-Caveat Lector- Via http://www.lewrockwell.com/ >From http://www.freedixie.net/const/const_page.html <<Note: Some linques provided; others are embedded in the text at the site. A<>E<>R >> {{<Begin>}} The Confederate States Constitution The Confederate Constitution is undergoing a renaissance. In fact, some scholars, including constitutional historian Marshall DeRosa, even consider it a improvement in several respects over its predecessor and principal source of inspiration, the the U.S. Constitution of 1787. In honor of the Confederate Constitution, we're pleased to present what is presumably the first C.S. Constitution page, replete with a comprehensive FAQ. This is far from a complete page, but over the next few months we hope to add other resources, including essays and speeches by Confederate-era statesmen discussing the merits of the C.S. Constitution. Confederate Constitution: An Overview Who and what inspired the Confederate Constitution. How many Confederate Constitutions were there? Who had a hand in drafting the document. Was the Confederate Constitution virtually a carbon copy of the U.S. Constitution or were there some significant changes? Read this FAQ and find out for yourself. If you don't have time to read the FAQ, check out this short essay on the Confederate Constitution. http://www.freedixie.net/const/confed.html To understand the Confederate Constitution, one should have a firm grasp of states rights theory. So, if your understanding of states rights is a little rusty, read our States Rights FAQ. http://www.freedixie.net/const/rights.html We've also added complete texts of the Provisional and Permanent Confederate Constitutions as well as the first clause-by-clause comparison of the U.S. and C.S. Constitutions available on-line. http://www.freedixie.net/const/proviscon.html http://www.freedixie.net/const/permcon.html Preamble and Article I http://www.freedixie.net/const/compare.html Article II http://www.freedixie.net/const/compare2.html Article III http://www.freedixie.net/const/compare3.html Article IV http://www.freedixie.net/const/compare4.html Article V http://www.freedixie.net/const/compare5.html Article VI http://www.freedixie.net/const/compare6.html Article VII http://www.freedixie.net/const/compare7.html What They Said About The C.S. Constitution Like their 18th century predecessors, the men who drafted the Confederate Constitution were understandably proud of their work. Decades after the War Between the States, Alabama statesman and educator Jabez Curry argued in Chapter III of his Civil History of the Confederate Government that the Confederate States Constitution of 1861 was a vast improvement over its predecessor, the U.S. Constitution of 1787. He was not alone. Writing in A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States, former Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens described the Permanent Constitution as "a monument of the wisdom, forecast and statesmanship of the men who constituted it." 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