International Bar Association
In Colonial America, attorneys trained attorneys but most held no
"title of nobility" or "honor". There was no requirement that one be a
lawyer to hold the position of district attorney, attorney general, or judge; a citizen's
"counsel of choice" was not restricted to a lawyer; there were no state or
national bar associations. The only organization that certified lawyers was the
International Bar Association (IBA), chartered by the King of England, headquartered in
London, and closely associated with the international banking system. Lawyers admitted to
the IBA received the rank "Esquire" -- a "title of nobility".
"Esquire" was the principle title of nobility which the 13th Amendment sought to
prohibit from the United States. Why? Because the loyalty of "Esquire" lawyers
was suspect. Bankers and lawyers with an "Esquire" behind their names were
agents of the monarchy, members of an organization whose principle purposes were
political, not economic, and regarded with the same wariness that some people today
reserve for members of the KGB or the CIA.
Article 1, Sect. 9 of the Constitution sought to prohibit the International Bar
Association (or any other agency that granted titles of nobility) from operating in
America. But the Constitution neglected to specify a penalty, so the prohibition was
ignored, and agents of the monarchy continued to infiltrate and influence the government
(as in the Jay Treaty and the US Bank charter incidents). Therefore, a "title of
nobility" amendment that specified a penalty (loss of citizenship) was proposed in
1789, and again in 1810. The meaning of the amendment is seen in its intent to prohibit
persons having titles of nobility and loyalties foreign governments and bankers from
voting, holding public office, or using their skills to subvert the government.