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	Confederate States of America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Constitution specifically did not include a provision allowing states to secede, since the southerners considered this to be a right intrinsic to a sovereign state which the United States Constitution had not required them to renounce, and thus including it as such would have weakened their original argument for secession.
		The Confederate military leadership was almost entirely composed of veterans from the United States Army and U.S. Navy who had resigned their federal commissions and had been appointed to senior positions in the Confederate armed forces.
		The Confederate officer corps was composed mostly of southern gentry, and the Confederacy appointed junior and field grade officers by election from the enlisted ranks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Confederate_States_of_America (2657 words)

	Constitution of the Confederate States of America - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
		The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is presented for comparison purposes.
		The Senate of the Confederate States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen for six years by the Legislature thereof, at the regular session next immediately preceding the commencement of the term of service; and each Senator shall have one vote.
		The Confederate States shall guarantee to every State that now is, or hereafter may become, a member of this Confederacy, a 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 in session) against domestic violence.
	www.usconstitution.net /csa.html (3616 words)

	Encyclopedia: Confederate States Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States of America was an interim constitution adopted by the Confederacy and in force from February 8, 1861 to March 11, 1861.
		Page I of the Constitution of the United States of America Page II of the United States Constitution Page III of the United States Constitution Page IV of the United States Constitution The Syng inkstand, with which the Constitution was signed The Constitution of the United States is the supreme...
		Confederate officials serving within a state could be impeached by the legislature of that state, as well as by the Confederate Congress.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Confederate-States-Constitution (1694 words)

	CSA Constitution
		The Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States Constitution was nearly identical to the United States Constitution.
		This Constitution, and the laws of the {United} [Confederate] States which shall be made in pursuance thereof.
		The powers not delegated to the {United} [Confederate] States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people [thereof].
	sunsite.utk.edu /civil-war/csaconst.htm (2614 words)

	USA: Constitution of the Confederate States
		The importation of negroes of the African race from any foreign country other than the slaveholding States or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same.
		The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
		Adopted unanimously by the Congress of the Confederate States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, sitting in convention at the capitol, in the city of Montgomery, Ala., on the eleventh day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/D/1851-1875/constitution/css.htm (3226 words)

	The Confederate Constitution [Free Republic]
		In broad outline, the Confederate Constitution is an amended U.S. Constitution.
		One grave weakness in the U.S. Constitution is the "general welfare" clause, which the Confederate Constitution eliminated.
		The Confederate Constitution also eliminated omnibus spending bills by requiring all legislation to “relate to but one subject," which had to be "expressed in the title." There would be no "Christmas-tree" appropriations bills or hidden expenditures.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b42a822668d.htm (1576 words)

	New Confederacy - Provisional Government site of the Confederate States of America under the proposed New Confederate ...
		One is that many Southrons know that the Confederate States of America under the Constitution of 1861 was illegally conquered and occupied, and in law, legally is still a nation in occupation.
		The Confederate States Constitution of 1861 makes clear that the old Confederacy was an attempt to continue the limited American government of the founders of a voluntary union of states.
		In the 1861 Confederate Constitution, these articles are part of the body of the document and not separate articles, and the NCC follows the model set forth by the 1861 Constitution.
	www.newconfederacy.com (1230 words)

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		Section I. (I) The judicial power of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish.
		Adopted unanimously by the Congress of the Confederate States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, sitting in convention at the capitol, m the city of Montgomery, Ala., on the eleventh day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
		The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is kittyware (R).
	www.constitution.org /cons/csa.txt (3278 words)

	The Confederate Constitution [Free Republic]
		Yes it's true the Confederate Constitution made owning a slave a right, but it did not forbid new states from being added to the Confederacy if they were free states...
		The plain language of the Confederate Constitution is crystal clear in its sanction of slavery.
		Madison, in addition to being a primary author of the Constitution, provides here an answer based on the obvious common sense reading of the text(based not on a appeal to his own authority, but on the simple reality of the matter; remember, he was writing as "Publius").
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b42ac1669dc.htm (9313 words)

	Confederate Constitution
		No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and be a citizen of the Confederate States; and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of the State for which he shall be chosen.
		Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit, under the Confederate States; but the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment according to law.
		The Confederate States shall guaranty to every State that now is or hereafter may become a member of this Confederacy, a 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 in session) against domestic violence.
	www.maitreg.com /politics/documents/confederate.asp (3138 words)

	Confederate Constitution
		(11) No title of nobility shall be granted by the Confederate States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
		(5) The enumeration, in the Constitution, of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people of the several States.
		(2) When five States shall have ratified this Constitution, in the manner before specified, the Congress under the Provisional 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 inaugurating the President.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/Confederate_Constitution.htm (3286 words)

	The Confederate States Constitution
		In framing the Constitution of the Confederate States, the authors adopted, with numerous elisions and additions, the language of the Constitution of the United States, and followed the same order of arrangement of articles and sections.
		The Senate of the [United] Confederate States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years, at the regular session next immediately preceding the commencement of the term of service; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
		The powers not delegated to the [United] Confederate States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
	www.civilwarhome.com /csconstitution.htm (3183 words)

	Confederate Constitution
		They quickly adopted a provisional Constitution, and in less than a month, devised and approved a permanent Constitution, which was adopted March 11, 1861.
		This manuscript was part of a wagon load of boxes rescued from the railroad station in Chester, S.C. in April of 1865 by Felix G. DeFontaine, a newspaper correspondent during the war.
		The boxes, which had been abandoned by fleeing troops, contained the records of the Confederate government, which were being sent south after the evacuation of Richmond.
	www.libs.uga.edu /hargrett/selections/confed/const.html (250 words)

	Constitution of the Confederate States of America
		(1) The Senate of the Confederate States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen for six years by the Legislature thereof, at the regular session next immediately preceding the commencement of the term of service; and each Senator shall have one vote.
		(1) The President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the Confederate States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
		(1) The judicial power of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish.
	www.constitution.org /csa/csa_cons.htm (3196 words)

	Confederate States Constitution Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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	www.somethingpersonal.com /encyclopedia/Confederate_States_Constitution (886 words)

	Confederate Constitution- 1861
		But Congress may, by law, grant to the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments a seat upon the floor of either House, with the privilege of discussing any measures appertaining to his department.
		SECTIO N I. The executive power shall be vested in a President of the Confederate States of America.
		The powers not delegated to the Confederate States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are- reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people thereof.
	www.multied.com /Documents/Confederate.html (1128 words)

	The Avalon Project : Constitution of the Confederate States; March 11, 1861
		The Avalon Project : Constitution of the Confederate States; March 11, 1861
		Section I. All legislative powers herein delegated shall be vested in a Congress of the Confederate States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
		ARTICLE II Section I. (I) The executive power shall be vested in a President of the Confederate States of America.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/csa/csa.htm (3108 words)

	The Confederate Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The new Confederate Constitution would be patterned after the United States Constitution, changed only in those clauses where any hint of weakness or limitation was determined.
		The first hint that the United States Constitution would stand as a model for the new Confederate States Constitution is evident in the first three words of that great new document,
		Anyone (even foreign born) who was a citizen of the Confederate States of America at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, was eligible.
	www.rain.org /~karpeles/confconstdis.html (393 words)

	CSAnet: Confederate Constitution - Article II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He and the Vice-President shall hold their offices for the term of six years; but the President shall not be re-eligible.
		And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President, whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of death, or other constitutional disability of the President.
		The principle officer in each of the Executive Departments, and all persons connected with the diplomatic service, may be removed from office at the pleasure of the President.
	www.pointsouth.com /csanet/constitution/csa-art2.htm (473 words)

	ipedia.com: Confederate States Constitution Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Confederate States Constitution was signed on March 11, 1861.
		It is the document that set out the framework of government for the Confederate States of America.
		The constitution forbids the pratice of importing slaves from outside the Confederacy, but explicity states slavery as a right in the following key amendment:
	www.ipedia.com /confederate_states_constitution.html (350 words)

	Ga. Constitution Web Page Table of Contents
		Constitution of 1983 (as ratified without subsequent amendments)
		Constitution of 1976 (as ratified without subsequent amendments)
		Constitution of 1945 (as ratified without subsequent amendments)
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/gacontoc.htm (118 words)

	The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
		In August 2005, the Not in the Constitution page was listed on Digg and it became a featured link on dozens of blogs.
		The show was focusing on a new law slipped into a 2004 spending bill that requires all federal employees and students in schools that get federal funds to get training on the Constitution on Constitution Day (September 17).
		The Vermont Constitution Page is rated as "Noteworthy" by Britannica
	www.usconstitution.net (720 words)

	The Civil War and Slavery: Why Confederate Revisionism is Dead Wrong: Geekery Today 2001/05/28 :: Rad Geek People's ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Richard Shedenhelm wrote a good, brief article using the Confederate Constitution to help refute revisionist claims that Southern secession was about "state's rights," Northern tariffs, or what have you.
		You can use the form on this web page to send a note with the URL to the full article.
		I thought this article from Geekery Today might interest you: Richard Shedenhelm wrote a good, brief article using the Confederate Constitution to help refute revisionist claims that Southern secession was about "state's rights," Northern...
	radgeek.com /gt/2001/05/28/the_civil (394 words)

	A Ludwig von Mises Institute Article on The Confederate Constitution - Gold & Silver Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A Ludwig von Mises Institute Article on The Confederate Constitution - Gold & Silver Forum
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		A Ludwig von Mises Institute Article on The Confederate Constitution
	www.goldismoney.info /forums/showthread.php?t=3357 (999 words)

	The Constitution of the Confederate States of America
		Washington, D.C. Constitution of the Confederate States of America
		(1) Treason against the Confederate States shall consist only in levying war against.
		Battle Reports from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies written by the Commanding Generals
	www.civil-war.net /pages/confederate_constitution.asp (3301 words)

	Drafting the Confederate Constitution
		Drafting the Confederate Constitution reading comprehension (sample is shown below)
		Three states could call a convention to amend the Constitution.
		The delegates wanted to be sure that the Congress could not end slave trading.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_34_25.html (842 words)

	OPTIONS: THE FEDERAL AND THE CONFEDERATE CONSTITUTION
		The Federal and the Confederate Constitutions, for use of Government Officers, and for the People.
		Price, postage included, ten cents a single copy, or one dollar a dozen.
		Cover title: The Constitution of the United States; also, a document entitled "The Constitution of the Confederate States," arranged in parallel columns.
	fax.libs.uga.edu /ccsus (102 words)

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