The legislature of South Carolina promulgates its second constitution, Articles XII, XIII, XV, XVI, XVII, XXI, XXXVIII, XL, XLI and XLIII, of which,

• Require debt-free property ownership to be eligible to sit in the legislature; also excluding non-Protestants from the legislature;

• Require debt-free property ownership to be eligible to vote for the legislature; also restricting suffrage to those of European heritage;

• Requiring reapportionment of legislative districts according to property values and population of European descent;

• Requires that all appropriations legislation originate in the House of Representatives, and the Senate may only concur or reject, not amend;

• Prohibits a defeated bill from being reintroduced during the current legislative session;

• Prohibits ministers of any religious faith from serving at any level of government;

• Requires that punishments fit the crime;

• Promises due process to all freemen;

• Requires “That the liberty of the press be inviolably preserved.”; and