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Joshua Abraham Norton , známý též jako Jeho císařské veličenstvo Norton I, byl proslulým občanem města San Francisco, který roku 1859 prohlásil sám sebe císařem Spojených států amerických a protektorem Mexika. Ačkoliv nedisponoval žádnou politickou silou a jeho vliv nesahal dále než jeho humorná pověst, požíval v San Franciscu úcty a měna vydávaná jeho jménem byla vážená v podnicích, které navštěvoval. Norton si také psal s královnou Viktorií a jeho spoluobčané i novinové nekrology o něm hovořili jako o Jeho císařském veličenstvu.

Ačkoliv byl Norton většinou považován za blázna nebo alespoň velmi výstřední osobnost, občané San Francisca druhé poloviny 19. století oslavovali jeho přítomnost, humor i činy — mezi nejznámější patří jeho rozkaz k násilnému rozpuštění amerického kongresu a řada dekretů žádajících stavbu mostu přes sanfranciský záliv. Král v Dobrodružství Huckleberryho Finna Marka Twaina je údajně inspirován právě Nortonem.

Stoupenci diskordianismu považují císaře Nortona za svatého. Norton je několikrát zmiňován v klíčovém textu diskordianismu, Principia Discordia. Wikipedia  

✵ 17. leden 1811 – 8. leden 1880
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“At the peremptory request of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the past nine years and ten months of San Francisco, California, declare and proclaim myself Emperor of these U.S.”

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Proclamation in the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin (17 September 1859)
Kontext: At the peremptory request of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the past nine years and ten months of San Francisco, California, declare and proclaim myself Emperor of these U. S., and in virtue of the authority thereby in me vested, do hereby order and direct the representatives of the different States of the Union to assemble in the Musical Hall of this city on the 1st day of February next, then and there to make such alterations in the existing laws of the Union as may ameliorate the evils under which the country is laboring, and thereby cause confidence to exist, both at home and abroad, in our stability and integrity.

“The following is decreed and ordered to be carried into execution as soon as convenient:
I. That a suspension bridge be built from Oakland Point to Goat Island, and then to Telegraph Hill; provided such bridge can be built without injury to the navigable waters of the Bay of San Francisco.”

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Proclamation published in the Pacific Appeal (23 March 1872)
Kontext: The following is decreed and ordered to be carried into execution as soon as convenient:
I. That a suspension bridge be built from Oakland Point to Goat Island, and then to Telegraph Hill; provided such bridge can be built without injury to the navigable waters of the Bay of San Francisco.
II. That the Central Pacific Railroad Company be granted franchises to lay down tracks and run cars from Telegraph Hill and along the city front to Mission Bay.
III. That all deeds by the Washington Government since the establishment of our Empire are hereby decreed null and void unless our Imperial signature is first obtained thereto.

“Being desirous of allaying the dissensions of party strife now existing within our realm, I do hereby dissolve and abolish the Democratic and Republican parties”

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"Imperial Decree" dated 12th Day of August 1869, published in The San Francisco Herald (13 August 1869)
Kontext: Being desirous of allaying the dissensions of party strife now existing within our realm, I do hereby dissolve and abolish the Democratic and Republican parties, and also do hereby decree the disfranchisement and imprisonment, for not more than 10, nor less than five, years, to all persons leading to any violation of this our imperial decree.

“At the peremptory request of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the past nine years and ten months of San Francisco, California, declare and proclaim myself Emperor of these U. S., and in virtue of the authority thereby in me vested, do hereby order and direct the representatives of the different States of the Union to assemble in the Musical Hall of this city on the 1st day of February next, then and there to make such alterations in the existing laws of the Union as may ameliorate the evils under which the country is laboring, and thereby cause confidence to exist, both at home and abroad, in our stability and integrity.”

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Proclamation in the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin (17 September 1859)