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A quick search brought up the following example.

On the 26th the Louisiana convention passed an Ordinance of Secession by 103 yeas to 17 nays. It was charged that there had been fraud in the election of delegates to the convention, and the claim was made that the Union men were in a majority throughout the State. Accordingly it was proposed to submit the ordinance to the vote of the people. This proposition was voted down by 84 yeas to 45 nays.

In Texas, a State convention, called by the legislature, which, as we have seen, had met in unconstitutional assembly, passed an Ordinance of Secession on February 1, by a vote of 166 yeas to 7 nays. This was submitted to a popular vote and was ratified by a large majority.
Arkansas, North Carolina, Virginia, and Missouri held conventions in which the Union men were in a majority, and the secession of these States was thus postponed. The later secession of Missouri was the work of persons unauthorized by the Confederacy, and, though recognized by the Confederacy, was not legally valid even according to the theory of secession.
The Tennessee and Kentucky legislatures, being strongly Unionist, refused to call conventions.
Gov. Thomas H. Hicks, of Maryland, refused to convene the legislature of his State on the subject.
The legislature of Delaware, when urged by a comissioner from Mississippi to pass an Ordinance of Secession, gave the proposition an “unqualified disapproval.”

Great Debates in American History, Volume Five, pages 278-279
Current Literature Publishing Company, New York, 1913
http://www.adena.com/adena/usa/cw/al.htm


66 posted on 11/28/2012 11:26:46 AM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX
Here is the NYT 1861 story:

BATON ROUGE, Friday, Jan. 25.

The day has been partially consumed in speeches from the South Carolina and Alabama Commissioners. Efforts were made for cooperation, and at last the Convention adjourned after much discussion on a resolution submitting the act to the people the vote on the Secession bill till 12 o'clock to-morrow.

BATON ROUGE, Saturday, Jan 26.

The delay ordinance, moved to be substituted for the secession ordinance reported by the Committee of Fifteen, was voted down yesterday by an immense majority.

Commissioners MANNING, of South Carolina, and WINSTON, of Alabama, made eloquent addresses in favor of immediate secession.

There was an animated debate last night on the resolution for submitting the secession ordinance for ratification to the people. The advocates of immediate secession abstained from all debate. There was no extreme opposition to the ordinance.

The vote on submitting the ordinance to the people was taken this morning -- Ayes 45, Nays 84.

JOHN PERKINS addressed the Convention on the passage of the secession ordinance.

The debate closed, and a vote was ordered.

The galleries and lobbies were intensely crowded, and a deathlike silence prevailed. On the call of the roll many members were in tears.

The Clerk announced the vote -- Ayes 113, Nays 17 --and the President declared Louisiana a free and sovereign Republic.

Capt. ALLEN then entered the Convention with a Pelican flag, accompanied by Gov. MOORE and staff, and put the flag in the hands of the President, amid tremendous excitement.

A solemn prayer was then offered, and a hundred guns were fired.

The Convention adjourned to meet in New-Orleans on the 29th inst.

Before the Convention adjourned the resolution accompanying the ordinance, declaring the right of free navigation of the Mississippi River and tributaries to all friendly States, and the right of egress and ingress to boats of the Mississippi by all friendly States and powers, passed unanimously.

A gold pen was given each member with which to sign the ordinance of secession.

No confusion, no violence. You fail.

71 posted on 11/28/2012 11:34:10 AM PST by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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