Year: 1861




der Constitution, the laws of the Confederate States,
and treaties made which shall be made under their
thor;ty; all affecting ambassadors, other public
ministers consus; all of Imiralty and
time Jurisdiction to controversies to which the Confederate
States shall be party to controversies between two or
States between State and citizen OF another State
where the State plaintiff between citizens claiming lands
under grants of different States and between State or
the citizens thereof and foreign States citizens Subjects
but no State shall be sued by citizen subject OF for
eign State.


2 In all affecting ambassadors other public minis
ers and consus and which State shall be party
the Supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all
other before mentioned the Supreme Court shall have
appellate jurisdiction both as TO law and fact with such
ceons and under such regulations as the Congress snail
make.


The trial of all crimes except in cases ofmpeachmpnt
shall be by jury and such trials shall be held IN the State
where the SAID crimes shall have been committed but when
not committed within any State the trial be at such place
places as the Congress, by law, may Lave directed


l. Treason against the Confederate States shall consist
y in leVyEg against them, adhering their
miles, giving them aid ard comfort No shall be
vcted of treason unless the testimony of two witnesses
q The Congress shall have to declare the punish
ment ct treason but no atander of treas shall work
person attained.


ARTICLE ".
SECTION l.


Full faith and credit shall be given in each State the
public acts records and judicial proceedings every other
State And the Congress by general laws prescribe
the manner in which such acs records and proceedings
shall be proved, and the effect thereof.
sECTIoN2.


l. The citizens of each shall be entitled to all the
privileges and mmunitie of citizens the several States
and shall have the right transit soourn any State
of this Confederacy with their slaves and other property
and the right of property said slaves shall not be hereby
impaired.


other crime against the laws of such State who shall fee
from justice, and be found another State shall,
mand of the Executive authority of the State from which
he fed be delivered up to be removed to the State having
g. No slave or other person he'd to service or labor in
any State Territory of the Confederate Stats under the
laws thereof escaping lawfully carried into another
SHALL in consequence Of any law regulation therein, be



cred claim OF the party to whom such slave belongs
or to whom such service l. or labor may be due.


l. Other States may be admitted into this Conederacy by
vote of thirds Of the whole House of Representatives.
and twothrds the Senate the Senate voting by States
but no new State shall be formed or erected within the u
the junction of two States parts of States with
out the consent Of the legislatures of the States concerned
as well as OF the Congress.


q The Congress shall have power dispose of and make
all needfu rules and regulations concerning the property Of
the Confederate States including the lands thereof


g. The Confederate States may acquire territory;
and Congress shall have power to egae and provide gov
ernments for the inhabitants of all territory belonging to the
Confederate States, lying without the limits of the several
states; and permit them at such times and in such
manner as it may by law provide to form States to be ad
med into the Confederacy. In such territory, the nst
tuition of negro slavery exists in the Confederate
Staes shall be recognized and protected by Congress- and
by the territorial governments and the Inhabitants of the
several Confederate States and Territories shall have the
right to take such territory any slaves, lawfully held by
them in any Of the States or territories Of the Confederate
States.


L. The Confederate States shall guaranty every State
that hereafter may become member Of this Con
ederacy republican form of government and shall pro
ec each of them against INVASION and on application Of
the legislature (or of the Executive when the legislature is
| not in session. against domestic violence.


ARTICLE Y.
SECTION l.


l. Upon the demand of any three States, legally as
sembled in their several conventions the Congress shall
summon convention Of all the States, to take into con
sderaon such amendments the Constitution said
States shall concur in suggesting at the time when the said
demand made and should any of the proposed
the Constitution be agreed by the said conven-
on-voting by States-and the by the leg
satures of twohrs of the several States, by
ons in twohirds hereoas the or the other mode of
ratification be proposed by the general convention,
they shall thenceOrward form part OF this Constitution
But State SHALL without its CONSENT be deved itg
equal representation in the Senate
ARTICLE VI


The Government established by this Constitution is the
successor of the Provisional Government Of the Confederate
States Of America and all the laws passed by the latter
shall continue IN force until the same shall be repealed
modified and all the officers appointed by tie shall
remain in office until their appointed and
qualified, or the Offices abolished.


2 All debts contracted and engagements entered into be
fore the adoption of this Constitution shall valid against
the Confederate States under this Constitution under the
Provisional Government.


g. This Constitution and the laws of the Confederate
States, made in pursuance thereof and all treaties made
which shall be made under the auh0ryo the Confederate
States, shall be the law of the land and the Judges
in every State shall be bound thereby anything in the


uton or laws of any State to the contrary notwthsand
ing.


A. The Senators and Representatives before mentioned,
and the members Of the several State legislatures and all
executive and judicial ocers both OF the Confederate
States and of the several States shall be bound by oath
affirm ion, to support this Constitution; but religious
test shall ever be required as qualification to Cce
public trust under the Confederate States.


g. The enumeration in the Constitution Of certain rights,
shall be construed to deny dispaage others
by the people of the several States


g. The powers not delegated to the Coned rate Slaes5y
the Constitution, prohibited by it 10 the States
served to the states respectively the people thereof
ARTICLE VII


l. The ratification of the conventions Of five States shall
be sufficient for the establishment Of this Constitution be
tween the States ratfying the


2 When five States shall have ratified this Constitution,
in the before specified the Congress under the Pro
visOnal Constitution, shall prescribe the time for holding
the election of President and Vice President and the
meeting of the Electoral College aud, tor counting ths
votes, and inauguratmg the President. They shall also,
prescribe the time for holding the first election of members
of Congress under this Constitution and the time for
sembling the Until the assembling Of such Congress
the Congress under the Provisional Constitution shall
nue to exercise the legislative granted them not
extending beyond the time limited by the Constitution Of
the Provisional Government.
Adopted, unanimously, March H. 1861.