New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-15
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corning the property of the Confederate o'atoS' III
GLIDING the lands thereof. |
A. The Confederate States may acquire now vet
ritory and Congress shall have power 10 leg'statg
and provide governments for the inhaonahts OF al
territory belonging TO the Confederate SIatef,
living without the limits of the several States ana
may permit them, at such times and in such nun,
ner as it may by law provide, to TORN States 70 W
admitted into the Confederacy, In all such tern
tory the institution of negro slavery, as II no" |
exists in the Confederate States, snail pc recoe
nized and protected by Congress and by the ierTi,
| toral Government and the inhabitants OF the
several Confederate States and Territories snail
have the right to take to such Territory any slaves
lawfully held by them in any of the States or Terri
! tories of the Confederate States. |
| a. The Confederate States shall guarantee TO |
every State that is or may hereafter become |
g. member of this Confederacy, republican form |
| Of government, and shall protect each of them |
against invasion; and on application OF the Legs
lature Cor of the Executive when the Legislature Is
| not in SESSION. against domestic violence.
ARTICLE V.
SEC. IL. Upon the demand OF any three States,
legally assembled in their several Conventions, the
| Congress- shall summon q Convention OF all the
States to take into consideration such amendments
to the Constitution the said States shall concur
in suggesting at the time when the said demand IL
| made: and should any of the proposed amend,
ments to the Constitution be agreed on by the sau
Convention-voting by States-and the same pc
ratified by the Legislatures of two,thirds OF tIe
several States, or by Conventions in twothrds
thereof-as the one the other mode OF ratlllca-
ton may be proposed by the General Convention
they shall thenceforward form part OF tns Ion-
stituton. But no State shall, without Its consent
be deprived of its equal representation III 'ne
Senate.
ARTICLE VI.
, | l. The Government established by this Consutu-
ton is the successor of the Provisional Government
of the Confederate States Of America and oil the
, laws passed by the latter shall continue in force
! until the same shall be repeated or modlted ana
/ all the officers appointed by the same shall remain
in office until their successors are appointed ana
qualified, or the Offices abolished
2. All debts contracted and engagements ehtereu
into before the adoption Of this Constitution snail
v be as valid against the Confederate states under
this Constitution as under the Provisional Govern
n ment. rt5
crate States made in pursuance thereof and all the
treaties made or which shall be made under the
f authority of the Confederate States, shall be the
e supreme law of the land and the judges IN every
r State shall he bound thereby anything in the Con
Il sttution laws of any State to the contrary ho'
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G | mentioned and the members of the several state
Legislatures and all executive and Judicial cheers
both of the Confederate States and OF the several
Vt States shall be bound by oath or affirmation 10
support this Constitution but no religious test shali
ever be required as qualification to any othce or
is public trust under the Confederate States.
a. 6. The enumeration in the Constitution OF certain
rights shall not be construed to deny or dlsparage
IL others retained by the people of the several states
lie T. The powers not delegated TO the Confederate
" States by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to
the States reserved to the States, respectively
or to the people thereof.
H. ARTICLE VII.
.e l. The ratification of the Conventions OF i've
s. States shall be sufficient for the establishment o.
d. this Constitution between the States 80 ratiiylhg
in the same. -
<. 3. When five States shall have ratified this Con
10 sttuton in the manner before specified, the Con
Ill gress, under the Provisional Constitution shat
or prescribe the time for holding the election OF Presi
in dent and Vice-President; and for the meeting 0
the Electoral College; and for counting the vote
3e and inauguratiDg the President. They shall als'
O. prescribe TIE time for holding the first election
members OF Congress under this Constitution, an
re the time for assembling the same. Until the rs
a. sembling of such Congress- the Congress under III
es Provisional Constitution shall continue to eXerclS
lie the legislative powers granted them; not extend
OF ing beyond the time limited by the Constitution 0
De the Provisional Gov rnment.
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