New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-20
rwE rrEmrNRNT PERIL.

THE EBkHEtNENE EHhsh
At length the steroOtyped assurance that Inc
Capital is in no danger" is discarded anu bic
tocsip of alarm is sounded by tho GoVernmc"'
itself Washington is in daoger-immneH1 u'As''
As il was directly after the fall OF ron 0U",,n''
and again tbe day after the fight at But Kun. ihc
saoessonists greatly encouraged and strengthened
l.. r,o;r Lotto successes have determined to cross
fine Potomac into Maryland beng aS0urea 'Ha'
AVER, oblebo6ied devOtee of slavery ana treason IN
h,, State will Ialy at once to their support they
In ,o,e tbe attempt with all their force not ask
inn NOR caring what becomes Of Manassas, or MOI
folk. or Richmond ~ they but make good Their
footipq in Maryland, seize Baltimore, and cut oil
Washington from all communication with the loyal
States. Such is understood 20 be their programme,
involving a desperate risk, but promising the most
dazzling advantages in case OF success. 10
rebellion which has all but exhausted the resources
on which it has hitherto preyed, the prospect oil
" fresh fields and pastures new is OF Itself almost
irresistible. The possession of Baltimore implies
shoes clothing, food, munitions and almost every
thing whereof the Rebels are in urgent need 1t rs
Just possible that they may be threatening decisive
advance on the Potomac, as a cover to operations
in some other quarter, but the chances are ninety
nine 70 ono that tho demonstration in earnest ON
the Federal Metropolis, which their Secretary Of
War promised the night after Sumter was taken,
should be made before the lst of May, viii actually
be made before the first of September.
Here IS 10 question of what has been most
absurdy termed inraling the dOminiOns OF JEFF.
| Davis. Washington IL not and never was his.
MARYLAND, though Piled with every art aud lure,
and infested by as active, interruptions. despsT-
ate 4 crew OF Secession cO0spiratcrs as can be
| found on earth, has steadlaStly and by large
majorites adhered to the Union. The Union
majority at her last ELECTION alter making all
possible allowances, exceeded Ten Thousand.
This loyal State tho rebels now propose 30
yrest by forco from the Union. whose Gov
eminent thsreupOn summons TO its defense every
volunteer enlisted in the Middle and Eastern
States no matter whether his regiment be iul
or otherwise, and no matter whether uniformed,
armed and equipped or not.
VIII not the summons be needed by many more
than those to whom it is formally addressed?
Lovers of Liberty and Union loyal citizens OF the
Great Republic do you not feel that the crisis APP
peals to YOU Regiments aud even companies,
VIII every day be hurIymg with half-6led ranks to
the defense Of the capital will You not each grasp
a musket and fall in One Hundred Thousand
Volunteers, in addtisn to those already accepted,
ought to be Fastening to Baltimore and Washington
80 fast as transportation can be provided shall the
Country be cast down and ruined for lack of them
Even though you may not be able to procure the
best arms, equipments, &c, it is certain that your
worst VIII be better than the average Of the rebels;
while, the seas being indisputably ours, provisions
and supplies of all sorts viii be every day hurried
forward You viii fight on The defensive, with
great superiority in artillery and ammunition; you
fight under the flag of our fathers and for the pres
eryation Of tie blessings that they freely gave their
rfe-blood to secure. May we not soon hear that
from every county at least regiment, every town
ship fresh company is mustered for the defense OF
the capital and ready to march at the earliest init
nation that its presence at Washington "a desired?
Doubtless, the Governor of each loyal State either
has or soon will have issued Instructions az to
whom volunteers shall report, and what steps
shall be taken 70 render their services instantly
available. If the naughty front Of Rebellion il
ever 10 be lowered, the loyal States must stand to
their,arms at once. The destiny Of the Republic
VIII be settled before the end of September.
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