THE AMENDMENT "DISAPPEARS"
In 1829, the following note appears on p. 23, Vol. 1 of the New York Revised Statutes:
"In the edition of the Laws of the U.S. before referred to, there is an amendment printed as article 13, prohibiting citizens from accepting titles of nobility or honor, or presents, offices, etc., from foreign nations. But, by a message of the president of the United States of the 4th of February, 1818, in answer to a resolution of the house of representatives, it appears that this amendment had been ratified by only 12 states, and therefore had not been adopted. See Vol. I of the printed papers of the 1st session of the 15th congress, No. 76."
In 1854, a similar note appeared in the Oregon Statutes. Both notes refer to the Laws of the United States, Vol. I, 1st session, p. 73 (or 74).
This was the reference to the "letters" or "messages" mentioned earlier, which occurred before the Virginia March 12, 1819 Amendment publication event.....
New York had strong British sentiments prior to the War of 1812, so it would be expected to be one of the two states that would vote against the 13th Amendment. Why enact a statute eleven years after It even passed a statute, or even think it necessary to, which would try to disclaim an Amendment that allegedly had never passed in the first place, even in some controversial sense, for if the Amendment had never passed as the state of New York claimed, the letter (or "message") by President James Monroe would scarcely have been an issue worth mentioning in a law! You will note that, President John Quincy Adams, obviously utilizing his political muscle through New York State, did not release any information about a presidential message being issue after March 12, 1819.
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Nevertheless, both statutes, the New York statute and the Oregon statute each referred to the existence of this law referred to as Laws of the United States, Vol. I, 1st session, p. 73 (or 74) (or 76). It is clear, however, that the 13th Amendment was NOT published in the Laws of the United States, 1st Volume, by accident, or as part of a plot to discredit the Amendment later by making it appear that only twelve States had ratified (what would be the point if it weren't truly Ratified to begin with?). . . . . (this would be a ludicrous assumption).
There were two (2) official witnesses (states) who officially recognized this "Law's" existence! However, the Law of the United States, Vol. 1, carrying the Amendment, was apparently just "covered-up." The fact is, the Law Library of the Library of Congress has no record of the Law's existence!?? With two (2) states testifying of the law's existence, even though negatively, as though trying to discredit the Amendment, the law's current condition of apparent nonexistence smacks of a cover-up as early as 1854 or 1829. The Law certainly must have actually existed, in truth, at one time. Note also that a statute passed by a state does not have the legal effect of overturning or nullifying a U.S. Law, much less a Constitutional Amendment lawfully passed.
However, the authors reported no further references to the 13th Amendment beyond the Presidential letter of February, 1818; they assumed or proposed that the ratification process had ended in failure at that time. If so, they neglected (on purpose) to seek information on the Amendment after 1818, or at the state level, and therefore "missed" the evidence of Virginia's ratification. Their opinions -- assuming that the Presidential letter of February, 1818, was the last word on the Amendment -- has persisted in their states, to this day.
In 1849, Virginia decided to revise the 1819 Civil Code of Virginia for , which had contained this 13th Amendment39 years. One of the code's revisers, a Virginia lawyer named Patton wrote to the Secretary of the Navy, William B. Preston, asking if this 13th Amendment had been ratified by mistake. Preston then wrote to J.M. Clayton, the Secretary of State, who replied that the Amendment was not ratified by a sufficient number of States. The opinion of Clayton was based upon the information that Secretary of State, Esquire John Quincy Adams had provided the House of Representatives in 1818 -- before Virginia's ratification in 1819. Clayton also had no "certificate of ratification" in his immediate possession. The Congressional Research Service merely repeats Clayton's opinion. Despite it, the Amendment continued to be published in various states and territories for at least another eleven years. The last known publication was in the Nebraska territory in 1860.
...regardless of what others in other states might be saying, want to say, or were doing in regard to the 13th Amendment issue, the fact remains that while it was a public law in Virginia, such a law would have prevented any form of bar association, or any other acts of "honors" from taking place therein....
Bear in mind also that in 1849 the ever-continuing conspiracy (for it never really ceased) by England, by the Bank of England, and by their wicked American conspiratorial counterparts, who hated the idea that "the people" as Abraham Lincoln was to thereafter refer to in his Gettysburg speech, had so much power against corrupt government, was beginning to rise again, ever stronger than before, for the elements of the wicked power of the bar had "too long been suppressed" by this "hated Amendment," hated by all attorneys who lusted after power, and were consumed by greediness after lucre. This would set the stage later for the advent of the terrible, power-mad "American Bar Association's" creation.
Once again, the 13th Amendment was caught in the riptides of American politics. South Carolina seceded from the Union in December of 1860, signaling the onset of the Civil War. In March, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated. Later in 1861, another proposed amendment, also now claimed as "number thirteen" was signed by President Lincoln. This was the only proposed amendment that was ever signed by a president. That resolve to amend read:
"ARTICLE THIRTEEN, No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the law of said State."
In other words, President Lincoln had signed a resolve that would have permitted slavery, and upheld states' rights. Only one State, Illinois, ratified this proposed amendment before the Civil War started in 1861.... Why?
In the tumult of 1865, the original and true 13th Amendment was finally "removed" (by cover up) from our Constitution. On January 31st, 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 enslaving the States to the federal government was ratified, "replacing" and effectively "erasing" the original and true 13th Amendment. ...