Whereas the preamble to the Constitution of the United States declares that its purpose is to insure domestic tranquility; and
Whereas there can be no domestic tranquility as long as the State of Texas remains a political subdivision of the United States; and
Whereas Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution gives Congress the ability to regulate the territory of the United States.
Wherefore, the citizens of the other 49 states hereby petition the President to introduce legislation in the 113th Congress to remove the State of Texas from the United States of America, to dispatch it from this sacred Union and to make it a country unto itself so as to prevent the State of Texas, its leaders and its citizens from causing further disruption to the domestic tranquility of these United States.