Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-08-09
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Friday, August 9Th. 1861.


rea- The Provisional Constitution of the
Confederate States, which was adopted by
the people of Tennessee, on the 9Th of
June last, was organized for one year only,
and Jefferson Davis was elected President,
and A. II. Stevens Vice President for the
same period. Under the Provisional Gov
eminent we have a Congress, or National
Legislature, consisting of one House
each State having but one vote, no matter
what the number of members. and that
vote is determined by the majority of its
members This is the Congress to which
Tennessee elected members, on the first
day of this month, and if the exigencies of
the country demand it, this body may SIT
continuously until the 18th of February
next, when this Provisional Government
will expire by its own limitation. The es-
tablishment of temporary Government
was rendered necessary by the fact that,
at the time of its Inauguration, it was not
known how many of the States of the
original Union would, ultimately, unite
their destinies with the new Confederacy,
and believing that one year would suffice
to settle'this question, the Provisional Gov
eminent was limited to that period. But,
that there might be no inter-regnum be-
tween the expiration of the Provisional,
and the Inauguration of the Permanent
Government, Constitution was framed for
the latter, to 60 into effect on the 18th of
February next, and has been adopted by
each of the seeded States. The Perma-
nent Constitution differs from that of the
Provisional Government in the organiza
ton of the Departments, but the material
powers are the same in both. Under the
permanent Constitution, the President and
Vice President will he elected for six
years, and are ineligible ever after; each
State will have two Senators, elected by the
Legislature thereof and members of Con-
gress will be elected for two years, and each
be entitled to one vote in the body to which
he belongs
The election Of President and Vice
President, and members of Congress, for
the permanent Government, will take
place, under a general law of the Confede
rate States, in November next and under
this law, Tennessee is entitled to eleven
members in the Lower House-being one
more than we have now, This makes it
necessary that our Legislature should, at
the earliest moment, re~district the State ;
otherwise, Tennessee will lose one member
in the next Congress. The population of
the State is known from the census of 1850
and as the Legislature meets on the first
Monday in October, it will have ample time
to re-distfict che State and thus give it full
voice and strength in the new Confedera-
ey. There are mapyaQuestions of vital
simpoitance to us, That shoald, and, doubt
Z less, will, claim The attention and demand
the action of the neKssc Congress- We de-
sine ihat the permanent CAPITOL of the
cofcd6tate StAses slali to y Nashville,
and one vote may So -iecide it. The pick
ss.lod pork of Louisville and other points
North of us, should be taxed to prohibi-
etionSYhilst hogs, on foot, should be adj
ssitted fred -~thus giving to our people the
profits of packing. Bagging and rope,
from States norti,bof us, should be heavily
aged NhilAbhemp is admitted free of du-
NtS; and every negro brought into the State
from Kentucky, and offered for sale, should
be forfeited, by positive law, to any citizen
of the Confederate States who may detect
the owner or the agent of such proposed
removal and sale. In short, policy ought
at once to be adopted towards the free
States, and those in league with them, that
will efficiently encourage the manufacture,
within ourselves, of everything essential
in time of war as well as all articles of
prime necessity in time of peace. INDIE
pendence of other nations for these arti-
cles, is not only security for peace but
tho best preparation for war, For these,
aud many other reasons that might be adj
duced, it is matter Of the highest impor-
lance TO Tennessee that il should not lose
member, for the next two years, by the
failure Of the next Legislature, promptly
on its converting, to re-district the State ;
aud we would earnestly and respectfully
call the attention Of its members to this
important subject,
peA. A bill has passed the Federal Con