Anti-Secession Petition Started on White House Website
The US has tried secession in the past, and every American knows how that worked out - a half million Americans lost their lives. Such history must never repeat itself, especially in as great a country as the United States, wherein a strong federal system has always protected its citizens' standard of living and secured their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers.
Source: White House Petition Website. Read full article. (link)
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Yes, some states seceded, and then a bunch of people randomly died. The U.S. and confederate governments had nothing to do with it.