The following is presented to you as a relevant and historical chapter in our history
that in essence shows that the GLOOG movement was actually born in 1777! It also
again illustrates the foresight and genius of the founding fathers.
The Original Thirteenth Amendment Prohibits Lawyers
From Serving In Government
Article 13, the Titles of Nobility and Honour Amendment (13th Amendment) is found
in all the copies of the Constitution for The United States of America printed between
1819 and 1867.
"If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any 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." 13th Amendment
The following pages were constructed by GLOOG in an effort to summarize and condense all of the relevant information pertaining to the missing 13th amendment.
There are many great sites and papers on this subject. There has been a lot of research done and evidence discovered and is available simply by googling 'the original
13th amendment.'
This WIKI page on 'The Original Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) of the
United States Constitution' was constructed and is a work in progress. There is an
existing page on WIKI titled "Titles of Nobility Amendment" that was constructed by
a lawyer and is obviously not in agreement with the GLOOG page. As is usually the
case, the lawyer suggests that any view opposing his is a misconception.
Isn't it amazing how often 'we the people' misconstrue what lawyers say and do...
Although many do, I personally have no hope that the original 13th amendment will
ever become a recognized valid amendment simply and obviously because the
lawyers control the legislature and the courts and of course will deny it's validity.
But what I do have in is this:
The spirit of the original 13th Amendment is one most Americans would emphatically support and endorse, especially in America today where just about
every move made is controlled and regulated by lawyers, judges and the
lawyer/politicians who currently hold over 85% of public offices.
The resurrection and ratification of the original 13th Amendment may be near
impossible but the resurrection and ratification of the spirit of the original
13th Amendment is easily achieved by the people who still have the power of
their vote. So simple yet so effective is this solution;
Preface: There are 2 conflicting views about the Original 13th Amendment. One is by
lawyers and the other is not. This Page is the 'Non-Lawyer' version. You can decide
who is more likely to be accurate and truthful...
Preface: There are 2 conflicting views about the Original 13th Amendment. One is
by lawyers and the other is not. This Page is the 'Non-Lawyer' version. You can
decide who is more likely to be accurate and truthful...
The The Original Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) of the United States
Constitution was enacted by Congress on May 10, 1810. It is also known as The Titles of
Nobility Amendment (TONA) The principle intent of this new 13th Amendment was to
clarify, reinforce and expand on Article 1 Sections 9 and 10 of the Constitution, also known as
the 'Nobility Clause'. United States Constitution
Those who tout the Original "Missing" 13th Amendment as the one and only legitimate 13th
Amendment, claim that it was duly and legally ratified and ripped out of the Constitution
because it banned lawyers and the descendants of the manor born (royalty and privileged
class) from serving in the government. Volumes of Internet articles written by various authors
claim their version of the 13th Amendment was ratified in 1812 or, at the latest, in 1819.
The story of this "missing" Amendment is complex and at times confusing because the
political issues and vocabulary of the American Revolution were different from our own.
However, there are essentially three issues:
1) What is the Original 13th Amendment and what does it mean.
2) What happened to it and why.
3) What is the significance and future role of this 'Missing' Amendment
Contents
• 1 Historical Background
• 1.1 The New 13th Amendment
• 1.2 Ratification
• 1.2.1 Success or Failure: Accidental, Intentional or Criminal
• 1.2.2 The Aftermath
• 2 Significance
• 2.1 Lawyers, Judges and Politicians
• 2.2 Special Interests
• 3 The Future
• 4 Summary
• 5 References
• 6 External links
• 7 References
Historical Background
To understand the meaning of this "missing" 13th Amendment, we must understand its
historical context -- the era surrounding the American Revolution.
When the Constitution was penned, most of the Founding Fathers intended to create a nation
of equals. There were two groups or parties; The Federalists and the Anti-Federalsits, known
as the Republicans.
When the American people began to criticize the aristocratic arrogance of President John
Adams in 1797, the Federalists in Congress enacted the Aliens and Sedition Act of 1798 which
made it a crime for any citizen to criticize the Chief Executive. Ten US citizens were charged
under the Alien and Sedition Act of 1798. All were found guilty by the US Supreme Court
which tried them (giving them no right to appeal), had their property seized and were each
imprisoned for four months.
The New 13th Amendment
As the Federalists lost favor with the voters between 1804 and 1810 Congress responded to
Adam's 1797 aristocratic arrogance. So in may of 1810, Senator Reed proposed another "Title
of Nobility" Amendment (History of Congress, Proceedings of the Senate, p. 529-530). On
April 27, 1810, the Senate voted to pass this 13th Amendment by a vote of 26 to 1; the
House resolved in the affirmative 87 to 3; and the following resolve was sent to the States for
ratification:
"If any citizen of the United States shall Accept, claim, receive or retain any 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."
Ratification
Those who tout the original 13th Amendment as the one and only legitimate 13th
Amendment claim that it was duly and legally ratified and ripped out of the Constitution
because it banned lawyers and the descendants of the manor born from serving in Congress.
Volumes of Internet articles written the various authors claim their version of the 13th
Amendment was ratified in 1812 or, at the latest, in 1819. While there is evidence that there
was an attempt to ratify it in 1811, it was not ratified that year. Keep in mind there was no
time limit on passage. It could be ratified today if enough States voted to do so. (A
constitutional amendment on congressional pay was proposed as the 11th Amendment on
Sept. 25, 1789. Seventy-four thousand and three days later, on May 2, 1992, the States
ratified that resolution as the 27th Amendment.)
To be ratified, three-fourths of the States in existence at the time of the ratification need to
vote in favor of ratification. Advocates of the legitimacy of the Nobility Title amendment claim
it was ratified in 1810. However, in 1810 there were 17 States. Thirteen needed to ratify the
proposed amendment. Only 10 had by 1812 when war broke out. In 1812 there were 18
States. Fourteen were needed to ratify the treaty. Only 12 States ratified it.
Maryland,
Kentucky,
Ohio,
Delaware,
Pennsylvania,
New Jersey,
Vermont,
Tennessee,
Georgia,
North Carolina,
Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
25,
31,
31,
2,
6,
13,
24,
21,
13,
23,
1810
1811
1811
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1811
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1811
1811
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1811
Massachusetts,
New Hampshire,
Feb. 27, 1812
Dec. 10, 1812
Before a thirteenth state could ratify, the War of 1812 broke out with England. By the time
the war ended in 1814, the British had burned the Capitol, the Library of Congress, and most
of the records of the first 38 years of government. Whether there was a connection between
the proposed "title of nobility" amendment and the War of 1812 is not known. However, the
momentum to ratify the proposed Amendment was lost in the tumult of war.
Then, four years later, on December 31, 1817, the House of Representatives resolved that
President Monroe inquire into the status of this Amendment. In a letter dated February 6,
1818, President Monroe reported to the House that the Secretary of State Adams had written
to the governors of Virginia, South Carolina and Connecticut to tell them that the proposed
Amendment had been ratified by twelve States and rejected by two (New York and Rhode
Island), and asked the governors to notify him of their legislature's position. (House
Document No. 76)
(This, and other letters written by the President and the Secretary of State during the month
of February, 1818, note only that the proposed Amendment had not yet been ratified.
However, these letters would later become crucial because, in the absence of additional
information they would be interpreted to mean the amendment was never ratified).
On February 28, 1818, Secretary of State Adams reported the rejection of the Amendment by
South Carolina. [House Doc. No. 129]. There are no further entries regarding the ratification
of the 13th Amendment in the Journals of Congress; whether Virginia ratified is neither
confirmed nor denied. Likewise, a search through the executive papers of Governor Preston
of Virginia does not reveal any correspondence from Secretary of State Adams. (However,
there is a journal entry in the Virginia House that the Governor presented the House with an
official letter and documents from Washington within a time frame that conceivably includes
receipt of Adams' letter.) Again, no evidence of ratification; none of denial.
However, on March 10, 1819, the Virginia legislature passed Act No. 280 (Virginia Archives of
Richmond, "misc.' file, p. 299 for micro-film): "Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that
there shall be published an edition of the Laws of this Commonwealth in which shall be
contained the following matters, that is to say: the Constitution of the united States and the
amendments thereto..." This act was the specific legislated instructions on what was, by law,
to be included in the re-publication (a special edition) of the Virginia Civil Code. The Virginia
Legislature had already agreed that all Acts were to go into effect on the same day -- the day
that the Act to re-publish the Civil Code was enacted. Therefore, the 13th Amendment's
official date of ratification would be the date of re-publication of the Virginia Civil Code: March
12, 1819.
Success or Failure: Accidental, Intentional or Criminal
During the War of 1812, the British army sacked the newly created District of Columbia and
burned the Capitol, the Library of Congress, and the Chief Executive's residence. Advocates
of the Nobility Title amendment insist that destroyed in those fires was the
ratification certificate of Virginia which would have legally made the Nobility Title
resolution the 13th Amendment to the Constitution— if it was received in 1812. But
the only remaining records are the Journals from the State of Virginia. These indicate that
State ratified the Nobility amendment in 1819 and at that time, there were 22 States.
Seventeen were needed to ratify the Amendment. Only 12 had done. And, although the
Nobility advocates insist their amendment had been ratified prior to that date, on Dec. 31,
1817, the House of Representatives asked President James Monroe to report on the status of
the amendment.
On Feb. 6, 1818 Monroe instructed Secretary of State John Quincy Adams to write to the
governors of Virginia, South Carolina and New York and advise them the proposed
amendment had been ratified by 12 States and rejected by New York and Rhode Island.
Adams was to ask those States for their official position on the Amendment. On Fed. 18, 1818
Adams reported back to Monroe that there were no records to validate that the amendment
had been officially ratified. (Of course it is a distinct possibility that the Virginia Journals from
1811 that recorded their ratification, were lost, or "missing", or intentionally destroyed to
squash the impact on those whose privileges the Amendment sought to extinguish.)
On March 10, 1819, the Virginia legislature passed Act 280, which codified the Nobility
amendment in the Virginia Civil Code, effective March 12, 1819. Had Virginia done this in
1811 or if they did the records were still available, when 13 States were needed to ratify the
amendment, the 13th Amendment would have legally barred lawyers from serving
in the United States government. However, in 1819 there were 22 States in the Union.
Seventeen were needed to ratify the amendment. Only 13 States ever were documented
"officially."
The Aftermath
At the time of the 'confusion' circa 1810-1820, word of Virginia's 1819 ratification spread
throughout the States and both Rhode Island and Kentucky published the new Amendment in
1822. Ohio first published in 1824. Main ordered 10,000 copies of the Constitution with the
13th Amendment to be printed for use in the schools in 1825, and again in 1831 for their
Census Edition. Indiana Revised Laws of 1831 published the 13th Article on p. 20.
Northwestern Territories published in 1833. Ohio published in 1831 and 1833. Then came the
Wisconsin Territory in 1839; Iowa Territory in 1843; Ohio again, in 1848; Kansas Statutes in
1855; and Nebraska Territory six times in a row from 1855 to 1860.
President Lincoln and other Republicans were concerned that the Emancipation Proclamation,
which in 1863 declared the freedom of slaves in ten Confederate states then in rebellion,
would be seen as a temporary war measure, since it was solely based on Lincoln's war
powers. The Proclamation did not free any slaves in the border states nor itself make slavery
illegal.
In the tumult of 1865, the original 13th Amendment was finally removed from our
Constitution. On January 31, another 13th Amendment (which prohibited slavery in Sect. 1,
and ended states' rights in Sect. 2) was proposed. On April 9, the Civil War ended with
General Lee's surrender. On April 14, President Lincoln was assassinated. On December 6, the
"new" 13th Amendment loudly prohibiting slavery (and quietly surrendering states rights to
the federal government) was ratified, replacing and effectively erasing the original 13th
Amendment that had prohibited "titles of nobility" and "honors".
Significance
Lawyers, Judges and Politicians
To create the present oligarchy (rule by lawyers)[1] which we now endure, the lawyers first
had to remove the 13th "titles of nobility" Amendment that might otherwise have kept them
in check. In fact, it was not until after the Civil War and after the disappearance of
this 13th Amendment, that American bar associations began to appear and
exercise political power.
Since the deletion of the 13th Amendment, the newly developing bar associations began
working diligently to create a system wherein lawyers took on a title of privilege and nobility
as "Esquires" and received the "honor" of offices and positions (like district attorney or judge)
that only lawyers may now hold. By virtue of these titles, honors, and special privileges,
lawyers have assumed political and economic advantages over the majority of U.S. citizens.
Through these privileges, they have nearly established a two-tiered citizenship in this nation
where a majority may vote, but only a minority (lawyers) may run for political office. This two
tiered citizenship is clearly contrary to Americans' political interests, the nation's economic
welfare, and the Constitution's egalitarian spirit.
There are 2 conflicting views about the Original 13th Amendment. One is by
lawyers and the other is not. You can decide who is more likely to be accurate and
truthful...
Special Interests
The impact of this Amendment goes far beyond removing the privileges of lawyers and
judges and allowing the government to be run by all Americans, not just the special 'lawyer
class.'
By prohibiting "honours" it denied the Federal Government from forever passing laws that
bestowed any "honours" to any special person or group. In the Era when this Amendment
was written, "honours" was defined as 'any advantage or privilege.'
This clearly reinforced the Founders purpose and the foundation upon which they sought
independence from England. "All were equal under the law." "Power is vested in the States."
The Federal government could not be in the business of passing any laws that would give
anyone a privilege that others did not receive. Not women, not children, not men, not
minorities not bankers, not farmers, not colleges, not churches, etc. etc. etc. In other words it
meant no special interest legislation and no entitlements. It would have meant that the only
laws that the Federal government could pass would have to apply equally to every man
woman and child across the country.
The results of this of course translate into a very small Federal government limited to only
those duties as defined in the Constitution. Very simple and very effective. Congress is
needed only a few months out of the year and the Federal Judiciary is even less important
with so few Federal laws needed to be adjudicated.
And of course all of this enables a virtual elimination of national debt and a drastic reduction
of all taxes in all categories.
The Future
There are three possibilities for the future of the 'Original' 13th Amendment;
1) If the recorded documents are discovered that support the original 13th Amendment's
ratification, then the the amendment was never lawfully nullified which means that it is still in
full force and effect and is the Law of the land. If public support could be awakened, this
missing Amendment might provide a legal basis to challenge many existing laws and court
decisions previously made by lawyers who were unconstitutionally elected or appointed to
their positions of power; it might even mean the removal of lawyers from our current
government system.
2) Since there is no time limit on this amendment, the ratification of the remaining 25 States
is still needed to send every lawyer in America, with amici briefs in hand, to the lawyers in the
US Supreme Court who, themselves, would be searching for any loophole to invalidate what
would then be the 28th or 29th Amendments since it would end their careers on the high
court.
3) The last possibility may be the easiest and and the most realistic. The spirit of the original
13th Amendment is one most Americans would emphatically support and endorse, especially
in America today where just about every move made is controlled and regulated by lawyers,
judges and the lawyer/politicians who currently hold over 85% of public offices.
The resurrection and ratification of the original 13th Amendment may be near impossible but
the resurrection and ratification of the spirit of the original 13th Amendment is easily
achieved by the people who still have the power of their vote. So simple yet so effective is
this solution; VOTE & GLOOG
Summary
The significance and the resolve of the Original Thirteenth Amendment can be considered
another stroke of genius by America's Founding Fathers. It's validation would secure the
vision of The Declaration of Independence and the strength of America's Foundation
constructed in The Constitution.
The purpose and effect of this 'missing' Amendment would do no less than change the
landscape of America's government and culture and secure the future of the republic. The
original 13th Amendment represents one of, if not the most important Amendments in the
history of The United States Constitution
References
•Titles of Nobility & Honor by David Dodge, Researcher and Alfred Adask,
Editor 1991
[ 1] TITLES OF NOBILITY" AND "HONOR" [ 2] MEANING of the 13th Amendment [ 3]
HISTORICAL CONTEXT [ 4] DON'T BANK ON IT [ 5] PAPER MONEY [ 6] CONSPIRACIES [ 7]
TITLES OF NOBILITY [ 8] INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION [ 9] HONOR [10] WHAT IF?
[11] PARADISE LOST [12] RATIFICATION FOUND [13] THE AMENDMENT DISAPPEARS [14]
SIGNIFICANCE OF REMOVAL [15] TO THE ARCHIVES! [16] Article XIII [17] SUMMARY [18]
STATE PUBLICATIONS [19] PUBLICATIONS [20] DEFINITIONS
•The Three 13th Amendments by Jon Christian Ryter 2009
•Titles of Nobility Amendment (TONA) - Wiki Page - Lawyer Version
External links
•GLOOG Website
•GLOOG Blog
•The Original 13th Amendment - Video Series
•Constitutional Concepts Foundation