The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-02-20
NUMBER SO.

federacy shall be a party controversies between
two or more States; between citizehs " differ.
ent States between citizens Of the same St2tS
claiming lands under grants Of different States.
2. In all cases affecting ambassadors. other
public ministers and consuls, and those in which
State shall be a party, the Supreme Court
shall have original jurisdiction. In al the other
cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall
have appellate jurisdiction, both as to faw ma
fact, with such exceptions and under such r6s:
ulations rs the Congress shall make.
8. The trial Of all crimes, except in cases Of
impeachment shall be by jary, and such trial
shall beheld in the State where the said crimes
shall have Been committed; but when not Soin;
mtted within any State, the trial shall be At such
place or places as the Congress may BY Law have
directed: .-.
SECTION 8. .assr
/. Treason against the Confederacy shall con.
sist only in levying against it or In sdherins
to its enemies, giving theih aid and comfort No
person shall be convicted Of treason Unless on
the testimony Of twowitnesses to the same overt
act or on confession in open court a
9. The Congress shall have power to declare
the punishment Of treason; but no attsinder Of
treason shall work corruption Of blood, or for
feiture, except during the life Of the person ~
tainted
ARTICLE ":
SECTION /.
I. Full faith and credit shall bs given in each
State to the public acts, records and judicial
proceedings Of every other State. And the
Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the
manner in which such acts, records, and pro-
ceedings shall be proved, and the effect Of suck
proof
SECTION Q.
I. The citizens Of each State shall be entitled
to all privileges and immunities Of citizens In the
several States,
Q. person charged in any State with
treason, felony, or other crime, who shall hes
from justice, and be found in another State,
shall, on demand Of the executive authority Of
the State from which he Bed, be delivered up, to
be removed to the State having jurisdiction Of
the crime.
8. A slave in one State, escaping to anothef,
shall be delivered up on claim Of the party 70
whom said slave may belong by the executive
authority Of the State in which such slave shall
be found, and In case Of any abduction forcibls
rescue, full compensation, including the value Of
the slave, and all costs and expenses, shall be
made to the party, by the State in which such
abduction or rescue shall take place.
SECTION 8.
1. The Confederacy shall guarantee to every
State in this Union republican form Of govern
ment and shall protect each Of them against
invasion and, on application of the legislature,
or of the executive, (wheu tlio legislature cafis
not be convened against domestic violence.
ARTICLE V.
1. The Congress- BY rote of two-thirds.
may, at any time, alter or amond this cOnstitu-
ton.
ARTICLE VI.
|. This Constitution, and the laws Of the
Confcderacy which shall be made in pursuance
thereof and all treaties made, or which shall be
made, under the authority Of the Confederacy,
shall be the supreme law Of the land; and the
Judges in every State shall be bound thereby,
anything in the Constitution or laws Of any
State to the contrary notwithstanding. -
O. The Government hereby instituted shall
take immediate steps for the settlement Of all
matters between the States forming II and their
other late confederates of the United States, In
relation to the public property and public debt
at the time Of their Withdrawal from them
these States hereby declaring it to be their wish
and earnest desire to adjust everything pertain
ing to the common property, common liability,
and common obligations Of that Union, upon ths
principles Of right justice, equity and good
| faith
8. Until otherwise provided by the Congress,
the city Of Montgomery, in the State Of Aia-
bama, shall be the scat Of Government
4. The members Of the Congress and an Ex.
ecutivc and Judicial officers Of the Confederncy
shall be bound by oath or affirmation TO support
this Constitution but no religious test shall bc
required as qualification to any Office or public
trust under this Confederacy. -.f
g. The Congress shall have power to admit
other States.