Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-28

| executed; and shall commission al inc Objects
of the Confederate States.
SECTION I. The President, Elce-Pres'den'
and all civil officers Of the Confederate 9ta'ea,
rb,lI he removed from Office on impeachment
for, and conviction of, treason, bribery or o'l'ef
high crimes and misdemeanors.
ARTICLE III.
SECTION |. Tho judicial power Of the Con'
federate States shall be vested IN one oupeT'oi
Court, and in such Inferior Courts MS tne toh'
eress may from time to time ordaln anu eStap,
fish, The Judges, both of the Supreme anu
Inferior Courts, shall hold their offices curing
good behavior, and shall, at stated times, re-
ceeiye for their services a compensation, WHICH
shall not be diminished during their contihu-
auce in office. u
SECTION al. The judicial power shall e1-
tend to all cases arising under this Constitution,
the laws of the Confederate States, and treales
made or which shall be made, under thelr au-
,bority: to all cases affecting Ambassadors,
other public ministers, or ~consuls; 10 al cases
If admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; 70
controversies TO which the Confederate
States shall be a party; to controSer-
sizes between Two or more states oe-
tween o State and citizens o! another state,
where the State is plaintiff; between c!tlzens
claiming lands under grants OF different ola'es'
and between 4 Safe, or the citizens 'neFco''
and foreign States. citizens or subjects; out no
State shall be sued by l. citizen or suolec'o
any foreign State.
. In all cases affecting ambassadors, otner
public ministers, or ~consuls, and those IN winch
q State shall be a party, the Supreme Jour-
shall have original jurisdiction. IN al o'ie
cases before mentioned, the Supreme Coul'
shall have appellate jurisdiction ooth as 10
law and fact, with such exceptions, ana uhue[
such regulations, as the Congress snail MAKE,
9 The ,riul OF all %crilaeS, except III cases OF
impeachment, shall be by jury, ana Such lr'al
shall he held in the State where the saio cr''heS
shall have been committed; but whci! NOT CON-
mitted within any State, the Trial snail DC u
such place or places rs the Congress may oy
law have directed.
SECTION al. Treason against the Conied.
crate States shall consist only III leVylng war
against them, or in adherlng to their enemies,
giving them aid and comfort No person Shall
be convicted Of treason unIeSs on the testimony
of two witnesses u The same overt ACT Or OH
confession in open court.
2. The Congress shall have power ~ declare
the punishment of treason, but no attaihder u
treason shall work corruption ol blood, UT ior-
fixture, except during the lie Of The person at
tainted.
ARTICLE ~.
SECTION IL. Full faith and credit shall be
given in each State " th@pubIic acts, RECORDS
and judicial proceedings Of every other State.
Aud the Congress may, by general laws, pre-
scribe the manner in which such acts. records,
and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect
thereof.
SECTION 81. The citizens Of each State
shall be entitled to all the privileges and iu'-
munilieS Of citizens in the several States, ano
shall have the right Of transit ami %soJourn III
any State Of this Confederacy, with their
slaves and other property and The right OF
property in said slaves shall not nc thereby
impaired. >,
). 4 person, charged in any State with
treason, felony, or other crime against the laws
of such State, who shall flee from justice, ano
be found in another State, shall, Oh demand OF
the Executive authority Of the State from
which he He'd, hc delivered up, TO be re-
moved TO tie State having jurisdiction OF 'He
crime.
3. No slave or other person held TO service
or labor in any State or territory OF The Con
fclcratc States, under the laws Thereof, escaping
or lawfully carried into another, snai', III con-
sequence Of any law or regulation therein, DC
discharged from such service or labor but
shall be delivered up on claim Of the party to
whom such slave belongs, or to whom SUCH
service or labor may DC due.
SEcrio% al. Other States may be admitted
into this Confederacy by n vote Of two thirds
Of the whole House Of Representatives, and
two.thirds Of the Senate, the Senate voting by
States but no new States shall he formed or
. -:,l.z H.. ;,,i.l;,t,,-, .T my other
State nor any State be formed By the juno
ton Of two or more States, or parts Of States,
without the consent Of the Legislatures Of
the States conc. rned as we'll as ofthe Congress.
2. The Congress shall have power TO dispose
of and make all ncedful rules and regulations
concerning the property OF the Confederate
States, including the lands thereof.
3. Tine Confederate States may acquire new
territory and Congress shall have power TO
legislate and provide governments for the in
hsbitants Of all territory belonging to the Con.
federate States, lying without the limits Of tho
several States and may permit them, at such
times, and in such manner as it may by law
provide, TO form States to be admitted into the
Confederacy. In all such territory, the insti-
tuition Of negro slavery, ASH now exists in the
Confederate States, shall be recognized and
protected by Congress, and by the territorial
government; and the inhabitants of the several
Confederate States and territories shall have
the right to take to such territory any slaves,
lawfully held by them in any of the States or
territories Of the Confederate States.
4 The Confederate States shall guaranty to
every State that now is or hereafter may be-
come q member Of this Coniederacy q repub.
lican form Of Government, and shall protect
each Of them against invasion, and on ~applica-
ton ofthe Legislature (orofthc Executive when
the Legislature Is not in SESSION. against DO.
mestic violence.
ARTICLE V.
Section IL. Upon the demand Of any
three States, legally assembled in their several
conventions, the Congress shall summon Il con-
ventIon d all the States, Ia luke into con.
sidcratiOn such amendments to the COnstitl-
ton as the said StlleS shall concur in suggest
ing at the tia when the said demand is made
and should any Of the proposed amendments
to the Constitution hc agreed on by the said
convention-r0tlng By States-and the same
b. ratified by the Legislatures Of two. thirds
Of the several States, or Ly conventions in two.
thirds thercof-as the one or the other modes
Of ratification may be proposed by the general
convention-they shall t~lenrefo,w ward form u
part Of this Constitution. Rut no State shall,
without its consent, be deprived Of its equal
representation in the Senate.
ARTICLE VI.
l. Tho Government established By this Con
stitution is the successor of the Provisional
Government Of the Confederate States Of Anne
RIGA, and all the laws passed by the latter shall
continue in force until the same shall be re.
pealed or modified and all the officers ap.
pointed by the same shall remain in Office until
their successors are appointed and qualified, or
the office abolished.
2. All debts contracted and engagements
entered into before the adoption Of the Con.
s%,itntion shall DC as valid against the Conred.
crate States under this Constitution MS under
the Provisional Government.
3. This Constitution, and the laws of the