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Well, it's hard to prove something that didn't happen, didn't happen. But the timelines are there for anyone to see. Maryland held a secession convention and delegates voted secession down 53 to 13. Maryland followed this with a vote in the legislature against secession and proposing neutrality on April 29, 1861. None of the members of the Maryland legislature were thrown in prison for this. During the summer of 1861, some members of the legislature who still advocated secession and support for the cause of rebellion were jailed at Fort McHenry. The total number of legislators was 31, far less than the entrie Maryland legislature that you claim.

The total number of legislators was 31, far less than the entrie Maryland legislature that you claim.

You're a big supporter of states' rights, aren't you?

"Arrests and arrests alone saved Maryland... I approved them then, I approve them now, and the only thing for which I criticize the government... is that they let some of these men out!"

-- Governor Hicks of Maryland.

Walt