All political power is inherent in the people.
The history of the present and past administrations of the Federal Government, the said, an agent of the fifty republics of the United States, is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations of the constitutional compact between the people California and the federal agent of these United States. Therefore as, as the following injustices show, the federal agent has not and will not honor the constitutional obligations of the compact between California and itself. Therefore, having a direct object for the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over California and her people. For the usurpation of its constitutional restrictions against abridging the people's rights of speech, the press, and the free exercise of religion. For violating the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, businesses and committing unreasonable searches and seizures.