My dads family comes from the southeastern United States. They were farmers, and lived independently in Georgia and the Carolina's since before the Revolutionary War. I also lived in both North and South Carolina. I can assure you that the majority of people from those States will not roll over in the face of government bullying, nor will they give up their land and homes because they are being ordered to do so.

Rural Americans, in general, are a very hardy bunch that do not take well to outsiders coming to take what is theirs. Southerners, in particular, are even less likely to roll over. The devastation of the Carpet Baggers is still not forgotten in the South.