The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-02-19


g0naery.
We, the Deputies of the Sovereign and
/ Independent States of South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and
| Louisiana, invoking the favor of Almighty
/ God, do hereby, in behalf of these States,
ordain and establish this Constitution for
] the Provisional Government of the same !:
to continue one year from the Inauguration
of the President, or until permanent Con-
stitutiOn or Confederation between the said
STATES shall be put in operation, whichsoever
shall first occur.
ARTICLE I.
SECTION l-All legislative powers herein
| delegated shall be vested in this Congress
now assembled, until otherwise ordered.
SECTION 2-When vacancies happen in
the representation from any STATE. the
same shall be filed in such manner as the
proper authorities of the State shall direct.
SECTION 3. The Congress shall be the
Judge of the elections returns and quali6ca
tons of its members any number of Depu-
ties from majority of States, being present,
| shall constitute quorum to do business; but
a smaller number may adjourn from day to
| day, and may be authorized to compel the
attendance of absent members; upon all
questions before the Congress, each State
shall be entitled to one vote, and shall be
represented by any one or more of its De-
puties who may be present.
2. The Congress may determine the rules
| of its proceedings, punish IFS members for
| disorderly behavior, and, with the ncur-
renee of two-thrds, e1 pei member.
3. The Congress shall keep a journal Of
! its proceedings and from time 10 time pub
! lish the same, excepting such parts as may
! in their judgment require secrecy and
! the yeas and nays of the members on any
question, shall, at the desire of orc-it!h
of those present, or at the instance Of any
one State, be entered on the Journal.
SECTION 4. The members OF Congress
Shall receive compensation for their ser
vices, to be ascertaiued by law, and paid out
If the treasury of the Conf deracy. They
shall in all cases, except treason, felony, and
breach of the peace, be privileged from ar
rest during their attendance at the session Of
| Congress, and in going to or returning from
the same; and for any speech OF debate
they shall not be questioned in any other
place.
SECTION 81 Every bill which shall
have passed the Congress, shall, before it be-
comes a law, be presented to the President
of the Confederacy if he approves he shall
sign it but if not, he shall return it with
his objections, to the Congress, who shall
enter the objections at large on their jour
nal and proceed to consider it. If, after
such reconsideration, twO-thirds of the Con-
gress shall agree to pass the bill, II shall be
come law. But in all such cPSes the vote
shall be determined by yeas and nays and
the names of those voting for and against
the bill shall be entered on the journal. If
any bill shall not be returned by the Presi-
dent within ten days Sundays excepted)
afLer it shall have been pres Anted to him,
the same shall be law, in like manner as
if he had signed it, unless the CongreS, :, by
their adjournment, prevent its return, in
which case it shall not be a law. The Presi
dent may veto any appropriation or apprO-
priations and approve any other appropr'e-
tiOn or appropriations in the same bill.
2. Every order, resolution, Or vote, n
tended to have the force and effect of a law,
shall lie presented to the President, and be-
fore the same shall take effect, shall be ap-
proved by him, or being disapproved by
| him, shall be repassed by two-thirds of the
| Congress, according to the rules and limit
| tions prescribed in the case of a bill.
3. Until the inaug guration of the Presi-
dent, all bills, orders, resolutions and votes
adopted by the Congress shall be of full
force without approval by him.
/ SECTION 6.-l. The Congress shall have
| power to lay and collect taxes, duties, i'm
! pos and eXcires, for the revenue neces sary
! TO pay the debts and carry on the Govern
| ment Of the Contederacy and all duties, i'm
/ posts and eXcses shall be uniform through
| out the States of the Confederacy. And
! this Congress shall also exercise executive
powers, until the President is inaugurated
! 2. To borrow money on the credit of the
! Confederacy
3. To regulate commerce with foreign ma
! tions, and among the several Stat -s, and
| with the Indian tribes
4. To establish ii uniform rule of natur-
alizatiou, and uniform laws on the sab
ject of bankruptcies throughout the Cont(d-
eracy:
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
counterfeiting the securities and current
coin of the Confederacy;
Z. To establish post offices and post
roads:
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 dis-
coveries
0. To constitute tribunals inferior to the
!
10. To define and punish piraces and
felonies committed on the high SEES, and Of
fenses against the law of stions
H. To declare wal, grant letteIs OF
marque and reprisal, and make rules cgn-
corning captures on land and water.
IL. To raise and support armies; but no
appropriation of money to that use shall be
for longer term than two years
IS. To provide and maintain a navy.
IA TO make rules for the government
and regulation Of the land and naval forces
Is. To provide for calling forth the
militia to execute the laws of the Confed-
eracy, suppress instructions, and repel in
vasions.
6. To provide for organizing, arming
and disciplining the militia, and for govern.
ing such part of them as may be employ ed
in the service of the Confederacy, reserving
to the States respectively the appointment
of the officers, and the authority of training
the militia according to the discipline pre-