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RAIL ROAD DIRECTORY.
Arrival and Departure of the Trans.
Georgia R. R. & Banking Company.
Augusta to Atlanta, 171 Miles—Fare §5 50.
GEORGE YOUNG, Superintendent.
MORNING PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, d lily, at 9.05, A. M.
Arrives at Augusta at 6.20, P. M.
Leaves Augusta, daily, at 0.30, A. M.
-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 at 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 & West-Point Railroad.
Aii -nta to West-Point, 87 Miles —Fare, $3 50.
GEORGE G HULL, Superintendent.
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 10.10, A M.
Arrives at Newnan, at 12.30, P. M.
Arrives al West-Point at 3.10, P. M.
Leaves West-Point, daily, at 3.00, P. M.
Arrives at Newnan, at 4.30, P. M,
Arrives at Atlanta at 7.51, P. M.
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 7.50. A. M.
This Road connects with the Montgomery & West-
Point Road at West-Point.
Western & Atlantic Railroad.
Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 Miles —Fare §5.00.
JOHN W. LEWIS, Superintendent.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 10.10, A. M-
Arrives at Chattanooga at 6.40, P. M.
Leaves Chattanooga at 4.05, A. M.
Arrives at Atlanta at 1.15. P. M.
EVEN.NG PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, nightly, r.t T. 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.
This Road connects, each way, witn the Rome
Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee
ci Georgia Railroad at Dalton, aud the Nashville A
Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooga.
Macon & Western Railroad.
Atlanta to Macon, 102 Miles—Fare, $4 50
ALFRED L. TYLER, Superintendent.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
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
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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
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Central Railroad for Savannah at 10.10 P. M. an
the South-Western Railroad for Columbus at 11.51
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“ | I ..
-! CONSTITUTION
t OF THE
e | Confederate States of America.
s i We, the people of the Confederate States, each
i State acting in its sovereign and independent char-
I acter, in order to form a permanent Federal Gov
B erument, establish justice, insure domestic tran-
| quility and secure the blessings of liberty to our
selves and dur posterity—invoking the favor and
guidance of Almighty God—do ordain and estab-
! lish this constitution for the Confederate States of ;
• America.
i
- I ARTICLE I.
• l Section I. All legislative powers herein delega
( I ted shall be vested in a Congress of the Confederate
‘ i States, which shall consist of a Senate and House
i of Representatives. !
Sec. 2.—1. The House of Representatives shall '
j be composed of members chosen every second year '
by 7 the people of the several States; and the elec- ■
• : tors in each State shall be citizens of the Confeder- j
• ate States, and have the qualifications requisite for
• electors of the most numerous branch of the State
• Legislature ; but no person of foreign birth, not a
I citizen of the Confederate States, shall be allowed
. ! to vote for any 7 officer, civil or political, State or
. Federal
. | 2. No person shall be a Representative, who shall
. ! not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and
f be a citizen of the Confederate States, and who
i shall not. when elected, be an inhabitant, of that
j State in which he shall be chosen.
i 3. Representatives and Direct Taxas shall be ap- !
■ portioned among the several States, which may be '
■ included within this Confederacy, according to !
, ! their respective numbers, which shall be determin- !
• ed by adding to the whole number of free persons, I
! including those bound to service for a term of I
„ not en’TULITJ i *
' made within three years after the first meeting ot I
the Congress of the Confederate States, and within '
every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner
as they shall, by 7 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
• the State of Texas six.
• I 4. When vacancies happen in the representation
• from any State, the Executive authority 7 thereof
’ 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
cial or other federal officer resident and acting
• 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.
J Sec. 3.—1. The Senate of the Confederate States
shall be composed of two Senators from each State,
• chosen for six years by the Legislature thereof, at I
the regular session next immediately the
commencement of the term of service ; and each
Senator shall have one vote.
| 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in
i consequence of the first election, they shall be devi-
■ 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,
e and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth
e year; so that one third may be chosen every second
year; and if vacancies happen by resignation or
j otherwise, during the recess of the Legislature of
‘ any 7 State, the Executive thereof may make terapor
’ ary 7 appointments until the next meeting of the
i 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
‘ of the Confederate States ; and who shall not, when
i elected, be an inhabitant of the State for which he
! shall be chosen.
[. ■ 4. The Vice ’’resident of the Confederate States
[ e shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no
vote, unless they be equally divided.
[_ I 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers ;
and also a President pro tempore in the absence of
' the Vice President or when he shall exercise the
L office of President of the Confederate States.
L ; 6. The Senate shall have the sole power to try
L■' ail impeachments. When sitting for that purpose,
L they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the
; President of the Confederate States is tried, the
1_ ; Chief Justice shall preside ; and no person shsll be
i convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of
D’ I the members present.
> ! 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not
ll j ' extend further than to removal from office, and
11 ■ disqualification to bold and enjoy any office of hon
j er, trust or profit, under the Confederate States ;
but the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable
k > 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 time, by law,
V. make or alter such regulations, except as to the
s . times and places of choosing Senators.
id 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in
3n every year; and such meeting shall be on the first
ne Monday in December, unless they shall, by law,
t 0 appoint a different day.
Sec. 5.—1. Each House shall be the judge of the
pg 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.
D; 2. Each House may determine the rules of its
proceedings, punish its members for disorderly be
of 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 17, 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 oi the mem
bers of either House, on any question, shall, at th
desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered oi
the journal.
4 Neither House, during the session of Congress
shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn lo
more than three days, nor to any other place that
1 that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
1 Sec. 6.—1. Senators aud Representatives shall re
1 ceive a compensation fur their services, to be ascer
tai tied by law, and paid out of the treasury of the Coir
federate States. They shall, in all cases, except trea.
son, fellony and breach of the peace, be privilege
from arrest during their attendance at the sessior
I of their respective Houses, and in going to and re
) turning from the sanir; 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 th;
time for which he was elected, be appointed to any
office under the authority of t..e 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 eithei
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 cither 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 it shall 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 President may approve any
appropriation and disapprove any other a propriatiou
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 of the Cowtederate fcHatire ; Wnd
by him ; er being disapproved by him, thall be re
passed by two-thirds of both Houses according to
the rules and limitations prescribedin case of a 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
laid to promote or foster any branch of
jind all duties, imposts, and excises shall
be uniform throughout the Confederate States :
2. To borrow money on the credit of the Confed
erate States :
3. To regulate commerce xvith foreign nations,
and among the several States, and with the Indian
tribes; but ncithor this, nor any other clause con
tained in the constitution, shall ever be construed
to delegate the power to Congress to appropriate
money for any internal improvement intended to
facilitate commerce ; except fur 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
I 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
throughout the Confederate States, but no law of
Congrass snail discharge any debt contracted be
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
ing the securities and current coin of the Confed
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 ol its
I own revenues.
8. To promote the progress of science and useful
arts, by securing for limited times to authors and
inventors the exclusive right to their respective
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
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
terra 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 provide 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 ot 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 othei
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 tht
’ African race, from any foreign country other than
the slaveholding States or Territories of the United
States of America, is hereby forbidden: and Con-
0, gross is required to pass such laws as shall eirectu
e- ally prevent the same.
i_ 2. Congress shall also have power to prohibit the
ie introduction of slaves from any State not a member
m of, or Territory not belonging to this Confederacy.
3. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
s shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of re
jr bellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
,n 4. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto\a.xv,or law
denying or impairing the right of property in negro
> slaves shall be passed.
r . 5. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid
unless in proportion to the census of enumeration
t- hereinbefore directed to be taken.
J 6. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles expor
n ted fro,-- any State except by a vote of two-thirds
of both Houses.
>- 7:‘ No preference shall be given by any regulation
d of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State
over those of another. (
e 8. No money shall be drawn from the treasury
y but in consequence of appropriations made by law ;
3, and a regular statement and account of the receipts
s and expenditures of all.public money shall be pub- i
h lished from time to time. i
e 9. Congress shall appropriate no money from the !
treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both ;
. Houses, taken by yeas and nays, unless it be asked !
n and estimated for by some one of the heads of De- j
e partment, aud submitted to Congress by the Presi j
. dent; or for the purpose of paying its own expen- i
ses and contingencies; or for the payment of claims
1 against the Confederate States, the justice of which }
e shall have been judicially declared by a tribunal '
s for the investigation of claims against the govern
ment, which it is hereby made jthe duty of Congress
_ to establish. I
a 10. All bills appropriating money shall specify in
_ Federal currency the exact amount of each appro
! priation and the purpose for which it is made:
t nn<?Congress shall grant no extra compensation to
_ any public character, officer, agent or servant, after
_ such contract shall have been made or such service
. I rendered.
t 11. No title of nobility shall be granted by the
e Confederate States; and no person holding any
. office of profit or trust under them shall, without
; the consent of the Congress, accept of any present,
□ emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from
3 any king, prince or foreign State.
r 12. Congress shall make no law respecting an
1 establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
t exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech ,
. or of the press; or the right of the people peacea
i bly to assemble and petition the government for a
; redress of grievances.
13. A well regulated militia being necessary to
t the security of a free State, the right, of the people
• to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,
i 14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quarter
ed in any 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 unrea
i 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 starched, and
the persons or things to be seized. - - ...'
16. No shall beheld to nri'cwo;- fqp
sentincut or indictment of tf'grand jury, except in j
. cases arising in the land or naval forces, when in j
actual service in time of war or public danger ; nor
shall any person be subject for the same offence to
be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor be
compelled, in any criminal, case, to be a witness
against himself ; or be deprived of life, liberty, or
properly, without due process of law ; nor shall
private property be taken for public use, without
just compensation.
17. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused
shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial,
by an impartial jury of the State and district where
in the crime shall have been committed, which dis- |
trict shall have been previously ascertained by law, j
and to be informed of the nature and cause of the ;
accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses !
. against him ; to have compulsory process for ob- -
taining witnesses in his favor; and to have the as- i
. sistance of counsel for his defence. j
, 18. In suits at common law, where the* value ini
. controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right;
s ; of trial by jury shall be preserved ; and no fact so
■ tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined ini
L any court of the Confederacy, than according to ;
j the rules of the common law.
; 19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor ex- j
5 cessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual pun- ;
i ishments inflicted.
( 30. Every law, or resolution hating the force of .
j ; of 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, '
alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque
I or reprisal; coin money ; make anything but gold j
I 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 ncbilty.
2. No State shall, without the. consent of Con
t' gress lay imposts or duties on imports, or exports, i
j except what may be absolutely necessary for ex- |
j ecuting its inspection laws ; and the net produce ‘
3 of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on im- !
ports or exports, shall be for the treasury of the :
1 Confederate States ; and all such laws shall be sub
l ject to the revision and control of Congress.
3 3. No State shall, without the consent of Con-
gress, lay any duty on sea-going vessels, for the
31 improvement of its rivers and harbors navagated
by the said vessels ; but such duties shall not con-
5 flict with any treaties of the Confederate State with i
t foreign nations; and any surplus revenue thus de- j
rived, shall after making such improvement, be
I paid into the common treasury. Nor shall any State
i keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter
into any agreement or compact with another State
. or foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually
r invaded, 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 entey
- into compacts with each other to improve the na
vigation thereof.
o ARTICLE 11.
s Section I—l. The executive power shall be vest
ed in a President of the Confederate States of Amer-
- ica. He and the Vice President shall hold their
if offices for the term of six years ; but the President
e 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
s and Representatives to which the State may be
n entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Repre
e sentative, or person holding an office of trust or
e profit under the Confederate States, shall be ap
; pointed an elector.
3. The electors shall meet in their respective
e States and vote by ballot for President and Vice
II President, one of whom at least shall not be an
r inhabitant of the same State with themselves; they
shall name in their ballots the person voted for as
y President, and in distinct ballots the person voted
g for as Vice President, and they shall make distinct
■ lists of all persons voted for as President, and of
3 > all persons voted for as Vice President, and the
number of votes for each, which lists they shall
e sign and certify, and transmit, sealed, to the seat of
n government of the Congress of the Confederated
d States, directed to the President of the Senate; the
i- President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the
■ ■ Senate and House of Representatives, open all the
| certificates, and the votes shall then be counted-
> i the person having the greatest number of votes for
■ i President shall be the President, if such number be
, j a majority of the whole number of electors ap
i | pointed ; and if no person have such maj irity, then
j 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
j choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But
I in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken
j by States, the representation from each State hav
) ing one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall con
j sist of a member or members from two-thirds ol
| the States, and a majority of all the States be ne
' cessary to a choice. And if the House of Repre
sentatives shall not choose a President, whenever
j the right of choice . ii. il devolve upon them, before
i the fourth day of March next following, then the
{ Vice President shall act as President, as in case of
■ the death, or other constitutional disability of the
| President
j 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
iof electors appointed; and if no person have a
J majority, then, from the two highest numbers on
I the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President
I a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-!
; thirds of their whole number of Senators, and a
( majority of the whole number shall be nccessarl
i to a choice.
; 5. But no person constitutionally ineligibledo
■ the office of President shall be eligible to that of
( Vice President of the Confederate States.
6. The Congress may determine the time of
I choosing the 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
Preside at; 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 tLe President from
office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to
discharge the powers and duties of the said office,
the same shall devolve on the Vice President; and (
the Congress may, by law, provide for the case of i
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 I
which he 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 ‘.he execution of his office i
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 j
eIWVrAi-eoi ' ' ~
Ttc President shall be common-1
der-in-chief of the army and navy of the Confede- j
rate States, and of the militia of the several States,
when called into the actual service of the Confed- I
erate 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; aud 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 ot 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 s- rvices 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 l
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 iisagreement 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 faithtully executed, I
J and shall commission all the officers of the Con- I
federate States.
Section 4 —l. The President, Vice President, and
all the civil officers of the Confederate States, shall,
be removed from office on impeachment for and
conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes
and misdemeanors.
ARTICLE 111.
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
contihuance in office.
Sec. 2—l. The judicial power shall extend to al!
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
betw ee n tvv o 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 by
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.
3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im
preachmcnt, shall be by jury, and such trial shall
c be held in the State where the said crimes sfiaj
; have been committed ; but when not committe
r within any State, the tiial shall be at such place o
e places as the Congress may, by law have direct
- ed.
b J Sec. 3—l. Treason against the Confederate State
t i shall consist only in levying war against them, o
s i adhering to their enemies, giving them aid am
1 > comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason
t unless on the testimony of two witnesses to th
n same overt act, or on confession in open court.
2. The Congress shall have power to declare tin
- punishment ot treason; but no attainder of treasoi
f I ehall work corruption of blood or forfeiture excep
- during the life ol the person attainted.
* I , ARTICLE IV.,
r . Sec. I.—l. Full faith and credit shall be give:
e in each State to the public Hets, ret ords, and judi.
3 cial proceedings ot every other State. And the Con
1 gress .may, by general laws prescribe the mannei
3 in which such acts, records and proceedings shal
be proved and the effect thereof.
f . 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 shell have the right oi
l transit and sojourn in any State ot this Confederacy
i with their slaves and other property ; and the right
of property in said slaves shall not hereby the im
' paired.
• 2. A person charged in any State with treason,
' j felony, or other crime, against the laws of such
State who shall flee from justice, and be found in
another State, shall, on demand of the executive
authority of the State from which he tied, be deli
vered up, to be removed to the State haveing juris
diction of the crime.
3. No slave or o’her person held to service or la
bor 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
I the Senate, the Senate, voting by States; but no
new State shall be formed or ended within the
I jurisdiction of any other State, nor any State form
-1 ed by the junction of two or more States, or parts
I of Slates, without, the consent of the State concern
j ed as well as of the Congress.
; 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of
; and make all needful rulesand regulations coneern
i ing the property of the Confederate Slates, includ
! ing the lands thereof.
I 3. The Confederate States may acquire new ter-
I ritory ; and Congress shall have power to legislate
! and provide governments for the inhabitants of all
! territory belonging to the Confederate States, lying
i without the limits of the several States ; and may
I permit them, at such times and in such manner as
; it may by law provide, to form States to be admitted
I into the Confederacy.
i In all such territory the institution of ne
[ gro slavery, as it now exists in the Qonfederate
' States, shall be recognized and protected by Con-
■ gress and by the teiritoriai government; and the in-
■ habitants of the several Confederate States and
I States or Territories oi the Conic - nmrStales.
j The Confederate States shall guaranty to every
i State that now is or hereafter may become a mem
i ber of this Confederacy a republican form of gov
' ernmeiit, and shall protect each of them against in
j vasion; andon application of the legislature (or
of the executive v> hen 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, tho
Congress shall summon a convention of all tho
States, to take into consideration su> h amendments
tot’ne 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
i 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
ali 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
main in office until their successors are appointed
j and qualified, or the offices abolished.
j 2. All debts contracted and engagements enter
j ed into before the adoption of this constitution shall
i be as valid against the Confederate States under
I this constitution as under” the Provisional Govern
! incut.
3. Tnis 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 States and of the several States,
j shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support
this constitution but no religious test shall ever be
requirced 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.
6. 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 to the people thereof.
ARTICLE VII.
I. The ratification of the conventions of five States
shall be sufficient for the establishment of this con
’ stitution between the States so ratifying the same.
2 When five States shall have ratified this con
stitution, in the manner before specified, the Con-
■ gress under the Provisional constitution shad pre
scribe the time for holding the ehetion of Presi
dent and Vice-President; and, for the meeting ot
the Electoral College; and for counting the votes,
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 aa
-1 scmbling of such Congress the Congress under tho
' Provisional constitution shall continue to exercise
the legislative powers granted them; not extend
ing beyond the time limited by the constitution or
1 the Provisional Government.
Confederate State Court.
The first Confederate State court in Georgia
will be held in Savannah on the first Monday
in June next. Judge Henry 11. Jackson pre
aiding—-Judge Henry, clerk, and Thomas
Rcss, Esq. Marshal.
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