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THE GEORGIA BANNER & SENTINEL.
VOL. XXI.
THE
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IIANLEJTEII & ADAIR,
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Address HANLEITER & ADAIR.
April 1861. Atlanta, Ga. .
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RAIL ROAD DIRECTORY.
Arrival and Departure of the Trains.
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Georgia R. 11. & Banking Company.
Augusta to Atlanta, 171 Miles—Fare $5 50. |
GEORGE YOUNG, .Superintendent.
MORNING PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, drily, at 9.05, A. M.
Arrives at Augusta at 6.20, P. M. ’
Leaves Augusta, daily, at 0.30, A. M. i
Arrives at Atlanta at 9.45, A. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 8.40, P. M.
Arrives at Augusta at 5.56, A. M.
Leaves Augusta at 2.30, P. M.
Arrives nt Atlanta at 11.45, A. M. ■
This Road runs in connection with the Trains of ’
the South Carolina and the Savannah and Augusta
Railroads, at Augusta.
Atlanta & Vi est-Foint Railroad.
Atlanta to West-Point. 87 Miles—Fare, $3 50. '
j
GEORGE G HULL, Superintendent.
passenger train. ’
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 10.10, A M.
Arrives at Newnan, at 12.30, P. M.
Arrives at West-Point at 3.10, P. M. ;
Leaves West-Point, daily, at 3.00, P. M.
Arrives at Newnan, at 4.30, P. M, i
Arrives at Atlanta at 7.51, P. M. i
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, daiiy, at 0.30, A. M.
Arrives at Newnan at 3.30, A. M. ’
Arrives at West-Point at 5.46, A. M.
Leaves West Point, daily, at 3.15, A. M.
Arrives at Newnan, at 6.00, A. M. ■
Arrives at Atlanta at 7.59, A. M. i
This Road connects with the Montgomery & West- ,
Point Hoad at West-Point.
Western & Atlantic Railroad.
Atlanta to Chattanooga. 138 Miles—Fare .$5.00.
JOHN W. LEWlS,.Superintendent.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 10.10, A. M -
Arrives at Chattanooga at 6.40, P. JI. i
Leaves Chattanooga at 4.05, A. M.
Arrives at Atlanta at...’. 1.15. P. M.
EVEN.NG PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, nightly, at 7.50, P. M
Arrives at Chattanooga at 4.50, A. M.
Leaves Chattanooga at 3.20, P. M.
Arrives at Atlanta at 11.45, P. M. j
This Road connects, each w >y, with the Rome
Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee ’
«fc Georgia Railroad at Dalton, and the Nashville &
Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooga.
Macon & Western Railroad,
Atlanta to Macon, 102 Miles—Fare, $4 50.
♦
ALFRED L. TYLER, Superintendent.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. j
Leave Macon at 1.45, P. M. '
Arrive at Atlanta at 7.15, P. M.
Leave Atlanta at 1-30, P. M.
Arrive at Macon at. 7.00, P. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Macon at 12.00, Night.
Arrive at Atlanta at 7.15, A. M.
Leave Atlanta at 12.00, Night.
Arrive, at Macon at 7.15, A. M.
The Night Trains will not be run on Sundays.
The 12 O’Clock Night Train from Atlanta, con
nects with the Central Railroad for Savannah, at
10.00, A. M., and the South-Western for Albany
and Columbus, at 9,45, A. M.
The 2.15 Train from Atlanta, connects with the
Central Railroad for Savannah at 10.10 P. M. and
the South-Western Railroad for Columbus at 11.50,
F. M.
sQ7*’Through Tickets from Atlanta to New Y’ork,
including Omnibus fare in Savannah, $21.00.
C L. BLAIR
sjjtgcon Amtkl
NEWNAN, GEORGIA.
HAVING Permanently located, offers his Profes
sional services to the citizens of Newnan and
the vicinity. He will perform all operations on
the. natural teeth and insert artificial teeth from one
to a full set, in the most perfect manner known to
the Profession.
ggj“Office in the room over Pinsox & Herring s
Dry Goods Store.
Nov. 4-20tf.
KEROSENE OIL, Burning Fluid, Lamp Oil,
Train Oil, &c.. at the Drug Store of
D. YOUNG & CO.,
March 8-38-ts. Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
KEGS NAILS, best brands, fnr sale low.
• H ) West side Greenville st., Newnao, Ga.
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~CON STITUTIOHST
OF THE .
Confederate States of America.
We, the people of the Confederate States, each
State acting in its sovereign and independent char
acter, in order to form a permanent Federal Gov
ernment, establish justice, insure domestic tran- I
quility and secure the blessings of liberty to our- [
selves and our posterity—invoking the favor and I
guidance of Almighty God—do ordain md estab- I
lish this constitution for the Confederate States of j
America.
ARTICLE I.
Section I. All legislative powers herein delega- ;
ted shall be vested in a Congress of the Confederate j
States, which shall consist of a Senate and House j
of Representatives. !
Sec. 2.—1. The House of Representatives shall :
be composed of members chosen every second year (
by the people of the several States; and the elec- ;
tors in each State shall be citizens of the Confeder- |
ate States, and have the qualifications requisite for i
electors of the most numerous branch of the State J
Legislature ; but no person of foreign birth, not a I
citizen of the Confederate States, shall be allowed I
to vote for anv officer, civil or political, State or |
Federal.
2. No person shall be a Representative, who shall '
not have attained the age of twenty-live years, and i
be a citizen of the Confederate States, and who I
shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that I
State in which he shall be chosen.
3. Representatives and Direct Taxas shall be ap- I
portioned among the several States, which may be I
included within this Confederacy, according to j
their respective numbers, which shall be determin- I
cd by adding to the whole number of free persons, |
including those bound to service for a term of |
years, including Indians not taxed, and three-fifdis ;
of all slaves. The actual enumeration shall be |
made within three years after the first meeting of |
the Congress of the Confederate States, and witnin <
every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner
as they shall, by law, direct. The number of Repre
sentatives shall not exceed one for every fifty thou
sand, but each State shall have at least one Repre
sentative ; and until such enumeration shall be
made, the State of South Carolina shall be entitled
to choose six, the State of Georgia ten, the State of
Alabama nine, the State of Florida two, the State
of Mississippi seven, the State of Louisiana six. and J
the State of Texas six.
4. When vacancies happen in the representation I
from any State, the Executive authority thereof I
shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
5. The House of Representatives shall choose
their speaker and other officers, and shall have the
sole power of impeachment, except that any judi-I
cial or other federal officer resident and acting j
solely within the limits of any State, may be im- j
peached by a vote of two-thirds of both branches I
of the Legislature thereof.
Sec. 3.—1. The Senate of the Confederate States 1
shall be composed of two Senators from each State, i
chosen for six years by the Legislature thereof, at I
the regular session next immediately preceding the '
commencement of the term of service ; and each
Senator shall have one vote.
2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in
consequence of the first election, they shall be deci
ded as equally as may be into three classes. The
scats of the Senators of the first class shall be vaca
ted at the expiration of the second year : of the
second class at the expiration of the fourth year,
and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth
year ; so that one third may be chosen every second
year; and if vacancies happen by resignation or
otherwise, during the recess of the Legislature of
any Stale, the Executive thereof may make tempor
ary appointments until the next meeting of the
Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies.
3. No person shall be a Senator who shall not
have attained the age of thirty years, and a citizen
i of the Confederate States ; and who shall not, when j
’ elected, be an inhabitant of the State for which he
j shall be chosen.
' 4. The Vice "resident of the Confederate States
' shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no
■ vote, unless they be equally divided.
1 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers ;
I and also a President pro tempore in the absence of
' the Vice President or when he shall exercise the
; office of President of the Confederate States.
6. The Senate shall have the sole power to try
I all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose,
I they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the
' President of the Confederate States is tried, the
j Chief Justice shall preside ; and no person shsll be
j convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of
i the members present.
I 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not
! extend further than to removal from office, and
i disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of hon
i er, trust or profit, under the Confederate States ;
i but the party convicted shall, nevertheless,be liable
and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and pun
ishment according to law.
Sec. 4.—1. The times, places and manner of
holding elections for Senators and Representatives
shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature
thereof, subject to the provisions of this constitu
tion ; but the Congress may, at any tijne, by law,
make or alter such regulations, except as to the
times and places of choosing Senators.
2. The Congress shall assemble at hast once in
every year; and such meeting shall be on the first
Monday in December, unless they shall, by law,
appoint a different day.
Sec. 5.—1. Each House shall be thejudge of the
elections, returns and qualifications of its own mem
bers, and a majority of each shall constitute a quo
rum to do business ; but a smaller number may
adjourn from day to day, and may be authorised to
compel the attendance of absent members, in such
manner and under such penalties as each House
may provide.
2. Each House may determine the rules of its
proceedings, punish its members for disorderly be
havior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds of
the whole number expel a member.
3. Each House shall keep a journal of its pro-
NEWNAN, GA., MAY 10, 1861.
ceedings, and from time to time publish the same,
excepting such parts as may, in their judgment, re
quire secrecy, and the yeas and nays of the mem
bers of either House, on any question, shall, at the
desire of one-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 in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
Sec. 6.—1. Senators and Representatives shall re
ceive a compensation fortheir services, to be ascer
tained by law, and paid out oi’ the treasury of the Con
federate States. They shall, in all cases, except trea
son, fellony and breach of the peace, be privileged
from arrest during their attendance at the session
of their respective Houses, and in going to and re
turning from the sanr ; and for any speech or de
bate in either House, they shall not be questioned
in any other place.
2. No Senator or Representative shall, during the
time for which he was elected, be appointed to any
office under the authority of t.ie Confederate States,
which shall have been created, or the emoluments
whereof shall have been increased during such
time ; and" no person holding any office under the
Confederate States shall be a member of either
House during his continuance in office. But Con
gress may, by law, grant to the principal officer in
each of the Executive Departments a seat upon the
floor of either House, with the privilege of discuss
ing any measures appertaining to his department.
Sec. 7.—1. All bills for raising revenue shall
originate in the House of Representatives ; but the
Senate may propose or concur with amendments as
on other bills.
2. Every bill which shall have passed both Hou
ses, shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to
the President of the Confederate States; if he ap
prove, he shall sign ii; but if not, he shall return
it with his objections to that House in which it
shall have originated, who shall enter the objec
tions at large on their journal, and proceed to re
consider it. If, after such reconsideration, two
thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it
shall be sent, together with the objections, to the
other House, by which iLgliall likewise be reconsid
ered, 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 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 (Sun
days excepted) after it shall have been presented
to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as
if he had signed it, unless the Congress, by their
adjournment prevent its return ; in which case it
shall not be a law. The Presi lent may approve any
appropriation and disapprove any other apropriation
in the same bill. In such cases he shall, in signing
the bill, designate the appropriations disapproved ;
and return a copy of such appropriations, with his
objections, to the House in which the bill shall
have originated ; and the same proceedings shall
then be had as in case of other bills, disapproved
by the President.
3. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the
concurrence of both Houses may be necessary (ex
cept on a question of adjournment) shall be presen
ted to the President of the Confederate States ; and
before the same shall take effect shall be approved
by him ; or being disapproved by him, thall be re
passed bv two-thirds of both Houses according to
the rules and limitations prescribed in caoco. u bill.
Sec. 8 The Congress shall have power.
1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and
excises, for revenue necessary to pay the debts,
provide for the common defence, and carry on the
government of the Confedrate States ; but no boun
ties shall be granted from the treasury ; nor shall
any duties or taxes on importations from foreign
nations be laid to promote or foster any branch of
industry; and all duties, imposts, and excises shall
be uniform throughout the Confederate States : I
2. To borrow money on the credit of the Confed- I
crate States :
3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, '
and among the several States, and with the Indian !
tribes ; but neither this, nor any other clause con- I
tained in the constitution, shall ever be construed ■
to delegate the power to Congress to appropriate j
money for any internal improvement intended to I
facilitate commerce ; except for the purpose of fur- :
nis. ing lights, beacons, and buoys, and othe. - aids !
to navigation upon the coasts, and the improvement
of harbors and the removing of obstructions in
river navigation, in all which cases, such duties
shall be laid on the navigation facilitated thereby, as
may be necessary to pay the costs and expenses
thereof.
4. To establish uniform laws of naturalization, '
and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies i
throughout the Confederate States,* but no law of j
Congrass shall discharge any debt contracted be- j
fore the passage of the same.
5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof and :
of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and |
measures.
6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeit- j
ing the securities and current coin of the Confed- I
erate States.
7. To establish postoffices 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 revenues.
8. To promote the progress of science and useful j
arts, by securing for limited times to authors and
inventors the exclusive right to their respective j
writings and discoveries.
9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme
Court.
10. To define and punish piracies and felonies
committed on the high seas and offences against i
the law of nations.
11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and !
reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on |
land and water.
12. To raise and support'armies ; but no appro
priation of money to that use shall be for a longer
term than two years.
13. To provide and maintain a navy.
14. To make rules for the government and regu
lation of the naval and land forces.
15. To provide for calling forth the militia to
execute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress
insurrections and repel invasions.
16. To provifle for organizing, arming and disci
plining the militia, and for governing such part of
them as may be employed in the service of the
Confederate States ; reserving to the States, respec
tively, the appointment of the officers and the au
thority of training the militia according to the dis
cipline prescribed by Congress.
17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases
whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten
miles square) as may, by cession of one or more
States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the
seat of the Government of the Confederate States;
and to exercise like authority over all places pur
chased by the consent of the Legislature of the
State in which the same shall be, for the erection
of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards and other
needful buildings: and
18. To make all laws which shall be necessary
and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing
powers, and all other powers vested by this Consti
tution in the government of the Confederate States,
or in any department or officer thereof.
Sec. 9.—1. The importation of negroes of the
African race, from any foreign country'other than
the slaveholding States or Territories of the United
States of America, is hereby forbidden ; and Con-
givss is required to pass such laws as shall effectu
ally prevent the same.
2. Congress shall also have power to prohibit the
i tit induction 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
slsjll not be suspended, unless when in cases of re
be'din or invasion the public safety may require it.
4. No bill of attainder, or er post facto law, or law
dl'F.'. :g or impairing the right of property in negro
slav. ; shall be passed.
5. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid
ink'; s in proportion to the census of enumeration
lercin 1 . fore directed to be taken.
6. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles expor
ted f- jra any State except by a vote of two-thirds
cl-1. h'Houses.
7v No preference shall be given by any regulation
of commerce or revenue to Hie port ? of one -StaUt.
over those 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 expenditures of all public money shall be pub
lished from time to time. I
9. Coigress shall appropriate no money from the |
t reasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both ;
Houses,taken by yeas and nays, unless it be asked
and estimated for by some one of the heads of De
partmen;, and submitted to Congress by the I’zesi
dent; orfor the purpose of paying its own expen
ses and iontingencies; or for the payment of claims
against lie Confederate States, the justice of which i
shall haie been judicially declared by a tribunal '
for the iivestigation of claims against the govern- '
ment, winch it. is hereby made the duty of Congress I
to establkh.
10. AU bills appropriating money shall specify in
Federal cirrcncy the exact amount of each appro
priation '.nd the purpose for which it is made ;
and Congress shall grant no extra compensation to I
any publb character, officer, agent or servant, after
such contact shall have been made or such service
rendered.
11. No itlc of nobility shall be granted by the
Confederate States; and no person holding any I
office of jii-ofit or trust under them shall, without (
the consent of the Congress, accept of any present,
emolument, office or title ©f any kind whatever from
any king, prince or foreign State.
12. Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exeivise thereof; or a bridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press; or the right of the people peacea
bly io assemble and petition the government for a
rediess 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 arms shall not be infringed.
14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quarter
ed in my bouse without the consent of the owner ;
nor intime of war, but in a manner to beprescribed
by law.
15. The right of the people to be secure in their
parsers, houses, papers, and effects against unrea
sonable searches and seizures shall not be violated;
and no warrants shall issue but upon probable
cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and parti
cularly describing the place to be searched, and
the persons or things to be seized.
16 No person shall be held to answer for a capi
tal or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a pre
sentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in
cases arising in the land or naval forces, when in
riCK-n.l service ia time of war public danger ; nor
sh dl 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
agninst himself; or be deprived of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law; nor shall
private property be taken for public use, without i
just compensation.
17. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused
shill enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial,
bf an impartial jury of the State and district where- ,
ir the crime shall have been committed, which dis- j
tiict shall have been previously ascertained by law, I
asd to be informed of the nature and cause of the
accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses !
ajainst him ; to have compulsory process for ob- I
tiining witnesses in his favor; and to have the as- j
Hstance of counsel for his defence.
18. In suits at common law, where the value in I
controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right;
o!’ tri.il by jury shall be preserved ; and no fact so,
tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined ini
any court of the Confederacy, than according to |
th? rules of the common law.
19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor ex- I
ccssive lines imposed, nor cruel and unusual pun- '
ijhments inflicted.
30. Every law, or resolution having the force of j
d' law, shall relate to but one subject, and that shall i
be expressed in the title.
Seo. 10.—1 No State shall enter into any treaty,
slliance, or confederation ; grant letters of marque
or reprisal; coin money; make anything but gold
and silver coin a tender in payment of debts ; pass I
any bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, or law ’
impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any j
title of nobilty. j
2. No State shall, without the consent of Con- ‘
gross lay imposts or duties on imports, or exports, ;
except what may be absolutely necessary for ex- j
renting its inspection laws ; and the net produce ;
of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on im- ;
ports or exports, shall be for the treasury of the
Confederate States ; and all such laws shall be sub- j
jcct to the revision and control of Congress. ;
3. No State shall, without the consent of Con- j
gross, lay any duty on sea-going vessels, for the
improvement of its rivers and harbors navagated
by the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con
flict with any treaties of the Confederate State with .
foreign nations : and any surplus revenue thus de- I
rived, shall after making such improvement, be
paid into the common treasury. Nor shall any State I
keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter j
into any agreement or compact with anothei State
or foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually
invaded, or in such imminent danger as. m ill 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 improte the na
vigation thereof.
ARTICLE 11.
Section I—l. The executive power shall be vest
ed in a President of the Confederate States of Amer
ica. He and the A r ice President shall hold their
offices for the term of six years ; but the President
shall not be re-eligible. The President and Vice
President, shall be elected as follows :
2. Each State shall appoint in such manner as
the legislature thereof may determine, a number of
electors equal to the whole number of Senators
and Representatives to which the Stale may be
entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Repre
sentative, or person holding an office of trust or
profit under the Confederate States, shall be ap
pointed an elector.
3. The electors shall meet in their respective
States and vote by ballot for President and A’ice
President, one of whom at least shall not be an
inhabitant of flic same State with themselves; they
shall name in their ballots the person voted for as
President, and in distinct ballots the person voted
for as Vice President, and they shall make distinct
lists of all persons voted for as President, and of
all persons voted for as Vice President, and the
number of votes for each, which lists they shall
sign and certify, and transmit, scaled, to the seat of
government of the Congress of the Confederated
States directed to the President of the Senate; the
President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the
I Senate and House of Representatives, open all the
j certificates, and the votes shall then be counted;
■ the person having tlie greatest number of votes for
! President shall be the President, if such nuniber be
; a majority of the whole number of electors ap
; pointed ; and if no person have such maj irity, then,
' from the persons having the highest numbers, not
j exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as
(President, the House of Representatives shall
i choose immediately, by ballot, the President But
| in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken
j by States, tile representation from each State hav
i ing one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall con
j sist of a member er members from two-thirds of
| the States, and a majority of all (tie States be nc
; cessary to a choice. And if the House of Rcpre
; sentatives shall not choose a President, whenever
the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before
the. fourth day <jf March next following, then the
Vice Prcsido* Y'ikn ad as .-j,,
| the death, or other constitutional disability ollikt'
President.
4. The person having the greatest number of
votes as Vice President shall be the Vice President,
if such number be a majority of the whole number
of electors appointed; and if no person have a
majority, then, from the two highest numbers on
the list, 'tFie Senate shall choose the Vice President
a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-i
thirds of their whole number of Senators, and a
majority of the whole number shall be necessarl
to a choice.
5. But no person constitutionally ineligible to
the office of President shall be eligible to that of
I’ice President of the Confederate States.
6. The Congress may determine the time of
choosing tiie electors, and the day on which they
shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same
throughout the Confederate States.
7. No person except a natural born citizen of the
Confederate States, or a citizen thereof, at the time
of the adoption of this constitution, or a citizen
thereof born in the United States prior to the 20th
of December, 1860, shall be eligible to the office of
President; neither shall any person be eligible to
that office who shall not have attained to the age of
thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident
within the limits of the Confederate States, as they
may exist at the time of his election.
8. In case of the removal of the President from
office, or of his death, resigiWtion, or inability to j
discharge the powers and duties of the said office, I
the same shall devolve on the Vice President; ami I
the Congress may, by law, provide for the case of 1
removal, death, resignation, or inability both of
the President or Vice President, declaring what
officer shall then act as President, and such officer
shall act accordingly until the disability be removed
or a President shall be elected.
9. The President shall, at stated times, receive ■
for his services a compensation, which shall neither
be increased nor diminished during the period for
which lie shall have been elected; and he shall not
receive within that period any other emolument.
from the Confederate States, or any one 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
faithfully execute the office of President of the (
Confederate States, and will, to the best of my i
ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitu- I
lion thereof 1 ’
Section 2.—1. The President shall be comman- j
der-in-chief of the army and navy of the Confede- j
rate States, and of the militia of the several States, i
when called into the actual service of the Confed- j
crate States; he may require the opinion, in writing, !
of the principal officers of each of the Executive
Departments upon any subject relating to the duties
of their respective offices; and he shall have power
to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against
the Confederate States, except in cases of impeach
ment.
2. He shall have power, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provi
ded two-thirds of the Senators present concur; and
he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors,
other public ministers and consuls, Judges of the
supreme court, and all other officers of the Confed
erate States, whose appointments are not herein
otherwise provided for, and which shall be estab
lished by law; but the Congress may, by law, vest
the appointment of such inferior officers, as they
think proper, in the President alone, in the courts
of law, or in the heads of Departments.
3. The principal officers in each of the Executive
Departments, and all persons connected with the
diplomatic service, may be removed from office at
the pleasure of the President. All other civil offi
cers of the Executive Department may be 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, the remo
val shall be reproted 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 ex
pire at the end of their next session ; but no per
son rejected by the Senate shall be re appointed to
the same office during their ensuing recess.
Section 3. —1. The President shall, from time to
time, give to the Congress information of the state
of the Confederacy, and recommend to their con
sideration such measures as he shall judge necessa
ry and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occa
sions, convene both Houses, or either of them; and
in case of disagreement between them, with respect
to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them
to such time as he may think proper; he shall
receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he
shall take care that the laws be faithiully executed,
and shall commission all the officers of the Con
federate States.
Section 4 —l. The President, Vice President, and
all the civil officers of the Confederate States, shall,
be removed from otfice rin hnpeacbmert for and
conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes
and misdemeanors.
ARTICLE HI.
Sec. I.—l. The Judicial power of the Confede
rate States shall be vested in one supreme court,
and in such inferior courts as the Congress may
from time to time ordain and establish. The Judg
es, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall
hold their offices during good behavior, and shall,
at stated times receive for their services a compen
sation, which shall not be diminished during their
continuance in office.
Sec. 2—l. The judicial power shall extend to all
cases arising under this constitution, the laws of
the Confederate States and treaties made or which
shall be made under their authority ; to all cases
affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and
[ consuls; to all cases of admiralty and maritime ju
risdiction ; to controversies to which the Confede
rate States shall be a party ; to controversies
between two or more States; between
a State and citizens of another State, where the
State is plaintiff, between citizens claiming lands
under grants of different States, and between a
State or the citizens thereof, and foreign States,
citizens or subjects; but no State shall be sued bj
a citizen or subject of any foreign State.
2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other pu
lic ministers and consuls, and those in which a
State shall he a party, the supreme court shall
have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact,
with such exceptions, and under such regulations,
as the Congress shall make. .
I 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im-
I preachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall
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e be held in the State where the said crimes shall
; have been committed ; but when not committed
r within any State, the trial shall be at such place or
j places as the Congress may, by law'have direct
- ed.
, Sec. 3—l. Treason against the Confederate States
t shall consist only in levying war against them, or
5 adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and
I comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason
t unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the
i same overt act, or on confession in open court.
2. The Congress shall have power to declare the
punishment ot treason ;-but no attainder of treason
p shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture except
during the life ol the person attainted.
ARTICLE B .
Sec. I.—l. Full f<.ith and ii: >l:be given
in each State tojthe publu icl . re. < . r.n judi
cial proceedings of every o. n . ' th Con
gress may, by gen. .• ;1 mw; the "'rnarher
in ghich such acts. records aV:
be pfoVCit <TLd Llll* HHseviirFTtof.
Sec. 2.—1. The citizens of each State shall be en
titled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens
in the several States and shall have the right of
transit and sojourn in any State ol this. Confederacy,
with their slaves and other ] roperty ; and the right
of property in said slaves shall not hereby the im
paired.
2. A person charged in any State with treason,
felony, or other crime, against the Jaws of such
State who shall Hee from justice, and be found in
another Slate, shall, on demand of the executive
authority of the State from which he lied, be deli
vered up, to be removed to the State haveing juris
diction of the crime.
3. No slave or other person held to service or la
boi’ 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 regulation therein be discharged from such
service or labor : but shall be delivered up on claim
of the party to whom such slave belongs, or to
whom such service or labor may be due.
Sec. 3.—1. Other States may be admitted into
this Confederacy 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 form
ed by the junction of two or more States, or parts
of States, without the consent of the State ccnccrn
j ed as well as of the Congress.
) 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of
and make all needful rulesand regulations concern
ing the property of the Confederate States, includ
ing the lands thereof.
3. The Confederate States may acquire new ter
ritory ; and Congress shall have power to legislate
i and provide governments for the inhabitants of all
I territory belonging to the Confederate States, lying
without the limits of the several States ; and may
permit them, at such times and in such manner as
it may by law provide, to form States to be admitted
into the Confederacy.
In all such territory the institution of ne
gro slavery, as it now exists in the Confederate
States, shall be recognized and protected by Con
i gress and by the territorial government; and the in-
■ habitants of the several Confederate States and
Territories shall have the right to take to such Ter-
I ritory any slave lawfully held by them in any of the
! States or Territories of the Confederate States.
' The Confederate Slates shall guaranty to every
i State that now is or hereafter may become a mem
| ernment, and shall protect each ol litem against in
vasion; andon application of the legislature (or
of the executive when the Legislature is not in ses
sion) against domestic violence.
ARTICLE V.
Sec. I—l. Upon the demand of any three States,
legally assembled in their several conventions, the
Congress shall summon a convention of all the
States, to take into consideration such amendments
to the constitution as the said States shall concur in
suggesting at the time when the said demand is
made, and should any of the proposed amendmets
to the constitution be agreed on by the said con
vention—voting by States—and the same be ratifi
ed by the legislatures of two-thirds of the several
States, or by conventions in two-thirds thereof—as
the one or the other mode of ratification may be
proposed by the general convention—they shall
thenceforward form a part of this constitution.—
But no State shall, without its consent, be depriv
ed of its equal representation in the Senate.
ARTICLE VI.
1. The government established by this constitu
tion is the successors of the Provisional Gov
ernment of the Confederate States of America, and
all the laws passed by the latter shall continue in
force until the same shall be repealed or modified ;
and all the officers appointed by the same shall re
mam in office until their successors are appointed
and qualified, or the offices abolished.
2. All debts contracted and engagements enter
ed into before the adoption of this constitution shall
be as valid against the Confederate States under
this constitution as under* the Provisional Govern
ment.
3. This constitution and the laws of the Confed
erate States, made in pursuance thereof, and all
| treaties made, or which shall be made under the
authority of the Confederate States, shall be the
supreme law of the land, and the judges in every
State shall be bound thereby, anything in the con
stitution or laws of any State to the contrary not
withstanding.
4. The Senators and Representatives before men
tioned and the members of the several State legis
latures, and all executive and judicial officers, both
of the Confederate Stales and of the several States,
shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support
this constitution but no religious test shall ever be
requirecd as a qualification to any office or public
trust under the Confederate States.
5. The enumeration, in the constitution of cer
tain rights, shall not be construed to deny or dispa
rage others retained to by the people of the several
States.
G. The powers not delegated to the Confederate
■ States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it
, to the States arc reserved to the States respectively,
■ or to the people thereof.
ARTICLE VII.
1 I. The ratification of the conventions of five States
, shall be sufficient for the establishment of this con-
■ stituticn between the States so ratifying the same.
2 When five States shall have ratified this con
stitution, in the manner before spot ified, the Con
-1 gress under the Provisional constitution shall pre
f scribe the time for holding the election of Presi
i dent and Vice-President; and, for the meeting of
i the Electoral College ; and for counting Ihe votes,
I and inaugurating the President. They shall, also,
■ prescribe the time for holding the first election or
• members of Congress under this constitution, and
! the time for assembling the same. Until the as
i sembling of such Congress the Congress under the
■ Provisional constitution shall continue to exercise
> the legislative powers granted them; not extend
i ing beyond the time limited by the constitution of
, the Provisional Government.
A Caution I
l We beg to suggest to all the Southern Pa
’ pers the propriety of omitting all mention of
’ the movements of troops within the borders of
. Virginia. Ihe enemy for the present should
1 know as little of them as possible. — Hi.
