The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-08-23
Hints 10 the idle.

In no great popular movement nave
the people displayed more intelligence,
discipline, and selfdependence, than in
the present campaign. Still, 1t Is evi.
dent from numerous communications
that many persons stand idle, waiting
to know how they can do more than cast
their individual votes. For such we
offer some suggestions toward effective
work:
l. Endeavor to increase the circulation
of the newspapers published in your re-
spective locality. There Is no better
campaign document than the local news
paper. BE it large or small, If il is heart
lily devoted to the popular cause it
will necessarily contain incite ments to
earnest, resolute action in the appeals
and arguments it presents in successive
numbers. However apathetic or hostile
a voter may be, he will not, if he is
open to honest conviction, resist the
influence of the facts published, between
this and November, in any one paper
devoted to National Reform. Who.
ever, therefore, adds a single name to
the subscription list of such a paper,
has laid the basis of an overwhelming
circle of effective aid to the popular
cause.
II. Circulate campaign documents.
Several of these have already been
published and have borne good fruit
u,boro,,or b M, bo ,,o bonr ,J;sfribufoJ II
is probable that "Senator Summers
Speech" one of the most effective pub
lications of the campaign, has been read
by 100000 of our people, and as its
impeachment has never been answered,
it continues to lead every one intent on
voting wisely and patriotically into the
Liberal ranks. The same is true in a
measure of the proceedings of the Ma
tional Convention" containing Senator
Schurz's mastery address, and of "Mr.
Greeley's Record" which shows the
statesmanlike policy he advocated at the
close of the civil war, and the defiant
attitude he held when the principles of
justice and the securities afforded by
the constitution were imperiled.
III. Organize Clubs. Be your number
ten or ten hundred, your power for good
will be redoubled when you resolve
yourselves into an organized body.
Your club will form the nucleus of an
which in movement lik g
the present must daily expand, and be
an effective barrier against the intrigues
and terrorism of office-holders. Each
club should appoint appropriate com
mittees make list of all the voters in
its district; canvass each one thorough |
ly and hold public meetings at conve-
nient times. 1t should encourage fra |
ternity among those who have differed |
in the past, not alone by candid profes-
sions, but by stimulating cordial, hearty |
intercourse; in a word, it should be in
cessant in all branches Of political ac
tion, relying mainly upon its own
strength, until victory will crown its eff
forts in November.
"This is acountry worth fighting for"
and if the people only exercise the vigi-
lance and display the organization
which the occasion demands, they can
not be overborne, were corruption twice
as strong and audaciOus.
u. S. PARCEL PoST.-Accord t.
the new u. s. Postal law, which went
into operation on July Isl, packages Of
,JNky uIn1- harl we I1.tti,c InNnnt,t
liquid Drugs and other merchandise moi
exceeding twelve ounces in weight, can
be mailed to any part Of the United
States at a charge of two cents for each
Two ounces or fraction OF two ounces.
Under this law, the post.oflice authori-
ties will forward twelve ounce pack
age to San Francisco for twelve cents,
whereas the express companies demand
at least twenty-five cents for the trans
portation of a package, however small,
for any distance. AS familiar illustra-
ton of the benefits Of this new parcel
post, n pair of dress boots, if neither
boot weighs over twelve ounces, may
be wrapped up in two separate packages,
anu bC oClt W pul IuiSlSSO lOl VWCl-
ty-four cents, whereas the express COM
panies would charge for transportation
TO the same point as much as the goods
are worth. The new system has not as
yet been taken advantage of by the
public to such an extent as to make it
remunerative to the Government, but
it is believed that when the parcel post
becomes more generally known it will
prove profitable to the Cover rnment as
we'll as beneficial to individuals.