US Constitution is "Missing in Action" since 1861
The
“Constitution of the United States” has not been in effect since April
12, 1861. That is a fact.
By R.E. Sutherland
Published in The Edgefield SC Advertiser March
2002
When the Civil War was declared in
1861, President Lincoln began the
horrific invasion of the South against all
constitutional privileges to withdraw from the Federation. This fact is fully
documented and explained by a Canadian author, Charles Adams, who wrote
the book, When in the Course of Human Events.
Let us be very clear – the Civil War was fought
for States’ Rights and against Northern levied unfair tariffs. Karl
Marx, communist and author of "The Communist Manifesto" wrote, "North and the
South is a tariff war. The war is further, not for any principle, does not
touch the question of slavery, and in fact turns on the Northern lust
for sovereignty."
What happened to the Constitution in 1861? The
first action taken by Lincoln and his henchmen was to throw editors
into jail if they dared to disagree with his tactics, thereby creating his
own propaganda machine.
This same machine is in effect today via our
school textbooks, the press and media, the public school teachers, and all
other federal agencies.
Adams says, "Lincoln was not interested in having
Congress take up the issues raised about secession and the Fort Sumter
affair. By the time Congress convened, he had the army fully
mobilized and had plans to invade the South. Public discussion, free speech, and a
free press were strangled by Lincoln. He became master of the lives of men
captured from the Confederacy, and he was fully prepared to hang
them, especially those seized on Confederate ships – they were pirates
under the law as he saw it. Lincoln was thus an imperial magistrate, with
full despotic powers, and his rightful master, the Congress, was not
allowed to say anything or decide the issues."
Lincoln suspended the right of habeas corpus
which was one of the most important developments in law begun by the Magna
Carta. A British journalist wrote about Lincoln’s rise to dictator
by saying, "There is no
Parliamentary [congressional] authority whatever
for what has been done. It has been done simply on Mr. Lincoln’s fiat. At
his simple bidding, acting by no authority but his own pleasure, in
plain defiance of the
provisions of the Constitution, the Habeas Corpus
Act has been suspended, the press muzzled, and judges prevented by armed
men from enforcing on the citizens’ behalf the laws to which they and the
President alike have sworn."
Adams wrote, "The Supreme Court made a valiant
effort to check this reign of tyranny. In the case of Ex Parte Merryman
(1861), a citizen of Maryland, John Merryman was arrested at night in
his home and imprisoned at Fort McHenry under the orders of General
George Cadwallader, commander of the fort. From his military prison, Merryman
petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus to Chief Justice Robert B. Taney,
whose circuit included Maryland. Taney granted the writ and set a date
for a hearing, but neither the general nor Merryman showed up. Instead, the
general sent a letter to the Chief Justice explaining his actions and
citing the decree of President Lincoln suspending the writ, which
meant that Merryman could languish in prison forever, if the general so
decided, with no right to a trial or an inquiry into whatever charges the
general decided to make."
Adams records, "In response to the general’s
letter, Chief Justice Taney ordered federal marshal Washington Bonifant to
bring the general before
the court on the next day along with the
prisoner. Bonifant went to Fort
McHenry, but the soldiers refused to admit him. The marshal had legal
authority to summon a posse to arrest General
Cadwallader and bring him into court, but this would have produced an armed
conflict and bloodshed.
Taney had no other recourse but to write his
opinion and send a copy to President Lincoln who ignored the writ; Merryman
remained in prison.
". . . Taney wrote a blistering opinion, today a
great classic in constitutional law, holding that the arrest was
unlawful and violated the Constitution and that only Congress can suspend
the writ of habeas corpus.
If Lincoln’s actions were allowed to stand, said
the Chief Justice, then ‘the people of the United States are no longer
living under a Government of laws, but every citizen holds life, liberty
and property at the will
and pleasure of the army officer in whose
military district he may happen to be found.’
"Lincoln not only ignored the Supreme Court’s
ruling, he then wrote out a standing order for the arrest of the Chief
Justice, who was then in his eighties. The arrest was never made. But one
wonders how Lincoln, who
justified the war on the South because of his
duty to enforce the law, could in good conscience turn around and flout
the Supreme Court and its court orders and rulings on the Constitution,
which he was bound to obey. . . Taney’s opinion irritated Lincoln, especially
when the Chief Justice had a copy served on the president."
The end of the Civil War did not restore the Constitution of the United
States. The Northern congressional leaders insisted that the Southern
states had been captured, and therefore should be
treated accordingly. One outstanding example of this activity happened in
North Carolina. The elected Governor of North Carolina was removed
from his position and a
Northern-selected general was set into that
position. A leading expert for this event is John Ainsworth who resides in North
Carolina and is trying to educate the state’s citizens about who is
actually in charge of their
state government.
The Reconstruction Acts were exactly what they
are called. They permanently removed the constitutional rights of
the Southern states.*
When cases concerning constitutional issues are
presented to the state and federal supreme courts, there appears to be a
smoke-and-mirrors game. The
citizen states what is written in the
constitution, the justices agree. "Yes, it does say that." Then the justices go
about making up whatever law they want to obey. They are not bound to the
Constitution of the United
States because it is not in force. The same thing is happening with
state constitutions.
Herein lies the future for the United States of America. Our elected officials are not tethered to the constitutional
precepts that everyone assumes are in effect. There is no constitutional
law. At this point in
history, the Constitution of the United States
has been missing in action
since April 12, 1861.
–
jimbec@aol.com
* Ed: Permanent, Reb? But before
we get to Nelson Waller’s comments on
that school of thought, let us wish you success
in this fall’s contest for
the North Carolina
governorship! Here’s Nelson:
From:
nwaller@carol.net
On this matter of the South having
"lost" . . . Folks, I beg you to
remember to put our cause and our record in the
most positive light at all times. This is not hype or P.R., much less
dishonesty; it’s the first sign
of mental health. Personally, I don’t necessarily
think it’s even true that the South lost. An unjust law is null and
void ab initio. Does an illegitimate "victory" indeed stand – especially
as its facade of respectability unravels day by day, hour by hour?
A letter [that] made the rounds last week . . . was roundly applauded
despite its having (in my opinion) mostly said, "Yes, we lost, we lost, we
lost, and we all know it, and it’s pitiful, and we wish the liberal PeeCees
would please allow us occasional enjoyment of our C-flag and other
shopworn cultural tokens."
Folks, these people are wild animals that want to
eat us for dinner. They understand one thing only – raw political power –
and just spit at our attempts at negotiation and diplomacy and
’umbleness. You don’t tame a lion by sticking your head in his mouth, you do
it with whips and gunshots or you are, as they say in the vulgar tongue,
dead meat.
These are the very simple facts of the case. You
who think sticking your head in the beast’s mouth will work if you give
it one more try, don’t
expect me to stand near.
It’s been good to know you. |><| ><>
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BEWARE the CONstitutional Militias, the ones that
are Constitutional in name only, and NOT true to the original intent of
the document's founders. Many so-called Constitutional Militias are
actually pro-ZOG, pro-race mixing dim wits. On the other hand there are
others that are simply bewildered and confused. Many of them will come
over to the right side of the race issues once the Mestizos, Negroids,
and Mulattos show their true Colors.
Beware of "Mud Militias", the Militias that recruit members of all races, creeds & religions. However take note that many "Mud Militias" tout racial harmony and tolerance yet are composed totally of White people. Once the Negroids and Mestizos begin to rape and pillage on a massive scale a lot of these good ole boys will begin to see the truth of the situation ZOG has but the White Aryan Race in and come over to the right side of the fight!
Those so-called Constitutional
Militias that consider the current US Federal government to be
legitimate and tout loyalty to it will either be co-opted by ZOG and the
NWO or they will wake up and rebel against the criminal fraud that call
itself the US Federal government. ZOG will assault all who do not bow
down and worship the Federal government of the United States of America.
Some Militias will cave in to the pressure and become Tory Loyalist and
Police State Auxiliaries. The SGAUS Militias are an example of this,
none the less such Militias
will at least fight the Red Chinese, the Mexican and Latin American
Armies and Russians that will invade America some day; so SGAUS is not
totally worthless. None the less
we cannot truly trust or ally with
these 'Tory Loyalist Militias', they are part of the Police State.
These "American PAYtriots" will NOT take a real
true stand against ZOG. True American Patriots are Rebels against ZOG
and it's US Federal Government. Standing in defiance arrayed against ZOG
are the Confederate Rebel Militias, Ku Klux Klan Militias, Christian
Identity Separatists Militias, all White Supremacists Militias, all
White Separatists Militias & Neo-Nazi Militias; these Militias are all
co-belligerents against a common enemy - the Zionist Occupation
Government, also known as The New World Order.
AMERICAN REFORMATION MINISTRIES /
KELTIC KLAN KIRK
PASTOR JOE JOHNSON
P.O. B0X 1166
MALVERN, ARKANSAS 72104