Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-22
ABBhvlLE SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY o. 1861

SIC. al. Treason against this Con-
tederacy shall consist only in levying war
against'it, or in adhering TO is enemies Civ
ing them aid and comfort. No person
shall be convicted Of treason unless on the
testimony of two witnesses to the same
overt act, or on confession in open court.
g. The Congress shall have power to de-
clare the punishment Of treason; but no
attainder Of treason shall work corruption
Of blood or forfeiture. except during the life
Of the person attain ed.
ARTICLE IV.-SEc. 1-1.-Ful faith
and credit shall be given in each Stale to
public acts. records, and judicial proceed
ings of every other State. And the Con.
gress may, by general laws, precribe the
manner in which such acts, records, and
proceedings shall be proved and the effect
of such proof
SEC. 2-l. The citizens OF each State
shall be entitled to all privileges and immu
mites Of cit,zens in the several States.
2. Prison charged 10 any State with
treason, felony, or other crime, who shall
fee from justice, and be found in anothrr
State, shall, on the demand of the exccu-
tive authority Of the State from which he
fled to be removed 10 the State having
jurisdiction Of the crime.
3. A slave in one State, escaping to an
other, shall be delivered up on claim of
the party to whom said slave may belong
b5 the Executive authority of the State
in which euch slave shall he found, and in
cuse Of any abduction or forcihle rescue,
full compensation, including the value of
the slave aud all costs and expenses shall
be made to the party, by the State in
which such abduction or rescue shall take
plaHe
Sec. 81. The Confederacy shall
guarantee to every State in this Union
rerubma', form of Government, and shall
.'r"'ect each Of them against invasion
and, ON application of the Legislature, or
OF the Executive, (when the Legislature
o"nnot be canvened,) against domestic v,o,
lence.
ARTICLE vi. Tie Congress, by
vote OF t~othirds, may, at any time, alter
or amend this Constitution.
ARTICLE VII This Constitution
and the laws of the Confederacy which
shall be made IN pursuance thereof, and
all treaties made, or WHICH shall be made,
under the authority of the Confederacy,
shall be bound thereby, anything in the
Constitution or laws Of the State to the
contrary notwithstanding.
2. The Government hereby Instituted
shall take Immediate steps for the settle.
nle"t Of ali matters between the States
forming it, and their other late confeder.
ares OF the United States, in relation to
the public property and public debt at the
the time of their withdrawal from them
these States hereby declare it to be their
wish and earnest desire to adjust every
thing pertaining to the common property,
common liability, and common Obligations
of that union, upon the principles of right,
justice. equity, and good faith.
3. Until otherwise provided by the Con-
gress, the city Of Montgomery, in the
State of Alabama, shall be the seat of
Government.
4. The members of the Congress and
all executive and iudicial t,fficers of tho
Confederacy shall be bound by oath or af.
frmatioHto the support Of this Cons,itu-
tion; bnt no religious test shall be requ,r.
ed rs qualification to any Office or public
trust under this Confederacy.
S. The Congress shall have the power
to admit other States.