As the founding fathers (not including that treacherous George Washington of the Whiskey Rebellion and that tyrannous Lincoln, Adams, Madison, Hamilton, and Jefferson the hypocrite who authorized the Louisiana Purchase) of the United States of America made clear in the Declaration of Independence in 1776
"...When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, or if you lose an election Karl Rove said you were totally going to win, requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, and unless our opinions are overly represented in our elected government...we's secedin"