Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-10-04


officers Of the Confederate States, shall be removed
from Office on impeachment for and conviction Of
treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeaners
ARTICLE III.
sEUTIoN 1.
l. The judicial power OF the Confederate States
shall be vested in one Superior Court and In such
Inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to
time ordan and establish The Judges, both OF
the Supreme and Inferior courts, shall hold their
offices during good behavior, and shall at stated
times receive for their services compensation,
which shall not be diminished during their con-
tinuance in Office.
| /. The judicial power shall extend To oil cases
arising under this Constitution, the laws of the
Confederate States, and treaties made or which
shall be made, under their authority; TO all cases
affecting ambassadors other public ministers and
consuls TO all cases Of admiralty and maritime
jurisdctiou TO controversies to which the Conede-
nate States shall be party; TO controversies be-
tween two or more States; between a State and
citizens Of another State where the State is plain
tiff; between citizens claiming lands under grants
of different States, and between State OF the citi-
gems thereof and foreign States citizens or subjects
but no State shall be sued by citizen subject Of
any foreign State.
O. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other pub
lie ministers and consuls, and those in which
State shall be party the Supreme Court shall have
original jurisdiction In all the other cases before
mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate
jurisdiction, both as to law and fact with such ex-
ceptions, and under such regulations, as the Con-
gress shall make.
g. 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 committed
within any State the trial shall be at such place
places as the Congress may by law have directed
| SECTION 3.
l. Treason against the Confederate States shall
consist only in evying war against them, or in adj
herring to their enemies, giving them aid and COM
fort No person shall be convicted of treason un-
ess on the testimony Of two witnesses to the same
overt act, or on confession in open court
g. The Congress shall have power to declare the
punishment of treason, but attainder of treason
shall work corruption of blood Forfeiture except
during the life of the person attsinted.
ARTICLE Nv.
SECTION /.
/. Full faith and credit shall be given in each
State to the public acts, records and judicial pro-
ceedngs 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 thereof
| SECTION 2.
l. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to
all the privileges aod immuntes of citizens in the
several States and shall have the right of transit
and soiourn in any State of this Confederacy with
their slaves and other property and the right of
property in said slaves shall not be thereby i'm
paired.
Q. A person charged in any State with treason,
! felony or 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 removed to the State having jurisdiction of the
crime.
3. No slave or other person held 20 service or la
Dor in any State or Territory of the Confederate
States, under the laws thereof escaping or lawfully
carried into another, SHALL in consequence of any
law or regulation therein, be discharged from such
service labor but shall be delivered up on claim
of the party to whom such slave belongs, or to
whom such service or labor,psy be due.
| SECTION B.
l. Other States may be admitted into this Con-
federacy by vote of two-thirds of the whole House
of Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate ;
the Senate voting by States; but no new State
shall be formed erected within the jurisdiction Of
any other State; nor any State be formed by the
junction of two or more States, parts of States
without the consent of the legislatures Of the States
concerned as well as of the Congress.
/ 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose Of
and make all needful rules and regulations con.
corning the property of the Confederate States in
Guiding the lands thereof
I 8. The Confederate States may acquire new ter
NouSlcSS eldll nave power 10 leglSlQte
and provide governments for the inhabitants of al
territory belonging to the Confederate States living
1 within the limits of the several States; and NAV
permit them, at such times, aud in such manner
as it may by law provide, TO form States TO be adj
mtted into the Confederacy. In all such territory
the institution of negro slavery as it now exists in
the Confederate States, shall be recognized and pro-
tected by Congress, and by the territorial govern
ment; and the inhabitants Of the several Confede
rate States and Territories shall have the right tC
take TO such territory any slaves lawfully held by
them in any of the States Territories of the Con
federate States.
A. The Confederate States shall guaranty to every
State that now is or hereafter may become a mem
Der of this Confectionery republican form of gov
eminent, and shall protect each of them agains
inyasion ana on application of the legislature (ol
of the Executive when the legislature is not in SEES
sionl against domestic violence.
ARTICLE v.
u SECTION /.
l. Upon the demand of any three States legal,
assembled in their several conventions the Congress
shall summon convention of all the States, Il
take into consideration such amendments to tn,
Constitution the said States all concur in suggest
ing at the same time when the said demand is made
and should any of the proposed amedments to thu
Constitution ge agreed on by the said convention
voting by States-and the same be ratified BY
by thelegisaures oftwothirds of the several States
OF Dy conventions III tWO-tnlfuS tlereOI-aS the on
or the other mode of ratification may be propose,
by the general convention--they shall thencefor
ward form part of this Constitution. But, n,
State shall, without its consent, be deprived of it
equal representation in the Senate
, ARTICLE VI
: l. The Government established by this Constitu
ton is the successor of the provisional Governmen
{ Of the Confederate States of America and all tn
laws passed by the latter shall contnae in force un
til the same shall be repealed or modiffed and al
e the officers appointed by the same shall remain il
office until their successors are appointed and quail
|, fed, or the offices abolished.
= 2. All debts contracted and engagements entere
into before the adoption of this Constitution shall
be as valid against the Confederate States unde
this constitution as under the Provisional Govern
ment.
: 3. This Constitution, and the laws of the Confed
crate States made in pursuance thereof and all trea
ties made or which shall be made under the author
- inv of the land. and the JudpeS in eyerv Stat