Realizing that he has been lied to by the united States government, non-partisan (constitutionalist) Governor Francis W. Pickens of the Independent Republic of South Carolina orders the Militia to fire on Fort Sumter before a flotilla sent by Republican President Lincoln arrives to enforce the (protectionist) Morrill Tariff Act.
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FALSE FLAG OPERATION (1861): William H. Seward, Secretary of State, covertly assures Confederate Commissioner and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the federal united States John A. Campbell, that Fort Sumter will be evacuated.
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Subsequent Events:
Authority:
South Carolina Constitution of 1790, Article II, Section 6
emoglen.law.columbia.edu/twiki/pub/AmLegalHist/TheEstablishedChurchInSouthCarolina/S.C._Constitution_of_1790.pdf
References:
Richard N. Current, Lincoln and the First Shot, (New York: Harper & Row, 1964; Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland, 1990), 103-10.
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