Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-07-20
SECTION

Ger in each of the Executive Departmsp,s 1-1n snx
subject relating to the duties their respective of
ces; and he shall have power grant reprieves nd
pardons for offences against the Confederats States
except in of impeaehmenr-
2 He sha II have power, by and wfth-the advice
and consent of the Senate, 10 make treaties provid
ed tse-thirds of the concur: and he
sent OF the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors other
public ministers and oonsuls Judges of the Supreme
| whose appointments not herein oths rwise pro-
| vided for, and which shall be established by Law;
but the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment
of such inferior officers they think proper, the
President alone in the courts OF Law in the heads
| of Departments
B. The principal in each Of the Executive Depart
ments and all persons connected with the diplomat
ic SERVICE may be removed from office the plea
of the President III other civil officers Of the
Executive Department may be removed at any time
their services are unnecessary or for dishonesty in
capacity, inefciency misconduct neglect Of dutyi
| and when removed, the removal shal be reported
the Senate, together with the reasons therefor.
The President shall have power 10 I'LL all vscan-
cies that may happen during the recess OF The Sem
ate by granting commissions hIeh sha IL sxFTs ~
the end of their session. but pefson 1secsed
by the Senate shall be re-aPPoned TO the 'sasross
during their ensuing recess
| SECTION 3.
L. The President SHALL from time 10 tin = give q
the Congress information of the OF de Co1sa-
eracy, and recommend TO their considers sio1 snch
measures he shall judge necessary exredfsnf,
he may, extraordinary occasions, ssns bath
Houses, either of them; and in OF 1sszTeo.
between them, with respect the ii azs q zs-
Journment. he may adjourn them 10 such time be
shall think proper; he shall receive sn bzsssdoEz
and other public ministers; he shall take care that
the laws be faithfully executed, and shall eonRis.
sion all the officers of the Confederate statss-
SECTION 4.
/ The President, Vice President, all civil oea-
GERS of the Confederate States shall be removed ffo
Office Impeachment for, and conviction Of trsAson
bribery, OF other high crimes and misdem'snor-.
ARTICLE III.
SECTION l.
l. The judicial power of the Confederxts STATES
be E1lEk
Inferior Courts the Congress may fTUIu tfne
time order and establish The Judges b fh Il the
Supreme aud Inferior Courts shall hold thsl- efcs<
during good behavior and shall, at stated uLass,
ceiye for their services compensation, which shah
not be diminished during their continuance IN ofes.
SECTION 2.
/ The judicial power shall extend TO all cases arr
sing under this Constitution the laws the Confed
crate states, and treaties made which shan bs
made under their authority; TO all cases affecting
ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls;
all cases of admralty and maritime iurisdiction: 10
controversies tOw4sieh the Confederate States shall
be party; to controversies between more
States; between State and citizens Of another
where the State is plaintiff; between citizens
claiming lands under grants of different States and
between the citizens thereof, and foreign
States, citizens or subjects but no State shall be
sued by a citizen subject Of any foreign State
:. In all cases affecting ambassadors other public
ministers, and consuls, and those in which q State
shall be party, the Supreme Court shall ha orgi-
nal jurisdiction In all the other before men
toned the supreme Court shall have appellate ju-
risdiction, both law and facts such excep.
tions. and under such regulations, the Congress
shall make.
J. The trial of all crimes except in cases of i'm
parchment, shall be by jury and such trial shall
held in the State where the said crime shall have
been committed; but when not committed within
any State, the trial shall be such place or places
as the Congress may by law have directed.
SECTION 3.
l. Treason against the Confederate States shall
consist only in leyying against them, d.
herring TO their enemies, giving them aid and COM
fort No person shall be convicted of unless
on the testimony of Two witnesses the
act, or on confession IN open court
2 The Congress shall have power to declare the
punishment OF treason but no attainder Of treason
shall work corruption of blood, forfeiture except
during the lille Of the person sttainied.
ARTICLE Nv. s
j. -~f
1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each
State to the public acts records and Judicial proceed
ings 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 th-ieof
1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to
all the privileges and imInunites oil citizens in tbs
several States and shall have the right of transit
and sojourn in any State of the Confederacy with
their slaves and other property; and the right OF
property IN said slave shall not be thereby in
paired
2 A person charged in any State with treason.
felony, other crime against the laws Of such saes
shall, on demand Of the Executive authority of
State from which he fed, be delivered up 70 be re-
moved TO the State having jurisdiction OF the crime
;. No slave ether person held service or la
bor in any State Territory of the Confederate
States, under the thereof, escaping lawfully
carried into another, shall, in consequence of any
law regulation therein, be discharged from such
service or labor; but shall be delivered up on claim
of the party whom such slave belongs, 10 whom
such service OF labor may be due
3. l
l. Other States may be admitted into this Confsd
eracy by a of two-thrds of the whole House Of
Representatives, and two-thirds OF the Senate, the
Senate voting by States; but State shall be
formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any
other Statej nor any State be formed by the juno
ton of two or more States parts Of States, with
the consent of the legislatures of the States
oerned as we'll as of the Congress.
The Congress shall have power to dispose of and
make all needful rules and regulations concerning
the property Of the Confederate States including
| lands thereof ID
3. The Confederate States may acquire new terri
tory Congress shall have power to legislats and
provide governments for the inhabitants all terri
tory belonging to the Confederate States lying with.
out the limits of several States; and NAV permit
them, at such times, and in such manner as il NAV
by law provide to form States to be admitted into
the Confederscy In all such territory, the insttu-
tion of negro slavery it exists in the Confed.
States, shall be recognized and protected by
Congress, and by the territorial government; and
and Territories shall have the right take 10 such
territory any slaves, lawfully held by them any
| States ftt
| l. The Confederate States shall guaranty to every
State that now is hereafter may become q mem.
ber of this Coniederacys republican form Of gov
ernment, and shall protect each of them against in
vasion; and application Of the legislature Tor Of
the Executioe when the legislature is in SESSION.
| against domestic violence.
| ARTICLE " a.
L Upon the demand of any three States legally
sembed in their several conventions, the Congress
shall convention of all the States, 20 take
| into consideration such amendments to the Consti-
tuition the saad States all concur in suggesting at
the time the said demand is made; and should
any of the proposed amendments the Constitution
/ be agreed by the said convention-yoting by
States-and the same be ratified by the legislatures
of two-thirds of the several States, by conyen
tions in twothrds thereof-as the one or the other
of ratification may be proposed by the general
conyention-they shall theneeiorward form part
of this Constitution But State shall, without ts
be deprived of Its equal representation in
| tie Senate.
ARTICLE VI.
/. The Government established by this Constitu.
tion is the successor the Provisional Government
of the eonieaerate .baiI son,n, nc IN s 81 @ INC
til the shal be repealed or modinsd; and ALI
office until successors appointed and quail
| fed or the Offices abolished.
2 All debts contracted and engagements entered
into before the adoption OF this Constitution shall bs
as valid against the Confederate States under this
Constitution under the Provisional Government.
B. This Constitution, and The laws Of the Confeder
ate States, made in pursuance thereof and all
ties made, which shall be made under the suthori
~ of the Confederate States shall be supreme
of the land; and the judges in every shall be
bound thereby, anything In the constitution laws
Of any Sta to 10 the contrary nosyitiistandine
| 4. The senators and Representatives before
TONED aid the members OF the several State legisa
tures ard all executive and judicial officers both Of
1 the tonl1der9te States anu OF several cteless
shall bound by oath Affirmation, support this
Constitutions but no Religious test shall ever be re-
quired qualification 10 any ofiee public trust
| under the Confederate Ssates.
8. The enumeration, in the Constitution, Of Ger.
tain rights, shall not be construed TO deny dis
psrage Others retained by the people Of the several
States.
8, The powers not delegated to the confsdsrsis
States by the Constitution prohibited by IL 20
the reserved the States, respectively er
- the people thereof. e
| ARTICLE VII. c1 =
l. The ratification of the conventions Of ave States
shall be sufficient for the establishment OF this Con.
sfitution between the States ratifying the sane