Guest Post by Martin Armstrong
There is a new separatist movement forming in Virginia over the proposed gun laws. This new separatist movement taking place is in a state that already separated into two back in 1863 which some question whether it was lawfully carried out back then.
US Constitution: Article IV: Section 3
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
The interesting question was that since Virginia moved and joined the Confederate States, was their consent still required if they did not regard themselves to still be a state of the union? Hence, West Virginia was formed during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and is actually the only state to form by seceding from a Confederate state. The western part of the state of Virginia (1776–1863), was deeply against the views of the rest of Virginia over slavery. The population of West Virginia moved to separate from Virginia and was formalized by admittance to the Union as a new state in 1863.
Today, we have yet another rising separatist movement within Virginia as a result of House Resolution 8 which was introduced on January 14, 2020. This provides for an election to be had, pending approval of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and a majority of qualified citizens voting upon the proposition prior to August 1, 2020, for the admission of certain counties and independent cities of the Commonwealth of Virginia to be admitted to the State of West Virginia as constituent counties, under the provisions of Article VI, Section 11 of the Constitution of West Virginia. The Legislature of West Virginia separated over the differences which had grown between the counties of Western Virginia and the government at Richmond, of the Commonwealth of Virginia. They concluded that they were irretrievably divided and therefore they formed a new State of West Virginia.
The Trans-Allegheny portions of Virginia perceived that they suffered under an inequitable measure of taxation by which they bore a disproportionate share of the tax burden in the state which is often a common complaint under socialism. They have argued that the Trans-Allegheny region has been denied its equitable share of representation in the government prejudiced by a large number of people demanding benefits from Richmond.
The realization that when the majority demands benefits from those who produce, much like Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, then the majority can impose tyranny upon the minority and thus government no longer becomes the unbiased arbitrator within society. The neglect for the interests of many of the remaining counties of the Commonwealth of Virginia is at the heart of this rising separatist movement.
More recently, the government at Richmond has adopted the restraint upon the rights guaranteed under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution to the citizens of that Commonwealth. In the months since Democrats took control of Virginia’s government for the first time in over two decades, over 100 localities across Virginia have passed resolutions declaring themselves “Second Amendment Sanctuaries,” stating that they’re opposed to any bills which would restrict Second Amendment rights.
There is rising tension in Virginia ever since the Democrats took control of the State.
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The unconstitutional formation of a state was not the only illegal thing done by Mr. Lincoln. Yet even so called ‘conservatives’ continue to praise him. Those ignorant of Hisory are doomed to repeat it.
Lincoln’s intent to keep the republic together was so great he was willing to kill every Southerner he could to do it.
And he was not about to let a piece of parchment stand in his way.
Libs keep talking about splitting CA into several states – to give their voters more senators. That’d be fine as long as we merge Maryland and Delaware, and merge Rhode Island and Connecticut into Massachusetts.
….or putting Massachusetts and Maine back together, as it was all Massachusetts before 1820.
I’m ready to separate from these liberal ,socialist ,communist bastards right now for I have no common cause with them.
The Citizens of the State of Virginia need to remove the Governor from office. They should begin recall petitions, demonstrate civil disobedience, boycott both businesses and State taxes until the Governor is removed from office.
It’s interesting that a scab covering a 157 year old sore has been ripped off. Apparently, West Virginia is a special case and if counties want to join West Virginia there’s nothing Virginia can do about it. A court case over 2 Virginia counties joining West Virginia after June 20, 1863, was found legal in Virginia vs. West Virginia of 1871. However, West Virginia lost another lawsuit in 1911 when they were found liable for a third of Virginia’s debt prior to the separation.
The reasoning for Berkeley and Jefferson Counties joining West Virginia by Act of Congress on June 10, 1865 was this: these two counties were under Confederate Military occupation thus were never allowed to vote on the original resolution when the Northwestern counties voted to leave Virginia. Once under Federal control, these two counties voted to join West Virginia. Hence, today current Virginia counties could say they were never allowed to vote on the separation under duress of war, and that the laws never expired from the Civil War era where they too can decide whether or not to secede from the Commonwealth of Virginia.
There need be no input from Richmond at all on this matter.