Every time a group of people yearning for a better life choose to simply remove their lands away from the leadership that is keeping them unhappy, that leadership fights to keep them where they are. ‘Twas ever thus, across all cultures and continents. I hope they succeed... but the big-government lovers cannot allow it to happen.
One such event was when Southern states seceded in 1861. Lincoln’s famous address would have been more accurate if given by a Confederate leader.