, 1864-05-03
Qblra9e Qrlbnne.


TUESDAY, MAYS, 1874
XoUR PRESENT DUTY.
Reader Of the TnBrEH. are you doing
your whole duty IS citizen OF this Re-
public? Have you turned from your mer-
chaudize, your speculatious, your Injuries,
or IRON that daily humber struggle which
is the common lot, To eaxe ut the dark md
pcrtcntous clouds now masslng aud dark
cninE along the Southern horizon. Or IL
you are watching the gathering war cloud,
and perhaps curiously counting the hours
before the Hghtnings play aud the thun-
'dcss Of War reverberate aloug its peaks, Ia
rot this all? Have you considered Or asked
yourself what vas your personal dut?f
Has your uuconeern grown ont OF fail
sare to appreciate the demand Of this Pre-
sent honr?
Look at the situation: 1ns- -srm of the
rebellion, .nuacularixed by two ye4rs' train
1pg, maddened by two years. reverses, lean
and hungry as wolves Of the desert, and not
more mercilcss, are nassed in greater ernum
Der than eyer before "for a blow ut the
North" But we have opposed to them
noble ar1ny equally experienced. We have
confidence In Grant We have no doubt
Sherman will sweep all before him. Thcrn
are multitudes Of men whose active patriot-
ism is confined to looking fierce when the
faintest doubt is cast upon the issue Of the
coming battles.
It is we'll to give our leaders and their
troops nil the help confidence in them can
t1ing, It is well to believe In Grant Butts
it not the part Of Wise men and wise women
{for It is, as well, to the mothers, wives and
sisters, We arc writing} to look beyond our
hopes aud take counsel Of .our fears? There
indeed stretches along the front In Virglnis
and opposing the foe IN Georgta, and Tennea-
see, the strong dyke, made up Of firmly set
bsyunets, with stout hearts behind them.
What II a crcvasse takes place in this 1tue, and
across tue wreck OF that lost battle the foe
pours his frcsh hordes to strike at regions
vet unrisitcd BY this war! 1s1t wise to SAT
aud to act as if this was impossible, and to 60
in buay with our muck rakes until therattling
storm Of disaster IL in our ears: No, q thou
sand times, no!
And more than this. The very ground On
which stand our homes, is trcacherous. From
among us tsaitorons hands beckoa on the
enemy, and tzeacherous Signals wait to be
flung ont. We should do less than our duty
.as public journalists did ne not warn the
Northwest that at this present hour, the very
mir is thick and heary with peril for all We
hold dear.
The Governors Of the loyal states know
this well The Governors OF the Western
States have already moved to provide against
the remote but not impossible contingency
of defeat in the field. The call for one
hnndred Thousand men for one hundred days
means that within that time VIC shall need
them sorely If at all, Or the war cloud will
have har1nlessly spent It's first strength
These men shonld be instantly In the field.
They Ghould come together promptly, and
go forward sped with the earnest zeal Of .
people awake to their danger.
How is this cali being mete Slowly ii
Chicago. and why? Shall We tell you;
You, sir, ffowned at your clerk, when will
enthusiasm in his eye he proposed to 20
You tok. him there were enough that woul'
80. and snothered his ardent patriotism in
;Eunny bag. Ton, SIT, With & fatherly tear Il
your eye pfshed at your jealous, well grow
:boy. and reminded him he Was not twenty
Lone. You, madam, hare with shining eye
reaa Of the Spartan mother, but tears bnn
you to your own path stretching, steeply IN
deed, up beside hers. Sisters, maids, who {
xou lave not outstretched fair hands to hoi
some one back from the ranks = So thou
sands are held, though the great heart Of th
people says, Go.
THIS var 50 far has been too much OF
foreign mission five arc blind to the call
md blind and tonguey Congress become
indeed the best exemplsr Of this nation, ther
are depths before US which may we'll appa
the stoutest heart As yon lay down thi
Tribune let the work begin. As the bran
was cent through Highland homes In an hou
OF scotland's danger, go let It speed no"
Can You co yourselfs Does age' sex or d
ties forbids Cast about you aud see who 70
can help to so. Aay sou lore your connt1
lny moi withholding finger on any one WI
can 70. Lctns not be betrayed By the hol
est impulses Of our homes. Let not Il
,nost dangerous traitors to our CAUSE be Il
.rentle ones Of our own households. co'
1neucc to-day, and let the rallying CRY swc'
through the Northwest, over all our p1Airl
and at a1l our Aresides.
"our conntr5'e IN danger
And calls for her Bons."