Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-03-31
THE HERALD.
Lancaster. Tues. March, 81 1863.
When ShaII he NYar End.


It matters but little about opinions I'M
surpoftea by facts concerning the war.
Two months ago there was a dread, a
dark doubt as to whether there should ever
,be.any more union; on the contrary, wars
upon wars Of factions and sections, to last
for may be dozen or twenty years, We're
more than visions. AT that time anil for
weeks powerful northern party were pro-
testing every inch of ground won by the
goyerument-just as $ trongly as the rebels
were, only by the newspaper and ballot,
not by the bullet In solid march that par
uy went to the very brow of the piecipice,
where to step one step further were to
launch them into the chasm of civil war
upon northern union men. Indeed. in the
States of Indiana and Illinois that party
marched over the precipice, attacked the,
government officers while in tie discharge
or their duties, and then sought refuge be
hind the courts, whore they rest till th.s
day. Such was not the case everywhere,
and but to a limited extent in Wisconsin
over in Ozaukee and Washington coun-
ties; in Grant county we scarcely saw or
even felt the shock of the political volcano.
But what Of the change? Seymour of
New York, elected Governor by an irrup-
ton which he has since managed to keep
from spreading too far and wide--in fact
subdued it, saw the chasm, John Vanburen
saw it, Gen. Cass saw it, Mat II. Carpen-
ter saw it-saW that the union was going
10 dead certainty. Well. these meE
called halt and then got Vanburen and
lsrady 10 stop the internal Copperhead ma
cline; and they did put on the brakes
and stop it-they did, Under the pre-
tense Of being for the "Constitution as it is
and the union as it was" with sundry Juts
and ifs. and for rigid prose :ution Of
peace measures and opposed TO the war
against sour Southern brethren" they act
ually carried most of the Northern States
upon such pretended loyal platforms. But
they could so no farther, for death to coun-
try and patty stared them in the face. For
tunate, and God bless them for it, they
never intended to sacrifice the country. At
present all Of these great leaders are
preaching the union for ever and the war
to the biterest preaching the Con-
seription act, increasing the army by add
ing white men, negroes, Inqians, all that
can fight, and sealing the mouths Of
traitors by force Of martial law. So much
for the end Of apprehension Which was
upon us-so much for a separation or the
holy from the unholy of that party and
for union that must mass all the
loyal forces into one stupencous, mighty
war party.
Such are European affairs and senti-
ments that no single Power or combination
of Powers can interfere IN American If
fairs for many months if at all Rebel
sympathy is new as feeble in Europe as in
the Northern States of America.
Our armies have taken possession and
VII occupy all the rebel provision supply
regions Of the South, or mainly so-wiih
a heavy share Of their work hands; the
great supply region west of the Mississippi,
Sfnot ours, is SO cut off from the rebel ar
enies as to be to them foreign country
under blockade. Virginia must all fall
and be trodden under foot by Hooker's
Dragons; 50 must Kentucky, Tennessee
and heavy Sizes of other supply states
The blacks are uneasy, and the bounties to
be offered them as soldiers will lead them
to be more than worthless as slave labor
ers. Starvation and want cannot fail to
steal quickly upon the South and drive
their armies to mutiny and desertion. All
this is seen BY the gold gamblers at Rich
mond who have run up gold to five or six
hundred per cent, while the same discov-
cry in New York has brought down gold
correspondingly in our metropolis. All
this has happened upon the eve Of the rails
ing OF another immense union army under
the CONSUMPTION law.
Considering all and great deal more
not necessary to particularize, we feel con
fident the war viii end very soon, say in
three, four or at the furthest six months.
The rebels will ret make desperate raj
", then exhaust and give up; their lead
ers fly to foreign countries, the masses sub
nit.