The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-09-16

THE GREAT WIDE AWAKE DENOMINATION
Those Of our citizens and sojourner who are
not behind the scenes Of the political theatre
were astonisbed on Thursday night last BY an
imposing demonstration of the Wide Awakes.
N. lees than forty-s hundred men paraded in
military array, each clothed In uniform. and
each bearing blazing torch. AS the process.
sion passed up Broadway, between eleven
o'clock and midnight, the scene presented was
a most extraordinary one. AS far as the eye
could reach there was q line OF vivid light, not
struggling here and there as is frequently the
case with torchight psrades, but as straigh,
and regular az the company parts of crack
| regiment of citizen soldiers. The Wide AwaxeS
have evidently been drilled by capable officers,
and were handled by their commanders with
thorough military precision.
The turnout of Thursday was, however,
demonstration which Is to take place in this
city on the evening Of the third of October.
There are In the Northern and Eastern States
over four hundred and twenty thousand voters
| enrolled in the ranks OF the Wide Awakes, and
1t II purposed TO have general reunion OF the
clubs, and grand parade, In which delega-
tions from all the principal cities and towns
| will participate. The committee having the
matter in charge have received notice to the ef-
| feet that sixty thousand Wide Awakes will parti-
cipate in this affair. The only trouble now is g
| to what shall be done with this grand army Of
| the black republicans Each man purchases
bis own torch cap and cape, at an expense Of
| three dollars, and the cost Of entertaining him
will amount to as much more, SO that the whole
expense Of the demonstration will not fall far
abort of four hundred thousand dollars all OF
which will come out OF the spoils in case
"honest Old Abe" gets into the White House.
As the republican leaders are quite sanguine OF
success, they will undoubtedly raise the money
to pay for the Wide Awake demonstration,
which will be, apart from its political signif-
canoe, one Of the finest displays ever seen in
the metropolis. The procession of Thursday
was nearly mile long, marching Ia open
| order. The line of the grand parade will be
compressed, of course, but even then, allowing
for margin Of ten thousand men who will fail
from Broadway to Forty second street 1t is
claimed by some Of the Southern papers that
the Wide Awakes have been organized for the
purpose Of depressing any opposition that may
arise against LlDcoln's Inauguration in case he
should be elected. We apprehend, however,
that the only object Of the leaders Of the new
organization is to control the local elections, and
Al. l.. u. 4
THE REIGN or TERROR IN TExAs-Recent
events in Texss--the alleged poisoning of wells
by white and black ecoundrels, the burning OF
the town Of Henderson and the consequent
panic throughout the State-have elected some
remarkable comments from the Lincoln organs
and orators. Among these the most importan,
IRE those OF Mr. Seward in his speech at Lam
sing, and the articles Of the leading black re-
publican papers in the metropolis. all Of which
We have reprinted In another part Of this
paper.
II is TO be hoped that the proclamation Of
seward, Greeley & Co. will be duly noted by
the conservative voters Of the Central States.
Mr.. Seward declares that the army and
navy l. maintained solely for the protection
Of slave property from the raids Of aboliuonists
like John Brown, or the Northern agitators who
are now melting the negroes in Texas to rise
and murder their masters. And in order that
such agi'ators may have free scope, he would
abolish the army and navy altogether. As this
statement comes from the foremost man Ia the
republican party. II must be taken as a deliber-
ate exposition Of the principles Of that orgaui-
cation. The Tribune takes the ground that the
germs Of servile insurrection already exist In
Texas, and that consuming FIRE may easily be
kindIed there. and In oil the comments Of
both the Lincoln organs there runs q vein of
sympathy for the wretches who have met In
Texas the just reward Of their crimes-the
meanest and basest In the calendar Of felonies
The plan Of the Northern abolitionists, evil
IDENTIFY, Is to exasperate the Southwestern States,
with view TO secession On their part. hoping
that then they will be open TO raids Of the John
Brown order They may deny this Us earnestly
as they will, but the facts and their own words
are against them. This admitted, the question
recurs as TO whether or not the government of
the country can b. entrusted to party whose
leaders avow such principles AZ those which
are embodied in the speeches Of Seward and
the Lincoln organs. The conservative voters
Of the Central States must answer this ques-
tion-one of the gravest importanoc-at the
polls.
TuY BEAUTY on THE LAW AS ExrorNDEp DIT
orr JrpGrs-People who keep the run Of
BURNERS In the Supreme Court Of this district
must be considerably puzzled occasionally by
the very remarkable way in which the princi
Piles Of the science, which Lord Edon called