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Silver Liberty
By:
David Deschesne
Editor, Fort Fairfield Journal July, 2005
“I believe gold and silver coin to be the money of
the Constitution - indeed, the money of the American people anterior to the
Constitution, money which the organic law of the Republic recognized as
independent of its own existence. No power was conferred on Congress to declare
that either metal should not be money. Congress has therefore, in my judgment,
no more power to demonetize silver than to demonetize gold; no more power to
demonetize either than to demonetize both.” -
Senator James G. Blaine (R-Maine) in the U.S. Senate Feb. 7, 1878
The United States Constitution mandates that no state shall “make any
Thing but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debt” (Article 1, Sec.
10, Clause 1).
Senator Blaine was correct. The Congress does not have the power to
lawfully demonetize gold or silver coin. But, that’s exactly what Congress did
with the passage of the Federal Reserve Act in 1913, and ultimately abolishing
the use of gold or silver as currency twenty years later in 1933 - the year the
United States went bankrupt.
Today, with nearly $8 trillion in federal debt, $2 trillion in consumer
debt and untold trillions in local, county and state debt piling up with the
debt-based monetary system Congress established less than 100 years ago, many
Americans are starting to realize the “hamster wheel” the banks have placed
them on with this debt money and are opting to get off of it.
The silver Liberty Dollar is Constitutional money.
Since the government will no longer follow Article 1, section 10, clause
1 of the U.S. Constitution, private Americans are deciding to do so voluntarily.
Based out of Evanston, Indiana, the National Organization to Repeal the
Federal Reserve Act (NORFED) has been minting and distributing the one-ounce
silver Liberty $10 coin and the one-ounce gold Liberty $500 coin since 1998.
Because the coinage is based upon wealth (silver and/or gold) rather than
debt (all US currency has been borrowed into existence and is all owed back to
the banks) the Liberty dollars work to remove Americans from the “hamster
wheel” the banks have placed them on by allowing a money to circulate without
the need to take on debt to have it.
Because
our politicians do not have the intestinal fortitude to return us to a
gold/silver standard, businesses across the country are voluntarily accepting
the silver Liberty dollars and certificates at par with the Federal Reserve's
notes.
Available in a $10 .999 silver coin or $1, $5, and $10 silver certificates, the
following Aroostook businesses will accept Liberty dollars for either full or
partial payment:
HOULTON
Nature's
Pantry
John's
Audio
York's
Bookstore
Bruce
Warman Logging
Beal's
Aircraft Svc.
Broadway,
Inc.
Richard
Gogan Const.
Weston's
Mobil
Mitchell's
Auto
Elm
Tree Diner
Main
Street Fitness
DBJ
McGuire
Graham's
Store
Boyett's
Floor Covering
Peggy's
Dairy Bar
Bither
Electric
Beal's
Variety
Main
St. Redemption
Linneus
Convenience Store
T
& S Market
MONTICELLO/BRIDGEWATER
Clifford
Duff and Daughters
Designs
by the Stitch
Goldmasters
N.
Maine Icelandics
Blue
Moose Rest.
Anthony's
Pizza and Seafood
The
Corner Store
Corey's
Market
P.J.'s
One Stop
MARS
HILL/BLAINE
Scovil
Building Supply
Bill's
Auto Body
Dr.
Nicholas Family Practice
N.
Maine Truck Stop
Trophy
Hunting in Maine
McCrum's
Saw Shop
Ma's
Kitchen
PRESQUE
ISLE
DRD
Sound/Lighting
Jed
Desmond Accountant
Commercial
Repair/Body
Skyway
Trailer Park
Fred's
Auto Salvage
Aroostook
Trusses
Perry's
Mini Mart
Dragon
Guy Tatoo
Condon
Sign Maint.
Hutchings
Flooring
Heritage
Trail Resort/American
Dream Restaurant
Janiter's
Warehouse
Splash
Pools and Spas
Johnny's
Bottle Redemption
A
Cut Above Hair Graphics
Autotech
Plus
Cain
Carpentry
FORT
FAIRFIELD
N.
Maine Tactical Supply
Shapiro's
Hay Sales
MEStreet
(Alton Dean)
Fort
Fairfield Journal
Northern
Fitness/Southern Tan
James
L. Harris Const.
Richard
Harris Const.
R.L.
Todd Electric
Gerry's
Auto Repair
Gene
Robbins Cleaning
Cher's
New Wave
A
Cut Above Hair Graphics
EASTON
Alpine
Air Filter Systems
WASHBURN
Langille
Const.
Griffin
1 Stop
Washburn
Food Mart
Aroostook
Hospitality Inn
White's
Exxon
Washburn
Coffee Shop
ASHLAND/PORTAGE/EAGLE
LAKE
Driscoll
Diesel
Shamrock
Construction
Freem's
Place
Gateway
Variety
Ashland
One Stop
The
New Shoppe
Freem's
Place
Al's
Shell Fish Houses Lodge
Corriveau
Construction
NEW
SWEDEN
MJ
Farms
N.S.
Welding and Repair
ISLAND
FALLS/SMYRNA
Jerry's
Food Store
Bartman's
Towing
Above
the Falls Diner
PATTEN
L&T
Logging
Mike's
Archery
S.
Anderson Bldg. Contractor
OAKFIELD
Katahdin
Forest Products
SHERMAN
Wally's
Garage
Bate's
Fuel, Inc.
Yale
Stevens Corp.
Huntley
Machine Shop
Perry’s Mini Mart, on Route 1 in Presque Isle is the area’s leading
Redemption Center to obtain Liberty coins or to redeem the certificates for the
metal.
More information on the Liberty dollar can be found on line at