Evening star., 1862-09-29

SERENADH TO GEN. .WADswoRTH-On Sat.
urday night, at o'clock, the serenade to Gen.
Nadsworth took place. A platform was ex-
temporised on the front porch of the Generals
residence. A number Of tar barrels were pro.
cured and bonfire made in the street, while
parts of Companies III and of the 10th New
Jersey regiment, having secured n number of
s'Wide Awake" torches, formed a circle of fire
around the assemblage.
After mNSic by the band Gen Wadsworth
appeared and addressed the assembly, thanking
them for the honor conferred, and taking it as an
endorsement Of the great principles enun ciated
at the conyention which nominated him for
governor. He argued that the people of New
York intended to hold together this great Gov
eminent, and crush the rebellion at whatever
frnn ma" oy Tber bad ., @ SUI
ward their standard bearer because he
: thought and felt in this matter they thought
and felt.
He did not propose to enter at large into n
discussion of the conduct of the war or the
policy of the Government. Sufficient to know
that the Government has given the most solemn
and repeated assurances, and that it is sus-
tanned i'll this by the public sentiment of the
loyal people who gather 10 its support, that the
war shall be prosecuted with the utmost mill
sry energy. and that all means, agencies, and
appliances OF honorable war shall be ayailed of
TO support ii and bring this trouble to an end
Ii would have been criminal folly to have over
looked one great element of Southern sscicty:
one element which may be and will be, accord.
ing a. We wish il. an element of weakness or
an element OF strength.
which must be put down The speaker had
always upheld the concessions and compro-
mises OF the Constitution in behalf of slavery:
but the war had changed our relations to that
which was the cause and source of the war
This struggle is already far advanced; it is near
its end. We are in the pangs of dissolution, or
We are IN The panss of exorcism. If we would
save ourselves, we must cast out this devil,
which has tormented and disgraced us from
the hour OF our national birth. We want peace.
but more than we want peace we want coun-
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able peace. A permanent peace, Il solid peace
When we have achieved that, we shall COM
1nence again on q career of prosperity which
we have never known, and which the world
has never before witnessed. We shall spring
by one bound TO be the mightiest, the freest and
the best people on the face of the earth.
After again thanking the assembly for their
attention, the speaker retired.
Goy-Blair, OF Michigan, was then introduced
to the assembly by General Spinner. He de-
plored the tardiness with which the war had
been conducted and said that the mourning
widows and weeping orphans require that we
fight the rebels to-day and tomorrow and the
next day; that we fight them all the time; that
we give them rest neither day nor night: but
thar, rs this war continues, it grows sharp: that
Inc blows fall thick and fast, and that there be
no lntermissiOn of them. kinaheartednesS was
q very excellent thing, but we had been too
much so, and he wanted 4 new policy inaugu-
l rated. He congratulated the country the
Presidents proclamation, for by ii principle
had been given on which this war should be
i fought.
We had now struck at the root Of this mis-
i chief. That Internal devil, called slavery,
which lies N the bottom of this rebellion, we
now take by the throat and throttle the monster
And when that is done the country is free, and
| free forever! He felt rs if the victory was
already more than half won. We had before a
good cause.-The cause of our Government We
have added now the most inspiring idea which
ever elevated the thoughts OF men-the idea OF
liberty.
IL conclusion Gov. Blair paid a high tribute
4 10 The people Of Washington for the manner in
and ser the erEDg Se solssFs
10 stand by the President and Government he
retired.
Ex-GoV. Boutwell, of Mass, was next intro.
duced- He complimented Gen. Wadsworth
and argued that il was the duty OF all men, who
participate in the administration of public af-
fairs, due to themselves, to their country. and
Il 10 Heaven, to abandon the positions they hold,
l. n they do not believe, earnestly, fully, and
without wavering, in the great cause to which
n the people OF this country are allied, which is
the maintanance, on this soil, Of the principles
Il of freedom. not bounded by color, or country
or race, but acknowledging, in the Government
I Which We set up, and in the rights which we
a recognize in all men, that he, who has been
created by his Maker, in the image OF his Maker
Is l. entitled 10 equal rights with any other man
q In the country or upon the earth
IA He held that republican institutions were not
II 'ure. They are put TO severe trial in
81 these days, but they have not faiied. There
has been failurP on this continent in our affairs
and what is II! Simply this-the attempt, not
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shade by men thirty and forty years ago, who
mad then ALREADY abandoned the principles OF
the Government, attempted 10 SET mp and per-
Retuate aGoyernment half slave and half free
That attempt has failed. Washington Jeffer
son, Madison, and their associates, had no be-
3ief in such a Government, and the Govern
Inent which they set mp was not of that char
meter. They knew that slavery existed but
k1hey did not believe that 4 Government found
yGd on slavery and freedom could stand, they
made no attempt TO found such a Government
Calhoun, jeff. Davis, and the supporters OF
Mrebelllon had departed from the views of the
founders OF the country, and now the race OF
vslayehOdeTs OH this continent must b. extar-
minated. Not the people OF the South. but a
said before, the race OF shareholders OF this
ufOntlh"nt- must be exterminated before this
RSar can end.
On the 23d of this month. the first great stem
b. taken toward the determination of thi
kace of Shareholders, by the declaration OF the
president of the Republic that in ninety days
N tlR rebellion had not ceased, slavery in the
Pleyen rebcllious States should cease And
when that declaration shall have baen made 4
fractlcal fact, rs IL viii b., then the race oi
elaVehold"rs shall have ceased, then the da WI
of the day OF peace will have appeared, and not
Xbeforp.
In reference TO the comiug e,ect,on in New
ork, ne argued that a failure TO elect Gen
~ ads worth would b. an indication that the
great stare OF NJ" FORK was wavering in this
ktruggie, and that the effect upon the country
Rnd the cause would be terrible; and the resuit
Df n would BE- that every rebel heart throuohou,
Bic eleven seeded States would be chepr.d M,
E1Ee announcement that New York had filtrred
DE Was sanguine, however, that such would
dot happen.
He further argued that where the American
eople conquered they would inhabit and thai
hey would take possession vi the fertile fields
pf the South. ''N ~
Hon. j. &. Underwood vas next introduced
md after referring faVoribly to the President,s
bToclamation and the meeting OF loyaI Cover
ors, H. concluded by some complimentary al.
uusions To Gen. WadsworIh.
SMASH UP.-hbout : o'clock last evening tn,
rrIage OF Surgeon Lamb, III which that gen
rnlan Was riding, and 4 buggy containing the
lessrs. Wall came IN contact with each other
n the avenue, between Ninth and Tenth sts /.
Yhd both vehicles Were smashed. The occu
XahtS, with the aNeafiON ~ one OF the Mp<sr-
Ill Wlo wss slightly nJu,eu, e.v-s,... .u..u..