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Secessionist No. 1
To the People of the various States:
AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new form of government for the various united states. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the disbanding of the UNION, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in the making. It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this land, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force. If there be any truth in the remark, the crisis at which we are arrived may with propriety be regarded as the era in which that decision is to be made; and a wrong election of the part we shall act may, in this view, deserve to be considered as the general misfortune of mankind.
Not since the crisis of 1861 has a moment more clearly
presented itself for the heirs to the birthright of the Republic formed in 1789
to
reassert the principles of our founding. The various liberties and
inalienable rights enjoyed by The People as a natural result of God's gift to
man and the sovereignty of the several states has been gradually eroded over the
course of the history of this nation. Those that have stood on the principles of
States' Rights and individual liberty have always suffered the disadvantage of
lacking the moral high ground in their cause. Without the power of legitimate
moral issues and principles efforts to assert the Sovereignty of the States has
failed. These failures have created a precedence that has allowed the power of the
central government to usurp the State on more trivial and mundane matters. The
sum and total result is a current federal government that operates far
outside of the bounds envisioned by our founders. To the State this means a loss
of sovereignty and freedom of action. To the individual this means tyranny
imposed by a government that is far removed geographically and indifferent to
the needs, values and principles of the ordinary man.
As citizens we find now that we have a choice. We might submit to the lot that
we have inherited via generations of central government usurpation and apathy of
the populace. To accept and embrace this option is to acquiesce to a life and a
future in which the federal government determines what is moral, what is right
and what principles we and our children shall live under. On the surface the
benefits of living under a socialist system of strong central control might seem
palatable to many. The perks of the current system of welfare, managed
healthcare, and governmental regulation of nearly every aspect of life appeal to
a certain class of people. These individuals have determined to surrender
their birthright of freedom for a paternalistic system that provides for them
what they ought to provide for themselves.
Several groups of brave souls are even now contemplating a
reasonable and rationale course of action for that precious few that refuse
to sell their birthright for a few pieces of government silver. Our cause has a
moral imperative and justification. Secession is a viable and legal solution to
the problems generated by a Federal government run amuck with power and
unchecked by any Constitutionally established mechanism. .
MoveonCalifornia,
Christian Exodus, the Hawai'ian Independence movement, The Free Vermonters, and The League of The South
and others
have workable plans to ensure that the moral and ethical principles that
gave birth to this land are allowed to live on in the form of good governance in
independent states..
Here a series of papers will be presented that discuss the various aspects of
this plan; the merits of following and supporting such an action;
counter-arguments to the naysayers and stone throwers; and encouragements to
those that believe that government is best that governs least.
I ask that any intelligent, thinking,
freedom minded individual that shares our
belief that the time is now to support a freedom movement join us is proclaim
our rights as people and the
rights
of our States.
Articles in this
series will appear numbered, in the spirit of the Federalist Papers that so
effectively garnered support for the Constitution in 1787/88.
Follow this
link to see the guidelines for joining this effort and for posting your work
on this site.
Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem
El Cid
North American * Secession and Independence Movements
*Hawaii and Puerto Rico are obviously not part of North America, no offense intended
Active Secession Movements Around the World
One Nation Indivisible? A Study of Secession and the Constitution