Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-07
SECTION .

the actnsi service of the Confederate States he
Ger in each of the Executive Departments upon = =
subject relating 10 the duties Of their respective
cess and he shall have power TO grant reprisyes -
pardons for offences against the Confederate Sraes
| except in cases of Impeachment
= He shal have power, by and with the sdP1
and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, proa
ed two-thrds of the Senators present concur: aud
shall nominate and by and with the advice and
sent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassador,
public ministers and consuls, Judges of the Supre
Court, and all other officers of the Confederar Stsl
whose appointments not herein otherwise p
| vided for, and which shall be established by Isl
but the Congress may, by law, vest the appointms
oi such inferior officers they think proper, in
| of Departments.
| 3. The principal in each of the Executive Depar
ments, and all persons connected with the diploma
| ic service, may be removed from office q the pel
sure of the President. All other civil officers Of t
| Executive Department may be removed at any ffIe
by the President, or other appointing power. Hh
their services are unnecessary for dishonesty,
capacity, lne1elency, misconduct or neglect OF dut
| and when removed, the removal shall be reports
to the Senate together with the reasons therefor.
4. The President shall have power 10 nil all
cies that may happen during the recess Of the Sen
ate, by granting commissions which sha II expire
the their next session; but no person rsecte
hy the Senate shall be reappoInted to the same os
during their ensuing recess.
SECTION 3.
l. The President shall, from time time give -
the Congress information of the of the ConedI
ersey, aud recommend 10 their consideration suck
measures he shall Judge necessary and expedisnd
he may, on extraordinary occasions convene both
Houses, either of them; and in case Of disagree
ment between them, with respect TO the time OF ads
journment, he may adjourn them TO such time As he
shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors
and other public ministers; he shall take tha
the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commis
sion all the officers OF the Confederate States.
SECTION 4.
l. The President Vice President and all civil OH
GERS OF the Confederate States shall be removed from
ofce on impeachment for, and conviction Of treason
bribery, or other high crimes and msdemeanOrs.
ARTICLE III.
esEcTIoN l.
l: The Judicial power Of the Confederate States
shall DE vested in one Superior Court, and such
Inferior Courts as the Congress may from time 10
time order and establish The judges, both of the
Supreme and Inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices
during good behavior, and shall stated times re-
ceiye for their services a COMPENSATION which shan
not De diminished during their continuance Office
SECTION 2
l. The Judicial power shall extend to all cases sri
sing under this Constitution the of the Confed-
crate States, aud treat made or which shall te
made under their authority; TO all cases afectips
ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls: 10
all OF atty and maritime jurisdiction: 10
controversies to which the Confederate States shall
be a party; to controversies between two OF more
States; between State and citizens Of another
State where the State is plaintiff; between citzens
claiming lands under grants of different States and
between State the citizens thereof and foreign
States, citizens or subjects; but State shall be-
sued by a citizen or subject of any foreign StaN
2 In all cases affecting ambassadors other public
ministers, and consuls, and those in which Stale
shall be party the Supreme Court shall have origi
nal jurisdiction In all the other cases before ns
tloned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate in
risdiction both law and facts with such exosn
tlons, and under such regulations, the Congress
shall make
3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of i'm.
peachment, shall be by jury and such trial shall he
held in the State where the said crime shall have
been committed; but when not Committed xifbin
any State, the trial shall be such place or place,
as the Congress may by law have directed.
SECTION ).
l. Treason against the Confederate States shall
consist only in ievying against Them or in ad-
aid nd.
fort No person shall be convicted treason miles.
the testimony of two witnesses 10 the same xsTt
act, or on confession in open court.
2 The Congress shall have power declare the
punishment OF treason, but no attander of treason
shall work corruption of blood, forfeiture except
during the life Of the person attainted.
ARTICLE W.
SECTION l.
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 nav
by general laws, prescribe the manner in which
such acts, records and proceedings shall proved
and the effect theieof.
SECTION 2.
1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled IL
all the privileges and immunties of citizens in the
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 be Thereby i'm
paired
2 person charged in any State with treason.
felony, or other crime against the laws such State
shall, demand oI the Executive AUTHORITY of M,
State from which he fled, be delivered up 10 be ra
moved to the State having Jurisdiction of the crime
g. No slave or other person held TO service la
Dor IN any state or Territory Of the Confederate
States under the laws thereof, escaping or Iawfuy
carried into another, SHALL in consequence of any
law or regulation therein, be discharged from such
service or labor but shall be delivered up on claim
of the party to whom such slave belongs 10 whom
such service or Labor may be due.
SECTION ).
1. Other States may be admitted into this Copfed
eracy by vote of two-thrds of the whole House o
Representatives, and two-thirds Of the Senate the
formed OF erected Wk.lin the Jurisdiction of any
other State; nor any State be formed by the iupc-
on 9f tx or more States or parts Of States, with
cerned as we'll as of the Congress.
z The Congress shall have power dispose of and
make all needful rules and regulations Concerning
lands thereof
3. The Confederate States may acquire new tsrri
tory; and Congress shall have power to egisIate and
provide governments for the inhabitants Of ail terri
tory belonging the Confederate States Iyng Sith
out the limits of the several States and NAV psrit
them, at such times, and in such manner as il NAV
by law provide, to form States to be admitted into
the Confederacy. In all such territory the instffp.
tlon OF negro slavery it exists in the Coufed-
crate States, shall be recognized and protected by
the inhabitants of the several Confederate state.
and Territories, shall have the right TO take To snch
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 become . mem.
Der of this Confederacy, a republican form Of gov
ernnent, and shall protect each of them against in
vasion; and application of the Legislature Tor OF
the Executioe when the Legislature is in sessiopl
against domestic violence.
ARTICLE
SECTION 1.
1. Upon the demand of any three States legally as.
sembled in their several conventions, the Congress
shall summon convention of all the States To fska
into consideration such amendments to the Consti-
tuition the SAID States all suggesting ar
the time when the said demand is made; and sheuId
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be agreed Dy the said conyention-yoting by
States-and the same be ratified BY the legislatures
Of two-thirds of the several States, or by conyep
tions in two-thirds thereof-as the the other
mode of ratification may be proposed by the general
shall thenceforward form part
Of this Constitution. But State SHALL without its
consent, be deprived of ts equal representation in
the Senate.
ARTICLE VI:
1. The Government established by this Constitu
tion is the of the Provisional Government
of the Confederate States of America and an the
til the same shall be repealed modified: and all
the officers appointed by the shall remain in
office until their successors appointed AID qus-
fed, the offices abolished
2. All debts contrated and engagements entered
into before the adoption OF this Constitutions shall b
valid against the Confederate States under mi.
Constitution under the Provisional Goyernmenr
d rms Constitution and the laws Of the Confeder-
ate States made In pursuance thereof. and all
ties made or which shall be made under the suthori
ty of the Confederate States shall the supreme Ia
OF the Land; and the judges in every State shall be
oouAo thcfcDys IN CONSTITUTION OF laws
OF any State TO the contrary notwithstanding.
T. The Senators and Representatives before men,
TONED and the members Of the several State lsgisls-
lures, and all executive and judicial oflcsrs Of
the Confederate States and of the several States,
shall be bound by oath affirmation. support this
Constitution; but religious test shall be Pc
quired as qualification to any Office public tr6st
under the Confederate Ssates.
g. Tie enumeration, in the Constitution, of GER
tain rights, shall not be construed to deny dis
parage Others retained by the people Of the several
States.
8. The powers not delegated TO the Confsderste
States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by IL 10