The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-09-28
IS APEACE PRORA8LE. II

.7s Col. Forney writes from Washington to
the Philadeiphia Press, Of Sept. 9th, ma
hopefur spirit. He says:..' . w ''
am neither a prophet nor the son Of a
prophet,j but th INK we are on the road to
an honorable and lasting peacs.o Il will be
a conquered peace--a peace won ut the can
mons mouth, sealed with the blood OF trai-
tors and established upon the basis Of The
old CONSTITUTION, to last, Les 5ius hope,
through enduring, generations. There IS
one subject upon which loyal men may free
iy write, and that is the approaching over
throw Of the Southern, despotism, and, by
consequence, the proclamation of enduring
peace. il ia true was must reach tho end
through war and Carnage and death. But
we vii, reach it. When Gen. Mcclellan
encounters Gen. Beauregard be will ami
t,iate him and will compel Il surrender that
Will be followed, predics, bya perpetual
peace This, is bold language, bns lam
wiling 70 stake my reputation upon it, and
here are some OF the reasons for the faith
{ that is in mea:'s assia Eatk4i9 EHH 'hTf4
Ii you will reprint and fesdsthe extracts
from tho Raltimare. Sun ofthis morning,
you will see that Hatteras was more than II
Compensation for Manassas, and that the
whole people OF North carolina feel the
/. blow struck by Butier and Stsingham7 as il
it had reached every heart aud 1bearthstone
in the State; il has aroused them to a doubt.
sense Of the power II our great govern.
ment. and Of the weakness Of that counter.
b feat one which has covered them with ire
parable calaml,ies. l.has given voice ltc
| honest complaint, courage TO an oyerborns
! patriotism, and Vitality TO the contempt sin
cerely entertainedfor the Richmond bandit,
|. When this conspiracy commenced, stated
/ in almost direct terms, that the Southern
States would be SURROUNDED by the awfu
power OF the Federal Government; eater
/ up BY their own factions: starved out by ar
/ efficient block ade, taxed and :pluadsred for
the support OF q ravenons rebellion !! ant
because of the shamelessness of thelr reyol
/ and because of the atrocity Of making sla
very the pretext Of u war upon Christianity
and Civiilxation, certain to fall under th'
Judgement Of every government on the fac'
of the earth. ........, s.. 4. -.,...+fgz.,s
Has not this horoscope been already NOR,
than half accomplished McCulloch is fy
i ing into Arkansas; Magolin covers before
j the Federal authority and the decree of th
ballot 10 Kentucky, Hardes is resreatini
along the Mississippi: Rosencrapz, is hold
ling Lee aud Floyd and Wise in check !; th'
1 Isaltimars mob, manacled and silent, glare
tpowerless at the feet of Gen. Dix. IL j
even rumored that the '.grand army tina
now threatens Mcclellan on the shores op
posite wa, hington will hreak up and dis
solve. NJ anwhiie the blockade is stretch
4 ing its long arms, and will presently hug tn
whole Ceufedsracv in an iron and woodet
embrace. The Union msn of all the Slav'
/ States viii shortly rise. from whispered com
fplaipt into open denuneiation,, and the mos
potent enemies Of the rebellion will speejil,
be found ia the States nav under It's thral
1 dom. so that you see that my prediction i
on the eve of offuidlment-thatpe peace is com
from the eHorts OF cur soldiers, and no
4 from the insrigues and treacheay Of thos
who can see nothing dishsnorabie il
Iths degrasion aaad humiliation Of th
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