The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-03-27
N U M B E R Z.

raj Confederate States and territories shall
have the ri ght to take to such territory
any slaves, lawfully held bv them in any
OF the States or territories of the Con.
federate States.
4. The Confederate States shall puar.s0
anty to every State that now is or here.
after may become member of this Con.
iederacy republican form Of government
and shall protect each of them against
invas'o on, aud on application Of the legis.
iature Tor Of the Executive when the leg.
's'stnre is not in SESSION. against domes-
tic violence.
ARTICLE V.
SECTION IL. Upon the demand of
any three States, legally assembled in
their several conventions, the Congress
shall summon convention Of all the
States, 10 take into consideration such
amendments to the Constitution as the
SAID States shall concur in suggesting at
the time when the said demand is made:
and should aEy Ct the proposed amend
men's to the Constitution be agreed on
by the said onvention-votinp by States
and the same be ratified by the lepis.
Iatnre' OF two thirds of the several States
or by conventions in TWO thirds thereof
as the ony or the other mode Of ratifica.
ton may be proposed by the general con.
Venion-thev shall thenceforth form a
part OF this Constitution. But no S,ate
shall without its consent, be deprived Of
It's equaf representation in the Senate.
ARTICLE VI.
l. The Government established bv this
Constitution is the successor of the Pro.
vlslonal Government of the Confederate
States OF America. and the laws passed
oy the latter shall continue in force until
the same shall be repealed or modified
and all the officers appointed by the
same shall remain in office until their sue,
cesS"ts are appointed and qualified, or
the Offices abolished.
2. All debts contracted and engage.
menls entered into before the adoption Of
this Constitution shall be rs valid against
the Confederate States under this Con.ti,
uon as under the Provisional Government.
3. This institution, and the laws Of
The Confederate States made in pursu-
ance thereof, aud all treaties MADE, or
which shall be made under the authority
OF the Confederate States, shall be the
supreme law OF The land and the Judges
IN every State shall be bound thereby.
anything in the constitution or laws of
any State to the contrary notwthstapdr
ing.
4. The Senators and Representatives
before mentioned and the members of the
several State Legislatures, and all execu,
tive and Judicial officers, both of the Con-
federate States and Of the several States,
shall be bound by oath or affirmation to
support this Constitution /; but no reli.
g'ous test shall ever be required as a
qualification t. any office or public trust
under the Confederate States.
8. The enumeration, in the Constitu-
ton, OF certain rights, shall not he con
strued TO deny or dsparage others re-
tanned by the people of the several
States.
6. Tie powers not delegated to the
Confederate States by the constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States, are re-
served to the States, respectively, or to
'he people thereo1.
ARTICLE VII.
/. The ratification Of the conventions
OF five States shall be sufficient for The
establishment Of this Constitution be.
tween the States so ratifying the same.
2. When five States shall have ratified
this Constitution, in the manner before
specified. the Congress under the Provis-
ional Constitution shall prescribe the
time for holding the election of President
and Vice President; and for the meeting
Of the Electoral College, and for counting
the votes, and inaugura,ing the President.
They shall also prescribe the time for
holding the first election of members of
Congress under this Constitution, and the
time for assembling the same. Until the
assembling Of such Congress. the Con
gress under the Provisional Constitution
shall continue to exercise the legislative
powers granted them not extending
beyond tie time Hmired by the Constitu
ton Of the Provisional Government.
Adopted, unanimously, March IL, 1861.