"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation." Declaration of Independence
The people of Virginia ratified the Constitution of the United States of America, adopted by them in convention on the 25th of June, in the year of our Lord 1788, having declared that it is our duty to uphold said rights and liberties of man, we do request peaceful secession so that we may continue to use our rights without fear of reprimand from the Gov.