Secession is a stupid idea. Our Founders knew that we are stronger together than if we start separating out to do on our own. That is why they adopted certain symbols like this one by Ben Franklin:
And this one used by the Roman Republic and honored by George Washington:
"This ancient emblem called a fasces served as the symbol of civil authority in the Roman Republic. Originally it was an axe bound among a collection of rods held together with a red strap. The fasces could be presented to restore order or to carry out punishment. Our founding fathers found deep inspiration for our own experiment, as a Republic, from the Romans and adopted the symbol to represent Congress. Just as the thin rods of the fasces become stronger when bound together, so the states find stability and strength while working collectively in the House and Senate in the Capitol building."
And eventually this symbol and its motto "E Pluribus Unum" which means "out of many one."
Question - What are the smaller states to do if Texas makes a run for it?
Answer - "Texas can make it without the United States, but the United States can't make it without Texas" ~ Governor Sam Houston
Matthew 18:8-9
If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
The prayer of secession:
If a state or states causes socialism, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for a Free Republic to continue on maimed or crippled than to have all of its states and together be thrown into the eternal fire of collectivism. And if the Federal Government causes you to sin; secede from it, peacefully hopefully but secede just the same.. It is better to govern as a sovereign state, smaller and diminished in power than to be thrown into the fire of centralized Federal usurpation