Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-02-12
SECTION 2.

The Judicial power shall extend to all cases of
law and equity arising under this Constitution the
laws Of the United Stetes and of this Confederacy,
and treaties made or which shall be made, under
its authority; to all affecting ambassadors,
other public ministers and cOnsuls; to all cases of
admiralty and maritime jurisdictions to controver-
sizes to which the Confederacy shall be party
troversies between two or more States; between
citizens of different States; between citizens of the
same State claiming lands under grants of different
States.
2. In all cases affecting ambassadors other public
ministers aud consuls, and those In which a State
shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have ORR
ginal jurisdiction In all the other cases before
mentioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate
jurisdiction, both as to law and fact with such
ceptions and under such regulations the Congress
shall make.
3. The trial of all crimes except in cases of i'm
parchment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be
held in the State where the said crimes shall have
been committed; but when not conn lifted within
any State the trial shall be at such place or places
as the Congress may by law have directed.
SECTION 3.
l. Treason against this Confederacy shall consist
only in levying against it, III adhereing to its
enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person
shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimO
ny of two witnesses to the same overt act, on
confession in open court.
2. The Congress shall have power to declare the
punishment of treason; but no attainder of treason
shall work corruption of blood, forfeiture, ex-
cept during the life of the person attainted.
ARTICLE ".
SECTION L.
l. Full faith and credit shall be given in each
State to the public acts, records AMI judicial pro-
ceedings 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 of such proof.
SECTION 2
l. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to
all privileges and immunities of citizens in the
eral States.
2 A person charged in any State with treason, |
felony, other crime, who shall flee from justice,
and be found in another State, shall. on demand of
the executive authority Of the State from which he
fed be delivered up, to be removed to the State |
having Jurisdiction of the crime.
s. A slave in one State, escaping to another shall |
be delivered up on claim of the party to 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 forcibe rescue, full com
pensation 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 g.
l. The Confederacy shall guaranty to every State |
IN this union, republican form of government, and
shall protect each of them against invasion; and,
application of the legislature of the executive,
when then legislature cannot be convened) agrinst
domestic violence.
ARTICLE Y.
l. The Congress, BY vote of two-thirds, may, at /
INV time alter OF amend this Constitution
ARTICLE VI.
|. This Constitution, and the laws of the Confed-
,racy which shall be made in pursuance thereof,
md all treaties made, or which shall be made, I'M
Ter the authority of the Confederacy, shall be the
upreme law of the land; and the judges in every
State shall be bound thereby, any thing in the Con
ttution or laws of any State to the contrary not
2. The Government hereby instituted shall take
Immediate steps for the settlement of all matters
etween the States forming it, and their other late