That is virtually word-for-word out of the U.S. Constitution, which reads:
"Article III. The Judicial Branch, Section 1 - Judicial powers: The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish."
This was your original assertion:
"The Confederate Constitution also mandated a supreme court. How did that work out? It basically prohibited the Confederate government from interfering with slavery but that didn't stop Davis from sending emissaries to Europe promising an end to slavery in exchange for recognition. The Confederate constitution was not something the Confederate government had much respect for."
Frankly, your assertion and followup make no sense. What is your point?
Mr. Kalamata
My point is that the Davis government and the Confederate congress ignored their constitution and refused to establish a supreme court. If they're going to ignore it in that major area, and if Davis is willing to ignore it by promising to the European countries that he would end slavery in exchange for recognition, then the fact that the constitution contained a clause against protective tariffs is meaningless. Protective tariffs were promised, the tariff passed by the Confederate congress in May 1861 contained tariffs on imported goods that protected local manufacturers, there is no reason that protective tariffs would not have continued.