ARBITRARY POWER VS.
FREEDOM
May 29, 1998
It has
been said that
governments are the inherent enemies of the people.
Inevitably, governments seek to control. To control the people: through
agencies, bureaucracies and the police power. The main political problem
we face today is not how to prevent the police power from becoming arbitrary
and tyrannical, since it has already happened, but how to stop the tyranny
and the arbitrary use of the police power in our country.
We must realize that arbitrary
power has seldom been introduced into any country all at once. It must
be introduced by slow
degrees,
step by step, or the people would see it
approaching. The barriers and
fences of the people's liberty must be plucked
one-by-one, and some plausible pretenses must be found for removing or
deceiving, one after another, those sentries who are posted by the constitution
of a free country for warning the people of their danger. When those preparatory
steps are once made, the people will then see slavery and arbitrary power
making long strides over their land; but it will be too late to think of
preventing or avoiding the impending ruin. It is already upon us.
But
it is never too late to begin the fight to restore our freedom and abolish
the slavery of arbitrary power.
Through a constitution, the
People delegate certain authorities and responsibilities to the government.
No
one can delegate authority they do not have. Therefore, it is indisputable
truth that ALL POLITICAL POWER IS INHERENT IN THE PEOPLE. Today, when a
concerted effort is made to obliterate this point, it cannot be repeated
too often that the Constitution is a limitation on the government, not
on private individuals - that it does not prescribe the conduct of private
individuals, only the conduct of the government - that it is not a charter
for government power, but a charter of the Citizen's protection against
the government.
Today there seem to be no constitutional
restraints on government. In fact, people in the Federal Government have
been
violating the limitations of the constitution almost since
the beginning. Some major changes took place in the operation of the government
during and after the Civil War and again in 1933, when
the American
People were classified as enemies of the government and the licensing
and regulation really began. The government is no longer the servant of
the people and the watchdog of their rights, but has become a collection
of agencies and bureaucracies exercising arbitrary power over every area
of our lives.
A famous man once said:
"Power
and the law are not synonymous. In truth they are frequently in opposition
and irreconcilable. There is God's Law from which all equitable laws of
man emerge and by which men must live if they are not to die in oppression,
chaos, and despair. Divorced from God's eternal and immutable Law, established
before the founding of the suns, man's power is evil no matter the noble
words with which it is employed or the motives urged when enforcing it.
Men of good will, mindful therefore of the Law laid down by God, will oppose
governments whose rule is by men, and, if they wish to survive as a nation
they will destroy that government which attempts to adjudicate by the whim
or power of venal judges."
People in the government of
the United States have operated just as governments have operated throughout
history. Their goal always seems to be to gain more Power and Control over
the People, and more Territory. This lust for power caused these men to
perpetrate
a great fraud upon the People of Texas.
It began in the early 1800's.
The People of Texas rebelled against the unconstitutional and tyrannical
acts of the Mexican government. They tried for years to assert their lawful
rights within the framework of that government. For this they were imprisoned
and killed. Finally, they saw that they had no choice but to assert their
rights by force. Many brave men died in that battle against tyranny, but
Texas won her independence from Mexico.
In
1835, the People
of Texas formed a Provisional Government as the first step in the fight
for independence and freedom. Then, in
1836 a constitution was written
forming a permanent, "republican form of government." That government was
instituted by the
Constitution for the Republic of Texas and by
the People of Texas.
Winning the battle for independence,
though, was just the beginning of the struggle of the new nation. The new
government was heavily in debt from the war with Mexico, and this debt,
along with the lack of money to pay it and very little money to operate
on was a tremendous struggle for our early leaders.
It's no wonder that promises
from the United States fell on receptive ears, and the move was on to take
Texas into the union as a State of the United States. For nine (9) long
years men in the congress of the United States tried to bring Texas into
the union according to their constitution, but failed.
John Quincy Adams
led the battle to not allow the statehood of Texas, because he understood
that congress did not have the delegated authority to bring another nation
into that union.
In 1844 a Treaty of Annexation
was proposed to the Senate, and failed by a vote of 35 to 16. Finally,
in 1845, the so-called annexation of Texas was done by an unlawful (unconstitutional)
act of the congress of the United States. Since they could not lawfully
bring Texas into the union, they passed a
"joint resolution"
approving
the Annexation, which supposedly made Texas a State of the United States.
One of the provisions of this arrangement was that the People of Texas
could
withdraw from this agreement
at any time.
After many broken promises
and many other problems between Texas and the United States government,
the People in Texas, by popular vote, exercised their option to withdraw
from the annexation agreement. On
February 23rd, 1861 the vote was
taken and seventy five (
75) percent of the people of Texas voted
to withdraw from their association with the United States.
The vote
was 45,738 for withdrawal, and 15,072 against withdrawal.
I am convinced that the People
of Texas, at that time, did not understand their true relationship with
the United States, that they were not truly a State, but merely acting
like a State because of an unlawful agreement. It is clear in the constitutions
of Texas, and in the first laws made in Texas, that Texas totally retained
the sovereignty of her soil, and no soil was ceded to the United States.
The words "
secede" and "
secession" have been used regarding
the actions of the People of Texas in 1861. Even in the Archives of the
Texas State Library, the recorded vote was entitled
"Voting Record of
Texas counties for and against Secession." I suppose that in light
of the fact that there were States of the Union that were seceding in that
same time period, that the People of Texas looked at their action as the
same thing. But you first have to "cede the soil" to be able to "secede."
So when the vote was taken to withdraw from the arrangement, it was truly
a
withdrawal, not a "
secession," and Texas was, as a matter
of fact and law, a sovereign nation, The Republic of Texas.
In 1865, Texas became a
captured
Nation of War, after the Civil War. The U.S. Military forces came in
and governed the Nation of Texas. It was called "Re-construction." On March
30, 1870, by special act of the U.S. congress, they "
allowed" Texas
to be represented in Congress.
If Texas were truly a State of the Union,
why would a special act, allowing their representatives, be necessary?
Many scoff at the idea that
Texas was illegally and unlawfully annexed as a State of the United States.
Even if that argument were not true, the fact remains that
Texas withdrew
from that arrangement in 1861. There has never been a record produced
showing that the People of Texas, exercising their inherent political authority,
ever voted since that time to join the United States. On the contrary,
the People of Texas were duped by fraud and deception into believing that
Texas was a State rather than a sovereign nation.
Our problem is now twofold.
As I said in the beginning,
the Federal Government is totally outside
the limits of its delegated authority, and THEY DON'T BELONG IN TEXAS
ANYWAY!!
The undeniable issue is Freedom.
What is Freedom? To some, freedom means
the opportunity to do what they
want to do; to many it means
not to do what they do not want to
do. Do we not really have freedom today? In our society, we can do
almost anything we want to do ....
as long as we have the government's
permission. You get a license to have your own business; you get a
license to travel from one place to another; you get a license just to
work in many industries; you get a license to get married; you get a license
to catch a fish!! You must even REGISTER to vote, which amounts to a license
to vote!
Is this freedom?
Here is how license is defined
in
Bouvier's Law Dictionary in the mid 1800's:
LICENSE, contracts. A right
given by some competent authority to do an act, which without such authority
would be illegal. The instrument or writing which secures this right, is
also called a license.
How did the things we have
a natural, God given right to do come to require a license? Remember when
I mentioned 1933?
In March of 1933, the Trading with the Enemy Act of
1917 was amended to include the American People, thus making them
the enemies of the government. Now let's look at another interesting
definition from Bouvier's dictionary:
LICENSE, International law.
An authority given by one of two belligerent parties, to the citizens or
subjects of the other, to carry on a specified trade. 2. The effects of
the license are to suspend or relax the rules of war to the extent of the
authority given. It is the assumption of a state of peace to the extent
of the license...
To be an enemy, you must have
an enemy. Does that mean that
the United States Government declared
themselves to be the enemy of the people when they declared the people
to be their enemy?
OF COURSE IT DOES! How can we possibly expect
to have freedom while being regulated and licensed to death by an ENEMY?
This brings us back to my statement
about what freedom is. Either to do what you want to do, or be free not
to do what you do not want to do. What I want to do is live my life without
the Government's permission.
This does not mean that I am ANTI- GOVERNMENT,
it means that I am against UNLAWFUL, OPPRESSIVE, TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT.
This is why
we want to restore
the Sovereignty of Texas as a nation. To rid ourselves of our DECLARED
ENEMY, who is here by DECEPTION, DECEIT, FRAUD, MILITARY FORCE and ARBITRARY
POLICE POWER. We want to restore our country to the simplicity of the Common
Law, where no man has a natural right to commit aggression on the rights
of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.
What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that
they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it.
When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.
There is no way to rule
innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down
on criminals. When there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares
so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for anyone to live
without breaking laws.
Common Law - Self Responsibility
- Freedom. These are inseparable. Many people voice concerns and fears
at not having man made laws.
"I don't want someone driving a hundred
miles and hour and killing me!" "I think everyone should have to have their
car inspected, so that no one will be driving an unsafe car that might
hurt me." What they are really saying is,
"I am responsible
but you might not be." Folks, if I want Freedom and Self Responsibility,
I MUST LET YOU HAVE IT. If you want Freedom and Self Responsibility, YOU
MUST LET ME HAVE IT.
There must be freedom for ALL if there is to be
freedom for ANYONE!
The simple fact is that there
ARE irresponsible people in our society. There ARE people who are going
to hurt other people. There ARE people who are going to break the law,
no matter what it is. Another simple fact is that
laws do not prevent
crime! Laws only define crime. The only thing that prevents crime
is either the moral judgment of the self-responsible individual or the
fear of JUSTICE and PUNISHMENT for crime.
We must restore justice in
Texas! How do we go about that? Some say:
"Why don't we fix the system
we have?." Well folks, I don't believe that we can restore justice
by trying to
reform our DECLARED ENEMY, which is the current
de
facto government of the STATE OF TEXAS - merely a sub-corporation
and puppet of the foreign UNITED STATES Government. They do not want justice,
they want POWER AND CONTROL. We must restore the Sovereignty of our beloved
Texas as a nation and return to the Common Law. We must establish the People's
Courts of Common Law. The only way we are going to restore justice is through
the people.
Liberty and justice has never come from government. Liberty
and justice has always come from the PEOPLE!
We must educate the people
of Texas, so that they will know that they have lost freedom, liberty and
justice and so that they will understand what these things really mean.
Thomas Jefferson said,
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free,
in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
We must spread the word, that we don't really own our property, that the
oppressive government agencies are operating without the delegated authority
of the people, that almost ALL government officials are violating their
oaths of office, wherein they swore to protect the rights of the people
and uphold the constitution. That some so-called government agencies are
not really government agencies at all, the
IRS and
BATF
being prime examples. They are nothing more than foreign entities oppressing,
extorting money from, and exercising arbitrary police power over all of
us with absolutely no lawful authority to do so.
We must spread the word that
all these actions are being condoned and assisted by the very people in
Texas we elected to protect us from our enemies.
The people in the government
of the STATE OF TEXAS are violating their oaths and evading their responsibilities
to the People of Texas by allowing the fraud to be continued: that
we are a part of another country and by allowing a foreign government and
foreign entities to oppress us, control us, and confiscate the fruit of
our labor by theft.
We must, through the POLITICAL
POWER of the PEOPLE, and through a Constitutional Convention,
Alter
or Abolish the current DECLARED ENEMY GOVERNMENT, as is our inherent
political right, and form a government operating within the bounds of the
contract with the people, responsive to the needs of the people, and above
all a government that recognizes its true and only purpose, TO PROTECT
THE RIGHTS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL; from ALL enemies, both foreign and domestic,
above all else.
Most of us feel the we must
have a nation led by a government that conforms to the
Laws of God.
That immutable law mentioned earlier. There has been much talk about this,
but it seems that different people attach different meanings to this. There
have been those in our midst who
would be the sole interpreter of God's
Laws for everyone and impose their version upon all the people, which
amounts to a
National Religion. This must not and cannot be allowed.
The only way to have a government truly led by our Creator, is to fill
it with men of integrity, who serve Almighty God from their heart, and
put the well being of the People ahead of their own personal wishes and
desires. Men who will be fair and just in all their dealings. Men who tell
the truth. It is within the power and the responsibility of the People
to establish such a government, to define it, and to be ever vigilant to
maintain their government under a watchful eye.
I've been saying what we want
and what we must do. But, who are the WE that I am talking about? Who are
the People of the Republic of Texas? We are people from all walks of life.
There are no racial, religious or philosophical boundaries. We are
simply People who understand the extent to which our freedoms and liberties
have been eroded over the past 150 years. We are people who are aware of
the social and economic problems that exist and want to find a better way
to solve these problems than with taxation and intrusive government. We
believe in the principles of Freedom, Self-Responsibility, Common Law and
Justice. We believe that we should have the freedom to travel, work, live
and play without the government licensing and regulating our behavior.
We believe that we should and can accomplish these things in our own Sovereign
Nation, free from the Oppressive, Arbitrary Police Power of the
de
facto governments currently attempting to rule over us.
The time to act is now! Because
the time is short. We must have as many join us in our fight for freedom
as we can get. Every one of us has a responsibility and a duty to ourselves
and each other to promote the Republic of Texas and our fight for FREEDOM
on a daily basis. Talk to your friends. Talk to those you meet from day
to day. Bring them to meetings.
WE MUST INCREASE OUR NUMBERS IN ORDER
TO EXERCISE OUR POLITICAL POWER! When you wake up in the morning, ask
yourself
"What can I do today to help the Republic succeed?"
Since we believe in
FREEDOM, LIBERTY and JUSTICE for ALL,
it's our job to
SPREAD THE NEWS!! God bless each and every one of
you, and
God Bless The Republic of Texas!!
Jesse Enloe
President Provisional Government
Republic of Texas
