Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-22

Il acting sovereign and independent
| order form permanent federal government esta
| lish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secul
the blessings of liberty ourselves aud our poster
| ty-nvOking the ftyer and guidance OF AtpigEty go
do orIain aud establish thus Consultation i0r IL
Confederate States Of America. ~
ARTICLE L
| SEXTON l.
All legislative powers herein delegated shalt be vfsts
IN Congress Of the Confederate States which sil.t
consist OF u Senate aud House OF Representatives,
SECTION 2.
1. The House of Representatives shall be compose,
| OF members chosen every second year by the peopi
of the several states; aud the electors each STAT
shall be citizens the Confederate States and hay
the qualifications requisite for electors OF the NOS
| numerous branch OF the State Legislature bun nt
person OF foreign BIRTH not citizen OF the Confederate
poiti al, State Federal.
| .. No person shall be Representative. who shall
| no, have attained the age OF twenty i've years and
o'>dcltZen oil the confederate states, and who shall
not when elected, be inhabitauL of that State no
| which he shall be chosen.
Representatives ami Direct Taxes shall be appor-
TONED among the Sever states which may be IN
cluded within this Conirderacy according To their re-
spective numbers, which shall be determined by ad-
ding To the whole number Of free persons including
those bound TO service Tor term OF years and ex-
Guiding Indians not taxed, three fhs of all slaves
The actual enumeration shall be made within three
years after the first meeting Of the Congress OF
Confederate States snJ within every subseo uent term
ol Ten years, Ia such mauneT they shall, " isS
direct. The number of Representatives shall not ex
ceed one for every hty THOUSAND each state shall
have at least one Representative; such emu
meTatlon Shall be made the State OF South Carolina
shall be entitled choose sx-the state Of ,.eo pa
ten-the State of Alabama uine-the State of FLORIDA
Iwothe State Of Mississippi seveu-ihe State Of Lou
isiana six, and the State OF Texas Elk
4. When vacancies happen i'll the represent ntation
from State the Executive authority thereof shall
issue writs of election TO fiji 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 judicial or
oher federal officers resident and acting solely within
the limits of any State, may be impeached by vote
OF two-thrds Of both branches Of The Legislature
thereof.
SECTION B.
l. The Senate of the Confederate States shall be
posed of two Senators from each Stale chosen for
years by the thereof at 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 div ded
equally may be into three classes The seats Of
the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the
expiration of the second year of the second
the expiration of the fourth year and of the third class
at the expiration of the sixth year that third
may be chosen every second year and if vacancies
happen by resignation, or otherwise, during the
of the legislature of any State, the executive
thereof may make temporary appointments until the
next meeting OF the Legislature, which shall then hll
such vacancies
3. No person shall be a senator who shall not have
age thirty years and be ctzen OF the
Confederate States and who shall not, when elected,
be an inhabitant Of the State for which he shall be
chosen.
The Vice President of the Confederate States shall
be President of theSenate but shall have vote
less they shall be equally divided.
3. The Senate shall choose their other officers and
also President tenpore i'll the absence of the Wee
President, when he shall exercise the Office Of Presi-
dent of the Confederate States.
g. The Senate shall have the sole power try all i'm
peachments- When sitting Tor that purpose they shall
be On oath or affirmation. When the President of the
Confederate States Is tried the Chief Justice shall
side and no person shall be convicted without the
concurrence of two thirds of the members present
I. Judgment in cases OF impeachment shall not
lar IN af1pa 4
fcation TO hold and enjoy any office of honor profit
under the Confederate States but tue party convicted
SHALL nevertheless, be liable and subieCt indict-
ment, trial, Judgment and punishment according TO
law.
SECTION 4.
1. The time, place aud manner of holding elections
for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed
each State by the legs thereof subject TO the
provisions Of this Constitution but the Congress may
at any time, by law, make alter such regulations
except to the times and places of choosing Senator's
2. The Congress shall assemble at least in every
year ana SUCH meeting shall be the ars Monday in
December, unless they shall, by law, appoint differ
ent day.
SECTION s.
l. Each House shall be the Judge of the elections
returns and qualifications of its members, and u
majority of each shall quorum busi-
ness but a smaller number may adjourn from day 10
day. and may be authorized TO compel the attendance
of absent members, in such manner and under such
penalties each House may provide.
2 Each House may determine the rules of its pro-
ceedings, punish its members for dsordery behavior,
and, with the concurrence Of twothirds OF the whole
number, expel member.
3. Each House shall keep journal of its proceed
ings, and from time TO tie publish the excepting
such parts in their judgment require secrecy,
and the yeas and nays of the members of either
House, any question, shall the desire of nth
of those present, by entered GU the journal.
l. Neither House, during the session of Congress,
shall without the consent of the other adjourn for
than three days, any place than that
in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
SECTION g..
l. The Senators and Representatives shall receive
att fOr Ilpi ba
law, and paid out of the treasury of the Confederate
States They shall, in all cases, except treason and
breach of the peace be privileged from during
their attendance at the session of their respective
Houses, and in going TO and returning from the same
and for any speech or debate 10 either House, they
shall not be questioned ID any other place.
2 No Senator or Representative shall, during the
time for which he elected, be app 'inted any
civil office under the authority OF Confederate
States which shall have been created or the emolu
ments whereof shall have been increased during such
time and no person holding any office under the Con-
Iederate states shall be member of either House
during his continuance in office. But Congress may
by law grant To the principal officer in each OF the Ex
ecutive Departments seat upon the floor of either
House. with the privilege of discussing any measures
appertaning TO his department.
SECTION ].
l. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the
House of Representatives; but the Senate may pro-
pose or concur with amendments as on other bills.
e Every bill which shall have passed both Hnuses,
SHALL before it becomes law, be presented 10 the
President of the Confederate States if he approve, he
shall sign but if he shall return it with his OBJ
ections TO the House in which il shall have originated
who shall enter the objections at large their journ
ais and proceed 20 reconsider IT, IT, after such reconsid
GRAFTON, two-thirds of that House shall agree pass
the BILL il shall be sent together with the ObJections
10 the other House, by which IL shall likewise be
and if approved by two-thirds OF that
House, it shall become law. But in all such cases,
the votes OF both Houses shall be determined by
and nays and the persons voting for and against the
bill shall be entered on the journal of each House
spectIvely. If any bill shall not be returned by the
President within days Sundays excepted) after II
ted Al llp Sla
law, in like # he had signed il, unless the
Congress- by their adjournment prevent its return IN
which il shall not be law. The President may
approve any appropriation and disapprove other
appropriation III the same bill. In such case he SHALL
III signing the olil designate ple dlsap
proved; ard shall return copy of such aPpropria
tioDs, with his objections, TO the House IN which the
bill shall have originated and the same proceedings
shall then he had in Of other bills disapproVed
by the President.
g. Every order resolution or vote which the con-
currence OF both Houses may necessary (except
Question of adiournDent) shall be presented the
President of Confederate states and before the
same shall take effect shall be approved by him;
being disapproved by him, may be passed by two
thirds of both Houses according 10 the rules Aud il
tations prescribed in case OF a bill
SECTION
The Congress shall have power
To Law and collect taxes duties impOsts, and ex
cises for revenue necessary pay the debts provide
for the common defence, and carry on the govern
be granted from the treasury nor shall any duties or
taxes fmportations from foreign nations be laid TO
promote or foster any branch OF industry ana All du
ties imposts and excuses shall be uniform throughout
the Confederate StaLes:
2 To borrow money ON the credit Of the Confeder-
ate States:
3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and
among the several States, and with the Indian tribes
but neither this, any other clause contain
ed in the constitution, shall ever be construed 10 dele
gate the power Congress to appropriate money for
any internal Improvement intended to facilitate com
merce except for the purpose Of furnishing lights,
beacons and buoys and other aids 10 navigation upon
coasts, and the Improvement OF harbors and the
removing of distractions river navigaton IN all
which cases, such duties shall be laid the nayiga
tion facilitated thereby, may be necessary 10 pay
the costs and expenses thereof:
A. 10 establish uniform laws Of naturalization, and
uniform laws the subject of bankruptcies, through
out the Confederate States, but law of Congress
shall discharge any debt contracted before the passage
Of the same:
6 To coin money regulate the value thereof and OF
measures: