Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-06-07


State acting 10 iis svvreigu and independent char
setter, IN order 70 form permanent federal govern
ment establish justice, inscre domestic tranquility
and secure the blessings OF liberty 10 ourselves and
our poaterity--invoking the favor and guidance Of
Almighty God--do eriain and establish this Const-
tuition Zoe the Confederate States Of America.
ARTICLE ].
SECTION /
Al legislative powers herein dele gated shall be
vested in n Congre Of the Confederate States
which shall consist Of q Senate and House of Re
presentstyes.
svErlUE q
!. The ffoase OF Representatives shall be compos-
ed Of members chosen every second year by the
people Of the several States and the electors In each
State shall be citizens Of the Confederate States and
have the qualifications requisite for electors Of the
most numerous branch OF the State Legislature; but
no person OF foreign BIRTH not citizen of the Con-
federate States shall be allowed 10 vote for any Of
hcer, civil or political, State or Federal.
2. No person shall be Representative, who shall
not have attained the age Of twenty-five years and
he citizen Of the Confederate States and who shall
not, when elected be inhabitant Of the State In
which he shall be chosen.
g. Representatives and Direct Taxes shall be ap-
portfoned among the several States which may be
Included within the Confederacy, according TO their
respective numbers, which shall be determined by
adding the whole number Of free persons including
those bound TO service for term Of years and ex-
euding Indians not taxed, three-ffths of all slaves
The actual enumeration shall be made within three
years after the first meeting Of the Congress of the
Confederate States and within every subsequent
term of ten years, In such manner as they shall by
law, direct. The number Of Representatives shall
not exceed one for every fifty thousand, but each
State shall have at least one Representative; and
until such enumeration shall be made the State of
South Carolina shall be entitled to six-the State of
Georgia ten--the State of Alabama nine--the State
Of Florida two-the State of Mississippi seven-the
Btate Of Louisiana six, and the State Of Texas six
a. When vacancies happen in the representation
from any Safe, the Executive authority thereof
shall issue writs OF election TO fill such vacancies
s. The House Of Representatives shall choose their
Speaker and other officers and shall have the sole
power OF impeachment except that any judicial or
other federal officers resident and acting solely with
in the limits of any State may be impeached by
vote of twothirds Of both branches OF the Legisa-
ture thereof.
SECTION g.
!. The Senate of the Confederate States shall be
composed of two Senators from each State chosen
for six years by the legislature thereof at the regu-
lar session next Immediately preceding the COM
mencement of the term of service, and each Sena-
tor shall have one vote
O. Immediately after they shall be assembled in
consequence of the first election they shall be di-
yided as equally may be into three classes The
seats of the Senators of the first class shall be va
Gated at the expiration Of the second year; of the
second class ut the expiration of the fourth year and
of the third class at the expiration of the sixth
year; that one-third may be chosen every second
year; and If vacancies happen by resignation, or
ether wise, during the of the legislature of
any State, the Executive thereof may make tempo
rary appointments until the next meeting of the Lee
gislature, which shah then fill such vacanries
g. No person shall be Senator who shall not have
attained the age of thirty years, and be a citizen of
e N
elected. he an inhabitant of the State for which he
shall he chosen.
3 a. The Vice President of the Confederate States
shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no
vote unless they be equally divided.
5. The Senate shall choose their other officers
and also President pro teapore in the absence of
the Vice President or when lie shall exercise the
office Of President of the Confederate States
g. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all
impeachments. When sitting for that purpose they
shall be on oath or affirmation. When the Presi-
dent of the Confederate States is tried, the Chief
Justice shall preside and no person shall be con-
viced without the concurrence of two-thrds Of the
number present.
T. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not
extend further than to removal from office and dis
qualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor
trust profit under the Confederate States but
the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable
and subject TO indictment trial, Judgment and pun
shnent according TO law.
SECTION 4.
/. The time. places and manner of holding cleo
ions for Senators and Representatives shall he pre-
scrbed in each State by the legislature thereof sub
ject TO the provisions of the Constitutions but the
Congress may, at any time, by law, make o. alter
such regulations, except to the times and places
of choosing Senators.
2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in ev-
cry year; and such meeting shall be ON the first
,l.or, tba,,e hail
point different day.
SECTION 3.
|. Each House shall he the Judge of the elections
returns and qualifications of its own members and
majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do
business; hut n smaller number may adjourn from
day 10 day, and may he authorized TO compel the
attendance Of absent members in such manner and
under such penalties as each House may provide.
2. Each House may determine the rules of its
proceedings, punish its members for disorderly
duct and with the of two-thirds of the
whole number, expe a member.
g. Each House shall keep journal Of its pro-
ceedngs and from time to time publish the same,
excepting such parts as may in their judgment re-
quire secresy and the yeas and nays Of the mem
bers of either House, any question: SHALL at the
desire of one-ffth Of those present be entered on
the Journal
T. Neither House, during the session of Congress
shall, without the consent Of the other adjourn fol
more than three days nor to any other place thar
that in which the two Houses shall be sitting,
SECTION g.
/. The Senators and Representatives shall receive
compensation for their services TO be ascertaneC
by law, and paid out Of the treasury Of the Con
federatc States They SHALL in cases, except trea
son, and breach Of the peace, be privileged from
arrest during their attendance at the session o
their respective Houses, and in going to and return
ing from the same and for any speech or debate il
either House, they shall not be questioned in any
other place.
2. No Senator or Representative SHALL during
the time for which he was elected, he appointed tc
any civil Office under the authority Of the Confede
rate States which shall have been created or tn,
emoluments whereof shall have been increased
during such times and no person holding any oflic,
under the Confederate States shall be member O
either House during his continuance in office. Blu
('onUress may nv law grant Ia the nrincinal office