PART I: THE COVER LETTER AND MANDATE TO POTUS
Executive Command to the Commander-in-Chief
Mr. President,
You are hereby addressed not merely as a political executive, but in your strict constitutional capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, bound by an unbroken chain of military necessity initiated by President Abraham Lincoln.
When President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, he bypassed a compromised Supreme Court (Dred Scott) and a fractured Congress, issuing an Executive Order rooted firmly in war powers and the favor of Almighty God. In that foundational decree, he established an eternal federal mandate:
“I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves… are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.”
This mandate was later codified into the Civil Rights Act of 1866. Under Sections 4, 5, 8, and 9 of that Act, the executive and military branches are strictly commanded to protect federal citizens. This requires you to actively maintain their freedom and ensures you do not commit or allow acts of harm against them.
Any failure by your administration to enforce these protections constitutes a profound sin of omission—which is far more destructive than a sin of commission. By failing to enforce Section 2 of the 1866 Act, which criminalizes the deprivation of rights under color of law or custom, the federal government actively inflicts harm upon the primary beneficiary class.
You are hereby commanded to honor the original contract: execute your authority under Article IV, Section 4, deploy the military and naval authorities to protect this foundational population, and immediately re-establish the Freedmen’s Bureau to halt the destruction of the Republic.
Respectfully Submitted,
Theodore “Ted” Hayes, Jr.