I have read the journal's of the conventions... they exist. Form your opinion from there. Here is a view of a Mississippi Unionist.

http://books.google.com/books?id=YF2PiGrmVrkC&pg=PA120&dq=Secession+Conventions+mississippi&lr=&cd=14#v=onepage&q=Secession%20Conventions%20mississippi&f=false