Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-09-25


Colonel Forney writes from Washington
to the Philadelphia Press in a hopoful
spirit He says:
/ am neither a prophet nor a son Of q
prophet but think weare on the road Ia
in honorable and lasting Itace. twill be
a conquered peaee-a peace won at th.
cannon's mouth, sealedwith the blood d
traitors and established upon the basis 81
the old constitution, to last, let us hope,
through enduring generations. There Is
one subject npon which loyal men may free
" write, and that is the approaching over
throw Of the Southern despotism, aud, BY
consequence, the proclamation of enduring
peace. 1t is true we must reach the end
through war and carnageand death. But
we will reach it, When Gen. Mcclellan
encounters Gen. Beauregard he win ami.
hilate him andy compel asurrender thai
viii be followed, | predict, by perpetual
peace. This is bold language, bu | am
willing to stake my reputation upon il :and
here are some Of the reasons for the faith
that is in me:
# you will reprint and read the extracts
! from the Baltimore SIN Of this morning,
You win 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 Stfingham as If ii
had reached every heart and heatIstone III
the State. 1t has aroused them to dollb-
le sense Of the power Of our great govern
ment, and Of the weakness of that counter
felt one which has covered them with ir-
reparlble caiamIties. Ithas given voice q
honest complaint, courage to an oyerborne
patriotism, and vitality to the contempt sin
cerely entertained for the Richmond ban
ditti. When this conspiracy. commenced,
stated, in almost direct terms, that the
Southern States would be surrounded by
the awfal power Of the federal govern
meut; eatenup by their own factions; starry
ed out By an efficient blockade; taxed and
plundered for the support Of rayenous
rebellion; and because ofthe shamelessness
OF Their revolt, aaa because of the atroety
OF making slavery thepretextofa war upon
Christiaity and civilization, certain to fan
under the judgment ofeyery government on
the face of the earth.
Has not this horoscope been already
more than half accomplished? MeCulloch
is flying into Arkansas; Magolin covers
before the federal authority and the decree
Of the ballot in Kentucky; Hadee is re-
treating along thebIississippi; Rosencrans j.
holding Lee and Floyd and Wise in check
the Baltimore mob, manaeled and silent
! glares poweIless at the feet OF General DIX
1t is even rumored that the ''grand army
that now threatens Mcclellan on the shores
opposite Washington will break up and
dissolve. Meanwhile the blockade i
stretching its long arms, and will presently
hug The whole Confectionery in an iron and
wooden embrace. The Uuion men Of III
the slave States viii shortly rise from whis-
pered complaint into open denunciation
and the most potent enemies Of the rebel
lion will speedily be found in the States
now under It's thfaldom. So that you see
that my prediction is on the eve of fulfil
ment--that peace is to come from the sef
forts of our soldiers, and not from the I'M
trigues and treachery Of those who can SEE
nothing dishonorable in the degradation
and humiliation of the North.