Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-10-11

officers of the Confederate States shall be removed
from Office on impeachment for and conviction Of
treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeaners.
ARTICLE III.
SECTION /.
l. The judicial power of the Confederate States
shall he vested in one Superior Court, and in such
Inferior Courts as TIE Congress may from time to
time ordain and establish. The judges, both of
the Supreme and Interior courts, shall hold their
offices during good behavior, and shall at stated
tiues receive foT their services compensation,
which shall not be diminished during their con.
tinuance in Office
| l. The judicial power shall extend to all vases
arising under this Constitution, the laws of the
Confederate States, and treaties made or which
shall be made, under their authority to all cases
affecting Ambassadors, other public ministers aud
consuls to all cases Of admiralty and maritime
jurisdiction to controversies to.whch the Conede-
rate States shall be q party; to controversies be-
tween two or more States between a State and
citizens of another State where the State is plain
TIL; between citizens claiming lands under grants
of different States and between State OF the citi-
zens thereof and foreign States citizens or subjects
but State shall be sued by citizen or subject of
any foreign State.
! 2 In all cases affecting ambassadors, other pub
/ lC HnlnlSteIs tuu Npnsulb, anu lnOSe Ia WnlCn n
State shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have
original jurisdiction In all the other cases before
mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate
jurisdiction, both to law and fact with such ex.
ceptions, and under such regulations, as the Con-
/ gress shall make.
g. The trial of all crimes, except in cases Of I'M
peachment shall be by jury, and such trial shall
be held in the State where the said crimes shall
\ have been committed; but when not committed
within any State the trial shall be at such place
or places as the Congress may bylaw have directed
SECTION g.
/. Treason against the Confederate States shall
consist only in evying war against them or in ad-
herring to their enemies, giving them aid and COM
fort No person shall be convicted Of treason I'M
ess on the testimony of two witnesses to the same
overt act, or on confession in open court
2. The Congress shall have power TO declare the
punishment of treason, but NO attainder of treason
shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture except
during the life of the person attainted.
ARTICLE ".
SECTION 1.
l. Full faith and credit shall be given in each
State to the public acts records and judicial pro-
ceedings of every other State And the Congress
may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in
which such acts, records and proceedings shall be
proved and the effect thereof
SECTION 2.
l. The citizens of each State shall be entitled TO
all the privileges aod immunities of citizens in the
several States and shall have the right Of transit
and solourn in any State of this Confederacy with
their slaves and other property; and the right of
property in said slaves shah not be thereby i'm
paired.
2. A person charged in any State with treason,
felony, or other crime against the laws of such
State shall, on demand of the Executive authority
of the State from which he fed be delivered up to
be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the
crime.
8. No slave or other person held 20 service or Ia
Dor in any State Territory of the Confederate
States underline laws thereof escaping or lawfully
carried into another, shall, in consequence of any
law regulation therein be discharged from such
service labor but shall be delivered up on claim
of the party to whom such slave belongs, or tC
whom such service or labor may be due.
SECTION 3.
l. Other State, may be admitted into this Con
federacy by vote of two-thirds of the whole Hous
of Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate
the Senate voting by States; but new Stat
shall be formed erected within the jurisdiction o
any other State; nor any State be formed by tn
junction of two or more States or parts of States
without the consent of the legislatures of the State
concerned as well as of the Congress
D. The Congress shall have power to dispose o
and make all needful rules and regulations con
corning the property of the Confederate States, in
Guiding the lands thereof.
g. The Confederate States may acquire new ter
rtory and Congress shall have power to legislat
and provide governments for the inhabitants of al
territory belonging TO the Confederate States lyni
within the limits of the several States; and mai
permit them, at such times, aud in such manner
as it may by law provide, TO form States to be ad
mitted into the Confederacy In all such territory
the institution of negro slavery it exists il
the Confederate States shall be recognized and pro
tected by Congress and by the territorial govern
g
rate States and Territories, shall have the right Il
take to such territory any slaves, lawfully held b,
them in any of the States Territories of the Con
federate States.
= 4. The Confederate States shall guaranty to ever
, State that now is or hereafter may become a mem
Der of this Conederacy, a republican form of gov
J eminent, aud shall protect each of them agains
invasion; ana on application of the legislature 10
of the Executive when the legislature is not in SEES
sion) against domestic violence
, ARTICLE V.
q SECTION l.
= ]. Upon the demand of any three States, legal
mbled in their several conventions the Congress
! shall summon a convention, of all the States, :
= take into consideration such amendments to tn
Constitution as the said States all concur in suggest
ing at the same time when the said demand is made
and should any of the proposed amedments TO tn
Constitution ge agreed on by the said conventio
, voting by States-and the same be ratified b
by legislatures ofwothrds of the several State
or by conventions in two-thirds thereof-as the on
or the other mode of ratification may be propose
by the general convention-they shall thencefol
ward form part of this Constitution. But n
State SHALL without Its consent be deprived of il
equal representation in the Senate.
y ARTICLE VI
; J. The Government established by this Constitu
ton is the successor Of the provisional Governmer
u of the Confederate States of America and all tn
laws passed by the latter shall continue in force ut
/ ill the shall be repealed modified; and a
e the officers appointed by the same shall remain
/ Office until their appointed and quail
5, fed, or the offices abolished
: 2. All debts contracted and engagements entere
It into before the adoption of this Constitution sha
: be as valid against the Confederate States und,
this constitution as under the Provisional Govern
e ment.