By Darrel Mulloy

I recently wrote an opinion/editorial piece in The Cypress Times about how the tenth amendment is not being enforced now and that it seems to me that the only rational course to follow is secession for the state of Texas. Not surprisingly, I got a response to that piece that is similar to ones that I have seen before and heard from several others as well, and that is that if and when Texas makes the move to secede, after a majority vote by its people, the federal government will send troops in and keep us from following through.

Does anyone else find this a little strange; that those opposed to secession are opposed because they fear the federal government? I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am for secession because I fear the federal government. I don’t necessarily fear them because I think they will march into Texas and impose martial law, but because if we don’t do something to stop what they are doing to us and the rest of the nation, we will all be living in a third world country, in debt to those who are becoming super powers, such as China

I am not for standing by while Washington DC and the Federal Reserve destroy our monetary system and steal our savings through inflation of the money supply. I do not want to be part of a nation that allows commitment of its brightest and best to wars where we have no interest while our own borders are being breached on a daily basis. When our young Americans die in places like Afghanistan or Iraq while being told that it is in defense of America, and at the same time the America they are supposed to be defending is being invaded by millions of illegal aliens and infiltrated by terrorist cells, both factions being given protections by the government that is sending our youth to die, something is really wrong.

Being afraid of a government like that is rational, but being afraid of them because you fear they will not allow you your constitutional rights is another thing altogether. There is nothing in the Constitution that denies a state the right to secede, or the federal government the authority to deny a state that right. Being afraid of secession because you fear an unconstitutional response by government is exhibiting a willingness to live with a boot on your neck. I am not willing to live like that.

I joined the Texas Nationalist Movement because they believe in our constitutional right to leave and form our own government, and they believe it can be done peacefully. I agree with them that it is highly unlikely that the DC government will impose any kind of martial law against a seceding state, be it Texas, Vermont or whichever state makes the move first. To fear such tactics by the federal government is showing a willingness to live under a tyrannical government. If you are willing to live under tyranny, there are several highways that lead out of Texas, both east and west and to the north. To quote Samuel Adams, “Go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!”