One-fifth of adult Americans still believe in government by consent, i.e., the right of secession, according to a Zogby/Middlebury Institute poll. The highest percentage of believers in peaceful secession was among Hispanics (43%) and African-Americans (40%).

Interestingly, the more time one spends in government schools (which is to say, all but a small handful in the entire country)the less likely one is to support government by consent. The unspoken corollary here is that if the people do not have the right to secede, then the state assumes the "right" to invade, murder, and destroy them and their state, all the while calling it "the glory of the coming of the Lord" or some other Lincolnite slogan.