Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-11-08

greatest number of votes for President shall he IN
number of electors aonted and Z; no u ns mol
such majority, then, from the persons having th
highest numbers, not exceeding three, ON the list
those voted for as President, the House Of Represen
tatives shall choose Immediately by ballot the Presi
dent But in choosing the President, the shall b
taken by States the representation from each Stat
having one vote; quorum for this purpose shall con
sst OF member or members from two thirds of thu
States and majority of all the States shall
sary TO choice. And if the House of Representative
shall not choose President whenever the right o.
choice shall deyolve upon them before the fourth day
OF March next following, then the Vice President shall
act President in case Of the death or other con
stitutional disability of the President. s. sss ~,
4 me persoe having the greatest number Of votes
number be majority of the whole number of elect
ors appointed: andf no person have majority, then
shall choose the Vice Presidents quorum for the bur
pose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number
OF senators ana majority Of the whole number shall
s. No person consttutionaly ineligible to the oface
OF President shall be eligible to that Of Vice President
6. The Congress may determine the time of CHOOSING
the electors and the day which they shall give their
Confederate States ., ....:s.-. = - :
Z. No person except natural born citizen of the
Confederate States or citizen thereof the time Of
the adoption of the Constitution, citizen thereof
born in the United States prior the 10th OF Dscem
ber, 1890, shall be eligible to the office of President
neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who
shall not have attained the age of thirtyve years
and bean fourteen years resident within the limits
Of Che Confederate States as they may exist at the
g. In of the removal of the President from Of
fee, or of bis DEATH resignation inability to dis
charge the powers and duties of the said ofce the
same shall devolve the Vice President and the Con-
gress may, by law, provide for the case of removal
death, resignation inability both of the President
and Vice President, declaring what officer shall then
act as Presidents and such officer shall accordingly
until the disability be removed or President shall be
electeds 800 ~ ..t-4f sq-5rF 5efT.
9. The President shall at stated times receive for
his services compensation which Shall neither be in
creased nor diminished during the period for which he
shall have been elected and he shall not with
in that period anV other eolument from the Confed-
crate States, or any of them.
TO- Before he enters On the executioa of his office
he shall take the following oath or affirmation: 80
81 do solemnly swear (or affirm) that will faith
fully the Office Of President Of the Confederate
States, and will, to the best of my ability preserve
protect and defend the Constitution thereof -
ssEcrIoN q
l.. The President shall be commander in chief Of
the army and navy of the Confederate States, and
the actual service of the Confederate States; he NAV
require the opinion, in writing of the principal off,
Ger IN each of the Executive Departments, upon any
subject relating to the duties of their respective off,
ces; and he shall have power to grant reprieves nd
pardons for offences against the Confederate States
except In cases of impeachment
2 He shall have power, by and with the advice
consent OF the Senate, to make treaties prorid
ed two-thrds of the Senatorspiesent and he
shall nominate and by and with the advice and con-
sent OF the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors other
public ministers and consus, Judges of the Supreme
whose appointments not herein otherwise pro.
vlded for, and which shall be established by law:
p9. the Congress may, by law vest the appointment
sucn INFERIOR oncers, as they think proper, in the
PRESIDENT aione in the courts of law the heads
Of Departments. q -r'-Fle =, = :
= 3. The principal in each the Executive Depart.
ments and all persons connected with the dplomat.
fc service, may be removed from office at the plea
sure of the President. All other civil ofcers Of the
Executive Department. may be removed at anv time
by the President, or other appointing power when
their services are unnecessary or for shonesty in.
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and when so removed the removal shall be reported
20 n avs the eoTs4 % III eli
cies that may happen during the recess of the SEN
ate, by granting commissions which sha Ii expire at
the end OF their next session. but person rejected
py the Senate shall be re-appointed to the oic
during their ensuing recess.
- 80. SECTION 3.
l. The President shall, from time to time, give to
the Congress information of the state of the Confed-
eracy, and recommend to their consideration such
measures as he shall judge necessary and expedent;
Houses, or either of them; and in case of disagree
ment between them, with respect the time of ad.
Journment, he msy adjourn them to such time as he
shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors
and other public minister's he shall take care that
the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commis-
sion all the officers of the Confederate States
Ta 2 SECTION 4. aitf IL f
L. The President Vice President, and all civil Off.
GERS OF the Confederate States shall be removed from
Office on impeachment for, I'D conviction Of treason,
brioeryier other high crimes and misdemeanors.
fa-sE3 1flt4st -a ART1CLE III, t5-i4 tEs 1ssi
sgouI e-efes ssEcTIoN Ii be - -sls-z1 r.15. g
q 1. The judicial power of the Confederate States
shall be vested in one Superior Court, and in suct
Inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to
time order and establish. The judges, both of the
Supreme and Inferior Courts shall hold their Offices
during good behavior, and SHALL at stated times re-
ceive for their services compensation, which shall
not bediminished during their continuance in Office
2 oaI -" SECTION 2.
be The Judicial power shall extend to all cases ari-
sing under this Constitution, the laws of the Coned.
crate States, and treaties made or which shah be
ambassadors, other public ministers and consuIs: to
all cases Of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction to
CONTROVERSIES to which the Confederate States shall
be party; to controversies between two or more
States; between State and citizens of another
State where the State is plainti between citizens
claiming lands under grants of different States, and
between State the citizens thereof and foreign
States, citizens subjects; but no State shall be
sued by acitizen or subject of any foreign State.
ministers, and consus, and those in which State
shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have origl
toned, the Supreme Court shah have apnelste ins
rsdicton, both to law and facts with such excens
tlons, and under such regulations, the Congress
g. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of inn.
shall jury, and such trial shall be
been committed; but when not committed within
State the trial shall be at such place or places
as the Congress may by law have directed. -olE-
SECTION g.. r, :, ,.f;r !
consist only in Ieyying war against them or In ad.
herring to their enemies, giving them aid and com.
fort No person shall be convicted treason unless
on the testimony of two witnesses the same overt
act, or on confession in open court. "a ~.
q The Congress shall have power to declare the
punishment OF treason but no attainder of treason
shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except
during the Life OF the person attainted. l.3- q.
: 1.a9 80 W. ARTICLE Nv. seA
SECTION 1. zsss .IazA y
]. Full faith and credit shall be given in each
State to the public acts records and udicial proceed
ings Of every other State. And the Congress may,
by general laws, prescribe the manner in which
such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved
and the effect theieof. ssA ls9ts ~ ees
i. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to
all the privileges and immunites of citizens In the
several States, and shall have the right of transit
and sojourn in any State of the Confederacy, with
their slaves and other property; and the right Of
property in said slave shall not be thereby i'm
q person charged in any State with treason,
felony, other crime against the laws Of such State
shall, demand OF the Executive authority Of the
State from which he fed, be delivered up to be re-
moved to the State having Jurisdiction OF the crime.
8. No slave other person held to service or Ia
bor in any State or Territory of the Confederafe
States, under the laws thereof, escaping lawfully
carried into another, shall, In copsequence OF any
La or regulation therein, be discharged from such
Of the party whom such slave belongs, 10 whom
such service or labor may be due. rS 1alees
5 ss SECTION 5. - s.sss.ass. - Il
L Other States may be admitted into this o. sed-
eracy by o vote Of twosthirds Of The whole Hone
Representafises and two-thirds Of the Senate, the
Senate voting by States. but no State shall be
formed or erected wflain the jurisdiction of any
h. ffxar