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OL. XXII. GEEENSBOROTJGH, 1ST. C, JANUARY 17, 1861. NO. 1,131.
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CONST! 1'UTiON
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4 \i' . I he |" • ; le t»f ili.- United States, in or
rfi-rjo f rm i•■•ifi-ct union, establish
> u fd m ■-•ii' 11anqu lny, provide
I r|l.< <-• .it in II defence, promote the gener-
I lire the blessings of liber-ty
I - and our posterity, d<> ordain
•i *'- ! sh Ins Constitution for the United
s.. es ol A inenea.
ARTICLE I.
Of the Legislature.
•II rion 1.
■† powers herein <r"anted,
i
J
All
he I in H congress of the United
* hich shall consist of a Senate and
lit,* mtativefl.
-'i riON II.
. The (louse of Representatives shall ho
cdjn posed i members chosen every second
■I by the pt-opli of the several states ; and
ill •■ - in each stato shall have the qual-irjati
to for electors of the moat
men h of• he state legijlature.
.' No | inil lie a representative who
ill not :i:n"(l io tin' age oftwenty-h
II seven years a citizen ol
dcr such penalties as each Honse may pro-vide.
2 Each House may determine the rules of
its proceedings, punish its members for dis-orderrj
behavior, and, with the concurrence
of two thirds, expel a member.
■t. Bach lloii-e shall keep a journal of it"
proc edings, and t.-om time to time publish
the same, excepting such parts as may in
their lodgment require secrecy ; and the
yeas and nays ol the membersof cither House
• >n a y question, sha I, at the desire of one-fifths
of those present, be entered on the jour-nal.
4. Neither Mouse during the session of
Congress shall, without the consent of the
other, adjourn for more than three days, nor
io any oilier place than that in which the
two houses shall ^sitting.
SECTION VI.
1. The senators and representatives shall
receive a compensation for their services, to
he ascertained hy law. and paid out of the
! treasury ot the United Slates. They shall in
I all cases, except, treason, felonly, and breach
of the pence, be privileged from arrest during
their attendance at the sea-ion of their re-spective
Houses, and in going to or retain-ing
from the same ; and for any speech or de-btttein
either House, they shall not be ques-tioned
in any other place.
2. No senator or representative shall, dur-ing
the tir-e for which he was electe be ap-pointed
to any civil office under the authority
of the nited Slates which shall have been
created, or the emoluments whereof shall
have been increased, during such time; and
no person holding any office under the Uni-ted
States sha I he a member of either Iiouso
during his continuance in office.
SECTION IX.
1. The migration or importation of snch
persons as any of the states now existing
shall think proper to admit, shall not be pro-hibited
by the Congress prior to the ;. ear one
thousand eight hundred and eight, but a tax
or duty may be imposed on such importations
not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
2. The privelegeof the writ habeas corpus
shall i ot he suspended unless when in cases of
rebellion or invasion, the public safety may
require it.
3. No bill of attainder, or ex-post-facto law
shall be passed.
4. No capitation or other direct tax shall
be laid, unless in proportion to the census or
enumeration herein before directed to be ta-ken.
5. No tax or duty shall belaid on articles
expoi ted from any State. No preference shall
be given by any regulation of commerco or
revenue to the ports of one State over those
of another; norshallvc sels bound to or from
one State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay
duties in another.
6. No money shall be drawn from the
treasury but in consequence of appropriation
made by law ; and a regular statement and
account of the recipts and expenditures of all
puolic money shall he published from time to
time.
7. No title of nobility shall he granted by
the United Slates, and no person holding any
office, of profit or trust under, them shall
without the consent of Congress, accept of
tiny present, emolument.office, or title ot any
kind whatever, from any king, prince or'fore-ign
State.
SECTION x.
1. No state shall enter into any treaty
alliance or confederation ; grant letters of mar"
| quc and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of
1 All bills for raising revenue shall origi- j credit: making any thing but gold and sil-nate
in the House of Representatives, but i ver coin a tender in payment of debts, pass
the Senate may propose or concur with ' any bill of attainder, ex-post-facto law, or!
the
SECTION VII.
I; , and who shall not, when jn wnieh it shall have originated, who shall
nhabitant of that state
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t
e
t"l II be chos II
rese ativei and direct taxes shall
bi til ned among the several states which
F ucluded within this union, according
'numbers, which shall be
idding ■•• the whole number of
nc titling those bound to service
id excluding Indians not
of all other persons. The
amendments, as on other bills.
2. Every bill which shall have passed the
House of Representatives and the Senate
shall, bet.ire it become a law, be presented
to the President of the United States: if he
law imputing the obligation of contracts; or;
grant any title of nobility.
2. No Stale shall, without the consent of
Congress, lay any imposts or duties on im-ports
or exports, txeept what may be abso-approve,
he shall sign it; but if not, he shall lately necessary for executing its inspection
return it, with his objections, to that House '
t
i hall not exceed one for every c.ir]le sril
I, bul •■ -■:. state sball h»ve
mire; and ui tii
. I I"' made, the state of .'•'• ic
II bo ml Ued to choose three;
eight ; Rhi di hi rndand Pi • m-on.
i; ''onru. ' cut fiva ; Vew
■ ; .'■ †Ji. '/ lour ; /'. nnsylvani*
I itic 31 '.7"'. •;/(.' sir ; Fir*
' ■ ,- ■' I<I five; South Curo-laws
; and the nett produce of all duties and
mposts laid by any State on imports or ex-j
enter the objections at large on their journal, ports shall be for the use of the Treasury of |
and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such the United States and all such laws shall be
consideration, two-thirds of that House shall subject to the revission and control of Con-agree
to pass 1 he bill, it shall bo sent, togeth- gross. No State shall, without the consentl
er with the objections, to the other House, of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep !
by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter :
and if approved by two-thirds of that House, j into any agreement or compact with another'
it shall become a law. But in all such cases the I State, or with a foreign power, to engage in
votes of bo h Houses shall be determined by j war unless actually invaded, or in such immi-
I yeas and nays, and the names of the persons I neiit danger as will not admit of delay.
ARTICLE II.
Of the Executive.
SECTION I.
1. The Executive power shall be vested in
\ •' ' !l be m»«le within votingfor and against the bill shall be enter-t
he first i.i 'etng of -.ho Con- cd on tD0 jonrna| of each House respectively.
i States, and within every lt .,„.. bi|j s[ia|| not l)e returned by the Pres-ol
ton years, in such manner id,.m within ten days (Sundays excel ted at-by
law dirett. ["be number of ter it shall have been presented to him, the
be a law in like manner as if he
II
had signed it, unless the. Congress by their a President of the United States of America.
adjournment prevent its return, in which He shall bold his office during the *erm offour
cast it shall not be a law. years,and together with the Vice President,
■',. Every order, resolution, or vote to which chosen for the same term, bo elected as lol-thc
concurrence of the Senate and House of lows:
Representatives may be nece-sary, (except a % ,.-.„.,, S(a(c 8nall appf,int in Bacn man.
neras-he legislature thereof may direct, a
. m : Hi t/rgi i 111
- happen in the repre-
Ite, the exei itive au-
I issuo « ... 9 oi el sci ion to
f
« '< i Re1ire«entn»i"es shall
• e th sj I, i : d i ther oftl -s. and
■ ■ ■ |■■†■ er of impeachment.
SKCTION in.
I I S :ite of ihe United Stales sba'l
■d •.( iw« aiora lr«>m each state,
the lev is ai ure tliere..!. lor six
enator shall h i e one •:■ t.
I • ..it••> they shall bo as-em-
I if in II • nc«i of the first lecii >n, they
i qually as may be, into
• Tii seals of i he sei alors of
hall be vacated at the expiia-n|
! I i- MT.II i! y ear, ol I ho seciH d C CSS ::'.
lo the President of the United States; and be-fore
the same shall take effect, shall he ap-proved
by him, or being disapproved by him,
number of electors, equal to the wbolo num-ber
of Senators and Representatives to which
proved hire, Disapproved ny mm,, ,)C Suie may |K. entll|c(j in the Congress; but
-hall he repassed by two-thirds of the Senate J^ SenatoPor R,-prese..talive, cr pesoo bold-and
Ilo„-e,t Representatives, according to I inafficeof tru8t or profit under the U-the
rules and limitations piescribed in the niu,d SlateSj slia„ „„ .imiointl>d an ,.|eet0r.
y. The electors shall meet in their respect-
SECTION VIII.
tloi
- i .' ii ol i he l .in th and of the
ive states, and vote by ballot for two persons,
of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant
ofthe same state with themselves. And they]
shall make a list ofall the persons voted for,
and of the number of votes for each; which
list they shall sign arid certify, and transmit
sealed t the scat of government of the Uni-ted
Slates, directed to the President of the
Senate. The President of tbo Senate shall,
in the presence of the Senate and House of
Representatives, open all the certificates, and
the votes shall then be counted. The person
having the greatest number of votes shall be
President, if such number be a majority
To establish a uniform rule of natura- of the whole number of electors appointed;
uniform, liws on the sub- ai.t! if there be more than one who have such
The Congress shall have power—
1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, im-posts.
and excises, to pay the debts f.nd pro-vide
lor the common defence and general
we'lare ol the United States; but ail duties,
imposis, nnd excises shall be uniform through-out
the United States :
2. To borrow money on the credit of the
United States;
:l. To legnlatc commerce with foreign na-tions,
and among the several slates; and
with the Indian tribes:
A 11: r • lass ai i he i x, irat on ol the sixth year, ■■ \.
" ill I liza'.ion, anil umiviiu, it»»a UII iiir sun- ••"- •• —•- — - ...........%. .,-v...
r ",:nl "■'■> '"V h"at " B7erJ : "'.'•'•'"! ieet of bankruptcies, throughout the United a majority.and havoau equal number of votes
j year; and .vacancies hajpen. by resigns- ■S|.lU.s . I then the House of Repiesentatives shall im-er„,
so, during the recess ol the 5 To coi|) mo„ ,^,1.4,. the nlae \ mediately choose by ballot one of them for
I any Bi«te, the exocu ve thereof lhereoftand of foreign coin: and fix the Stan- President; and if no person have a majority,
■ ke temporary appo.ntmtnuuntil the > dard(|f vv,, h(9aI!(l measures: . then, from the n>0 ighest on the list, the
ol the Legislature, which shall , (. .,.(( pr)V1(|e for I]K, po„i8hment ofcoun- said House shall in like manner choose the
■ '"'i,Kr u 1 „ ' terfem'ng the securities and current coin of President. Putin cho- sing the President,
No person shall be a senator who shall
•■ '■' tied totbeageof thirty years,
1 '• > years a citizen ofthe United
hoshall not, when elected, be
ai 11 >.::-■ pant ul that slate for which he shall
I. Tl • Vice President of the United States
t ol the S.nate. but sh:.
e no
•>• ■ .all choose
the United States: the votes shall be taken by States, the repre-
7. To establish post offices and post ropds : sentation from each Slate having one vote; a
8. To promote the prograss ofscience and quorum for this purpose shall consist of a
useful arts by securing for limited limes to member or members from two-thirds of the
authors and inventors the exclu ive light to j States, and a majority of all the States shall
their respective writings and discoveries : j be necessary to a 1 hoiee; In every case after
9. To const'tute tribunals inferior to the the choice of the President, the person hav-
I supreme court: i ing the greatest, number of vot«.s of the elec-squally
divided. fo To defineand puni8h piracie9 and fcl. | tors shall be the Vice President. But ifthere
lieu other 01- . committed on the high s'as. and offen- should reraain two or more who have equal
- dent pro umpore, in , ^ rHms! „K. |ftw „, „a.i0i,;. m the &„** shall choose from them by
ol U ,,, resident or when be \ „f T(, (,i,(.i.„.e wa t lettcr9 of mar. I ballot tho V,ee President.
e office ol Presidentoi the qu(, ard repn.a|, am1 make rules concerning 4. The Congress may determine the time ot
captures on lard and water: I choosing the electors and the day on which
IL\ To raisa and support arnves, but no they shall give their votes, which day shall be
appropriation of mony to that use shall be for I the same throughout the United States.
te shall have thesole power to
chments. When sitting for that
nil boon oath or affirmation.
v\. President of the United States is
1- ' chi-f JI. side ; and no
] ers vicled without the concur-the
members present.
7 ■ nl in case of impeachment shall
a longer term than two years
13. To provide a*d maintain a navy :
14. To make rules for .he government
5. No person except a natural-born citizen
or citizen of the U. S. at the time of tho a-doption
ol'this I (institution, shall be eligible
and regulation ofthe land and naval forces : to the office of President; neither shall any
15. To provide for calling forth the mili-l person be eligible to that office who shall not
';';; . ia to execute ; he laws of the Union, suppress have attained to the age ol thirty-five years,
fication to hold and enjoy ! ,n1™on' anclrenal invasions : t and been fourteen years a resident w.thin the
■■:.. r, trust, or profit, under the I ..,(,• >o provide for organming, arming and | United States.
ites; but the party convicted shall,
- be liablj and subject to indict-
Igmt ui and punishment accor-io
law.
I ION IV
disciplining the mi'i'ia, and for governing] 0. In case of the removal of the President
such part of thein as may be employed in the ' from office, or of his death or resignation, on
service of the United States, reserving to the i inability to discharge the powers and duties
states respectively the appointment of tho of the said office, the same shall devolve on
officers and the authority of training the niili- \ the Vice President; and ihe Congrest may by |
. tia according to tho discipline prescribed by law provide for tho case of removal, death or'
I. e times, places,and manner of hold- Congress: resignation, or inability, both of the Presi-j
- l-jrai natora and repiesentatives (y rr-0 exercj8e exclusive legislation, in all i dent and Vice President, declaring what offi-b
1 in each state by the legis- Pa«es whatsoever, over f.ncli district (not ex-j ccrsshall then act as President; and such offi-i
•vof; but the Congress may at any j ccedii.g ten square miles, las may, by cession I eersball act accordingly, until the disability
• • . or alter such regulations, ofparticular states and ihe acceptance ot 0l' removed or a President shall be elected.
1 to the places of choosing senators. Congress, become the seat ol government of 7- ''''"' President shall, at stated times, re-1
. I ' .' .-• shall assemble at 'east the United States, and to exercise like au- i ceive for bis services a compensation, which |
► year, and such meeting shall thority over all placee purchased, by the con- shall neither be increased nor diminished du-
. Monday in De x ..her, unless S,.,|.L ofthe let>ishilure of ihe state in which ' ring the period for which he shall have been
id ill b law appo oi a different day. the same shall bclore the erection of forts ran-stCTioN
v. Fgazmes. arsenals, dock-yards, and other need-
E:i : Souse shall bo 'ho judge of the |"»' bui dings: am!.
1 on ,r turns, and qualification'* ol ila own I |s. To make all laws v/hich shall be neces-
1 - . ..mi a major 1 LV «.| each sha.I con-' sary and proper for carry ing into execution
I .111 lodo business; but a small- the foregoing power-, and all otln r powers
Ilia} ! .j'luril ll'oni day today, and
be nuliio; i-.-ii to compel ihe alteiidaaec
of aoecnt mwuibers, iu »udi mmuivr uiid uu-vested
by this constitution in the government
of the Undid Stales, or any department or
officer thereof.
elected, and he shall "ot receive witnin that
p. nod any other emolument Ironuthe. United
States or any ot them.
W. Petoro he enter on tho execution of his
office, he shall take the following oath or at-tirmation:—
"I do solemnly atrcar (or affirm 1 that I will
faithfully execute the office oi President of
the United Stales, and will, to tho best of my
ability, preserve, protect, and defend
Constitution ofthe United States.
SECTION 2.
1. The President shall be commander in-chiefof
tho army and navy of tho United
States and of the militia of the several States,
when called into the actual service of the Un-ited
States; he may require the opinion in
writing of the principal officer in each ofthe
executive departments, npon any subject rel-ating
to the. duties of their respective offices ;
and Ihe shall have power to grant reprieves
and pardons for offe-ices aganst the United
States, except in cas '8 of impeachment.
2. He shall have power, by and with the
I advice and consent of the Senate, to make
I treatriee, provided two-thirds of the senators
J present, concur, and he shall nominate, ant! by
i and with the advice and consent of the Son-j
ate, shail appoint ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls, judges of tho supreme
court, and all other officers of United States,
who*" appointments are no herein otherwise
provided for, and .vhich shall be established
by law. But the Congress may by law vest
theappoitment of such inferior officers as
they think proper in tho President alone in
the courts of law, or in the heads of depart-ments.
8, The President shall have power to fill
up all vacancies that may happen during the
recess of the Senate, by granting commissions
wieh shall expire at tho end of their next ses-sion.
SECTION in.
1. He shall from lime to time, give to Con-gress
1 formation of the state of the Union,
and ret ooimend to their consideration such
measures as he shall judge necessary and ex-pedient
; he may on extraordinary occasions,
convene both Houses, or either oi them; and
in case of disagreement between them, with
respect to the time of adjournment, he may
adjourn them to such time as be shall think
proper; ho shall receive ambassadors and
other public ministers; ho shall take care
that the laws be faithfully executed ; and shail
commission all officers of tbo United States.
SECTION IV.
1. The President, Vice President, and all
Civil officers of the United States, shall be re-moved
from office on impeachment for and
conviction of treason, bribery, or other high
crimes and misdemeanors.
ARTICLE 111.
Ofthe Judiary.
SECTION 1.
i. The Judicial power of the United Slates
shall be vested in ono Supreme Court, and in
such inferior courts as the Congress may. Irom
time to time, ordain andestablish. Thejudgi -
both ot the supreme and inferior courts, shail
hold their offices during good behaviour; and
shall, at stated times, receive for theirservices
a compensation, which shall not ho diminish-ed
during their coi.tinuanco in office.
SECTION II.
1. The judicial power shall extend to ail
cases in law and equity arising under this
Constitution, thalaws of tbo United States.
nnd treaties made, or which shall be made,
under their authority; to all ceses affecting
ambassadors, other public ministers, and con-suls;
to fllI eases of admiralty and maritime
jurisdiction; to controversies to which the
United States shall bo a party; lo controver-sies
between ti o or more States ; between a
state and citizens of another state; between
bet ween citizens of different states, between
citizens of the same state claiming lands un-der
grants of different states; and between a
siate, or the citizens thereofand foreign states,
tit.zens, or subjects.
1. In all cases affecting ambassadors, oth-er
publi" ministers, and consuls, and those in
which ;' stale shall be a party, the Supreme
Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all
the ol her cases before mentioned the Supreme
Court shall have appellate jurisdi'-tion, both
as lo law antl lact, with such exceptions, an
under such regulations as the Congress shall
make.
.'!. The rial of all crimes, except ;n cases of
impeachment, shall be hy jury, and such trial
shail l>.! held in the state where the said crimes
shall nave been committed; but when not com-mitted
within any state, tho trial shall be at
such jilac-o or places as Congress may by law
have directed.
SECTION III.
1. Treason against the United States shall
consist only in levying war against them, or
in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid
and com'ort. No person shall be convicted
of t reason, unless on the testimony of two
witnesses to tho same overt act, or con/ess ion
in open court.
2. Congress shall have power todi-clure the
punishment of treason; but no attainder of
treason shall work corruption of blood, or for-feiture,
except during the life of the person
attainted.
ARTICLE IV.
MisceUaneotu.
SECTION I
I. Full faith andjeredit shall be given in each
state to the public acts, records, and judicial
proceedings ofevery other state. And the
Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the
manner in which such acts, records, and | ro-ceedingsshall
be proved, and theeiiect tl ere-of.
SECTION II.
1. The citizens of each state shall bo enti-tled
to all privileges and immunities of citi-zens
in the several states
2. A person charged in any state with trea-son,
felony, or other crime, who shall flee |
from justice, and be found in another stale.
shall, on demand of the executive authority
of the state from which he fled, be delivered i
up, to be removed to the state having uris-diction
of the crime.
•i. No person held to service or labor in one
: late, under the lavs thereof, escaping into,
another shall, in consequence of any law or ,
regulation therein, bo discharged from SUIT
service or labor; bul shall be delivered up on i
claim ofthe party to whom such service o~
labor may be due.
SECTION III.
1. Now states may be admitted by Con-1
gress i.ito this Union; but. no new state shall
be formed or erected within the jurisdiction
ofany other state, nor any state be firmed
by the junction of two or more states, or
parts of states, without the consent ofthe leg-islatures
of the states concerned, as well as of
Cngress.
2. Congress shall have power to dispose of,
1 and make all needful rules and regulations
respecting the territory, or o*.her property
belonging to the United States; and nothing
in this constitution shall be so construed as
to prejudice any claims of tho United States
or of any particular state.
SECTION IV.
1. Tho United States shall guarantee to ev-ery
stato in this Union a republican form of
government, and shall protect each of them
against invasion; and on, application of the
legislature, or ofthe executive (when the leg-islature
cannot be convened), against domes-tic
violence.
ARTICLE V.
Of Amendments.
1. Congress, whenever two thirds of both
Houses shal' deem it necesaf rv, shall pro-pose
amendments tgajhis const tntion, or, on
the application of We legislatures of two-thirds
of .he several states, sh.ill call a con-vention
for propo ing amendtr.onts, which, in
either case, shall be valid to fll intents and
purposes, as part of this constitution, when
ratified by tho legislatures of .hree fourths of
ot the several states, or by conventions in
three fourths thereof* as the one or the other
mode of ratification may bo proposed by Con-gress;
provided, that no amendment which
may be made prior to the year ono thousand
eight hundred and eight, shall in any mnn-
I ner affect the first and fourth clauses in the
ninth section of tho first article; and that no
state, without i's consent, shall bo deprived
of its equal suffrage in the senate.
ARTICLE VI.
-Miscellaneous.
1. All debts contracted, and engagements
entered into, before the adoption of this con-stitution,
shall be as valid against the United
Slate-- under this constitution, as under the
confederation.
2. This constitution, and tho laws of tho
United states which shall be made in pursu-ance
thereof, and all treaties made, or which
shall he made, under the authority of tho Uni-
Resolvcd bth. That we consider an just I
necessary, and therefore badly, node-. "
yet firmly demand Constitutional nai 11
lor the following points, to wif : a ren-si;
all State laws wherein found, which nrv
trary to.the Constitution of the Unil
additional guaranties for tho execui
Fugitive Slave Law, providing eithei
safe return ofthe faintive without exp r,
tho owner, or his full value at the pis
cape, when his return shall be silt
aisled. Security to slave proper! v in the]
trict of Columbia, and the public dock y.'
kc, of tho United States, as Ion - >
shall exist—in the States where said I*
or property is located. Security to
pro| erty in the common territories 1 -
as they shall remain in a territorial o ' |
—no territory to be r ceived as a Sti
it shall bav an established pop;'
which time it shall bo immediate v
obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have
the assistance of counsel for his defence.
ART. 7, In suits at common law, where
the value in controversy shall exceed twenty
dollars, the right of trial byjury shall be pre-served
and no fact tried by jury shall ho other
wise re-examined in any court of tho United
Slates than according ^o the rules of the
common law.
Art 8. Excessive ball shall not lo requir
quired, nor excessive fines impossed, ncr cru-el
and unusual punishments inflicted.
Art. 9. The enumeration in tbo constitu-tion
of certain rights, shall not be construed
to deny or disparage others retainder by the
people.
Art. 10. The powers not delegated to the
United States by the constitution, nor pro-hibited
by it to the states, are reserved to the
states respectively or to the people.
Art. 11. The judicial power of the United
States shall not be construed to extend to as a State whenever applying,
any suit is law or equity comin need or pro-cueted
against ono of the United States by ci-tizens
of another state, or by Citizens or by-citizens
of subjects of any foreign state.
Ar\ 12 § 1. The electors shall moot in
their respectative, states, and vote by ballot
for President and Vice-President, one of
whom at least shall not bo an inhabitant 01
thosame state with themselves; t;iey shall
name in their ballots the person voted for as
President, and in distinct ballots the person
voted for as Vice-President; and they shali
make distinct lists of all persons voted for .is
President am' of all persons voted for as Vice-
President and of'thehumber of votes for caca
wjioh list they shall sign and certify, and
transmit sealed to tho seat o! the government
of the United States, directed to the Presi-dent
of the Senato; the President of the Sen
ate shall, in the prosence of tho Senate and
House of Representfctives, open all the certi-ficates,
and the votes shall then be counted ;
tho person having tho greater number, of
votes for President, shall be tho Presidents.
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bound thereby, any thing in the constitution
or laws ofany state to the coutrary notwith-standing.
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state legislatures,and all executive and judi-cial
officers, both of the United States and the
several sta cs, shall be bound by oath or affir-mation
to support this const tulion: but no
. if such number be a majority of tho whole
led States, shall bo the supreme law of the number ot electors appointed : antl il DO
land; and the judges in every stato shall be person have such a majority then from
the persons having tho highest numbers,
not exceeding three, on tho list of those
voted for as President, the House of
8. Ihe .-(tutors and representatives before Representatives shall choose in mediately by
entionod, and the mem'ers ofthe several ballot tho President. But in choosing the
President, tho votes shall he taken by states,
the representation from each stato havLg
ono vote; a quorum for this purpose shall
consist of a member or members from two
religions test shall ever be required as a quail- thirds of the Stales, and a majority of all the
fication to any office, or publie trust, under '
Hie United States.
ARTICLE VII
Ofthe Ratification.
I. The ratification of the conventions of
nine states shall be sufficient for the establish-ment
of this Constitutor between the states
so ratifying the same.
Done in Convention, by tho unanimous con-sent
of tho states present, the seventeenth
day ol September, in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and eigbty-eeven,
States shall be necessary to a choice. And
if tho House of Representatives shall not
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Betohedttk, That these reso'etionsln.
warded to our Legislature with th
that our representatives in tbo Nat j
gress be instructed and requested
by every means in their power
t;cs, and that all tho slave S
to unite for that object.
HcsulvcdWi, That oar nt.
arably connected with those of li
States, North and South, and that 011. It'
laturo is requested lo send delegates t f
Vention of tho Border States atilaltiai "
tho 12lh February, or whatever .'I > ■\;
may be agreed upou, to tons nt with th
to the proper course to be pursued—a
recommond that iho Hon. Thomas I iffin,
Wm. A. (iruham, Thos. Bragg and < I or je
E. Badger be appointed delegates. ^
Resolve 8th, That we discountenance ias»
and precipitated action, and rec
prudont, moderate, and Bra coin
becomes the ditrnitv of the Stnii, -ml L,.,.
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comes dignity Stato and
neas of the threatening eri
fasofaeftCA, That we recommend
State be put in a position of del
dihtely, by furnishing arms, and re-o
tut: the militia system of the State
Resolved lOf/i, That should v..
taimng Constitutional guaranties .or n
and due rights, then we recommend
Convention of allthe States willing lo
lish such Constitutional guarant
and a new Confederacy bo form.
basis ofthe old, with such guarai 1 i
dunce and experience demand, w(h tiri pro-vision
that other States, McordiQ ; tr£lliose
guaranties, may be received thereto. ,.
Resolvrd Mf/t, That if the Got! injpl
will not unito with tho Border S a 5 sttin M
2. The person having tho greatest number
of votes as Vice President shall bo tho Nice
President, if such n mbor bo a niajirity tit
the whole number of electors appointed; and
if no person have a majority, then from the
and of the I adependence of the United States ' two highest numbers on the list, the Senate
of America the twelfth. In witness whereof, j shall choose the Vice Presideni; a quorum for
we have hereunto subscribed our names.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
President, and Deputy from Virginia.
Connecticut.
Wm. Samuel Johnson,
Roger Sherman,
New York.
Alexander Hamilton.
_V> "■ Tfampshire,
John Langdon,
Nicholas Oilman.
Massachusetts,
Nathaniel Gorham,
Rufus King.
A" '•" Ji rsey
William Livingston,
David Brearly,
William Patterson,
Jonathan I hiyton,
Pi nnsylvania.
Benjamin Franklin,
TboaMifflin,
Robert Mori is,
(ieorgo ('lymer,
I i: imas F.tzsimons,
.hired IngTSoIl,
James Wils in,
G overnenr Mori is.
J). iware.
George R< a I.
the purpose shall consist of two-thuds of the
whoie number of senators, and a majority of
the wbolo number shall be necessary to a
choice.
3. But no person constitutionally ineligible
to the office ot President shall he eligible to
that of Vice President of the United States.
Maryland.
James M'Henry,
Daniel ofSt. T. Jenifer.
Daniel Carioll.
Virginia.
John Blair,
James Madison, jr.
North Carolaia.
William Blount,
Rich'd Dobhs Spaight,
Hugh Will amson.
South Carotin '..
John Rutledge.
Gunning Bedford, jr.,Chas. C. Pinkcnev,
John I 'ickinson,
Richard Baasett,
Jacob Broom.
Attest,
Charles Pinckney,
Pierce Butler.
Georgia.
W illiam Few,
Abraham Baldwin,
William Jackson, Sec.
AMFOMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION".
ART. I. Congress shall make no law res-
Far the 1'ai.ii t.
{ Public Meeting; In Davidson County.
i According to previous notice, a large and
enthusiastic meeting ol the citizens of David-son
county, (irrespective of party.; was held
; at the Court House in Lexington on the oth
; day ol January, 1861, for tho purpose ol tak-ing
into consideration the disturbed state of
our National affairs.
Ou motion of .1. C. HedgcorU. Esq., Dr.
W. D. Lindsay was called 10 the (hair, and
' Alfred Hargravo and C. P. Lowe appointed
1 Secretaries.
B. A. Kitrell, Esq., explained the object of
the meeting in a few appropriate remarks.
Oil motion, a committee of nine was ap-pointed
to report resolutions for the consid-eration
of tho meeting.
The motion having been concurred in.—
The Chairman appointed tho follow ing gen-tlemen
as the committee, viz : 14 * Douthit.
Dr W R Holt, Henderson Adams, Solomon
A Mock-. Dr R I. Beall, Gen Goo W Smith.
Rev Willis S Miller, DW C Johnson, and E l>
Hampton.
Resolutions from Dr. W. R Holt, D. W. C.
Johnson, G. W. Smith, Alfred Hargravo arid
return of the recreant States, and t*v
struction of the Union.
Resolved Vith, That i! in the com
that now exist in our Federal arTai
igency should hereafter arise, th.-tU"
eign voice of the people of tie
Car lina should be consulted, our h j
lives in our State Legislatures shoull
slructed to vote for a Convention oi
pie to decide, solely upon quc ,
National affairs. *
Resolved Vith, That these :esoi-t|
sent to our Senators and Cotnsa 1
Geneva! Assembly, and our R
at Washington.
Alter the reading of tho resnliit
otic speeches were made b] I
erave, B. A. Kitrell, Dr. W R.
Douthit, and D. W. C. Johnson.
Harmony and good feeling
throughout tho meeting. All pirt
ing to attain a common end—a
and honorable adjustment of the ; ;
acuities, and it possible, a pressrv I
Union.
Resolvi I, That these proceedin
to the GroensbOTOugh Patriot
Standard for publication.
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pecting an establishment of religion, or pro-' B. A. Kitrell, were severally read, and on
bibitiug the free exercise thereof; or abridg- motion referred to the following committee :
ing the freedom of speech, or ofthe press, or: Dr. C. L. Payne made some appropriate
the right ofthe people peaceably to assemble | remarks.
During the absence of the committee, John
W. Thomas, F'sq., obeyed the call made upon
him, and addressed the assemblage in a
lengthy and able speech.
The committee on resolution-, afier retir-ing
for about one and a half hours, returned
and reported the follow:ng, viz :
Whereas, An alarming crisis now exists in
our National affairs, we, the people of David-son
county, solemnly feeling our responsibil-ity
to each other, 10 our child'en, to our
Stale, the Nation and to the world,
Besotted Is/. That the Union of these
States, 1 ho products of the valor, the wisdom,
the prudent and harmonizing spirit, of our
fathers has beer, productive ol incalculable
blessings to us as a people, and demands our
highest efforts to preserve and hand it down
to posterity.
Retkvedini, That the interests of each
les- on a presentment or indictment of a grand and every section are inseparably connected
and to petition the government for a redress
of grievances.
ART. -. A well regulated militia being ne-cessary
to tho security of a freo state, the
right ol the people to keep and bear arms
shall not be infringed.
ART. •!. No soldier shall, in time of peace,
be qua tor d in any house without the onsent
ofthe owner; nor in time of war but in a man-ner
to be prescribed by law.
As r. i The right ot the people to be secure
in their pi rsons, bouses, papers, and effects,
against an easonabta searches and seizures,
sinill not be violated ; and no warrants shall
ssue but upon probable cause, supported by
oatb or affirmation, and particularly describ
ing the place to be searched, and the persons
or things 0 be seized.
AKT. 5. No person shalll bo hold to answer
for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, un-
Al.KBEO HARORAVK, I a C.P.Lowa, 'JSecreti.n
jury, except in cases arising in the land or
nav il lorces, or in the militia when in actual
service in time of wai or public danger; ror
shall any person be subject tor tho same of-fern
e to be put twice in jeopardy of life or
limb; nor shall bo compelled, in any crimin-with
those of all the rest, and what, is in any-way
it iurious to the ono will be disastrous
toothers.
Resolved 3rd, That no section or State ought
to separate itself from tho Confederacy, and
thus expose the whole to the hazards olCivil
al Case, to be witness against himself; now be war and social and commercial ruin, without
de] rived ol life, liberty,or property without
due process of law ; nor shall private property
bo taken lor public use without just compen-sation.
ART. I>. In all criminal prosecutions the ac-cused
shall enjoy the right to a speedy and
public trial, by an impartial jury ofthe -•; te
and district wherein the crime shall have been
commuted, which district shall have been
previously ascertained by law, and to bo in-tormed
of the nature and cause ofthe accusa-tion
: lo bo confronted with the witnesses
first using every honorable means to obtain
a redress of our grievances; first, through the
Constitutional methods already provided;
secondly, it those prove insufficient by an ef-fort
to obtain additional Constitutional guar-antees,
and then secession and revolution
should only be the last resort.
Resolved 4th, That a period ha> arrived in
our history as a nation, when the security of
our instittions and the perco and prosperity
of the whole people require additional ''.in-stitutional
provisions, which sbali settle tho
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lion. F. W. Pltken
This gentleman, who has been
years as Minister to Russia, ha -
his native State, South t'arolin , .
evening of the .".Oth uf last month
ed a violent disunion speech a-' 1
The representative of thirty -ol. j
dwindled to the dimensions ol an
ing ono State to secede without
How would a flag bearing 1 n
ceived in tho waters of Russia
power in Europe won d n -peci ii
dream of Mr. Pickous's life .s
realized. Twenty-seven years li
mined, with Dufl Green, that ;h u- was
auostion which would unito ti Js.iir.i
dissolve the Union, and th r. ..a , tbi
tion of slavery. He lahoret) w
houn to broak down Gen. S'cu
Democratic party, but laileo
however, went on, and Mr. Vai
it; and now Mr. Pickens rotur
sia, Where ho had consideration .
not been.use no was a Si 11th '%
becauso ne represented the
tho earth, and lakes steps Tsiroythi'
Republic and tooverwhs 01 with aguish 1
friends of free institutions in all lands. II. I
tcr that ho had frozen lo Russian ban U I
returned to engage in such a wajrk — ft
Standard.
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No small degree of indignati .11 itnatui
felt that the President ol tiu a ted
has allowed the South Crolinadm... -
to bully him with a demand hkl Maj. Ai
son should be sent back to V rl Uoultr •
naun oftheir displeasure and at irn i->
South Carolina. A compel . M in en in-stituted
between this conduct a *J thai li
Fillmore, some nine or ten \ u * BgO,
he quietly sent a strt n" force.<o u tame
to preserve it from an 1 1.1c .a ed alia I
South Carolina. The then I
Carolina applied to President 1 . raorc for an
explanation. "S r. ' WM the a -swi r.
President oi the I'nited States is not ret
sibfe lor his official conduct £to| ti e govt
of South Carolina" |
It is probable that Mr. Fdlnloro 1
pressed a civil war, as Mr. Buchanan n
huve done if be had seal a ptoA-' for
I tb roe mc .libs ago.— /