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THE ORIGINAL 13TH AMENDMENT This Article of Amendment, ratified in 1819 and which just "disappeared"

in 1876, added an enforceable strict penalty, i.e., inability to hold office and loss of citizenship, for violations of

the already existing constitutional prohibition in Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8 on titles of nobility and other

conflicts of citizenship interest, such as accepting emoluments of any kind for services or favors rendered or to

be rendered, and is particularly applicable today in the 21st Century as government is increasingly FOR SALE

to the highest bidder, as foreign and multinational corporations and individuals compete to line the pockets of

politicians and political parties to accommodate and purchase protection or privilege, i.e. honors, for their

special interests.

 

The "missing" 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows:

"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."

At the first reading, the meaning of this 13th Amendment (also called the "title of nobility"

Amendment) seems obscure, unimportant. The references to "nobility", "honour", "emperor",

"king", and "prince" lead us to dismiss this amendment as a petty post-revolution act of spite

directed against the British monarchy. But in our modern world of Lady Di and Prince Charles,

anti-royalist sentiments seem so archaic and quaint, that the Amendment can be ignored. Not so.

Consider some evidence of its historical significance:

  • First, "titles of nobility" were prohibited in both Article VI of the Articles of Confederation

(1777) and in Article I, Sections 9 and 10 of the Constitution of the United States (1787); * Second,

although already prohibited by the Constitution, an additional "title of nobility" amendment was

proposed in 1789, again in 1810, and according to Dodge, finally ratified in 1819.

Clearly, the founding fathers saw such a serious threat in

"titles of nobility" and "honors" that anyone receiving

them would forfeit their citizenship. Since the

government prohibited "titles of nobility" several times

over four decades, and went through the amending

process (even though "titles of nobility" were already

prohibited by the Constitution), it's obvious that the

Amendment carried much more significance for our

founding fathers than is readily apparent today.

http://www.tomdavisbooks.com/library/13thamend.html#mean13

 

https://www.nationallibertyalliance.org/files/docs/foundingdocs/13th%20Amendment.pdf