Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-19


Q. To provide FOR the punishment Of eoun
Lefteitlng the securities and current coin OF ID
Confederate States:
To establish post Offices and post routes
but the expenses OF the Post Office Depart
ments after the first day Of March l. the yea
OF our lord eighteen hundred and sixtY-three
shall be paid out OF its own revenues
s. To promote the progress Of science an
useful arts, by securing for limited times Il
authors and inventors the exclusive right &
their respective writings and discoveries
g. To constitute tribunals inferior 70 tn
supreme Court
10. To define and punish plraeiss and felo
mes committed on the high seas, and ofsnse
against the law Of nations:
II. To declare war, grant letters OF mzrqu
and reprisal, and mske rules concerning cap
turss on land and water;
y. 20 raise snd support armies; but NJ
appropriations OF money to that use shall be 70
longer term than two years:
i3. To provide and maintain a navy:
IA. To make rules FOR government and rsgu
laiion Of the land and naval forces;
IS. To provide for calling forth the militi'
to execute he laws OF the Confederate States
suppress Instructions, and repel invasions
i6 To provide FOR organizing, erming an,
discipiining the militia. and for covering suet
part Of them az may be employed IN The ser
N
the States, respectively, the appointment Of th
officers; and tbe authority of training he mil
itia according to the discipline prescribed b.
I CoBgresss
II. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all
cases whatsoever, over such district (not ex-
eeeding ten niles squaTe) as may, By session
Of one or more States and the sceepfsnee Of
Congress, beeoms the seat Of the Government
Of the Confederate States; and to exercise liki
n L "a
sent Of the legislature cf the State In which The
same shall be- for the erection Of forts, mags-
ziAss, arsshsls, dOckyards, and other needfu
z buildings. and
18. To make al laws which shall be neces
ssry and proper FOR carrying into execution ID,
foregoing powers, and all other powers vested
BY this Constitution in the Government ef th'
/ Confederate States, or in any department OF
officer thereof.
SECTION 9.
/. THE importation Of Negroes OF the AfrI
can race, from any foreign country, other thar
the slsveholding States or Territories Of the
/ United States Of America, is hereby forbiddeni
and Congress is required to pass such laws az
shall eheetusily prevent the same
! >. Congress shall also have the power to pro-
Z hibit the introduction Of slaves from any Stat,
I not member Of, or Territory not belonging TO-
/ this ConfederacV.l
3. he privilege Of the writ OF habsss corpus
snall not Be suspended, unless when in cases Of
rebellion or invasion the public safety may re-
quire it.
4. No BIZ Of attsinier, or sr post faeto law
l or law denying or impairing The right OF prop
1 srtY in negro slaves shall be passed.
/ 5. No capitation OF other direct tax shall be
I laid Rnless in proportion to the census or emu
msrstion hereinbefore directed to bs taken.
8. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles
/ exported from any State, except by a vote Of
( tws-thirds Of both Houses.
Z. Ne preference shall be given BY any regu-
/ latfon Of commerce OF revenue 70 the ports Of
! one State over those Of another.
/ 8. No moeey shall be drawn from the trea-
I surY, but In consequence Of appropriations
made BY law; and a regular statement and sc-
count Of the receipts and expenditures Of al
public money shall be Published from time to
/ time.
9. congress shall appropriate no money
frem the treasury except By a vote ot two
thirds Of both Houses, taken by yeas and nays,
unless It Be asked ard estimated for BY some
one Of the heads Of Department, and submit
/ ted to Congress BY The President; or for the
/ purpose Of pa ying its 0wR expenses and con
Z iiugencies; or for the payment OF claims
/ against the Coufederate States, the Justice OF
which shall have been jujlcially declared by a
tribunal for the investigation Of claims gainst
the Government, which it is hereby made the
! duty OF Congress to establish.
( 10. [ All bills sPpropriating money shall spec
! fy In federal currency the exact amount Of each
appropriation and the purposes for which it is
made; and Congress shall grant no extra com
| pensation 10 any public contractor, sficsT,
agent or servant, after such contract shall have
I been made OF such service rendered.
II. No title Of nobility shall be granted BY
( the Confederate States, and no person holding
any Office Of prof. or trust under them, shall.
without the consent Of the Congress, accept Of
| any present, emoluments, Office or title Of any
kind whatevsr from any king, prince or fofeign
State.
u. Congress shall make no Law rsspectin z
an establishment OF religion, or prohibiting the
/ free exercise thereof; or abridging the free
dom OF speech, or Of the press or the right Of
I the people peaceably to assemble and petition
/ the GsvernmeDt for redress Of grievances.
Is. A well regulated militia being necessary
20 the security Of a free state, the right Of the
people to keep and bear arms shall not be in
! friuged.
Il Ne soldier shall, 10 time OF peace, be
quartersd in any house without the consent OF
Z the owner nor In time Of war, but In a mS n
ner to be prescribed b. law.
/ Is. The right Of the people to be secure In
( their persons, honses, papers and effects
] against unreasonable searches snd seizures,
/ shall not be violated and no warrants shall
] ssue but upon probable cause, supported BY
I oath or Affirmation, and particularly describing
I the place to be searched, and the persons CT
Z things TO be seized.
1 l6. No person shall be held t. answer for a
capital or otherwise Infamous crime, unless
on 4 presentmsDt OF Indictment OF a grand
] Jury, except in eases arising in the land OF
naval forces, or IN the militia, when in actual
I service, in tue o. war or public danger; nor
I shall any person be subject FOR the same Of
Z fenss to be twice put in jeopardy Of life OF
] limb; nor be compelled, d. any criminal case,
10 be a witness against himself; nor be de-
| prived Of life, liberty o. property, without due
I process Of law; nor shall private property be
taken for public use, without just comPenss-
I ton.
L. in all criminal prosecutions the accused
shall enjoy the right to speedy and public
/ trial, BY an impartial jury Of the State and
/ district wherein the crime shall have been com
mitted, which district shall have been PEE
/ viously ascsrtained by Law, and to be Informed
Of the nature and cause Of the accusation; 70
I be confronted with the witnesses against
I bin; to have compulsory process for obtaining
witnesses in bis favor; and to have the assist
ancs of counsel for bis defense.
/ 49, In suits at common law, where the value
| in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the
right OF trial BY jury shall be preserved and
no fact 90 tried By a Jury shall be otherwise
rs-exRmined in any court Of the Confederscy,
than according 70 the rules Of the common
law
19. Excessive bail shall not be required nor
excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual
punishment inflicted.
20. TEvery law or resolution having the
/ force OF law, shall relate to but one subject,
and that shall be expressed in the title.
SECTION 10.
1. No State shall enter into any treaty, ALI
auce, or confederation grant letters Of msrque
I and reprisal coin moiBey make snything But
z gold and silver coin tender in payment oi
I debts pass any bill OF sttsindsr, or sr p5sl
I facio Law, OF law impairing the obligation Of
I contracts; OF grant any tide Of nobility.
2 No State shall, without the consent Of
/ the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on In
! ports OF exports, except what may be abso-
I iutely necessary Tor executing its inspection
l laws: and the net produce Of all duties and in .
posts, laid BY any safe on imLorts or sx-
ports, snail be for the use Of the Treasury Of
/ The Confederate States; and all such laws
/ shall be subject to the revision and control OF
/ Congress.
/ 3 No State shall. without the roussnt Of
! Congress, lay sAy duty Of tunnsge, except on
sesgoing vessels, for the improvement Of its
rivers and harbors nsvigated BY the said YES
sells; bgt such duties shall not conflict with
snv treaties Of the Confederated States with
I foreign nations; and sbT surplus revenue, thus
/ derived, shall, after making such improvement
I be paid into the common treasury nor shall
ssy State keep troops or ships o. war in time
7 Of peace, enterin any agreement or compact
I with another State, or with a foreign power, OF
I engage IL war, unless actually invaded, OF in
/ such imminent danger as will not admit Of de-
/ lsy. I But when any river divides or flows
Z through two or more States, they may enter
into eomPsets with each other to improve the
navigation thereof
ARTICLE II.