Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-28
The GERMAN National Clubs.

For some time there has existed among
the German citizens Of the United States a
political organization known as the German
National Club. II embraced that portion OF
our German population to whom the conduct
Of the Administration and Of the Republican
party, in general, appeared to be not sutti.
GENTLY progressive, and the warfare against
the rebellion not sufficiently radical. AT
constituent general convention, held at
Cleveland, they adopted a platform express
sive Of their sentiments, which agree in the
main with those Of the Democratic and Re
publican parties in the States Of Europe.
The German National Club had branch
organizations in nearly every State which
has considerable German population. AT
the approach Of the national nominating
conventions, most Of the clubs were very
active in advocating the nomination Of Gen.
Fremont, Gen. Butler, Mr.. Chase, or any
other candidate who would be willing to
place himself on Radical platform, and in
particular pledge his influence as President
in behalf Of an immediate abolition Of Slave
~ in all the States Of the Union. The ma
jority Of the clubs eagerly encouraged the
Fremont movement: and after the nomina-
ton Of Gen. Fremont, it was their organs
which formed his chief supporters. In some
of the Western States, the party gained con-
siderable influence among the progressive
Germans. In Missouri nearly all the poll
teal German papers in the State declared
themselves uncompromisingly for Fremont,
and from the state or Illinois it is reported
that out Of the fourteen German papers Of
the State, seven advocated his election. I'm
I'll short time ago it seemed as though
nearly the entire vote controlled BY the Ger
man National Clubs would be lost by the
Republican parry.
As, however, the day Of the Presidential
election draws nigh, the responsibility OF
contributing to the success OF either the
Baltimore Platform, or by throwing away
their votes for third candidate, or not vot-
ing at all, to that Of the Chicago Platform
has come to be question Of serious consid-
Grafton with the National Clubs. In our
issue Of yesterday we recorded the resolu.
tons Of two clubs, those OF New York and
Hoboken, pledging their votes to the success
Of the Baltimore platform. Both clubs pass
ed these resolutions almost unanimously.
The motives which prompted reeonsidera-
ton of their former course, are set forth BY
the Hoboken Club: as.-.r.
WRereas, The triumph of reactionary or
radical principles in the next Presidential
election in the United States will be Of great
importance to humanity at large; and ,Ohere-
as, there are, in fact, only two parties oppos-
ed to each other-the anti.Union, reaction
airy, pro-sIavery party, under the leadership
of Met lellan, on the one side, and the anti
slavery, pro-Union, National party Of pro-
gress, under Lincoln on the other; and
tehereas, every split in the National party
will work for the triumph Of the traitor party,
therefore be it
Resolved. That the National Club OF Ho-
boken will go hand-in-hand with the Nation
al Union party, and will support the candi.
dates nominated upon the Baltimore Plat
form-Abraham Lincoln and Andrew John.
son. r'' 90 p. .-
We have reason to believe that other clubs
will soon take the same course.-Nep Hork
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