Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-02

This is signed by the Commissioners
named above, and was approved and ratified
by the Convention of Virginia, on the 25th
of April, 1861.
From the New Orleans Delta.
Duplicity of Lincoln and his 1nstru-
ments.
The duplicity and treachery Of Lincolp
and Seward have served greatly to increase
the hostility of our people against the Uni
ted States Government. Never was seen
in the chief executive or the high officer of
any respectable nation such display of low
cunning and dishonorable artifce. Besides
his faithlessness to our Commissioners in
leading them to believe that they would in
time be recognized and treated with, and
that peaceful relations would in the mean
time be maintained, there have been va
rious instances of treachery and deception
by Lincoln towards individuals, which will
contribute to illustrate the disgusting base.
ness of this pitiable creature, this burlesque
of President. One of the victims Of this
duplicity of Lincoln was no less an indi.
vidual than Judge John A. Campbell, of
the Supreme Court of the United States.
Judge Campbell had been induced to with
hold his resignation of his seat on the bench
by the earnest entreaty Of the venerable
Chief Justice, and by the hope of using
his influence to give a peaceful direction
to the agitations between the two Confeder-
acies. Accordingly, when our Commission
ers reached Washington, Judge Campbell
offered his services as an intermediary be-
tween them and Lincoln and Seward. In
this position it was supposed he would be
equally acceptable to both parties. l: was
to him, Judge of the hig hest tribunal of
Government of the United States, that
Lincoln and Seward gave the most positive
assurances of peaceful purposes and Of his
determination not to reinforce the FORTS
This assurance was given at late as the oth
of April, after the orders had been sent
from the War Department to fit out the
naval expedition and move the troops south
ward to reinforce Sumter and Pickeus.-
We have this fact from a member of Judge
Campbell's family.
But this is not the only Instance of vile
treachery towards prominent official. Sen.
ator Gwin, of California, before leaving
Washington, having received from Seward
repeated assurances that as soon as the Ex-
ecutive could be relieved of the hungry
gang of Office cormorants who were then Re-
sieging him, be would recognize the South
ern Commissioners and take measures for a,
peaceful separation. At the request of Mr..
Seward, Mr.. Gwin made visit to Lincoln
and presented to him his view of the i'm
possibility of coercing the South into the
Union. Mr. Gwiu spoke as an impartial
observer of the conflict, as the representa-
tive of State not involved in it, When
be had concluded his statement, Mr.. Lin
coln declared, with great appearance, of
sincerity, that he fully concurred in bis
views, and that this policy was one of peace
and conciliation. Mr.. Gwin came South
and communicated to all his friends in this
section his beliefin these purposes of Lin
coin. Nelson and Etheridge, two Union
members of Congress from Teuuesse, re-
ceived like assurances, and when they re-
turned home communicated them to their
constituents. Their communication con-
tributed greatly to strengthen the Union
feeling in Tennessee.
The closing incident in the series of acts
of duplicity of Lincoln was the intrigue
which was fortunately suspected and de-
feated by Governor Pickens and General
Beauregard. 1t was the plan to obtain pos
session of Fort Sumter, which was conceiv-
ed by one Fox, an officer in the United
States Army, and brother. .iulaw of Blair,
the Postmaster General. Fox's plan was
to concert with Anderson an arrangement
of signals from Fort Sumter by which smap
boats and launches might be enabled TO
steer into the bay during the night, and to
avoid the South Carolina batteries. 10
promote this scheme Talbot was appointed
Assistant Adjutant General, and obtained
the permission of Governor Pickens to leave
the fort a~d proceed to Washington. On
his arrival there he and Fox were closcted
with Gen. Scott and with Liucoln's Secre-
taries of War and Navy, and the plans for
the concerted signals and communications
between the fort and squadron were arran-
ged and agreed upon. With these plans
Talbot returned to Charleston and asked
permission to proceed to the fort, declaring
that his purpose was to make arrangements
for the evacuation But the Carolinians
began to suspect this individual, and re-
fused him leave to 60 to the fort, and order
ed him off, thus defeating plot, to con-
summate which the lowest and most vul gar
falsehood and treachery had been employed.
These are only few of the devices of the
low cunning and cowardly duplicity of the
miserable pretenders who now fill the high
places in the once respectable Government
of the United States.
Southern Congress. .,
MONTGOMERY, April 29.-The South