Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-04-03
ANTICI.EIV-SEiTIONI

each State To the public acts records aud
judicial proceeding 0f every wiher STATE
Aud the Congress nay by general laws pre-
scribe the manner in which such acts, re-
cords and proceedings shall Le proved aud
the effects thereof
: sECrION2.
!, The citiEens vf each State shall be en-
titled To all the privileges aud immumities
of citizens In the several States, aud shall
have the right OF transit aud seionrn in
auy State OF the Coniedcmcy, with their
slaves and other prrpru. NHl l,r rich, ~
property in snid slave shH'l uu, lu iituiciy
immpaired,
., A person charged iu any sia,r with
treason felony or other crime, who shall
fcN from justice, nnd be- ipunl iu another
State. shall, on demand ot lln Executive
authority ~ The STATE lrur which hc He'd,
be delivered up 10 be removed 80 Inc state
having jurisdiction OF the Oimo,
g. No slave ar other person held 10 ser
vice or labor In any State ur Territory OF
the Confederate States, under the laws
thereof, escaping or lawfully carried into
another, shalt, in consequence OF any law
ar regulation therein, bc discharged from
such service or labor hut shall he delivered
upon claim OF the party To whom such slave
belongs or to whom such service or labor
may be due.
SECTION D.
], Other States may be admitted into this
confcdcracy by n vote Of two thirds of the
whole House or Representatives, and two
thirds of the Scnatc--thc Senate voting by
States and no new State shall be formed
or erected within the jurisdiction Of any
other State; nor shall any State be formed
by the junction Of two ar moro States or
parts of States without the consent Of the
Legislatures of tho States concerned, as
we'll ms of the Congress.
.. The Congress shall have power to dis
pose of and make all nccdhl rules and reg
ulations concerning the property Of the
Confederate States, including the lands
thereof
.. The Confederate States may acquire
new territories, and Congress shall have
power to lcgisatc and provide governments
for the inhabitants of all territory belong
ing TO the Confederate States lying without
the limits of the several States, and may
permit them, at such times, and in such
manner as it may be by law provided, to
form States to be admitted into the Contcd-
cracy. In all such territory the institution
of negro slavery, us it now exists in the
Con fcdcrate States, shall be recognized and
protected by Congress and by the Territori-
al Government and the inhabitants OF The
several Confederate States and Territories
shall have the right to take into such terri
tory any slaves lawfully held by them, in
any of the States or Territories Of the Con-
fcdcratc States.
4 The Confederate States shall guaran-
tee to every State that now is, or hereafter
may become, n member of this Contcdcracy,
republican form of government, and shall
protect each of them against Invasion; and
on application Of the Legislature, or Of the
Executive when the Legislature is not i'll
session, against domestic violence.
ARTICLE V.-SECTlON |.
l. Upon the demand Of any three States,
legally assembled in their several Conven-
tions. the Congress shall summon Convcn-
tlon OF all the States to take INTO cousidcr-
alton such amendments to the Constitution
as the said States shall concur in suggest
ing at the time when the said demand is
made; and should any of the proposed
amendments to the Constitution be agreed
on by the said Convention, voting by States,
and the same be ratified by the Legislatures
of two-thirds of the several States, or by
the Conventions in two-thirds thereon, as
. the one or the other moe OF ratil'catioh
may be proposed by the General Convention,
they shall thencctorward orm part OF 'hls
Constitution; but no H'a'c si''"' "'no"'
its consent, be deprived ol ''S ''l"'' ''r'e
scntation in the Senate.
AkIlCLE 'i'-HnN i,uN -. c
The Govcrhmcht cs'aphshea pH 'n,s o
stitution is the successor ol inc iro, s 'slo"",
Government OF inc ."nic"c'''o S'"'.' y.
America ana al lhe laws r's'." ,i,o M
latter shall continue III iolee :,:u ""'., d ~, III
same s'''i w !i',,aI b.. ,ho s,mo shou rr-
, the officers appointed py inc s''no sn''l' ~
main in Office untii the'r s"'o;ss''s Is,;" "'u "p
pointed and quallhcd: or the oiuocS ""oii'n-
cd.
SECTlON2 =.
All debts contractclland cngngcmcntscn-
tered into before the adoption of this Con-
stitution, shall be MS valid against the Con-
fcdcratc States, under the Constitution, as
under the Provisional Government.
:E' IVA D. c ,,o ro,
Inc CONSTITUTIONS ,'''. WV '', ,,,onoor
fcdcratc STATES, h"ae i'll P"' -
ana all tIe"',eS nII"., =" ~" Cnnrcdo-
made; under inc a"'h"ri! Vi '"' ~ ,Lo
rate States, shall be the supreme la" ", W
land, and the judges IN every o'a'c sn'.
Douhu uioiep., an. A.. H.. .,ptr,rv
ton and laws ot any otatc W wv ~'
notwithstanding.
ho'" SCcTION
,;.,;.o. =; hof,ro
The Scnatcrsahu heP'.s'''".','' .I
, ,rc,,;oncd and the mcf''bcrS OF the ScNcrni
! -, I'll. ,,,ros and NIL executive and
state LcBlsi"'ui''' ~ Tr1o,,,,
judicial officers, bcth OF the Nohie"C,'.
= Stotos and of the several States snail DC
hound bv oath or affirmation to support thls
i Constitution: but no religious tcst snail e'ei