MERCANTILISM: THE ROAD TO TYRANNY

                             by John Quade



   Throughout history the driving motive behind all forms of conquest has
been the same - the acquisition and control of property. Property included
not only land, buildings, furnishings, gold, silver, art treasures, etc.,
but also people, which when conquered, became property in the form of
slaves.

   Usually, conquered nations could not be totally absorbed into the
territory of the victor. Thus while the conquered nation continued to exist,
it was occupied by conquering forces in order to maintain control. Subject
nations then paid tribute to the new master, which paid for the masters'
troops stationed in the conquered nation. Thus, the slaves paid the wages
of their slave masters. Just as important, the new master controlled the
markets, imports, and exports of the subject nation. This was the begin-
nings of Mercantilism. In its simplest form, mercantilism is the control of
the markets, imports, and exports of one entity, by another. Mercantilism
can be localized within a city, county, state, or between nations. For
example, in conquered nations, it is virtually mandatory for the conquering
power to place its own troops on the soil of a conquered nation, in order
to prevent a subject nation from competing economically, with its conquer-
ing master. To quote Madison in the Federalist Papers, "power over a man's
property is power over a man's liberty."  Indeed, the history of civil
governments and the rise and fall of nations, from the ancient world to
this can be interpreted and understood far better, if the mercantilist
question is considered more seriously.

    This should not surprise Christians who know their Old Testament. With
the placement of the Israel and Jerusalem astride the commercial highways of
the Middle East, we can see that, while God's purpose in permitting Israel
to be conquered by Nebuchadnezzar, the Greeks, and Romans, was to punish
Israel for its sins, each of the conquering nations used by God, had
precisely the same motive for their conquests - control of the markets of
the Middle East by controlling the passage of goods and services, in a word,
mercantilism. Few Americans today, realize that the real motive behind our
wars with England in 1776 and 1812, the War Between the States, and count-
less others, was Mercantilism, pure and simple.

   Thus, in the Colonial wars with England, we may think that the reason
behind the war was "no taxation without representation," but in reality
the taxing issues existed in the second place because England controlled
all our import and export markets in the first place. England could impose
a tax on tea because she was the SOLE supplier of America's tea. If the
Colonies had been allowed to import tea from the Far East or anywhere else,
taxing the tea by England would only have meant that all English tea
exporters would have lost a market in America. There would thus not have
been any issue over which to fight.

   History books abound with condemnations of "colonialism," especially
those written by Marxists. But, the truth is, the entire drive by major
powers in Europe to acquire "colonies" in the New World, was to provide
guaranteed exports from the colonizer to the colony. This was the motive
behind the efforts of England, France, Spain, Portugal, and a host of
other major world powers at that point in time.

    And, when we come to the War Between the States, again we are deluged
with books on the condemnation of slavery and its evils, and how Lincoln
fought the war to free the slaves, but the truth again is, something quite
different. Yes, some write on the so-called States Rights issue, but the
question of States Rights came up in the second place, because a Northern
controlled Congress had sought to pass mercantilist legislation in the
first place. The Congress sought to place taxes on products that were
known to be the backbone of the Southern export economy, that is, taxes on
cotton, tobacco, hemp, flax, and many others. These taxes were imposed to
raise the cost of Southern exports to Europe to a point where the South
would lose its European markets and be forced to sell to the Northern
manufacturing companies that, prior to the taxes, had to compete in an open
market with Europe.

   Southern states protested that such taxes violated the Rights of States
that were supposed to be guaranteed by the Constitution which itself was an
instrument of Federalism, i.e., a contract between parties (States) based
on certain principles of common law. An aspect of Federalism that is often
overlooked in the history books, is that, in a Federalist contract, if any
party to the contract violates terms and conditions of the contract - the
contract is null and void, a binitio, nunc pro tunc, i.e., void from its
inception. Thus, when Congress passed the taxes (mercantilist export con-
trols) on Southern products, the Constitution of the united States (the
Federal contract between the States) was violated. The South therefore, had
a perfected Right to terminate its involvement in the contract the instant
such mercantilist legislation passed into "law."

   Members of Congress, Northern and Southern, knew full well just what
the game was because many were alive when the Colonial Wars were fought
and they remembered the mercantilist tyranny of England.

   The Abolitionists were funded and promoted by Northern money (including
many within the Lincoln administration) to raise and attack the slavery
issue- not because the North was concerned with freeing the slaves as a
great humanitarian cause, but because once the slaves had been set free, it
would have forced Southern plantations to hire and pay other workers to
bring in the crops and thereby raise the cost of Southern exports. The tax-
ing question came up as an issue only after the North realized that the
Abolitionists were not going to succeed, in part because all Southern State
legislatures (except one) had passed legislation to abolish slavery - BEFORE
the War began. To most in the South, slavery was a non-issue for the simple
reason that only one in twelve Southerners owned one or more slaves. Thus,
even if all slaves were freed before the War, it would still not bring the
South to its knees because the largest part of the Southern economy did not
depend on slaves.

   Modern historians have almost totally ignored the mercantilist question
in our nations history as almost any library survey will prove. One would
think the mercantilist problem is a non-issue in the modern world, but the
truth is, mercantilism is alive and well in our day, and is in fact, still
the driving motive behind the newest enemy of liberty in America and is
found in the rise of the so-called New World Order.

   Invariably, since mercantilism is diametrically opposed to God's Law, it
begins in acts of sin. In the old world it took place by conquest and the
use of naked aggressive force, but in today's world it may be more sophis-
ticated, yet still has the exact same end, the total control of property
and people by ungodly means.

   Mercantilism in America had its first public unveiling in passage of
the 14th Amendment (1868), which created citizenship for non-whites by a
legislative (Congress) act. It was promoted as a move to equality for non-
whites, but, when legislatures "legalize" something that is otherwise
unlawful in common law, those who participate in the legal act are using a
privilege - not a Right - and thus can be taxed. God-given Rights cannot be
taxed by any American government, Federal, State, County, or city.

   Further, all persons who fell under the jurisdiction of the 14th Amend-
ment became U.S. citizens, that is, citizens of the United States. ("United
States" here means, the District of Columbia, and the Territories and does
not include any State then, or now.) Before this Amendment, there was no
such thing as a U.S. citizen because everyone was a Citizen of a State,
first and foremost. The 14th Amendment was an act of aggression and fraud
against all non-whites because Congress could have simply extended the God-
given Rights, Privileges, and Immunities of the common law to all people
without regard to race. But, if Congress had done this, there would then be
no legal privilege that could be taxed, and the United States, District of
Columbia, Inc., would have no venue or jurisdiction over non-whites. The
Amendment was so controversial at the time, that a Northern controlled Con-
gress could not get it passed, without collusion by the Secretary of State
under President Johnson, and it was still never constitutionally ratified.
By this one gigantic act of fraud, Congress transferred jurisdiction over
all non-whites to the District of Columbia and the United States government.

   During the 1860's, Congress passed the first income tax (1861) - for
Federal employees only. The idea was; working for the Federal government
is a "privilege"; privileges can be taxed; therefore a tax on income is a
valid tax on another privilege. Over the years, this tax and similar incomes
taxes were struck down by the Supreme Court until Congress figured out a way
for Americans to voluntarily subject themselves to income taxes (more later
on this).

   Now, Sec. 4. of the 14th Amendment also prevents payment of damage
claims against the Federal government to those (Southerners) who had been
damaged by the loss of slaves or property in the War Between the States.
But, the real point of Sec. 4 is to grant Congress the right granted to
enter into debt without any challenge as to the validity of that debt.
Thus, Section 4 reads:

       "The validity of the public debt of the United States,
        authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment
        of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing
        insurrection or rebellion, SHALL NOT BE QUESTIONED."

[Emphasis added]

   Who may question the public debt of the United States? Only those who
can bring an action in the courts of the United States on a question in-
volving some aspect of the national debt. Now you know why courts take
"silent judicial notice" and refuse to even consider the national debt in
any ruling!!! Thus, Congress acquired the power to spend without limit and
control over all non-whites with the fraudulent 14th Amendment.

   Another problem for Congress was how to make the Constitution do the
things the Congress wanted it to do. It does no good to have the power to
tax and spend, nor to have direct control over the lives of one segment of
the population (non-whites), if the instrument of government itself (the
Constitution) prevents full use of these powers.

   The problem of the Constitution was solved by the Constitution itself
in Article. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 17, it says that Congress shall have power to:

   "To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever,
   over such District (not exceeding ten Miles Square) as may, by
   Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress,
   become the Seat of the Government of the United States,..."

   Congress seized on this part of the Constitution to justify creation of
a corporation called "The United States." By this means, the United States
government reduced itself to the status of a "mere corporation." But, so
long as Congress operates within the laws of a corporation, it can evade
the restrictions of Constitutional limitations imposed on Congress. It also
provides certain personal immunities to members of Congress and makes it
more difficult to prosecute members of Congress for acts done while a member
of Congress.

   In 1913, Congress made three major moves to solidify the growing power
of the Federal government. First, came the Federal Reserve Act that gave
unlimited spending power to Congress by turning control of the money supply
over to a private corporation, called, The Federal Reserve. For the first
time in our nations history, a private corporation controlled the nations
money supply. In return, Congress got unlimited spending power which was
quickly reflected in greater national debt and creeping inflation.

   Second, came the 16th Amendment, the so-called Income Tax Amendment.
Most people believe this Amendment (also passed unconstitutionally) gave
Congress power to lay and collect taxes on income, but in reality Congress
had already been taxing incomes of Federal employees for many years begin-
ning, as noted above, with the Lincoln administration. The real intent of
the Amendment was to abolish Art. I, Sec. 2., Clause 3. of the Constitution,
where it says:

        "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be APPORTIONED among
        the several States which may be included within the Union,
        according to their respective Numbers,..." [emphasis supplied]

   By contrast, the 16th Amendment says:

        "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on
        incomes, from whatever source derived, WITHOUT APPORTIONMENT
        AMONG THE SEVERAL STATES, and without regard to any census
        or enumeration." [emphasis supplied]

   This move eliminated what remained of Constitutional restrictions
on taxing. The problem of the money supply to tax would be solved as the
Federal Reserve, working with Franklin D. Roosevelt, gradually devalued
the dollar and eventually all gold and silver basis for money would be
eliminated (1964). Once stripped of its backing, money could be printed at
will.

    Third, came the 17th Amendment, aimed directly at the States. Some-
thing had to be done to prevent State legislatures from exerting influence
in Congress that might slow down the rise of the New World Order. Thus, the
17th Amendment provided for the direct election of Senators BY THE PEOPLE.
Before this Amendment, State legislatures appointed U.S. Senators which gave
States themselves the power to block Acts of Congress by veto in Senate.
This Amendment stopped all moves by the States to curb the power grab of the
Federal government.

  There remained one major weapon in the hands of the people, and that was,
common law. So long as Courts of Common Pleas and qualified judges existed,
non-whites had one place for remedies that were quick and effective, not to
mention low in cost as well. Thus, Congress gave power to the U. S. Supreme
Court to merge the rules of procedure for common law and Equity into one
form of pleading (1934). State governments followed suit, and even though
all Superior Courts still have a place in which one can file an At-Law
action, there are no longer qualified judges who can hear At-Law actions.(1)

   In 1938 the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure took effect along with
the Social Security Act. In the next 10 years, Courts of Common Pleas began
to disappear, the Income Tax became widespread (billed as a Victory Tax
during World War II, and every American joined Social Security and thereby
transferred their citizenship to the District of Columbia and became U. S.
Citizens. And the sad fact is, Americans VOLUNTEERED FOR IT ALL. Thus, what
the Federal government did not dare to try by the use of naked force, it
acquired with the willing acquiescence of the American people.

    By the year 1948 (Orwell's "1984") that which the Congress set out to do
in 1868 was complete in less than two generations, and the New World Order
had arrived with the driving force of the Federally funded Council of State
Governments behind it. The Federal government now owned the birth certifi-
cates of Americans (through the Social Security system) and, by using fraud-
ulent titles to the National Parks they promptly pledged both our birthright
and our land as collateral for the national debt - with the Federal Reserve
Banks and the International Monetary Fund (2). By way of a final note, a few
points must be made on the manner in which the national debt is created.

   First, no "good and valuable consideration" ever changes hands between
the borrower (the Federal government) and the lender (the Federal Reserve),
for the simple reason that all debt in the Federal Reserve system (including
that incurred when "money" is lent to buy a house or car, etc.) is created
by a simple debit ledger entry on the books of the Federal Reserve.

   Second, the Treasury Department, as a service to the Federal Reserve,
prints the Federal Reserve Notes (instruments of debt) for the Federal
Reserve at a cost of about $21.00 per thousand dollars bills. The Federal
Reserve then takes the same Notes (declared to have no value by the Federal
Reserve), and loans them back to the United States government at interest.

   Third, with Federal Reserve Notes, Congress buys goods and services,
i.e., it acquires real and personal property with money that has no value.
It acquires more real and personal property with the new search and seizure
laws, through tax foreclosures, and by a host of other means. All such
property is acquired by actual and constructive fraud since, at no point in
the process does "good and valuable consideration"(3) ever change hands.

   In sum, the American government and the national economy are funded with
Monopoly money (with due respect to Parker Bros.), that is, "funny money"
that is created through the enslavement of millions of Americans - of their
own free will. Americans today, have pledged their own bodies for worthless
paper that is good, only so long as we play the game. The problem is, when
Americans decide they do not want to play the game anymore, can we just
pickup our game piece and walk away? No, because in that event, the govern-
ment seizes all your real and personal property, and you Go to Jail. By the
way, there is no "Get out of Jail, Free" card.    Mercantilism has now come
full circle. The Federal government and the banks now own and control, not
just our property, but our bodies as well.

   We should know this if we had read the Bible in Deuteronomy, Chapter 28.
And further, we should also know that there is an answer in the same Bible
in which II Chronicles 7:14 provides the beginning.

   The only question that remains for us is: Whom shall we obey, God or
Ceasar?

   (1) Judges with Bar Association membership acquire the right to be
called Attorney at Law and as such acquire a privilege and a Title of
Nobility which, with a Driver's License, Social Security card, etc.,
prevent them from ruling - without bias or prejudice - on At-law actions.

   (2) The IMF was the outgrowth of the Breton Woods Agreement in 1930 in
which over 100 nations declared bankruptcy and then formed a new currency
system, led by the United States government, the Federal Reserve, and
foreign bankers.

   (3) No contract to purchase is valid at law without the exchange of
"good and valuable consideration."