He has dissolved Representative Houses … for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
—- unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 3, Clause 6
Commander-in-Chief Abraham Lincoln, of the united States, orders Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, to arrest all members of the Maryland legislature known to have pro-Confederate (constitutionalist) sentiments, in an effort thwart the possibility of the upcoming secession constitutional convention voting to withdraw its voluntary membership in the compulsory Union.
[added 3/25/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
Maryland and Secession
blueandgraytrail.com/event/Maryland_and_Secession
Abraham Lincoln and Maryland – Abraham Lincoln’s Classroom.mht
www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/Library/newsletter.asp?ID=108&CRLI=156
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