[DoodleDawg]

Maryland couldn’t secede - Lincoln garrisoned Baltimore with federal troops fearing that DC would be surrounded.

The Maryland legislature met and voted not to secede.

[Palio di Siena]

They didn’t have any choice.
Lincoln had garrisoned Baltimore with thousands of federal troops.
The legislature’s vote was meaningless.

[DiogenesLamp]

The Maryland legislature met and voted not to secede.

After Lincoln arrested all the ones in favor of it.

This is like saying "Comrade Stalin won the election!"

Of course he did.