Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-06
SECTION z.

| The President shall be commander-in-chief OF
~ az my and navy OF the Confederate States, and
the actual service Of the Confederate States: be NAV
lne opinion in writing, of the principal on.
subject relating TO the duties of their resctfxe on
oes; ana ne SHAH have power to grant reprisvss and
except in cases of impeachment.
z He shall have power, by and with the sdyics
9a consent OF the senate to make Treaties proyid-
shall nominate, and by and with the advice and CON
sent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassador other
PuDnc ministers and consuls Judges of the Supreme
Court and all other officers of the Confederste States
whose appointments are not herein otherwise pro-
| vlded for, and which shall be established by law:
but the Congress may, by law, the sppointmen
of such inferior officers they think proper the
| of Departments.
8. The principal in each of the Executive Depart
ments, and all persons connected with the diplomat
lie service, may be removed from Office at the plea
of the President. All other civil ocers OF tn,
Executive Department may be removed any time
by the President, or other appointing power when
their services unnecessary for dishonesty,
capacity, inefhcency, misconduct neglect duty
to the Senate, together with the therefor.
4. The President shall have power 20 al all vzczn-
ate, by granting commissions which shall expire az
the end of their next session; but person rejected
by the Senate shall be reappointed TO the same once
during their ensuing recess
SECTION 5.
L. The President SHALL from time 10 time give to
the Congress information of the of the Confod
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measures as he shall judge necessary and expedisnts
he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both
Houses, or either of them; and in disagree
ment between them, with respect the time Of sd-
lournment, he may adjourn them TO such time he
shah think proper; he shall receive ambassadors
and other public ministers; he shall take that
the laws be faithfully executed and shall commits
sion all the officers Of the Confederate States.
SECTION 4.
l. The President, Vice President, and all civil OF.
Gers oil the Confederate States, shall he removed from
ONCE on impeachment for, and conviction tressoa,
bribery, or other high crimes and misdemssnoEs.
ARTICLE III.
ssEcTIos L.
1: The judicial power of the Confederate States
snail De vested in one Superior Court, and such
Inferior Courts as the Congress may from tins 20
time order and establish. The judges, both of the
during good behavior, and shall stated times re-
ceve for their services compensation, which shall
mol De diminished during their continuance in once
SECTION 2.
1. The judicial power shall extend 10 all cases sri
sing under this Constitution, the laws Of the Confe.
crate States, and treaties made or which shall be
made under their authority; to all affecting
ambassadors, other public ministers and consus. ia
all cases OF admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction to
controversies 10 which the Confederate States shall
be party; 70 controversies between two OF more
States; between q State and citizens of another
State where the State is plaintiff; between citizens
claiming lands under grants OF different States, and
between State the citizens thereof and foreign
States, citizens or subjects; but State shall 10
2 In all cases affecting Ambassadors, Other pnbio
ministers, and consuls, and those in which Stale
shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have orig
nal jurisdiction. In all the other before men.
toned, the supreme Court shall have appellate in
risdicon, both 70 law and facts, with such excsu
lions, and un der such regulations the ConKress
shall make
3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases OF i'm.
parchment shall be by jury and such trial shall be
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.
1. Treason against the Confederate States shall
consist only in levying against them or in sd.
fort No person snail be convicted of unless
on the testimony of two witnesses to the overt
act, or on confession in open court.
2. The Congsess shall have power to declare the
punishment OF treason, but no attainder Of
shall work corruption of blood. forfeiture except
during the life of the person sttainted.
ARTICLE w.
SECTION 1.
1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each
State to the public acts records Judicial proceed
ings of every other State. And the Congress may,
such acts records and proceedings shall be proved
and the effect theieof
SECTION 2.
l. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to
all the privileges and immunities 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 not be thereby i'm
paired.
z. - person chdrged IN any state with treason,
felony or other crime against the laws of such State
shall, on demand OF the Executive authority of ths
State from which he fed, be delivered up To be re-
moved TO the State having Jurisdiction the crime
s. No slave or other person held to service la
! Dor in any Stats Territory of the Confedsr.t.
States, under the laws thereof, escaping or lawfully
carried into another, SHALL in CONSEQUENCES of sny
law regulation therein, be discharged from suck
service labor; but shall be delivered up on claim
of the party TO whom such slave belongs OF to whom
such service or labor may be due.
SECTION :.
l. Other States may be admitted into this Confed
eracy by vote of two-thirds of the whole House
Representatives, and two-thirds of the Senate the
formed or erected wf~din the Jurisdiction OF an.
other State; any State be formed by the JUNG
ton of tw or more States, parts of States with
the of the legislatures of the States con-
cerned as well as of the Congress
z The Congress shall have power to dispose of and
make all needtul rules and regulations concerning
the property of the Confederate States including the
lands thereof
3. The Confederate States may acquire new terri.
tory; and Congress shall have power TO legsa te ana
provide governments fog the inhabitants of all terri
tory belonging to the Confederate States living with
out the limits of the several States; and NAV permit
them, at such times, and in such manner as it NAV
by law provide, TO form States be admitted into
the Confederacy- In all such territory the fustitu.
ton of negro slavery as it now exists in the Confs
crate States, shall be recognized and protected by
Congress, and by the territorial government; and
the inhabitants of the several Confederate States
and Territories, shall have the right 10 take
territory any slaves, lawfully held by them in any
of the States Territories of the Confederate
States.
State that now is or hereafter may become 9 men,
Der Of this Confederacy, republican form of gov
ernnent and shall protect each Of them against in
yason; and on application Of the legislature Cor of
the Execufloe when the legislature is In sessioR)
against domestic violence.