I have never met anyone who has actually read the Confederate Constitution. Just do what you are told, put on a mask, Abraham Lincoln was a god. Just the mention of it probably makes you mad, but that’s not really a thinking position. The one provision in here you wouldn’t like says that existing slaves remain slaves. The slave trade is forbidden. The alternative, which we chose and glorify, killed almost a million souls, this seems worse to me. Massive problems result down to this day, the Civil War didn’t solve anything. And it made many things worse. The South was more moral than the North. While the South was trying to make the Constitution better the North was attacking the Constitution, and they have been doing so every day since. This was the last advance in law as far as I am concerned.
This is a mostly complete comparison, I skipped a few things that didn’t seem all that important. This is all the extra language added by the confederates. They don’t seem to have taken out much. And what they put in plays out a lot better in the long run, I believe.
Give it a read and be surprised:
God is made more clear:
“Invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God”=
No first generation voting:
“no person of foreign birth, not a citizen of the Confederate States , shall be allowed to vote for any officer, civil or poiltical, State or Federal.”
Judges could be removed:
“except that any judicial or other federal officer resident and acting solely within the limits of any State, may be impeached by a vote of two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature thereof.”
Line item veto, no thousand page bills:
“The President may approve any appropriation and disapprove, any other appropriation in the same bill. In such case he shall, in signing the bill, designate the ap propriations disapproved; and shall return a copy of such appropriations, with his objections, to the House in which the bill shall have originated; and the same proceedings shall then be had as in case of other bills disapproved by the President.”
No crony capitalism:
“but no bounties shall be granted from the treasury; nor shall any duties or taxes on importations from foreign nations be laid to promote or foster any branch of industry ; and all duties, imposts and exeises shall be uniform throughout the Confederate States:”
No federal works programs, limits the often abused ‘interstate commerce clause’:
“but neither this, nor any other clause contained in the Constitution, shall ever be construed to delegate the power to Congress to appropriate money for any internal improvement intended to facilitate commeree ; except for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons, and buoys, and other aids to navigation upon the coasts, and the. improvement of harbors and the removing of obstructions in river navigation, in all which cases, such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated thereby, as may be neccssaiy to pay the costs and expenses thereof:”
Slave Trade is banned:
“The, importation of negroes of the African race, from any foreigncountry, other than the, slave holding States or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbid-thousden; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same.”
“Congress shall also have power to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy.”
Existing slaves remain slaves:
“No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves, shall be passed.”
Interstate duties could be imposed:
“No tax or duty shall be, laid on articles exported from any State, except by a vote of two-thirds of both Houses.”
No favoring one state:
“No preference shall be, given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one, State over those of another.”
Clarifying spending:
“Congress shall appropriate, no money from the treasury except by a vote of two-thirds of both Houses, taken by yeas and nays, unless it be asked and estimated for by some one of the, heads of department, and submitted to Congress by the President;or for the purpose, of paying its own expenses and contingencies; or for the, payment of claims against the Confederate States, the justice of which shall have been judicially declared by a tribunal for the investigation of claims against the Government, which it is hereby made theduty of Congress to establish.”
Refine spending:
“All bills appropriating money shall specify, in Federal currency, the exact amount of each appropriation, and the purposes for which it is made; and Congress shall grant no extra compensation to any public contractor, officer, agent, or servant, after such contract shall have been made, or such service rendered.”
No lying bill titles, no omnibus bills:
“Every law or resolution having the force of law, shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be expressed In the title.”
Clarifying presidential power:
“The principal 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. All other civil officers of the Executive Department may be removed at any time by the President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, incapacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty; and when so removed, the removal shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor.”
Clarifying impeachment:
“but no person rejected by the Senate shall be re-appointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.”
“The Confederate States may acquire new territory; and Congress shall have power to legislate and provide governments for the inhabitants of all territory belonging to the. Confederate States, lying with out the limits of the several States ; and may permit them, at such times, and in such manner as it may by law provide, to form States to be admit ted into the Confederacy. In all such territory, the institution of negro slavery as it now exists in the Con federate States, shall be recognized and protected by Congress, and by the territorial government; and t inhabitants of the several Confederate States and Territories, shall have the right to take to such terri tory any slaves, lawfully held by them in any of the States or territories of the Confederate States.”
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