From the Radio Free Michigan archives ftp://141.209.3.26/pub/patriot If you have any other files you'd like to contribute, e-mail them to bj496@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu. ------------------------------------------------ Origination: Richard Ginn , transcriber. Brewster, New York, USA - Aug. 22, 1993 - CyberNews - Slug: 13th Amendment update - Aug. 22, 1993 900 words The following is an exact transcription of a research update printed by Mr. David Dodge, whose address and phone number follow. My transcription notes are [[double-square-bracketed]] and indicated as transcriber's notes. My notes have been checked by Mr. Dodge. The research has been ongoing for at least seven years since Mr. Dodge first re-discovered a mysteriously "disappeared" 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution that was apparently ratified in 1819. I have been aware of Mr. Dodge's archival research efforts for a number of years, and he has recently asked that his work be made known publicly. He is willingly publishing his address and phone/fax number so that interested persons can contact him for verification of the information contained in this news release. From: David M. Dodge, Fields Lane, Brewster, New York 10509 voice/fax no. 914-278-6452. - An update on the amendment to the United States Constitution that the attorneys "disappeared" in order to establish a claim of superiority - Titles of Nobility over the people - Article XIII - updated August 22, 1993. Article 13, ratified in 1819, reads as follows: If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive or retain and title of nobility or honour, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them. The following states and/or territories have published the Titles of Nobility [TON] amendment in their official publications as a ratified amendment to the Constitution of the United States: Colorado 1861, 1862, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1967, 1868 Connecticut 1821, 1824, 1835, 1839 Dakota 1862, 1863, 1867 Florida 1823, 1825, 1838 Georgia 1819, 1822, 1837, 1846 Illinois 1823, 1825, 1827, 1833, 1839, dis. 1845 Indiana 1824, 1831, 1838 Iowa 1839, 1842, 1843 Kansas 1855, 1861, 1862, 1868 Kentucky 1822 Louisiana 1825, 1838/1838 [two separate publications] Maine 1825, 1831 Massachusetts 1823 Michigan 1827, 1833 Mississippi 1823, 1824, 1839 Missouri 1825, 1835, 1840, 1841, 1845* Nebraska 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1873 North Carolina 1819, 1828 Northwestern Territories 1833 Ohio 1819, 1824, 1831, 1833, 1835, 1848 Pennsylvania 1818, 1824, 1831 Rhode Island 1822 Virginia 1819 (ratification by 13th State) Wyoming 1869, 1876 Totals: 24 States in 78 separate official government publications. "Pimsleur's", a checklist of legal publications, does not list many of the above volumes. [[These volumes are generally either the Civil Code or the Compiled Statutes of the respective States (ie: Civil Code of Virginia 1819). - transcriber's note.]] * This volume was published twice in 1845. The first published the TON amendment, the second was published right after Congress set the requirements for Missouri's admission as a State. The TON amendment was replaced with a notation that this amendment was printed in error in 1835. Additional publications: "The History of the World", Samuel Maunder, Harper, New York, 1850, vol. 2, p.462. Re-published by Wm. Burtis, Baltimore, 1856, vol. 2, p.462. "The Rights of an American Citizen", Benj. Oliver, Counsellor at Law, Boston, 1832, p. 89. "Laws of the United States of America", Bioren and Duane, Philadelphia & Washington, 1815, vol. 1, p.74. [See: Note] "The American Politician", M. Sears, Boston, 1842, p.27. "Constitution of the United States", C.A. Cummings, Lynn, Massachusetts, not dated, p.35. "Political Text Book Containing the Declaration of Independence", Edward Currier, Blake, Holliston, Mass. 1841, p.129. "Brief Exposition of the Constitution of the United States for the use of Common Schools", John S. Hart, A.M. (Principal of Philadelphia High School and Professor of Moral Mental and Political Science), Butler and Co., Philadelphia, 1850, p.100. "Potter's Justice", H. Potter, U.S. District Court Judge, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1828, p.404, 2nd Edition [the 1st Ed., 1816, does not have TON]. Note: The "Laws of the United States" was published by John Duane. Without doubt, Duane was aware of Virginia's plan to ratify this amendment which targeted, amongst other things, the emolument of banking and the agents of foreign banking interests, the attorneys. Currency manipulation led to the failure of numerous banks and in turn to many a personal bankruptcy, including that of Thomas Jefferson. The allegiance of attorneys** has always been with the money state, whether pharaoh, caesar, monarch or corporate monopoly. ** See: "Acts of Virginia", Feb. 20, 1812, p.143. The Court, in "Horst v. Moses", 48 Alabama 129, 142 (1872) gave the following description of a title of nobility: To confer a title of nobility, is to nominate to an order of persons to whom privileges are granted at the expense of the rest of the people. It is not necessarily hereditary, and the objection to it arises more from the privileges supposed to be attached than to the otherwise empty title or order. These components are forbidden separately in the terms "privilege", "honor", and "emoluments", as they are collectively in the term "title of nobility". The prohibition is not affected by any consideration paid or rendered for the grant. "Bouvier's Law Dictionary", 15th Edition, vol. 1 (1885) lists the due process amendments as 5 and 15 [15 was re-numbered to 14] on p.571. The prohibition of titles of nobility estops the claim of eminent domain through fictions of law. Eminent domain is the legal euphemism for expropriation, and unreasonable seizure given sanction by the targets of this amendment. [[Mr. Dodge has also included the following excerpt from - transcriber's note]] the "Congressional Record" of March 17, 1993, p.1303H: Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, we are here now in chapter 11. Members of Congress are official trustees presiding over the greatest re-organization of any bankrupt entity in world history, the U.S. Government. We are setting forth hopefully a blue-print for our future. There are some who say it is a coroner's report that will lead to our demise. The attorneys _admit_ that the collapse of every great civilization occurred after they were granted an _ex officio_ monopoly in the courts. - 0 - Note: The ramifications of this earlier 13th Amendment are serious. Mr. Dodge can answer questions about it, and as soon as he has prepared further material for publication I will forward it to the CyberNews-Publish list. I have personally seen the original 13th Amendment in an 1819 Virginia Civil Code, and read the cited passages in "Potter's Justice", both in the original books in the law library at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. I have personally seen photocopies of many of the works cited by Mr. Dodge and I am satisfied that this is indeed a genuine Amendment to the United States Constitution. - Richard Ginn. - 30 - ------------------------------------------------ (This file was found elsewhere on the Internet and uploaded to the Radio Free Michigan archives by the archive maintainer. 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