. and the yeas and nays of the memlsT-»»t eithei it,.use, on any ques tion, shall, at the desire of oue-litlh of I chose present, he entered on the jour- I rial. 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 in which the two Houses sliall he sitting. Sice. (I. -1. The Senators and Repre sentatives shall receive a compensation j fur t cir services, to tie ascert lined by I law, an I pdd out of the treasury of the onfedcrate States. I hey shall, in all eases, except treason, fell,my and breach . ~f the peace, lie privileged from arrest I during their attendance at the session : of their lespeetive Houses, and in going . to and returning from the same; and - to' any speech or debate in cither House, , they shall not lie questioned in any oth- I er p a ','. 2. No Senator or Representative shell, during the time for which be was .lett ed, Is: appointed to any civil office ini i del' the authority of tlie Confederate j states, which sir II have been 'Tented, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; ami rm person holding tiny office under the Confederate States shall Is. a mem her ol’ either House during liis continuance iu office. Rut Congress may, by law, grant to tlie principal officer in each of the Executive l)epm-Initrite a seat upon the lloor of either House, with the privilege of discussing anv measures appertaining to his department. Six;. 7—l. Alt hills for raising reve nue shall originate in the House of Rep resentatives; Imt the Senate may pro pose or concur with amendments as on other hills. 2. Every hill which shall have passed both Houses, shall, bo dire it becomes a law, lie presented to tin; Trcsidcnt of the Confederate States; if he approve, he shall sign it; lint if not, he sliall return J it with his objection)) to that House iu : which it sliall have originated who [ shall enter 'the ohjcctio!.; at lame on j their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, alter such reconsideration, two thirds of that lions.' shall agiee to pass j the hill, it shall he sent, together with the , lijections, to the other House, by j which it shall likewise no reconsidered, j and if approved by t.wo-tliird« of that House, it sliall become a law. lint in | all such cases, tlie votes of both Houses j sliall be determined by yeas and pays, I and the names of the persons voting for I and against the hill shall lie entered on I the journal of cat'll House respectively. If any hill shall not be returned by Uie Troddent within ten days (Sundays ex cepted) after it shall have been present ed to him, the same shall lie a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, un i less the Congress, by their a lj. .liniment J prevent its return; iu which case it shall not lie a law. The President may up prove any appropriation and disapprovr | any other appropriation in the same hill. In such coses he sliall, iu signing j the hill, designate the appropriations | disapproved: and shall return a copy ot j such appropriations, with his objections, I to t'm House in which the hill shall have gmatt'd; and the same pro. dings shall then lie had as in ca of <.t hn hill. ' disapproved by the President. ii. Every order, resolution or vote, to I which tlie concurrence of both Houses j may In- necessary (except on a question j of adjournment) sliall he presented to • i the President of the Confederate Mates; and before the same shall lake elf.-et, | shall lie approved liy him; or being ill's I approved by him, shall lie re-passed hv two-thir.ls of hull) Houses accoiding to the rules and limit .thins prescribed in ease of a bill. Src. 8. The Congress sliall have pow *‘r~' , , 1. I.i lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, for revenue neces sary to pay tile debts, provide for the common defence, and carry on the gov ernment of the Confederate States; hut no bounties shall be granted from the treasury; nor sliall any duties or taxes mi importations from foreign nations bo laid to promote or (osier any branch of industry; and all duties, im'iosta, and excises shall he mill.mu throughout the \ Confederate Mates: 2. To hot row money on Uie credit of ' the Confederate States: ;!. To regulate commerce with foreign | nations, attd among the several States, i and with the Indian tribes; hut neither this, nor any other clause contained i the e institution, shall ever lie construed to delegate tin |nnver to Congres to ap propriate money for any internal im provement in tende 1 to facilitate com merce; except for the purpose of furnish ing lights, beacons, mid buoys, and otli j er aids to navigation upon the coasts, j and thu improvement of harbors and I the removing of obstructions in river navigation, in all which cases, such du ti.s.shall he laid on the navigation fa cilitated thereby, as may bo necessary to pay tlie ousts and ox|ieuscs thereof: 4. To establish uniform laws of na turalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the Confederate States, Imt no law of Con gross shall discharge any debt contraet j ed before the passage of the same: a. T'o coin nionev, regulate tlie value thereof and of foreign coin, and tix the standard of weights and measures: li. To provide for the punishment of j counterfeiting the securities and current i coin of the Confederate States: 7. To establish postolliccs and post routes, but tlie I'.X|H'IIKOS of tlie Tost- | | oltiee Department after the ltrst day of i March in the year of our laird eighteen hand rial ami sixty-tnree, shall be paid j out ol its .mu revenues: 5. To pnnuoto the progress of science j and useful arts, by securing for limited i times to authors and inventors the ex- j eiusiv right to their respective writings ! and discoveries.' !L To constitute tribunals inferior to tlie Supreme Court: 10. To deline and punish pirn, ies ami ! lolonies committed on the high seas. , and offences against tin; law of nations: 11. T’o d-vlaro war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and male rules concerning captures on land and water: 12. To raise and support armies; but u<i appropriation of money to that us. j shall be for a longer term than two ! : years: LI T'o provide and maintain a navy: It. To make rules tor the govern ment und regulation of the naval ami land forces: 1... To provide for calling forth the | militia to execute the laws of tlie Con-! federate Slut.*, suppress insun etiotis and repel invasions. lti To provide for organiz.ing, arming ati.i disciplining the militia, and forgoi rruing such part »t them as may lie em ployed in the service ot the l'oufeilerate States; leserving to the States, respec tively. the appointment of tlie officers and the authority ot training tlie militia according to the discipline prescribed by i Congress: 17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, ever such tlis tricl mot exceeding ten miles square, as may. by cession of one or more States and tiie acceptance of Congress, become I the seat of the Government of the Con- j federate States; and to exercise like an- ' thorite over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall he, for the erec- ! tioh of forts, magazines, arsenals, dis k- j yards mid oilier needful buildings: mid 18. To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the l'oreg. ing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitu- I tion in tiie government of tiie Confed- 1 crate States, or in any department or of ficer thereof. See. it.— I. The importation of negroes ! of the African race, from any foreign ! country other than the siaveliolding States or Terri torir-s of the Unit*-1 States j ol America, is hereby forbidden; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent tiie same. 2- Congress shall also have [lower to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory not belonging to this Confederacy. if. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall nor tie suspend d, unless when in eases of rebellion or invasion the public safely may reqim; it. 4. No hill of attainder, or 'ex post foci■> law, or law denying or impairing tiie I right of property in negro slaves shall Im* passed. No capitation or other direct tax shall lie laid unless in proportion to the een us of enumerate n hereinbefore di rected to he taken. b. No tax or duty shall lie laid on at tit les exported from arty State except b> a vote of two-thirds of both Houses. 7. No preference shall lie given bv arty regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those ot another 8. No money shall he drawn from the treasury hut in consequence of appro priations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall he published from time to time It. Congress shall appropriate no money from the treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of botii Hou-cs, tak en by yeas and nays, unless it he asked and estimated 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 State.-., Hie justice of which snail have been judicially declared by a tribunal for the investigation of claims against the gov ernment. which it is hereby made the duly of Congress to establish. Id. All hills appropriating money | shall specify n Federal cut rent v the ex- j act amount of each appropriation and the purpose for which it is made ; and emigre s shall grant no extra compen sation to any public character, officer, ag'-nt or servant, after such eiiitraet shall have been made or sueli service rendered. 11. No title of nobility shall he grant ed by tiie I onted-rate States; and n-> person holding any office o , profit or | trust under them shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of anv - present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever trom any* king, prince or foreign .state. 11l Congress shall make no law re specting an establishment of religion, or j prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or j abridging tiie freedom of speech, or of the press; or tiie right of the people I peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. I 11. A well regulated militia being i necessary to the security of a free State. ! the right of the people to keep and bear j arms shrill not be infringed. 14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the | consent of the owner; nor in time of wav, but in a manner to be prescrilie.il by law. * 1-V The right of the people to be se cure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable scan lies and seizures shall not lie violated . and mi warrants shall issue but upon prob- i able cause, supported by* oath or affirm tiou, ami particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. l(i. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or olherwi e in'amous j crime, unless on a presentment or in dictment of a grand jury, except incases arising in (he land or naval forces, or in the militia, when ill actual service in ! time of war or public danger : nor shall any person be subject for the same of- I fence to be twice put ill jeopardy ot life or limb ; nor be compelled, ill any trim- j in.il ease, to lie a witness against him self : or la- deprived of life, liberty, or j | property, without due process of law ; nor shall private property he taken for t public use, without just compensation, j 17. in all criminal prosecutions tiie ! accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy j ami public trial, by an impartial j u y of , the State and district wherein tiie crime shall have been committed, which dis- I tri t shall have been previously aseer- ! t lined by law. and to be informed o! i J flic nature and can eof the accusation ; i to he confronted witli tint witnesses j against him ; to have compulsory pro cosx for obtaining witnesses itt his favor; j ami to have the assistance of counsel for liis defence. 18. In suits at common law. where tin* value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial bv j nr \ shall be preserved ; an I lin tact so tried i by a jury shall t>e otherwise re-exam ined in any court - f the Ci ufederoev. than amraliug to the rules of the com mon law. lit. Excessive had shall not lie re quite,l, nor excessive tines imposed, not cruel an i unusual punishments indicted. gb. Fieri law, or resolution having tin* torce ot law, shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be expressed in i the title. Sec 10—1. No State shall enter ill 10 any treaty, alliance, or confederation ; 1 grant letters of marque or reprisal • coin j money ; make anything but gold and silve. e lin a t. n.ler it. payment of debt pass any bill ol attainder, or ex fostjoc'o ■ law, or law impairing tee obligation ot ; contracts, or grant any title f nobility, j . 2. No State shall, without the coo- I i sent of Congress, l.n imposts or duties 1 on im torts or exports, except what may t be absolutely lie, es-ary tor executing: 1 <«5 inspection lawa; and the net pit dime ol' all duties and imposts, laid bv - any State on imports or exports, shall a be mr the me of the treasury of the i r Confederate States ; and all such laws i shall be subject to the revision and con- j trol of Congress. 3. No State thrill, without’the con- j nut of Congress, lay any duty on ton nage, except on sea going vessels, for the improveme it of its rivers and har bors navi rated by tiie stild vessels : bat such duties shall not conflict with any treaties of the Confederate States with foreign nations; and any surplus reve nue, thus derived, shall, after making such improvement. In- paid into the common treasury. Nor shall any State : keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreeim-ntor anil pact with another State, or with a for eign power, or engage in war, unless ! at tisilly invaded, or in nidi imnineiit | danger as will not admit of delay, l’.nt j wlnu any river divides or flows through | twoor more States, they may enter into | compacts with each otner to improve - the navigation thereof. ARTICLE If. I Sec 11. Tiie executive power shall be visited in a i’resident of tiie Cimfed ; eiate States of America. He and the Vic.- l'resiiiewt shall hold their offices I for tiie term of six years ; but tiie l’res- j idniit shall not be re eligible. The | President and Vice iff- fluent slmll be elected ns follows: 3.- Kacli State shall appoint in such manner as the legislature thereof nn . determine, a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to winch tiie S ate may l»* entitled in tin* Congress ; but no Senator or Representative, or •person bolding au office of trustor orotit under | tiie Confederate Stales, shall be ap |* inted all elector. 3. the elector;; shall meet in their re- ! slice Jive States and v„te by ballot for President and Vico I’resident, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabi tant ot the same State with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the per- j soil voted t ir as President, and in dis- : tinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President. a*-d they shall m die | flistincts lists of all persons voted for as ! i resident, and of all persons voted tor j us \ iee I’icsident. ai.-d the number ol votes tor each, which listi they shall \ I sign and certify, and transmit, sealed, to the seat (if government of tiie Con ic derate (states, dilacted to the Presi dent of the {senate ; the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of tiie Sen ate and House of Representatives, open all t*e certificates, and the votes shall then be counted : the person having the greatest number of votes for President shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then, lrom the pei koiis having the highest numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as President, tiie House of ; Representativessliali choose immediate ] ly. by ballot, the President. Rut in choosing tin* President, the votes sliali lie taken by States,.the representation from ca> h State having one vote, a | quorum for ibis purpose . ball eon ist of ] a member or members from two-third, of the Sta'es, and a majority of all the States shall lie necessary to a i ii : . And if tiie 11,nice of Representatives 1 shall not choose a I’resident, whenever : the right ol choice shall devolve upon : them, before the fourth day of Man h i next following, I hen the Vice President sliali act kh President, as in ,-ase el' the j detail, or other constitutional disability j of the President. 4. The person having the greatest number ol votes a. Vice f’resideiit shall i be the \ ice President, it such number j be a majority ol tiie whole number of ; electors appointed; and it no person have a majority, then, flout tin: two highest numbers on the list the Senate 1 shall ch lose tiie Vice President; a qu<>- i turn for the purpose shall consist of two ! thirds of tiie whole number of Senators | and a majority of tiie whole number j shall be necessary to a choice. . 5. But no person constitutionally in eligible to the office of President shall I be eligible to that of Vice President of 1 the Confederate States. b- The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the ; day on wnioh they shall give thei: i votes; which day shall lie the same i throughout tiie Confederate States. No person" except a natural born | - citizen ol the Confederate Stales, or a j citizen thereof, at the time ot tiie. adop tion of tins constitution, ora citizen thereof bom in tiie United States prior I to the 2fffk ol December, 18M>, shall lie j j eligible to tiie office ot President; nei ther shall any person lie eligible to that i ol hce who shall not have attained to the j i ,I KC ot thirty-live years, and been four teen years a resident within the limits l ot tiie Coni , leone States, as they may | exist at the time of’his election. j 5. In case ot tiie removal of the l’res j iilciit lßii.l oiiicc, or oi iits» dc.ith, i ' nation, or inability to discharge tiie j powers and duties of tiie said office, the j same sliali devolve on the Vice l’rcsi j deni and the Congress may, liv law. | provide for tiie case of removal, death, ! resignation, or inability both of the j President and Vice President, declaring what officer shall tiicu act as Pre.-ideut, and such officer sliali act accordingly j until tiie disability be removed or a | Presidaut sliali be elected. ff. The President shall, at stated times, ' r-xviv * lor his services a compensation, which sliali neither be increased nor ! diminished during the period for wiiieli I he sliali have been elected ; and lie ! i sliali not receive within that period anv other emolument from the Confederate : States, or any of them iff. llelore lie enters on the execution - ot ills office lie sliail take the following oath or affirmation : '■ 1 do solemnly swear (or affirm) that 1 will faithfully execute the office ot President of tin- Confederate States, and will, to tin best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend tiie Constitution t hereof.' ’ Sec. 2.—1. The President shall be j eomiii.inder-in-ehii l of tin- armv ar.d navy of the Confederate States, and of the militia of the several St a ti-s. when called into tiie aetual service ot’ tin*Coll - federate States; he may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal of ficer in each of the Executive Depart - ills ujkui any subject relating to the duties ot their respective offices ; and he -hull have power to grant renrieves and pardons for offences against the t’oufed **:ate States except in c.oses of impeaclr ment. 2. He shall have power, by and with j the advice and content of the Senate, i ( to make treaties, provided two-thirds of i tiie Senators present concur; and he • shall nominate, and by and with the I advice and consent of the Senate, shall ■ appoint ambassadors, other public min isters uad consuls, Judges of the supreme ‘ i court, and all other office rs of the Con- j federate States, whose appointments are | not lierein otherwise provided for, and j which shall be established by law ; but j tiie Congress may, by law, vest the ap- j pointment of such inferior officers, as t they think proper, in the President i alone, in tiie courts ot law, or in the j heads of Departments. 3. Tiie principal officer in each of tiie \ Executive Departments, and all persons j connected witli tiie diplomatic service, may lie removed from off ice at tiie pleas ure of the* President. All other civil officers of the Executive Department i: x hi removed at any time by the President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, incapacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty; and when so removed, tiie removal shall be reported to the Senatt, together with ; the reasons therefor. 4. The President shall have power to till ali vacancies that may happen du ring tiie recess of tiie Senate, by graut j big commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session ; but no j j -l-oii rejected by the -Senate shall he re-appointed to tae same office during their ensuing recess. m-. 0. 3. —1. The Pres: dent shall, from time to time, give to the Congress in formation of the state of the Confeder acy. and recommend tt their eunsidera | tion such measures as ho sliali judge necessary and expedient; lie may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both j Houses, or either of them ; and in case lof disagreement between them, w : th re- I s(sct to the time of adjournment, lie I may adjourn them to such time as lie ! sliali think pnqior ; lie sliali receive am bassadors and otlicr public ministers; in- shall takecare tb.it the laws be faith fully executed, and sliali commission all tie- officers of tiie Conlederate States. Sko. 4. -I. The Pre.-ident, Vice i’rcs j ident, and ali civil oil cers of the Con federate States, sliali be removed from j office on impeachment for, and eonvic j tio i of treason, bribery, or oilier liigli ! crimes and misdeuieiin is. ARTICLE HI. Six*. J. —I. Hie judicial power of the : Conlederate States shall lie vested in one supreme court, an! in such inferi or couKs as tiie Congress may from time to rime ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferi or com ts, shall hold t!\eir offices during rood behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a com pensation, which shall not lie diminish ed during their continuance in office. Skc. 2 —l. The judicial power shall extend *o all cases arising under this constitution, the laws of the Confeder ate St ites, and treaties made or which hall be made under tl dr authority ; to all eases affecting an bassadors, oilier public ministers and consuls ; to all ca -« of admiralty and inaritima juris-lio tion ; to enntr<>versit*s to vvhicli the Co nfederate States shall boa party; to con troversies between two in' more States ; between a State aid t itizeus of another State where tic- State i: plaintiff, between citizens claiming lands under grants of different States, and between a State or tiie citizens thereof, and foreign States, citizen:. or : objects ; lint no State shall ) Ik* sited In. a citizen , r subject of any j toreign State. 2. in all e.c es attV-et ing ambassadors, other public minister.- . mid consuls, ami J those m which a State shall lie a party, tiie supreme eoiut sliiill have apjM-Jlate jurisdietloii, both as to law* and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations, as the Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all -rimes, except in ! vases ot irypeachmc-ut sliail be by jury, | and such t rial sliail bt held in the State where the said crime! shall have been ee.emitted ; hut wheel not committed . w ittiin any Mate, tiu trial sliail lie at such place or places as the Congress may, by law, have directed. Six. 3.—1. Treason against the Con federate States shall consist only in le I vying w,.r against them, or adhering to tlieir enemies, giving them aid and j comfort. No person shall !>o convicted ot treason unless on tiie testimony of ■ two witncs.-i r. to the same overt act, or j oil confession in open court. -■ T he Congress shall have power to ! declare the punishment of treason; but no attainder ot trßaso t sliali work cor- I ruptiou ot blood, or forfeiture, except dui/.ug the life of tin- person attainted. ARTICLE IV. Bix. i. —l. Full faith and credit shall j be given in cat’ll State to tiie public acts, records, and judical proccedingsofevery other Mate. And the Congress may, by i general laws, prescribe the manner in ! which huch acts, records, and proceed ! mgs sliail be prove ! and the effect I thereof. I Bi:e. 2.—J. The citizens of each State shall be eiiMtlvd to all privileges and [ immunitivs of citizens in the several ! States and shall have the right of tran j sit ami sojourn in any State of this Con j icderaey, v itli tlieir slaves and other property ; and the right of property in said slaves sliali not be thereby impair ; ed. 2. A petson charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, against the laws of such State, who shall tie* : trom justice, and be found in au i other State, shall, < n demand of tiie ' executive authority of tiie State from, ; which lie tied, be delivered up, to be' ; removed to the State having jurisdiction { of the crime. 3. No slave or other person held to j service or labor in any State or territory ot the Confederate States, under the laws 1 j thereof, esitapiug or 1 iwfully carried in- | to another, shall, in consequence of any I | law or regulation therein bo disdiarg.-ff j from such service or labor; but sliali j be delivered up on c aim of the party to whom such slave h dongs, or to whom ( sueli service or labor nay be due. Sec. 3.—1. (itiier -tntes may lie ad mitted into this Confeder.ivy by a vote cl two-thirds of the whole House of j Representatives, and two-thirds of the Senate, tiie Senate toting by States; but no new State stall be formed or: I erected within the j lrisdietion of any i ; other State, nor any Mate be formed by I tiie juiH tion of two «• more States, or j parts of Slates, withoit tiie consent of the L- gislature of tin* State coneerned as well as of the Congress. 2. 1 lie i digress shall have power to dispose'of and make all needful rules : and regulations concerning tiie projier- j iy of the Confederate States, including the 1 mds thereof. 3. Tiie Coiifederat * States may ac 1 quire new territory ; and Congress shall have power to legislate and provide gov ernments for the inhabitants ot all territory belonging tithe Confederate 1 Mat*-, lying without the limits ,a the several States ; and may permit them, at such tim.s, and iu such manner as j it may by law provide, to form Stat< t to be admitted into the Confederacy.- : In all such territory the institution of negio slavery, as it now exists in the J Confederate States, shall he recognise ! and protected by Congress and by i] lt . | territorial government ; and the irihtih j Hants of the several Confederate Mates ! and Territories shall have th • right to | take to such Territory any slave Uw j fully held by them in any of the States j Gii'iVrritories of the Confederate Mates. 'I he i onfederate States shall guaranty to every State that now is or hereafter may become a member of this Confede racy, a republican form o! government, I and shall protect each 01 them against j invasion ; and on application of the leg islature (or of the executive when the ! Legislature is not in session) against do mestic violence. ARTICLE V. Sec. I—l. Upon the demand of any three States, legally assembled in their | several conventions, the Congress shall i summon a convention of all the State , | to take into consideration such amend i meats to the constitution as the said ! States shall concur in suggesting at the j time when the said demand is made, an 1 ' should any oi the ptojioseil amendment.-, to the constitution he agreed on by the ■ said convention—voting bv States—an; the same tie ratified by the legislatures ot two-thirds of the several States, or by • conventions in two-thirds thereof-as t the one or the other mode of ratification i may he proposed by the general conven tion—they shall theneelb: ward forma part of this constitution, lint no State shall, without its consent, he deprived : oi its equal representation in the Senate. ARTICLE VI ; 1. The government established by this • Constitution is the successor of the 1T»- i visional Government of the Confederate States of America, and ail the laws pass - ed by the latter shall continue in force until the same shall he rep ed or fm»d i ilied; and all the officers absented bv the. same shall remain in office until ; their successors are appointed and quali lied, or the offices aholi .acd. -• All debts contract and engan - • ments entered into helm the adoption i of this constitution shall lie as valid against the Confederate v aaes under J this constitution as under the l’rovision • al Government. d. This constitution, and the laws of f the Confederate States, made ie pursu- I ance thereof, and all treaties made, or - which shall he made under the authori ty ot the Confederate States, shall he the supreme law of the Inml: and the 1 judges in every State shall be bound i thereby, anything in the constitution or laws oi any State to tiie contrary not i withstanding. > 4. ’The Senators and Uepresentud'vos r before mentioned and the mem Is ~ of the several State legislatures, and all' ■ executive and judicial officers, both of - the Confederate States and of the sever - al States, shall be bound by oath or as ; Urination, to > ippoit this (onstitution; hut no religious test shall ever lie re i q uired as a quali Mention to any office I' or public trust under the Confederate r States. , (i. The enumeration, in the constitu tion, of certain lights, shall not be con ' strued to deny or disparage others re tained by the people of the several , States. 17. The powers not delegated to the , Confederate States by the constitution, ’ nor prohibited by it to the States are reserved to the States, respectively, or i to the people t hereof. ARTICLE YU. 1 1. lhe ratification of tie l conventions of five States shall be suffieient for the establishment of this constitution lie i tween the States so ratifying the same. I 2. When five States shall have ratified : this constitution, in the matter before ; specified, the Congress under the Pro visional constitution, shall p:escribe the 1 time for holding the election of Presi dent and Vice-President; and, for the ’ meeting of the Electoral College; and, I for counting the votes, and inaiignrat- I. ing the President. They shall, also. 1 prescribe the time for holding the first election of members of Congress under this constitution, and the time for as ’ sembling the same. Until the assem bling of such < 'ongress, the Congress un der the Provisional constitution shall • continue to exercise the legislative pow ers granted them; not extending beyond the time limited by the constitution of the Provisional Government. Savannah Route! TO ew » Yorli. Sraat Redaction in Hates ot Passage Hzw Arrangement or Through j tckeis. . *>«>* vtiom Nfcw Orleans 75 Menu, M- |_;i 7* Mobile JSS 00 Nashv jle *7 7? Montgomery 25 00 Chat tan » .* ’ * i> s 00 ‘ ’omnibus -I Ot) Knoxville . "'hr,, iV buHy 00 Atlanta * "1 mi •«««•« :20 0l» AugUrt .t 17 » \<;j: diiK KKn tiikok;ii in j MHMutti:in r-xj.rwk-s t'ouij.nny on Uic (Vuiiai luoi r.oa'l Dari, and delivered any wherein New York or vicuuty, 1 liy tiie Sj.leudid and Commodious Sil>E-\V HEEL, Steamships S l, j. A ' }«2 Obtain IVorkII.1,1;. ItAßAih. 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