[Arkinsaw]

DO in the name and in behalf of the people of Virginia, declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the people of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression, and that every power not granted thereby remains with them and at their will:

Do you see the words DECLARE AND MAKE KNOWN? Those words are a declaratory statement and not a provisional representation asking for something. You can say "Neo-Confederate Myth" all that you want but anyone who can read and has an open enough mind to apply common sense interpretation to the text can see otherwise.

Do declare and make known....That the powers of government may be reassumed by the people whensoever it shall become necessary to their happiness; that every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by the said Constitution clearly delegated to the Congress of the United States, or the departments of the government thereof, remains to the people of the several states, or to their respective state governments, to whom they may have granted the same; and that those clauses in the said Constitution, which declare that Congress shall not have or exercise certain powers, do not imply that Congress is entitled to any powers not given by the said Constitution; but such clauses are to be construed either as exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution.

This also is a straightforward declaratory statement if you go look at the text.

Do declare and make known...That the powers of government may be reassumed by the people whensoever it shall become necessary to their happiness.

Again, "Do Declare and Make Known". Very clear. These three northern States are DECLARING and MAKING KNOWN. Quite clear.

[Ditto]

DO in the name and in behalf of the people of Virginia, declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the people of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression, and that every power not granted thereby remains with them and at their will:

Do you see the words injured or oppressed? Please tell me how they were being injured or oppressed by the Federal Government.

All that clause means is that they were "declaring and making known" that the Constitution did not supersede their Natural Law right to Rebellion In the Face of Intolerable Oppression. No one ever suggested that the constitution, written by men, did supersede that right, granted by God.