CSN - Citizen Voice Bulletin - 1/3/2023
FOUNDER’S MESSAGE:
Although it may appear that the Citizen Voice is beginning 2023 in fits and spurts, that would be a partially wrong conclusion. The concerns over new beginnings are valid concerns. However, a more serious concern would be the best foundation being developed for a year that promises to be incredibly transformative. So, while we are sorry to readers for some hiccups in procedures, we want to assure everyone we are simply going through inescapable growing pains, or in some aspects, birth pangs…
As written in our recent New Year’s greeting, “God has blessed America with much, and it has been said that the cost of Freedom is eternal vigilance. The reality is that the vigilant have been sounding the alarms, and now it is our turn to defend Freedom itself. We the People cannot wait for those intent on destroying Freedom to change their minds, amend their agendas, and terminate their treason and treachery.”
But, America is not fighting for its very existence in this time alone. God helped to birth this nation, and as Abraham Lincoln understood that America was “conceived in Liberty.” So, He is fighting for Americans, the ones who love Him and who love this nation as conceived and as founded, to develop the eyes to see and the ears to hear the ways in which they can provide the efforts and endeavors to stand by our country and not selfishly seek for what it will do for us, but to ask what we can do for our country — but then DO IT!
I offer the first article for today’s edition, which is dealing with reflections on President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation that he decreed on January 1, 1863. That decree was delivered over 160 years ago, but it represents only part of the struggle for human freedom that humanity is engaged in. I hope our readers rad it, but more importantly let it sink in to the collective mind because we definitely need a critical mass of patriots to fight to be free in 2023!
The second article is from Jack Gleason and is a bit edgy. It was not an article everyone desired
to post. Readers will likely understand what is meant by that as they read it. But, we allow CV readers to draw their own conclusions from Gleason’s and Jamison’s perspectives because...
These are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman… Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. Thomas Paine – first volume of a series of his pamphlets: “The American Crisis” - December 19, 1776
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Reflecting on Lincoln’s Proclamation of Emancipation in the Light of the New Year of 2023
By Dennis Jamison
The entire world, for the most part, just rang in the new year, and it is likely that a great number
of people across the planet had their attention focused on the deadly war between Russia and the Ukraine. Yet over 150 years ago, the United States of America served as a battleground the world was focusing on due to the destructive political divide and the horrendous violent conflict of the American Civil War. But by the first week in 1863, the resolve of Abraham Lincoln to save the Union had already manifested in the words of the Proclamation of Emancipation, which he had signed into law through an executive order on New Year’s Day.
In 1863, as Americans rang in the new year, great anxiety must have filled many people’s minds and hearts as they awaited word from their family and loved ones on the front lines. Uncertainty and great fear may have filled their minds over the fate of the nation in the coming new year. As the year of 1863 commenced, the violence and the war in the U.S. attracted the eyes of a great number of people across the world. It is likely that many could have felt that the U.S. was being ripped asunder permanently, just as it appears that way in this time in the Ukraine.
The United States was at the apex of the American Civil War as 1863 began, and even though it exposed Americans to the most internal violence and destruction the nation had witnessed up to that time, the war clawed at the very existence of the U.S. as a unified nation as the existential and a constitutional crisis of monumental proportions threatened the nation. The war almost left America an internally broken and physically divided nation, permanently. Yet, within this crucible of terror and destruction, inside the White House on New Year’s Day, President Lincoln had slipped away from the thousands of guests and the festivities to focus upon a pivot point to reverse America’s tragic course toward self-destruction.
While many Americans were held captive to the violence and destruction of war, many did not understand the dangers facing the Republic as the nation was fighting for its very soul as the “Land of the Free.” Such a perception runs even deeper than the obvious understanding that the U.S. Constitution was in danger of being destroyed. It is clear Abraham Lincoln saw it plainly: that the Civil War was fought to determine whether such a nation conceived in Liberty and truly dedicated to the proposition that all men were created equal could “long endure.” It was not hard for Lincoln to reach the conclusion that the pivot point revolved around the “peculiar institution” of slavery.
By any other name, tyranny is still the same, and in Lincoln’s world there were numerous examples of tyrannical European governments preying upon colonies that had existed since the days of the Roman Empire, and he understood that Europeans cynically mocked Americans for the claim that the U.S. was founded upon the principles of freedom, yet slavery represented the antithesis to freedom. While Lincoln understood this, and though he abhorred slavery, he was a president of a Democratic-Republic, not a tyrant himself (despite contemporary Libertarian rants). He did not feel empowered by the Constitution to abolish slavery. Yet, a path opened.
It was during the intense summer of 1862 that the war had taken its toll on Lincoln, as he expressed his grave concerns in explaining later to Francis Carpenter (an artist who painted the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation):
It had got to be midsummer of 1862. Things had gone from bad to worse, until
I felt that we had reached the end of our rope on the plan of operations that we
had been pursuing; that we had about played our last card, and must change
our tactics, or lose the game! I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation policy and without consulting with, or the knowledge of the Cabinet, I prepared the original draft of the proclamation…
Lincoln came to the realization that in order to win the war, in order to save the Law of the Land, and save the Union, he needed to reconnect to the roots of the nation. The central point, which could pivot the war away from the tactics of diversion and a potential destruction of the nation, was to determine whether America was going to live up to the ideals woven into the fabric of Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence, or whether it would all be lost in a self-destructive fit.
The external confrontation over the “peculiar institution” of slavery, or the so-called rights of the slave owners to own human beings precipitated the war. However, the internal dissention was regarding a severe challenge to the ideals upon which America was founded. Lincoln got this.
On the other hand, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, and Vice President Alexander Stephens, espoused the views of the white southern power structure as they argued strongly for the “right” to own human beings. President Lincoln understood that the nation would remain seriously divided as it had been from the birth of the Republic even if the Union was somehow victorious in the war. And, an early end of the Civil War, which the South eventually sought after four arduous years, would have meant that slavery would resume as it had been prior to South Carolina’s firing upon Fort Sumter to spark war. The Confederate’s strong defense of owning humans as property prompted a very entrenched notion from the southern Democrats that they would rather go to war than lose their property.
Sadly, this dangerous, stubborn self-centeredness and self-promotion and self-aggrandizement led to the deadliest war in American history – brother against brother. In fact, it is known as the war of brothers in some circles of thought. The very senators and elected representatives, only so-called ‘representatives’ of We the People, were the ones who committed treason against the fundamental principles the Union rested upon. The Civil War was fought to undermine and truly destroy the United States of America as it was founded. The Union that patriots died to create descended into a Union that the generation of Lincoln had to be willing to die to preserve. And, Lincoln got this. His mother taught him to learn to read by reading the Bible. He knew biblical history. As president he could read the signs of the times.
But the crux of Lincoln’s dilemma as the war dragged on – well beyond people’s expectations – was a much deeper concern. So many hundreds of thousands of men and boys would have died for no good reason if the war left unresolved questions over slavery. But even more of a concern was whether so many hundreds of thousands of men and boys would have died for a Republic that had lost its way. Lincoln got this. This is why his Gettysburg Address is so meaningful in light of this thought…
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom…
Is this not the kind of existential crisis the “United States” is facing today? Are we not engaged in a great civil Civil War in such a time as this? Are not so-called trusted “leaders’ engaged in all kinds of treasonous acts against the Union today? Aren’t stubborn self-centered, self-promoting and self-aggrandizing “leaders” leading us upon a pathway to undermine and destroy the United States of America as it was founded? Americans need to get our priorities straight – just as it was in the days of Lincoln, America is facing an existential crisis. In such a time as this each patriot needs to decide whether it is wise to resolve that those who offered their lives for the sake of Freedom did not die for no good purpose and “...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom…”
Could county sheriffs be our last defense against OnmiParty corruption?
By Jack Gleason ——Bio and Archives--January 2, 2023
Like a termite-infested house, our country appears to be working properly, but a strong wind could topple us to the ground.
All our sacred institutions have been undermined, and our government “of the people, by the people and for the people” is now run by an OmniParty of Democrats and RINOs that have subverted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights for their own benefit.
Our criminal justice system and our courts are no longer able to administer our laws fairly. Instead they twist logic into a pretzel so that liberals are free to do whatever they want, commit any crime, violate any law, while conservatives are harassed and prosecuted for the tiniest of infractions.
Americans are not powerless, and there is a vast majority who think the country is on the wrong track and our laws are not equally enforced. We can demand action from our congressmen, stop funding the GOP, and work with our families, friends and neighbors to share what is happening to our country.
But if the OmiParty takes control in the House with anti-MAGA Kevin McCarthy, and McCompromised Mitch McConnell in the Senate continues to cave to the Democrats, we are in serious trouble. And if we can’t restore honesty to the election process our hands are tied - forever.
But there remains one institution in this country that is outside the control of Washington, DC and it holds a tremendous amount of power…
Sheriffs.
Some quick facts from Christin McMasters, the Liberty Belle, a Ph.D. in political science from the University of South Carolina…
of the 3083 sheriff’s, approximately 98% are elected by the citizens in their county or parishes.
the Office of the Sheriff is an elected position just like the office of the president or office of the governor, accountable first and foremost to the Constitution of their state, then to the Constitution of the United States and finally to the citizens of his or her county.
It is an independent office, meaning that there is no government agency or position who hires or fires the sheriff, nor is there anyone who has the authority to tell the sheriff how he or she is to run their county or carry out his or her positional duties.
the sheriff can use a good amount of discretion when carrying out his duties, as long as he stays within the confines of his oath of office to maintain and defend the Constitution and laws not contrary to the Constitution, both at the state and federal level.
If the state and federal government go rogue, and the sheriff refuses to follow suit, the sheriff and his deputy sheriffs truly are the last line of defense standing between liberty and tyranny.
When you look at the country by county, you see that the majority of counties are conservative, and therefore the majority of sheriffs are conservative as well.
(Image from OUR MAPS SHOULDN’T LIE ABOUT OUR VOTES but there should be other images showing red vs. blue counties)
In 2020, despite election fraud, Trump won 2,497 counties and Biden won only 477.
A survey by the Marshall Project, shows that the majority of Sheriffs grew up in their counties…
77% of sheriffs worked in their county’s sheriff office prior to serving as sheriff, and 56% attended high school in the same county.…
Over 70% consider themselves as conservative or very conservative…
And over 73% approved or strongly approved of Trump, while 87% disapprove or strongly disapprove of Biden.
So sheriffs don’t work for the Federal government, their allegiance is to the Constitution of the United States, the constitution of their state and the voters in their county. Liberals see the vulnerability of federal laws to county sheriffs and have spent years frantically trying to undermine “constitutional sheriffs,” as “radicalizing law enforcement,” “a dangerous trend toward vigilantism,” “playing a role in right-wing white supremacist movements” and “a crusade to forge ties between anti-government extremists and local law enforcement.” NPR did an interview decrying the power of sheriffs to act independently on behalf of their citizens. They are painted as racist and sexist because 92% are white, and 90% are men.
Local sheriffs have a long history of standing up for the U.S. Constitution regardless of sex or race. They have bravely stepped forward and opposed federal overreach in areas of the Second Amendment, lockdowns, vaccines and mask mandates, election fraud, border policies, unlawful executive orders, and IRS intimidation…
In 2013, more than 90 sheriffs opposed Obama’s initiatives to restrict gun ownership, explaining that guns don’t cause mass shootings, criminals do.
In March, 2020, at least 60 sheriffs opposed lockdown and mask mandate orders… 75% were in Democrat-controlled states.
In December, 2020, Barry County, Michigan sheriff Dar Leaf filed a lawsuit to impound voting machines to investigate election fraud.
On April 7, 2021, 275 sheriffs from both political parties and 39 states joined together in a letter to Biden opposing his policies causing the border crisis.
In September, 2021, sheriffs opposed Biden’s vaccine mandates. Bollinger County, Missouri, Sheriff Casey Graham said the order was an “unbelievable tyrannical executive action” and a form of “unconstitutional government overreach” that he would “NEVER enforce.”
In February, 2022, the sheriff of Bowman County, N.D., Frank Eberle, began fighting against a little-known White House executive order launched soon after Biden took office. It seeks to control the use of public and private lands and waters in the name of their green agenda. It’s called the “30 x 30 plan” and wants to conserve 30% of American land and water by 2030.
In July, 2022, left-leaning Reuters reported that “A coalition of rightwing “constitutional sheriffs,” who claim legal power in their jurisdictions that exceeds U.S. federal and state authorities, has a new calling: investigating conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was rigged against former President Donald Trump.
In September, 2022, Sheriff Calvin Hayden threatened to hire an army of deputies to repel any of the 87,000 new IRS agents coming to Johnson County, Kansas. Anyone can be appointed as a deputy by a sheriff, and is instantly granted the same authority and powers. Sheriff Hayden is also leading a criminal investigation into 2020 election fraud.
In November, 2022, Oregon sheriffs said they would not enforce a new law restricting sales of gun magazines over 10 rounds. Union County sheriff Cody Bowen said “This is an infringement on our constitutional rights and will not be enforced by my office!”
At a time where our president issues executive orders he knows are unconstitutional and waits months or years for the courts to take action, county sheriffs can force the issue by refusing to comply.
As patriots we must back our local sheriffs and encourage them to protect our Constitution and the rule of law. In future elections Leftists will be pulling out all the stops to fund liberal sheriff candidates and smear their opponents, we need to support conservatives.
Jack Gleason is a conservative political writer. For reprint requests on other websites, inside information for important issues, article requests or comments contact him at jackgleason9@protonmail.com Recent articles…
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"If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." ~ Samuel Adams, 1776
Ownership of our Republic is now the fight of our time! Keeping our Republic depends upon the genuine sense of ownership of the Land of the Free. Either this is our country, or it will belong to those who are actively seeking to take it from us. It is the same mentality that inspired someone long ago to express the sentiment that “All it takes for evil to triumph is that good people do nothing.” Efforts to take responsibility for keeping this nation a free Republic are organically occurring right now all across the nation.