Because we don't know what number less than 2.1 million population constitutes a sufficient number to declare independence, a proposed recognition of the right of 9 million people to declare independence won't work?
Are you insane?
That's not very diplomatic, but I guess I should wonder the way I've tried to be so patient about all of this.
You have finally convinced me that none of this has anything to do with Jefferson or the Declaration of Independence or the Continental Congress. Like a dog returns to his vomit, you return time and again to the Confederacy and the secessionists of the 1860's. Come hell or high water, you are for some reason committed to trying to demonstrate that Ape Lincoln committed a crime against humanity by defending the USA and by brutally defeating those liberty-lovers who only wanted to continue owning other human beings. I can't help you with those kind of problems.
So, I think the best way of closing all this for you is to tell you that, of course, you and any number of your friends have a "right" to declare independence and you don't even have to define what you imagine to be your territory. Yes, you have that "right." And, the rest of us, including the government of the United States, has a "right" to defend its territory, including the geography that you might want to claim. So, don't forget to prepare yourself for a fight.
Lincoln doesn't need me to defend him. He remains very popular. And, nobody is going to get their slaves back. I recognize that it was a major blow to some pocketbooks. Sorry it had to come that.
Finally, I suggest that you try to find a way to reconcile yourself to our past. This is a good country. You won't find a better one. But, if you want to try, we're not operating a jail here.
Good luck, amigo! ;-)