It would be a crime against the people of any state to hold them, against their will, in a Union that they desire to leave. Since many states are already asking for secession from the U.S., this petition proposes that we give independence to every state, every province, and every territory currently under the United States, each creating its own government.
"...Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and institute new Government..."