Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-11-21
Kentucky Conspirators

The Louisville Courier, of last Friday,
publishes portion of the secret correspon'
dence of the Kentucky Linoolnites, which
by some means has fallen into the hands Of
its editors. The letters published show the
vilainy of the conspirators in all its naked
atrooity and meanness They show that it
was the settled purpose of the Union dem
agogues of Kentucky, as far back as last
May, to drag Kentucky into Lincoln's dia.
bolical war upon the South, while profess
sing to be in favor of neutrality and peace,
avowedly for the purpose of deceiViug and
hoodwiuking the State until their netarious
schemes should be matured.
These letters also show that these wicked
conspirators were prompted solely by mo-
tives of sordid gain, the burthen of the
correspondence being the appointment OF
one Ward, of Bowling Green, to whom it
was addressed as Paymsaster in Lincoln's
army. To fill their pockets with money by
fat army contracts and fat Offices, was the
sole motive of these mercensry wretches
The only object of this fellow Ward was to
become Paymaster-to carry the money-bag
like another Judas.
The history of the world does not furnish
the parallel of the hypocrisy, falsehood, de-
ception and villsiny of the band Of conspi,
rators who have betrayed aud sold the great
State of Kentucky to her worst enemies.
They went before the people last summer,
with the lying pretence on their lips, that
their ouly concern was to keep Kentucky
out of the war, and by pledges Of their de,
votion to neutrality and peace, succeeded in
gulling the people into electing them tc
Congress and the Legislature. But all this
while, as the proof shows, they had deter
mined to discard Kentucky neutrality and
were secretly plotting to hand her over
bound hand and foot, to the tyraut; and al
the reward of their black and Infamous
treason, were obtaining mule and othel
contracts, out of which they were enabled
to steal unheard of sums of money from
"the best Government on earth;" aud il
addition many of them had high military
commissions in their pockets from the des
pot to enable them to extract still more
money from the Federal Treasury in th'
shape of big salaries.
The conspiracy of Cataliue fades into in
significance when compared with that Of th'
Catalines of Kentucky. History mus
hereafter select Crittenden, or some othe
Kentucky leader, as its representative con
spirator. Benedict Arnold, even, mus
yield the crown of infamy to these rivals
and his treason loses its pre-. eminence whe1
compared with theirs Judas Iscariot, a
lone furnishes parallel to their dark treach
cry. For thirty pieces of silver he betray
ed his Lord and master; and for base coll
these atrocious plotters have sold thel
State. Their ill gotten money, like his,
the price of blood but it is not to be ez
pected that, like him, such hardened wretch
!, es, seized by remorse, will cast their bloo
/, money at the feet Of the viud!ctive tyran
to whom they have sold the liberties o
their country. With hands dripping witt
the blood of their fellow citizens, and thei
own sons and brothers, they will clutch tn
gold which they have received as the prlc
of their treason. But, as sure as there
justice in the skies, it will be burning
curse in their hands, cleaving to them lik
the blood of murdered innocence. Th
mark of Cain is on their brow, and thei
names will descend to posterity black wit
infamy.