Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-29

iish justice insure domestic tranquility and secu
ty-inyoking the fver and guidance of Almighty go;
do ordain and establish this Constitution ICr III
Confederate States Of America.
ARTICLE l.
SECTION l.
All legislative powers herein delegated shall be yete
ia Congress of the Confederate States which sn.i
cousi-t OF senate aud House of Representatives
sEcnos 2.
l. The House Of Representatives shall be composat
o! members chosen every second year by the peopls
OF tue several states; the electors in each STAT
shall be citizus of the Confederate States aud have
the qualifications requisite OF the unst
numerous branch OF the State legislature but mo
person Of foreign BIRTH not citizen Confederate
States, shall be allowed Tor any officer civil or
pOiitir state or Federal
2 No Iers'n shall be Representative who shall
n9t have attained the age OF twenty i've years and
o< citizen of the Coniadersse laIes aId " h s,ss.
nni Sisp eieeted be IA iafabi;aaI Of that State h
R~preseatssivls sD flsrsc. Taxes shan be ss,tur
l.ss,sz 'sa'-s ~ sszsE-a S<-1ss, ~h,ss E1zs =
slseclsve numbers vhsch shall be determ med BY a.
ting 70 me ~tsss nusheF of free persons including
thsss bsuad = service for term of years and ex
Guiding Indians taxed three -fths of ali slaves
The actual enumeration shall be made within three
years after the first meeting OF the Congress the
Confederate States aud within every subsequent term
oi ten years, in such manner they shall, by law
direct. The humber of Representatives shall not ex
ceed one for every hiy thOusan but each State shall
have at least one Representative; and until such
i1eration shall be made the State OF South Carolina
shall be entitled 10 choose six-the State Of ga
tIlthe state OF Alabama nine-the State OF Florida
two-the Slate of Mississippi seven-lhe state Of Lou
isIana six, and the State of Texas Sax.
4. When vacancies happen in the representation
from State, the Executive authority thereof shall
issue writs of election 10 Ill such vacancies.
5. The House of Renressntstives shall choose their
speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole
power of impeachment except that any JUDICIAL or
her federal officers resident and acting solely within
the limits OF any STATE may be impeached by 8
OF tWo-thirds oi both branches Vi The Legislature
thereof
SECTION 5.
l. The Senate OF the Confederate States shall be com
posed of S-nators from each State, chosen for
years by the legislature thereof at the regular
next Immediately preceding the commencement Of
The term of service and each Senator shall have
vote
2 Immediately after they shall be assembled in
consequence Of the rst election they shall be divided
equally may be into three classes. The seats of
the of the first class shall be vacated the
expiration of the second year of the class
the expiration of the fourth and of the third class
a. the expiration of the sixth year that onethird
may be chosen every second year ; and if vacancies
happen by resignation, or otherwise, during the
cess oI the legislature OF any State, the executive
thereof may make temporary appointments until the
next meeting OF the Legislature, which shall then nil
such vacancies.
s. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have
attained the of thirty years and be citizen Of the
Confederate States and who shall not, hen elected
be an inhabitant OF the State for which hs shall be
chosen.
The President of the Confederate States shall
be President Of the Senate, but shall have yOIe,
less they shall be equally divided.
5. The Senate shall choose their other officers and
also President pro tepOre in the absence of the Vice
President, when he shi4 exercise the office of Pres
dent of the Confederate States
g. The Senate shall have the sole power TO try all i'm
peachmens. When sitting for that purpose. they shall
be oath affirmation. When the President of the
Confederate States tried the Chief Justice shall pre-
side and person shall be convicted without the
concurrence of two-thirds of the members present.
I. Judgment in cases of Impeachment shall not
tend further than to removal from Office disquali
catioa 10 hold and enjoy any office OF honor profit
shall, nevertheless be liable and subject to indict-
ment, trial, Judgment and punishment according TO
law.
SECTION 4.
1. The time, place and OF holding elections
for Senators aud Representatives shall be prescribed
each State by the legsi ture thereof subject the
any Time by law, make OF alter such regulations,
except to the times and places of choosing
year and such meeting shall be the drst Monday In
December, unless they shall by law, appoint diier
ent day.
SECTION 8.
1. Each House shall be the Judge of the elections
'eturns and qualifications of its members, and a
majority of each shall constitute quorum To do busi
lay and may be authorized 10 compel the attendance
If absent members, In such manner and under such
penalties a each House may provide.
2 Each House may determine the rules OF its pro-
eedngs punish its members for disorderly behavior,
md with the concurrence VI twothrds OF the whole
3. Each House shall keep journal of its proceed
ngs, and from time 10 time publish the excepting
uch parts may in their judgment require secrecy
md the yeas and nays OF the members OF either
House, any question: SHALL the desire OF hth
If thoSe present, by entered on the Journal
4. Neither House during the session Of Congress,
hall, without the consent of the other, ADJOURN for
more than three days nor 70 other place than thai
u which the two Houses shall be sitting
SECTION 8.
l. The Senator's and Representatives shall receive q
for their services, be ascertained by
and paid out of the treasury Of the Confederate
states iney shAil, III all cases except treason snd
preach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during
heir attendance al the session of their respective
Houses and in going 10 and returning from the same
md for any speech or debate Ia either House. they
hall not be questioned IN any other place.
2. No Senator or Representative shall, during the
line for which he elected, be app nted 10 any
,vi office under the authority of the Confederate
states, which shall have been created the emoIu
whereof shall have been Increased during such
lme aud no person holding any office under the Con-
ederate states shall be a member OF either Hofse
Turing his continuance in Office But Congress may,
law grant to the principal officer in each of the Ex
cutive departments seat upon the noor OF either
House, with the privilege of discussing any measures
Ippertaining 70 his department.
SECTION 7.
l. All bills for raising shall originate In the
iOuse of Representatives.; but the Senate may pro-
bose concur with amendments as on other bills
2. Every bill which shalt have passed both Houses,
hall, before II becomes law, be presented TO the
resident of the Confederate States If he approve, he
hall sign it but if not he shall return it with his OBJ
ectOns the House in which shall have originated
enter objections J0urn
lis an proceed 10 reconsider it, IT. after such reconsid
sration twothirds of that House shall agree TO pass
he bill il shall be SENT together with the objections
20 the other House, by which IL shall likewise be re-
and if approved by twothirds Of that
House. shall become u law Bat In all such cases,
he votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas
and nays and the persons voting for and against the
bill shall be entered the journal OF each House re-
spectvely. If any bill shall be returned by the
President within days (undays excepted) after 1t
shall have been presented 10 him. the same shall be
aw, in like manner If he had signed II, unless the
Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its RETURN IN
which case it shall not be law. The President may
approve any appropriation aud disapproye any other
appropriation the same bill In such Case ne STALL
Ia sgning the bill designate the appropriations disap
proved: and shall return copy of such appropria
tious with hh objections, TO the House N which the
bill shall have originated, and the same proceedings
shall then be had of other bills disapproved
by the President.
g. Every order resolution vote to which the con-
Of both Houses may be necessary except on
question of adjourumen shall be presented TO the
President the Confederate States ana before the
same shall take effect, shall be approved by nimi or
being disapproved by him, may be re-passed by two
thirds OF both according TO the rules and imi-
tations prescribed IN case of n bill.
SECTION
The Congress shall have power
l. To lay and collect taxes, duties inposts ana eA
cses for 10 pay the debts provide
for the common defence and carry the govern
nept of the Confederate States bui bountes shall
h ranted from the treasury; nor shall sny duties or
taxes importations from foreign nations be laid 10
promote or foster any branch OF industry; and all du
ties impd1ts and excuses shall be UNIFORM throughout
the Confederate States:
q To borrow money on ths credit Of the Confeder
ate States:
g. 10 regulate commerce with foreign nations, and
among several States, and with the Indian tribes
but neither this, any other clause contain
ed in the constitution shall ever be construed 10 dele
gate the power TO Congress TO appropriate money ior
any Internal Improvement intended 70 facilitate COM
nerce except for the purpose OF furnishing lights
beaeons and buoys and other aids te navigation upon
the coasts and the Improvement of harbors and the
removing Of distractions in river navigation, N All
which cases such duties shall be laid on the navsa-
tion facilitated thereby, as may be necessary 10 pay
the costs and expenses thereof:
4. o establish uniform laws Of naturalization, and
uniform laws the subject OF Bankruptcies through
out the Confederate States, but no Law Of Congress
shall discharge any debt contracted before the passage
Oft a.