The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-10-20
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. Y, no. az
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL. XII, NO. 30
The Call TO Arms.

Hon. VIM McCle.land, chairman OF the
Democratic State Committee, has issued the
following address to the people of Pennsylva-
mia. In few days he will announce APP
pointments for meetings in every section
of the State, and strong array Of the ablest
orators will be called into the field. Ohio
and Indiana being considered settled by
both sides for November, the campaigners
from those States will be thrown into Penn
sylvania. General Tom Ewing and Gener-
al Morgan, of Ohio, the great leaders against
the resumption bill of 1876, will speak in
the Western and interior countless Senator
Wallace, Governor Hendricks, Curtin and
Bigler will commence in few days, and
sp ,ak daily until the election, and the en-
tire force of party orators will be pressed in
to the service. The report of the commi tee
is'that the Democrats are thoroughly inspirit.
ed by the favorable results of the October
elections, and there will certainly be a des-
perate contest for the electoral vote Of Penn
sylvania. The following is
M'CLELLAND's ADDRESS.
CoMMITTEERooMs,
HARRILBURG, October II, 1876.
TO the people Of Pennsylvania; ...
We congratulate you on the victory won
by the people in the great States of Ohio,
Indiana and West Virginia on Tuesday
last. ..... ..... -... ........
| The contest was one of desperate energy
and unscrupulous use of power by our OPP
| ponents. s.. r. ,...... .... ..
We have carried the States of Indiana and
West Virginia by decided majorities, and
have substantially victory in Ohio, the
home of the Presidential candidate of the
Republican party, for if it be saved to them
at all it is Gas by fire."
All who have desired purity of admins
tration and loved constitutional government
| have unitt d with US in this desperate strug-
| gle with official patronage, money and pow
| er. -
| The people have won.
| Hate, money and fraud have been found
/ unable 10 cope with sincere desire for Re
furn aud Constitutional Government.
The prestige of success is with "rilden,
! Hendricks and Reform." We have beaten
the enemy upon Il field OF their own choos-
ing. Our lines are unbroken; their forces
are denorallzed and retreating. Forward"
| is now the word.
PENNSYLVANIA is to he won. Our fight is
to be an aggressive one. The township and
county organizations will press the c ntest
in every locality with vigor and determina'
ton. Arouse the people. Attack the ene-
my. Demand an answer for the wrongs OF
the past and the ills of the present. ArIaign
them for business depression, for dishonest
government, for extravaganza in administra.
tion, for broken law aud delayed reconstruc-
ton. All old issues have passed away
there is nothing left of them to explain or
defend. Our opponents are upon trial.
The issues Of the canvass are sharply de-
fined. The people demand and they will
have honest government and an end Of
Grantism. They demand and they will
have reduction of taxation and decrease OF
expenditure. They demand and they will
have a change of financial policy, through
which a sound basis will be reached by an
easier road than that of universal bankrupt.
cy, which those in power persist in following
They demand and they will have an end of
hate and beginning of peace and unity.
We ask the aid of all who believe that the
hour for change has come. The question
are those of country and not of party, and
in the coming struggle in November we be
o lieve that every patriot will be with US in
the final victory over the corrupt practices
and official power of an universally deteste,
Federal administration. . ...........
BY order OF the State committee,
WILLIAM MCCLELLAND, Chairman.