Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-14
Pull Together.

never was there time IN our nlStOr,
!. when unanimity was SO much needed a
now. The people should be of one mind
of one will, Of one purpose. Laying aside
all sectional, social add political difference
all prejudices and feuds and
wfanlglings we INST, as one man, don th'
hairless for the work before US. We mus
whip this fight, and the way ID. do it is tt
pull together; Nobody will deny that tht
task ,ia 40 light one mo holiday business :
but with fix determination to win, tina
there shall be be no such words as fail in
our vocabulary, the day will be ours. Opt
man working for dear life in the cause
while bis neighbor hangs back and doe,
nothing, will never do. Pull together. men
pull steady, even and true Move forwsrc
shoulder to shoulder, never faltering, never
wavering. With this singleness Of purpose
and the zeal and energy which just cause
always inspires, Peace may shed her benign
influence over orr country sooner than we
think Then long pull, strong pull
and pull altogether, and the victory is
won p
So writes Southern cotemporary. We
take up this refrain, and commend it's spirit
to the people of Virginia. s.Pull together .
In those words is the secret Of success. -
There can be no failure if the whole people,
with one heart and AIM, bend their cher
ges to the achievement Of final triumph -
There must be~no timid yielding to gloom
independently because disastershave over.
taken US. No nation egsr won it's indepen-
dence except through Grery ordeal; excep,
through alternate defeats and victory. The
men who fouget our first revolution were
not intimidated by adversely If they had
been, the independence which they carved
Oft through suffering and blood would MOI
have been established Neither will ours
be, if we meanly yield to the depressing in.
huences Of the reverses which our eause has
recently sustained There mist be hear
~ and generous spirit Of co-operation on
the part Of the people With the Go9ernttient
and the armies. The hands of those in au-
thority mist be strengthened by every
means that can be brought to Bear There
should be no holding back of subsistence
from the coihmissariat Of the army, because
the Government price is Tot quite so high
as that which individuals may be willing to
lpay.
What boots it that heaps Of money have
been accumulated, if we are conquered? Oh
what value vii! it be? No more than the
! paper on which the promises to pay arc
printed. What benefit will fortunes be to
The possessors if the curse of suhjugation to
Yankee masters comes Upon us? Let those
who are SO eager to accumulate gain, to the
neglect. of their duty to the country, ponder
these things. They are sober, solemn
thoughts. Again those who belong to the
military service, and those who have been
recently called to it, should rally to their
post Of duty. ard of honor by every motive
that can stimulate men to noble actions
The stirring calls Of the President and Of
Gen. Lee ought to be responded to BY eve
ry person to whom they are addressed.
| With our forces in the field thus gii,en~
ted, we have the Presidents word for it.
the numerical strength of the army will be
sufficient for any emergency which may
come upon it. In this assurance is motive
to encourage and prompt every delinquent
to hasten to respond to the patriotic and
magnanlmous address Of the Chief Magis-
trafe. When that is done, tie country viii
be safe. The glorious prize of ultimate
success is. in the reach Of the people of The
South. If they nerve themselves for every
emergency and sacrifice; if they manfully
do their duty, they will grasp and hold it
If they do not, it will vanish like phantom
Let us pull together. - NirginiaA.