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The Day Our Country Was Stolen:
How the 14th Amendment [sic]
Enslaved Us All
Without a Shot Fired
by
L. C. Lyon
Most Americans would agree that we, as a people, are treated
by our public servants -- the judges, politicians, law
enforcement and bureaucrats who are paid their salaries by our
taxes -- as if we were in complete bondage to them. When we joke
about being slaves to the Government, we don't realize that we
are exactly correct, joke or not. In fact, all those 99% of
Americans who call themselves "U.S. citizens" are actually
subjects of the corporate United States Government -- not the
sovereign states of the Union. The moment you uttered your first
cry on American soil, you became the chattel property of the
corporation known as the United States of America which, because
of the federal debt, handed title (Birth Certificate) to your
body and soul to the Federal Reserve Bank, to be held in the
archives of the Department of Health and Human Services.
As incredible as this sounds, it is sadly true. The next
question is: How did I automatically become subject to a
government, when I'm supposedly a free American? How did this
all come about, that I should be made to register myself, my
family, and all that I own; be made to obey oppressive laws;
and forfeit almost half of my earnings upon threat of jail? Only
those who are "subject" to a government can be made to do these
things. Free American Inhabitants are subject to no one but God,
and all the laws and responsibilities which that Divine
allegiance entails.
Which "United States" Do You Live In?
The answer to the above questions goes back to the American
Civil War. The war that was supposedly fought to free the slaves
from bondage actually did just the opposite -- for all Americans
then and in the future. By enacting the 14th Amendment (which
technically is an Article, not a true amendment, but that's a
topic for another discussion), a whole nation of newly freed
slaves and free-born white American Inhabitants became "citizens
of the United States", i.e. of a federal government corporation,
at the stroke of a pen and without a shot being fired.
Because we Americans are a different breed and demand the
right to personal freedom, those who had planned decades ago to
enslave us (even if it took generations to do so) knew that, as
long as we were armed and willing to fight to maintain our
freedom, the only way to accomplish this enslavement was by
deception.
To proceed further, we must understand that there are two
"United States". There is the "united States" (note the small
"u" in "united") which describes the ideological and geographical
position of the sovereign states of America. An individual was
the voluntary inhabitant of the state in which he resided. If he
did not like the laws or practices of that state, he could simply
move to another state. Each state was sovereign to itself, and
could not be forced to accept the laws and practices of any other
state.
The "United States of America", however, is the name of the
corporate entity (note the capital "U" in "United") that exists
to carry out the functions delegated to it by the States for the
protection of the Union. This corporate entity's jurisdiction is
supposed to be (according to the Constitution) confined to the
District of Columbia, the federal territories and the federal
enclaves. Enclaves are areas within a State's boundaries which
are ceded to the Federal Government by the State Legislature.
Anyone can come under the direct jurisdiction of the
corporate United States in three ways: (1) by living in one of
its territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, etc.),
(2) by living in the District of Columbia, or (3) simply by
choice. Back when America still had vast territories not-yet-
become states and several thousands of people lived in these
territories, these people had no rights protected by state
sovereignty. They lived under federal jurisdiction, which was
the reason why people living in territories were so anxious to
achieve statehood. The President could order federal troops into
any territory and enact any edicts he wanted. Once a territory
became a state, it had sovereignty and, from that point on, the
state's rights prevailed.
So, if you don't live in a territory or enclave, and you
don't live in the District of Columbia, then the only way you
could have fallen under the jurisdiction of the United States
Government is by choice. But neither I, nor anyone I know,
voluntarily or knowingly surrendered their personal sovereignty
to the Government, which means that it (our sovereignty) was
taken from us by deception.
This deception, which took place in the year 1868, is what
this article will explain -- how our ancestors were tricked and
coerced into giving up their rights (and ours!) to the
jurisdiction of the Federal Government.
Civil War Sets the Stage for Takeover
The Constitution for the United States of America specifies
in the opening paragraph that the Constitution was written for
the newly formed corporation, not for us, the People living in
America. Our rights come from God and are inalienable. They do
not come from a piece of paper. And, because the Federal
Government exists only on paper -- a man-created entity -- it can
also be dismantled anytime We the People decide it has become a
threat to our inalienable God-given rights of sovereignty.
The Constitution is the contract between those who
administer the Government's affairs and the People of the united
States. In essence, it states that the People will give the
Government certain powers necessary to administer the defense of
the States, and control the commerce into the States from foreign
countries. In exchange, the State governments (not the
individual people -- direct taxation by the Federal Government is
unconstitutional) would provide the Federal Government the money
it needs to operate. The Federal Government had limited powers;
in fact, the Bill of Rights was hotly debated at the time of its
passage because there were several people who wisely cautioned
that the Bill of Rights would eventually be construed as rights
endowed by the Constitution, not protected by it (which is
exactly what has happened).
How often do you hear patriots mistakenly vow to defend
"their Constitutional rights"? This thinking reflects the
decades of public school brainwashing to which we have all been
subjected. We need to correct each other and understand that our
rights are God-given, not constitutional.
So, how does the Civil War enter into this present-day power
struggle between the Federal Government and Us the People?
Slavery was not the true underlying reason for the war. It was
an emotional, social issue that was used as an excuse to incite
people to go to war, people who did not realize that foreign
agencies were responsible for that conflict. International
bankers, seeing the slavery issue as an opportunity not only to
divide the country, but make millions of dollars as well, fanned
the flames of debate until, under cover of the most bloody war in
the history of the world, they were to accomplish that very
objective -- the complete takeover of America. They almost
succeeded years sooner, except for the intervention of one man --
President Abraham Lincoln.
"Honest Abe" Knew the Truth
President Lincoln was against slavery, but he understood
that it was wrong to force the southern States to give up slavery
-- to force Federal jurisdiction over the issue of States'
Rights. Four of the southern States were already considering the
abolition of slavery, but they couldn't just abandon it
overnight. It would take time. After all, their whole economy
was built upon slavery; a sudden disruption would bankrupt the
South. Lincoln understood this. But, it wasn't until Lincoln
got into office that he began to see the whole picture. He
learned that the war was begun by the International Bankers as a
means of dividing the country in two, forcing both sides to
borrow heavily from the Bankers to pay war debts. Then, when
failing to repay those loans, the divided America would be forced
into bankruptcy. The Rothschilds and other bankers could then
simply foreclose on the corporations known as the United States
of America and the Confederate States of America. President
Lincoln knew he had to keep the nation together at all costs --
including war.