We The People established this Republic according to our unalienable rights as free and equal human beings. In order to secure these rights, We The People instituted a government, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

We The People, in order to set forth these rights, and to establish a government to secure these rights, created the Declaration of Independence, and The Constitution of The United States of America, including The Bill of Rights to define the limits of the government.

Among the rights established by these documents, is the right to alter the government whenever the government does not secure the rights of the people as stated within the aforementioned documents.

The letter to Congress that follows expresses several issues regarding the monetary policy of The United States that do not adhere or abide by the articles of The Constitution.

We Therefore seek redress from Congress to fulfill its delegated representation of We The People according to all articles of The Constitution of The United States of America.

We Pledge our honor and rights as free men and women to the issues stated in this letter, in order to return the government to full adherence of The Constitution of The United States of America, and the Bill of Rights that define it.

We Do Hereby affix and set our names in support of this document as signed below.

To We The People’s elected representatives
As Assembled In Congress

As stated in the Declaration of Independence - all men are created equal, endowed with certain unalienable rights. Among these rights is the right to create a government to secure their rights.

Furthermore, it is stated that the government derives their just powers from the consent of those governed, in other words – from We The People.

And not only is it a right of the people – it is their solemn duty, to provide, and safeguard their future, by not consenting to accept that which is unacceptable – from their government.

Wherefore, We The People of the United States, did ordain and establish the Constitution of the United States to secure Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.

Prior to ratification, We The People expressed a desire that in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of the powers of The Constitution that further restrictive clauses called the Bill of Rights be added.

The following is contained within the list of amendments known as the Bill of Rights:

Amendment IX - Rule of construction of Constitution states that:

“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”

Amendment X - Rights of the States under Constitution states that:

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

We The People, in light of our unalienable rights, both as enumerated in the Constitution, and those others retained by the people, do hereby; seek redress of the following issues:

The monetary system of the United States is not in accordance with the following clauses of the Constitution:

Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 of the Constitution states: “The Congress shall have Power…To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures.”

Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 states that: “No State shall…coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debt.”

Article I, Section 8, Clause 2 states that: “The Congress shall have Power…To borrow Money on the credit of the United States.”

The power to borrow money does not include the power to loan, create, or hold title to the money of The People of the United States.

Furthermore, whereas:

There has never been a constitutional amendment to change or alter the above clauses of the Constitution; all three clauses still exist, and retain the powers vested therein.

In consequence, both clauses should either be adhered to, or changed – according to the lawful method of change as prescribe in Article 5 of The Constitution: by a constitutional amendment authorized by Congress in accordance with We The People’s will.

The United States monetary system currently creates, emits, and circulates paper bills of credit known as Federal Reserve Notes. Such acts are not authorized by the Constitution – they are literally prohibited by the Constitution, and should be repealed forthwith.

In 1791, Secretary of State Alexander Hamilton presented to Congress his report on the subject of a mint to “coin” the “money” the Constitution had authorized.

In Hamilton’s report to Congress, many passages discuss the “dollar” or unit of account/money to be issued. The following is from Hamilton’s Report:of the dollar that is constantly used by Hamilton:

“It may, nevertheless, be advisable to repose a discretionary authority in the President of the United States, to continue the currency of the Spanish dollar at a value corresponding with the quantity of fine silver contained in it…” [Alexander Hamilton's 1791 Report - Page 1]

The following year, the Second Congress passed the Coinage Act, 1792 (The Mint Act) by which The United States monetary system of “hard currency” was enacted.

Section 20 of the Coinage Act of 1792 states:

“And be if further enacted, that the money of account of the United States shall be expressed in dollars, or units, dimes or tenths, cents or hundredths, and the milles or thousandths, a dime being the tenth part of a dollar, a cent the hundredth part of a dollar, a mille the thousandth part of a dollar, and that all accounts in the public offices and all proceedings in the courts of the United States shall be kept and had in conformity to this regulation.”

The above legislation has never been repealed. Therefore, it is still “on the books” and stands. Congress should either abide by it, or legally amend it.

Section 9 of the act provides the definition of the dollar as the unit of account:

“DOLLARS OR UNITS – each to be of the value of a Spanish milled dollar as the same is now current, and to contain three hundred and seventy-one grains and four sixteenth parts of a grain of pure silver, or four hundred and sixteen grains of standard silver.”

There is no mention of paper Federal Reserve Notes circulating as the currency – only silver and gold coins are declared acceptable as legal tender.

Once again – where is the power granted to Congress in the Constitution that allows for a private corporation: The Federal Reserve – to create, issue, or emit, paper bills of credit?

The Supreme Court in one of its more lucid moments has ruled that:

“... In declaring what shall be the Supreme Law of the Land, the Constitution itself is first mentioned; and not the laws of the United States generally, but those only which shall be made in pursuance of the Constitution, have that rank.

Thus, the particular phraseology of the Constitution confirms and strengthens the principle that a law repugnant to the Constitution is void; and that courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument.” [Marbury v Madison 1803].

And not to be forgotten is the case of Norton v Shelby County [1886] that clearly elucidates further on the subject:

“... An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed.”

To create money is to issue money. The government was never granted the power to create or issue money.

Congress was granted the power to coin money out of already existing bullion owned by the public. The State did not hold title or own the coined money, We The People retained title.

The only way the government could possess money was through the power to tax or borrow – not through the power to create or issue.

For the first 50 years of our country, Congress adhered to the hard money system of the Constitution. Slowly, over time, Congress allowed the unacceptable to become acceptable – without using the requisite due process of law to change the Supreme Law of the Land.

According to the above rulings and clauses of the Constitution, Congress has no power to create money, or Federal Reserve Notes, nor the power to delegate such authority to a private corporation.

Therefore, We The People demand that the Supreme Court and Congress determine the constitutionality of the creation of paper bills of credit, and or Federal Reserve Notes.

In 1933, Congress allowed President Roosevelt to use an amended version of The War Powers Resolution to declare a national emergency and to confiscate We The People’s gold using:

Presidential Executive Order 6102; the Emergency Banking Relief Act of 1933 US Statutes at Large; and the 1934 January 31 Presidential Proclamation (no. 2072) of Franklin D ...The Gold Reserve Act.

The above referenced Emergency Acts, as well as proclamations regarding banking and gold, and The Federal Gold Reserve Act of 1934, are all arguably unconstitutional, according to the fifth amendment of the Constitution.

The Bill of Rights speaks to the issue of private property within the fifth amendment, which in part says, “nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation”. Amendment V: Individual debt and double jeopardy.

Therefore, Congress and The Supreme Court should both set the record straight once and for all by, and according to the due process of law.

The Constitution does not delegate Congress any of the following powers; and the Constitution states that any powers not granted to Congress reside with the states, and or with the people:

• No power to create money.
• No power to form monopolies.
• No power to issue forced loans.
• No banking powers or regulations.
• No fractional reserve banking policies.
• No power to loan money – only to borrow.
• No power to grant charters of incorporation to banks.
• No power to draw money from the Treasury without appropriations by law.
• No power to delegate non-existing constitutional powers to private corporations.
• No power to create any paper currency regardless if it is redeemable in specie.

In light of the above, We The People demand that the following be addressed by Congress, and that proper action, according to due process of law, be taken to comply with the Constitution of The United States, and The Supreme Law of the Land:

• Our constitutional monetary system is a hard money system of gold and silver coin.
• Silver is the standard that defines the dollar.
• The unit of account, the unit of money, and the medium of exchange should all to be the same - a weight of silver as expressed by the standard.
• Both silver and gold coins are the constitutional currency.
• The mint should be reopened to the free mintage of silver and gold coin. Silver and gold coin should only be stamped according to weight and purity.
• The fixed exchange rate of the Coinage Act of 1792 should be repealed.
• The market should determine the exchange rate between the two metals according to weight.
• Abolish The Federal Reserve and remove it from its control and influence of our monetary system.
• Abolish all legal tender laws per Congressman Ron Paul’s Bill HR – 2779.
• Abolish fractional reserve lending, or at the least legislate full disclosure of how it works.
• A constitutional amendment prohibiting the confiscation of gold and silver by the government, under any circumstances, including The War Powers Act, The Trading With The Enemy Act, and all other forms of emergency acts, should be passed.
• All gold confiscated under Roosevelt should be returned to the people.
• An independent audit should be made of all U.S. gold reserves and disclosed to the people.

Respectfully,

We The People
As Signed And Witnessed below: