Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-07-19

from Office on impeachment for. and conviction Of
treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeauers.
ARTICLE Ill
SECTION /. e /
| l. The Judicial power Of the Confederate States
shall be vested in Que Superior Court and in such
Inferior Courts rs the Congress may from time to
| time ordan and establish. The judges, both Of
the Supreme and Inferior conTts shall hold their
Offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated
times receive for their services q compensation,
which shall not be diminished during their con
tinuance in Office.
| l. The Judicial power shall extend TO all cases
arising under this Constitution, the laws Of the
Confederate States, and treaties made or which
shall be made under their authority; to all cases
affecting. ambassadors, other public ministers and
consulS to all cases of admiralty and maritime
jurisdiction; TO controversies 30 which the Conede-
rate States shall he party; to controversies be-
tween two or more States between State and
citizens OF another State where the State is plain
tiff between citizens claiming lands under grants
of different States and between State or the cih-
thereof and foreign States citizens subjects
but State shall be sued by citizen or subject OF
any foreign State.
i 2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other pub
lie ministers and consuls, and those in which
State shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have
original jurisdiction In al, the other cases before
mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate
jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such ex
ceptons and under such regulations, rs the Con-
gress shall make
3. The trial OF all crimes except in cases of inn
parchment shall be by jury, and such trial shall
be held in the State where the said crimes shall
have been committed but when not committed
within any State, the trial shall be at such place
or places as the Congress may by law have directed
SECTION 3.
l. Treason against the Confederate States shall
consist only in levying war against them, or in ad-
herring to their enemies giving them aid and COM
fort No person shall be convicted of treason
ess on the testimony of two witnesses to the same
overt act, or 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 or forfeiture except
during the life of the person attainted.
, ARTICLE ".
SECTION |.
/. Full faith and credit shall he given in each
State to the public acts records and judicial pro-
ceedings 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 thereof
SECTION O.
/ J.. The citizens of each State shall be entitled TO
all the privileges aod immunites of citizens in the
several States and shall have the right of transit
and soourn in any State of this Confederacy, with
their slaves and other property; and the right of
, property in said slaves shall not be thereby inn
, paired.
2. person charged in any State with treason
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Dor in any State or Territory of the Confederate
States, under the laws thereof escaping or lawfully
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