From the North Carolina State Constitution:
"Sec. 4. Secession prohibited.
This State shall ever remain a member of the American Union; the people thereof are part of the American nation; there is no right on the part of this State to secede; and all attempts, from whatever source or upon whatever pretext, to dissolve this Union or to sever this Nation, shall be resisted with the whole power of the State."
Please encourage the State of North Carolina to resist the efforts of secessionists to petition the government for permission to secede from the United States of America.