Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-16
LOOK TO YOUR ORGANIZATION.

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We find the following sensible and
timely article in the Sacramento Bee i;
and as every word of it applies with full
force to this Territory we copy it, and call
the attention of officers of Union Clubs to
its suggestions:
Union men throughout the State should not
neglect their organizations. Though the po-
litical battle has been fought and gloriOusly
won, il may be that the contest is not yet
over. Our readers cannot forget the many
threats of rebellion, in case they were de-
feated at the polls, made by the Copperheads;
neither should they forget the many evidences
produced to show that deep laid conspiracy
exists to inaugurate revolt against the decls-
ion of the people at the ballot-box. 1t is
barely possible that their defeat at the polls
has been so general and overwhelming as to
crush out all hopes Of the conspirators and
cause them to abandon their hellish projects.
But we must not forget that they have been
| baffled and disappointed-that the popular
verdict has consigned them to perpetual in
| fanny, and that it is quite possible for them in
their malignant rage to inaugurate rebellion
even with no hope Of success. Therefore
every Union man should be watchful and
wary and see to it that the organization OF
the party is kept up throughout the State.
Nevada has, ever since the discovery Of
its mines, been sort of Alsatia for
"roughs" Of every description; and since
the Democratic party went over to seces-
sion and was repudiated and damned to
certain defeat in loyal California, every
political hummer of that party has struck
out for Washoe as the last resting place
| for the sole of his foot. So much so
has this been the case, that a stranger who
should, for the first time, take quiet
saunter along c street in Virginia, where
the "non-producers" do most congregate'
and listen to the bar-room and sidewalk
conversation, would be led to suppose
that he had alighted in some colony of the
Southern Confederacy, to which the more
| radical of the fre-eaters had been sent to
prevent their interference with possible
peace negotiations. The more quiet bust
ness and working men proved numerically
too strong for the chivs" on the Sth
inst, and the confidently expected scepter
of power eluded the grasp of the traitors
and passed into the hands of the friends
of the Government-for which, Glory
to the Lord of Hosts, from whom all
glories are" The Copperhead serpent is
scotched, but not killed." and in its
secret dens plots villany deep and damn
able. There can be no reasonable doubt
that branches of the murderous organiza-
ton discovered in the East exist here. In
fact, proof of such existence is in the hands
of Union men, and suppressed temporarily
for sufficient reasons. To see that those
organizations signally fail in their inten-
tons, is now the work Of Union men,
who are determined that the Government
selected by the people at the ballot-box
shall be sustained. Union men must not
suppose that when the ballot-boX showed
a majority for the Union ticket the work
was done, and that they can now lie down
and sleep in security for another four
years. The enemy are among us still, and
the necessity of perfect organization is as
great to-day as it was before the election.
Let officers of Union Clubs heed the warn
ing, and take such measures as will tend
to the preservation of vigilant and practi-
cal organization throughout the State.