Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-05-08
rzr VIRGINIA orrY REJECTION.

I, would be gross afectation in US not
to W a special cause for congratulation
in the success Of the Union ticket in vir-
ginia, on yesterday. What part we have
taken in rousing and directing the thoughts
Of the people toward this contamination,
is well known, and it 10 not necessary to
ecount or recapisulate, on this occasion,
all the items Of local political hhtory so ia
miliar to our readers. When We first
heard that the attempt wal to be deliber-
ately made to utterly ignore the PEOPLE,
in making nominations for the Union
party in Virginia, we could hardly believe
1t could be a reality that wa prophesied
to us. So audacious, so fagrantly wrong
was the demonstrating out its main
practical point, the denomination Of Jones
that we disputed the possibility of such
an intention on the part Of any men who
had been trusted with committee office in
our party in this county. When we
realized that the attempt would be made,
was being made, we did not hesitate to
denounce it in ct, unsparing terms-as
the emergency justified. Many came to
US, saying: "True, it is an outrage that
is sought to be perpetrated upon the masses
of the Union party, by the conductors Of
the Enterprise and the satellites Of Jones,
but you can not defeat it: Jones is too
powerful, has too much money, will crush
your paper if you persist in efforts to
thwart him or his" We invariably re-
piled: "Our trust is in the good sense
and integrity of the people. We shall
spread before them the facts and the
threatenings that belong to the contest;
and we are confident the people will rise
in their strength and majesty and break
up this scheme to cheat them out Of their
nominating rights in the premises and out
Of a large share Of the taxes they are COM
PEELED to pay for a City Government. We
are satisfied that the plottsrs at nee
against the Union party and the public
treasures OF Storey, will meet with . ter
rible rebuke a. the hands Of the people,
on the very basis OF this proposition to
pack a nominating convention" It was
urged that the voters Of our communities
were no, sufficiently permanent in their
residence to feel the force Of appeals to
their interests as tax.payers; and some Of
our friends were skeptical as to the sue
cess Of addresses to the Unionists Of Viz
ginia, which called upon them to rescue
their party from the certain ruin that
awaited their acquiescence in the Tium-
virs' little packing arrangement. Still we
said " We have faith in the people; folks
are pretty well acquainted with each other
in Virginia City, and they will talk among
themselves as we proceed to show up the
plans Of the conspirators against our party
by the scrippers and their agents. The
people are more sasacious than you give
them credit for. Let them have the facts
to go upon, and they II make paths
straight to a correct, practical conclusion
in party and domestic policy"
To now declare that our expectations,
as here rebearsed, have been more than
justified. would but feebly hint u heart
mess Of congratulation to the PEOPLE,
who spoke so well and powerfully on
Saturday the 2sth Of April and Monday
the 7th Of May.
We ask citizens who have heretofore
acted with the Democratic" party, be.
cause the name was q charm to them-not
that they were at heart secesSionists (such
are incorrigible)-to note how the Union
party has worked q reform within itself,
in Virginia thrown overheard bad men in
Office and seeking Office, and elected good
men in spite Of Copperheads and disap-
pointed ofice-seekers.
Now the people, who have acted so
spiritedly and tremendously for the right,
IN this occasion, expect Of Mayor Piper
and his associates an administration that
shall be a clean credit, an unimpeachable
honor to the city. A few weeks ago we
had only a slight personal acquaintance
with John Piper. But we had for a long
time watched his course in reference to
public affairs ; and since his and our first
,houghs-of choice for the Mayoralty, F. A.
Tritle, could not, BY reason Of press Of
private business, accept the position, we
conferred the attention of the people upon
the now elected chief officer Of the munich
pality. He did not seek the Office Of his
own original motion. In the beginning Of
the preliminary anvas he was rather in
clined to refuse a nomination. As q SEN
sible Union man, he could not endorse
the Packed Convention plot. He did not
scruple to condemn it. The conductors Of
the Pe-,cee besought him to agree to 60
before the Nominators they had named
land be slaughtered for the benefit Of
Jones). As an Alderman, he knew that
Jones had proved himself wholly unfit to
remain in rule; and so he had two great
and substantial reasons-psrty policy and
personal conscientiousness-for declining
their spider-invitation. The third or fourth
solicitation Of the Pe-toasitss to him met
this response /: that John Piper was q can
didate before the people who composed
the Union party, and that he would abide
their regular and lesitimasely rendered
decision on his candidacy. Still the reso-
luton to carry out the Packed Conven-
ton programme was chung to and insisted
upon by Jones and his creatures; though
the tide Of popular opinion was rising and
surging upon them. Then n BY one,
pair by pairs-from units up to tens-the
named Nominators Of the Pss.pesisss ab-
solved themselves Of all connection with
the scheme for an inexpensive foisting Of
dsbs-burdening Scrippy on the city Of
Virginia. Not a quorum Of the Party as
sembled; and they only to elect sine die