The Van Buren press., 1861-07-03
NO. 3.

NOs q.
on demand OF the Executive authority of
the Sta.e from which he iled, be delivered
NJ, to be removed to the State having iu.is-
iistion Of the crime
3 No -l.,e or other person beld 80 SER
vice or labor ia any StaJc or Territory OF
the Confederate Sta.es, under the laws
thereof. escaping or lawfully carried into
another, shall, in couseq quence of any layc
OF regulation therein, oe discharged from
such service or l@5o-, oct Lhal. be deliver
e. upon claim ot tas patty ~ whon suSa
slave belongs, or TO whom S~>n sasvlce or
labor may D5-1ue
sEcIioN IL
l. Other States may be admitted into
this Conf9deracy, by g vote Of two-th
Of the wn0ls a0dse of Representatives aDd
.wc.thirds oe the Senate, the Senate vot-~
ing by States bur no new States shall be
formed or erected within the jurisdiction of
any other State nor any State be formed
by the junction OF two or more States or
parts OF States, without the consent OF the
Legislatures OF the States concerned as well
as~of Congress.
2 The Congress shall have power 10 dis
nlations concerning tbs property OF tho
Confederate States. including the lands
thereof
g. The Confederate States may acquire
IL " territory, and Congress shall have pow
e. to lcgisIate and provide governments ior
the inhabitants Of al Territory belonging
to the Confederate States, lying without the
limits Of the severe, States. and may per
i = Z
ner as i may by law provide TO form States
TO be admitted INTO the Conlederacy. In
all srch territory the Institution oI .es.o
slavery, as 1t now exists III the Confeder-
ate States, shall be recognized and protect
ed by Congress and the Territorial govern
ment. and the inhabitants of the several
Confederate States and Territories, and shall
have the right to take 10 such Territory any
slaves lawfully held by them in any OF the
States or Territories of the Confederate
States.
4. The Confederate States snail guaran.
tee to every State that now is, or may,
! hereafter, become member Of the COnfeG-
lacy," Republican form OF government.
and shall protect each of them against in-
vasion and on application of the Legisla-
ture, Tor of the Executive when the Less-
ture is not in SESSION. against domestic vio-
lence
! ARTICLE V.
SECTION
Upon the demand of any three States
legally assembled in their several Conven-
tions, the Congress shall summon Con-
ION OF all the States, to tske into consider
ttlon such amendment, 10 the Constitution
as the said States shall concur in suggest
Jug. ~ the time when TIE said demand is
made, and should any OF the proposed
amendments to the Constitution be agreed
on by the said Convention, voting by states
or by Convention in ;wo-th!rds thercof-as
the one or the other mode Of ratification
may be proposed by the general convention
they shall henccioTth form part of this
constitution. Bat no state shall, without
Its consent, be deprived o: It's equal repre-
seniation in the Senate.
ARTICLE VI.
J. The Government established by this
constitution is the successor of the Proyis-
ional Government. OF the Confederate States
of America, and all the laws passed by the
latter shall continue in force anti! the same
shall be repealed or modified and all the
Ulcers appointed by the same shall remain
in Office until their SUCCESSORS shall be ap-
pointed and qualified, or the offices aboi-
ishei.
l 2. All the debts contracted and cnga ge-
ments entered into before the adoption of
this Constitution shall be as valid against
the Confedera'e States under this cons,itu-
tion az under the Provisional Government
2. This constitution and the laws of the
Confederate States. made in pursuance
thereof. and all treaties made, or which
shall be made under the authority Of the
Confederate States, shall be the supreme law
of the land and the judges in every State
shall be bound thereby. anything in the
constitution or laws of any State to tho
contrary notwithstanding
i. The Senators or Representatives be-
fore mentioned. and the members Of the
several state legislatures, and all the Exec
utive and Judicial officers, both of the Con-
fcderate states and the several states, shall
be bound by oath Or affirmation to support
this constitution but no religious test
shall ever be required as qualification to
any office of public trust under the Con-
federato States
.. The enumeration. in the constitution,
of certain rights. shall not be construed to
deny or dlsparage Others retained BY the
people of the several States.
q. The powers not delegated to the Con-
tederate States by the constitution, nor pro-
hipited by it to the states. are reserved to
the states respectively, OF to the people
thereof
ARTICLE VII.
! !. The ratification of the convention Of
five states shall be sufficient for the estab-
lishment Of this constitution between the
states so ratifyinS the same
2. When FIVE states shall have ratified
this Constitution in the manner before
specified, the Congress under the Provis-
ional Constitution shall prescribe the time
for holding the election of President and
Vice President and for the meeting Of the
electoral college; and for counting tho
votes and inaugurating the President They
shall. also prescribe the time for holding
the first election of members Of Congress
under this Constitution, and the timc fo.
assembling the same. Until the assembly
Of such Congress. the Congress under the
Provisional Constitution shall continue to
exercise the legislative powers granted them
not extending beyond the time limited by
the Constitution Of the Provisional Gov