Col. Willcox At Washington

[The New York üivald gives the following report of tlie speech of Col. Willcox at the recent enthufiastic reception cf himself and brother offioers at Washington.] Colonel Willcox made a nervous, thril ling and efl'ective appeal, abounding in seiaentious and original truths. He was próbabty the iblest orator of thé party, and made hittiself popular direotly. His thorougli caniestness and conscientiousncss were apparent. Col. Wi!lcox_ is of the middle stature, dark complexioned, thick-set, and he wears a dark bcard - He bears some traces of coniinement and ill trciitment. Coli Willoos, upon rising, was received with enthusiastic cheers. He said : Fellow Soldiers Ám Fellow CmZENS 1 feel greatly embarrasscd by such an exbibitiou of popular feeling. For my own part, I foei that I have done no more than my duty, in the simplest and plaiucst manner, and it is alruost a rebuke to tliis age, to this government, to this country, that when a man siniply does his duty he should be so highly applauded. [Clieers.] I do not believe there are ten men in tliis vast ïnultitude, who, had they been placed ia the saine eircumstances that we have been plaoed in, subjected to the taunts and jeers of an iufuriated southern bogus chivalry, but would have had every feeliug of their manhood, every true instinct, rise up in revolt, whethcr they were half men or half Americana. [Cries of " Good, good."] There is no one in this vast erowd who W not willing to go thro' such trials if oalled upon, and there is do telling to what extent this war may reach. In the same building in which we were ast confined for a day or two, there were twenty-nine ofBcers, as excellent nnd gallunt men as ever fought under he free stars. But how were they con ined ? In the worst and dirtiest room of the worst and dirtiest building of the worst and dirtiest city iu the United States [laughter and prolonged applause] without a blauket to lie upon, without a cup to drink from, a píate to eat from, without knife or tórfc, without soap or any means of cleansing place or perou, covered with vermin, and refused the op)ortunity of purchasing for themselves he commonesl and meanest neeessaries of life. [A voice - " Retalíate ! retaliite!"] Now, gentlemen, since my dpparture 'rom the country there has been a great chaiige. I toy&elf could havdly under stand it, and when I began to talk to one of my friends he said, " Wliy, Wi.lcox, you are Hip Van VVinkle come ïgain ; you are talking about things that lave pased away." So it seemeu. l ara very glad that it is at last understood hat it is time we put forth the strengTb. of the nation in an effort that sliall con rol, that shall concentre, grasp and hurl all the resources of the governn.ent iu uch a marmer as to crush this rebellion out ctitirely, to annihiiate those men. or ' 0 drive them iutu the Gulf of Mexico, unlesR they lav down their arms. The ïovernment must employ all its resources in a concentrated unity of design. - Cries of "That 's the talk"] It must itrike at the main arteries of this mon ster, that is readv to s-waüow up our iiberties. Will you have my views? I am no politieian, ;md speak oobody's views )ut my own. I do not wish ín make a speech. I am unaccustomtíd to speechmaking. For a year past I have been aceustomed to be treated as a felón - 'Jtios, " Give us your view."] So much ias been said ubout views that I hesitate to do so. [Cries, " You need not be afraid."] Now, gentlemen, without castng any reflection upon any military man, or any politieian, or statesmen, or officers, it appeais to me that this has )een a braiuless war. [Cries of " That's so," choersand immense applause.] I say t with the utmost diffidence, utmost ïaste, throwing royself upon yóur mercy, mercly for the purpose of doing good. Gentlemen, the means of the country ïave been wasted on isolated expeditions, in the fiist place. [Cries of " Yes, and the loss of our young men."] The blood of our men, the groans of the wounded, the tears of the helpless, the wails of the widow, have been coined into money. - Cries of " Well said," and applause.] - ior this renson, men without principie and without patriotism have urged upon 1 government, tender as I have before described it, plans whioh seouied practicaale, but which were outside, unmilitary, and never could accomplish any t hing, and never have accomplished anything. Expcditions have been seut far and wide, outside the proper line of operations, bere and there on the eoiist, wWle we bave armies of men, millions of money, and a people whose hearts bounded to the very heavens, and would have responded to any cali, and have submitted to any control or dietation which the wisdom of the government might think ess3ntial to its welfare, for the purpose of striking at the main arteries of this rebellio, cutting them, and so makiug a rapid termination of this combiuation. [Cries of ' That's so," and applause ] - Now, gentlemen, this is comtnon sense. [Críes of " That's so."] Now, gentlemen, look at the differeuce. We have now at the head of the army a man who stands first among men in the Dtttiou, who has dÍ6tinguished h i raself as a statesman, and in his broad aud cnmprehensive viewH, more so, perhaps, thau any mere eoldiur - who liasdistinguished himselfas a soldier in additiou. Everything that proceeds in this form in this war will emanate from ono brain, with a ur.ited design to accomplish greut results and to let little results aud little politicians and little contraetors go. [Cries of " Good good, and loud applause.] But, gentlemen, you must not allow yonrselveg to be deceived iuto the idea that thi.s is not a great rebellion. In iuy huiiible judgnient it is greater than it was six mootfaa ago. So Fr froni tbe resBOurccs of the enemy buing exhausted, tbey are greater; and I will teil you why. 1 he southern pcople are, as we Yankees are apt to cal] them, the most shiftlcss meu in the wbfTd. Tliero is naturally au entire laok of sya'em in all they do, and, in coiisequence, for ss uiüuths alter the rebelliun liroke out, everyihing was lying uround loose. - Though they lost the principal part of the beef that carne from Texas, the great supply of grain, and though they have expended a grealer pnrt of their tuunitions of war vet this is what they have done instond : they have organizud and systuraatized themselves, iher government aud all the various offiuers, mili tary aDd oivi], under tbe goveroment, so that, though they wield a much smnller weight, it moves with a muoli grcatcr velocity, as a bullot, issuing from a rifle barrel, will do infinitely moro execution tlian a cannon ball in tho hands of a child. Now, gentlemen, in order to meet tliis, we are to go further in our organizatiou tlian we havo yet done I would like to see evcry man, woman and cliild engagcd in this war. I woulcl liko to seo forges and machine shops ftr nianufaoturing arms in evcry public square n tho nation. I would like to see evcry woman engagcd in making up ariny clothing. I would like to see every child teariug rags for lint. I would liko to soe every town or"■anized so that by its committees of unteer and patriotio and devoted citizens, tliey know every man in the neighborhood, whether lic is true to the Union or 8 traitor. I would like to soe every contractor followed f rom the time he recuives the yellow-covered contract until tho moment he has fijled it, tracked wherever ho goes, nto every shop ; trneked with evfky person to whom he spenks, to see who he bribes or who bribes liim. And now let me tcll you a little incident that ocenred mne months aro. Tlie captain of a ship was oífered a contract by the governrneut to carry govcrniuont freight. The agent asked him how much he would take för bia ship. He said he would be satisfiVd with two hundred dollars pur week, to whicli the agent replied, "You are a fooi; you can just as well tafee a thousand.'' Thore was an agent for tho gocrnment. - [Laughter.1 The man coinpromised between his consoienoe and his interest and took five hundred dollars per week. Now this sort of system can be put down in two weeks We can huve a complete es pionage of the government, which would interfere with our rights and cnable wicked men to enter our houses at all times, or we can have the free, voluntary acts af the people, compelling the same result without nnnecessary and oruel interference. Iu the South, gentlemen, everything is eompletely organized A man eaimot walk over two mile.- square in any part of the South without it being kiiown rtho he is and all übout him. That s the kind of orgaaizatioa we must have. It is known perfectly well there whether he is a traitor to thein or loyal to this goverument. The conseuence is that a eoniparatively few men have the mass of the unedueatfd eompletely within their power, and it will not be O'herwise until we have overrnn the country and have satisfied those who are friendly to this govornment that we are going to occupy their country and maintain our supreiiKicy at all hazards, and protect those wlio are dispised to return to the governmont. Then we may be sure they will return, and not til! then. Gentlemen, these are great times. Everytliing is chanued. A few years ago we had i great and fi ee goverument, sailing like a ship on a smooth sea. Now we are eniburked on a great ocean of petils and dangeis; a heavy cloud of debt is hang ing ovtr us, tht) Goddes of Liberty rob ed in flames, and we must rise to a man and put down this rebellion, or it will end iu putting us down. [Cries of 11 Good, good," and applauáe ]