Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-09-26
IS A PEACE PROBABLE?
Letter from Col. Forne}.

Colonel Forney writes from Washington
to the Philadelphia Press of Saturday in
hopeful spirit. He says:
lam neither a prophet nor the son of
prophet. but | think We are on the road to
an honorable and lasting peace. II will
be a conquered peace-a peace won at the
cannon's mouth, sealed with the blood Of
traitors and established upon the basis OF
the old Constitution, at last, let Us hope,
through enduring generations. There is
one subject upon which loyal men may free
Is write, and that is the approaching over
throw of the Southern despotism, and, by
consequence, the proclamation of endu
ring peace. Ii is true We must reach the
end through war and carnage and death
But we will reach il. When General Nc
Clellan meets General Beauregard he will
annihilate him, and will compel surren
der that will be followed. predict by a
perpetual peace. This is bold language,
but am willing to stake my reputation
upon it; and here are some of the reasons
for the faith that is in me:
If you will reprint and read the extracts
from the Baltimore Sun of this morning,
YOU will see that Hatteras was more than
a compensation for Manassas, and that
the whole people of North Carolina feel
the blow struck by Butler and S ringham
~ lift had reached every heart and hearth
stone in the State. 1t has aroused them
to double sense of the power of our great
Government. and the weakness Of that
counterfeit one which has covered then
with irreparabe calamites. 1t has siver
voice TO honest complaint. courage 10 NJ
overborne patriotism. and vitality to th'
contempt sincerely felt for the Richmon,
handitti. When this conspiracy cOmmenc
ed | stated, in almost direct terms, tha
the Southern States would be surrounde,
by the awful power of the Federal Gov
ernment; eaten up by their own factions
starved out by an efficient blockade; taxe'
and plundered for the support Of a raven
Gus rebellion; and because of the shame
lessness of their revolt, and because of Tia
atrocity Of making slavery a pretext Of
war upon christianity and civilization, Ger
tain to fall under the judgment of ever
Government on the face of the earth.
Has not this horoscope been alread
more than half accomplished McCul
: Tough is flying into Arkansas; Mcgofi
covers before the Federal authority an
the decree ofthe ballot in Kentucky; HaT
: dee is retreating along the Mississippi
e Rosecrans is holding Lee and Floyd an
Wise in check: the Baltimore mob. mar
acled and silent, glares powerless at tn
feet of Dix. Ii IS even rumored that tn
"grand army" that now threatens McClel
Ian on the shores opposite Washingto
a will break IN and dissolve. Meanwhile
the blockade is stretching its long armt
e and will presently hug the whole Confed
!. eracv in an iron and wooden embrace. II
1 Union men of all the Slave States will ris
; from whispered complaint into open dc
: nunciation, and the most potent onemi'
L Of the rebellion will speedily be found
h the States now under its thralldom.
that you see that my prediction IS on Il
i. eve of flI6llment--thatn neace i 20 com
e from the efforts of our soldiers, and NJ
IS from the intrigues and treachery of tho
$ who can see nothing dishonorable in Il
It degradation and humiliation of the Mort