New-York daily tribune., 1864-04-12
OUR Duty TO OUR COUNTRY AND
HER DEFENDERS.

This day. Six Hundred Thousand Union sol-
diers are closing in upon the remaining strong
holds of S!ayeholding Treason, while Two Hun
dred Thousand more are volunteering and mus
tering in the Loyal States to reinforce and
strengthen them from week t0 week during the
campaign about to open. Westward OF the
Mississippi, the conyerging columns Of
Steele Sherman, and Banks, are clear
ing Arkansas and Louisiana Of the last
remnants of their Rebel armies preparatory to
grand united advance for the deliverance Of
Texas from the bloody grasp Of Treason. On
this side Of the Mississippi, good Halt Million
Of Unionists, all under the direction of Lieut.
Gen. Grant, are preparing to meet and beat the
Rebels in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia or
wherever else they can be most effectively
assaed, avoiding the mistakes of dispersion and
incoherency Of operations which have hitherto
proved so disastrous. We shall have victory
and peace in Gods good time; meanwhile,
we who remain at home are dong what We can Ia
cheer and sustain our heroic brethren in the
field by unprecedented contributions TO the
Sanitary Commission and to other organized
efforts for their physical and spiritual we'll
being. This is well; but there is another duty
incumbent on every one Of u whom God has
blessed with property, which should be dis
charged promptly, zealously, and in a spirit Of
ungrudging devotion emulatng that of our
brothers and sons now braying exposure, priya-
ton, hardship and death on the tented field.
This duty is that of replcnishing the Treasury
of the Republic to the full measure OF ia needs,
which is that Of our obligation. We shall soon
be called on for heavier taxes: let us pay them
readily, chceriully and 10 the nttemost larthne.
But meantime the Union asks Us 10 subscribe To
its new Loan let us do it, one and all, until
the emissaries Of treason in our midst shall re-
port TO their confedcrates below the picket lines
tidings that will cause their knees to quake like
Belshazzar's at the handwriting on the wall.
Your Government, Countrymen Patriots
asks you to subscribe and promptly fill up a
National Loan of Two Hundred Millions OF
Dollars, now pressingly needed to pay your
Armies and meet other urgent liabilities. or
this Loan, Ten or Twelve Millions have already
been taken, though the bonds are hardly yet
ready for delivery. But You can get them very
speedily if you but subscribe and pay down
your money. Resolve TO do it now, and gather
every dola, not absolutely needed to fulfill
some imperative obligation, and lend 1t to your
country to sustain her in her resistance to the
death-nurry of Treason.
DO You ask what pecuniary inducements su'-
tain the appeal TO your patriotism' Observe
and judge if they be not ampls;
The new Loan is called "Tcn-FOrty"-that
is, it is payable after ten and within forty years
at the pleasure Of the Government. You pay
your subscription in Greenbacks and receive
your principal and five per cent interest III
Coin. Let us see what rate is proilercd you;
Suppose some one has One Thousand Dol
lars in coin hid away in some old stocking
or cracked teapot, or securely lodged
in bank vault or private safe. He
sells this for Greenbacks, Of which he receives
in exchange at to-days rates Seventeen Humid
red Dollars; but we will suppose the premium
on Gold to fall off, so that he can only obtain
Sixteen Hundred These he invests in the new
Loan, receiving therefor the promise OF the
United States to pay him Sixteen Hundred
Dollars in Gold. He receives Eighty Dollars
per annum in Gold as interest so long as the
Government retains his money, and is paid at
last Sixteen Hundred Dollars in Gold for One
Thousand Dollars invested. Why is not this
enoughl Eight per cent year on your Specie
lent to your Government and Sixteen Hundred
Dollars PRINCIPAL returned to you for One Thou