New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-08
Notes ut the Inauguraffon Ball.
o,r.srond ence Of The Tnbune.

The lnauguratCn IL nhpPhy N'ci w "~'
Inauguration Ball, is about expiring IL was
gorgeous, uncomfortable pageant-a superb ex-
uavagant folly. Had the tickets been limited 10
one thousand and some sort OF care used IN ois-
trbutng them. it might have been a pleasant re-
union-a sort Of political and social exchange
labor saving invention for bidding good bye TO one
friends at the close Of Session without the trouble
of chasing them all over this city OF magnhcent
distances, only to learn that two-thirds Of them
were. like Gen. Cass, not in. But by letting IN
everybody who would pay the ten dollars ana
good many who paid nothing, the Grand lnaugu'
ration Bali was converted into sweaty, seething'
.weltering Jana crush Of duped iorgatherers
from ali creation There were Members OF Con
eress and Members OF Parliament, both bntsh
and Colonial; there were ex secretaries ana
Foreign Embassadors; there were Generals and
Midshipmen there were Statesmen and sharp
ers: there were bellies of all sections and all
climes-beles Of to day and exc oil some day
before yesterday-there vas, IN short, an immense
medley and press OF some three thousand people
of whom, if twothrds had been at home the bal
ance would have enjoyed themselves night heart
lily speak not OF the dancers, whose accomno-
dation is a secondary matter; though with such
music (GungTsl aud such hall, to say nothing OF
the occasion, an opportunity TO dance would have
been very well for those whose taste have sal
tstory leaning. But that is OF little moment com
pared with the heated, impure atmosphere the
huddlc, the swelter of three thousand human
beings crowded into one long, windowless hall
termed by courtesy ballroom 'Nankee-doodle'
who could not see the town. there were so many |
bouses should have given hint TO the Managers
of the Grand National Inauguration Ball They |
doubtless did their devoir zeslousy; their hgh's i
aud decorations were isutlem. their music g'o |
rious their supper am told not having attempt |
ed to reach itl superb They lacked in but one
point, but that was lacking in all they should
have limited the tickets rgdly to the fair capacity
of the room, and having sold them out they should
have inexorably put up the bars
Rut n truce TO tifing went to see the new
President. who had not before come within my
contracted range of vision, and to mark the re-
csption accorded to him by the assembled thou
sands | came to gaze stately heads, not MN
Bile feet aud for an hour have been content to gaze
on the fitting phantasmagora of Senatorial brows
and epsuletted orators aud brunettes,
ofice-seekers and beauties. have had some
hours has oome-the buzz of expectation sub
sides into murmur OF satisiaction-the new
President is descending the grand stairway which
terminates In the ballroom, and the human mass
forms into two deep columns to receive him. Be
tween these, Gen. Taylor. supported on either
hand, walks through the long saloon and back
through other like columns, bowling and greeting
with kind familiarity those on this side and ON
that paying especial attention to the ladies as Is
fit, and everywhere welcomed in turn with the
most cordial good wishes. All wish him well in
his new and ardous position, even those who
struggled hardest to prevent his reaching It.
But as stthe Inaug uraon, there is the least pos
sible enthusiasm. Now aud then a cheer is at
tempted, but the result is so nearly failure that
the daring leader in the exploit is among the first
to laugh at the miscarriage. There was not a bit
OF heart in it.
They don't to cheer with much JUNCTION, re.
marked to Taylor original.
'Ne-co. they don't cheer much he m family
replied there is good deal Of doubt as to the
decorum of cheering at social bali
True enough the possibility of indscorum ruff
6sient to check the impulse to cheer, and very
few passed the barrier The cheers stuck in the
throat like Mscbeths Amen, and the propricties
of the occason were well cared for.
But iust imagine ON Hal walking down
that staircase the just inaugurated President OF
the United States into the midst Of three thousand
of the elise of the Beauty and Chivalry OF the
Whig party, and think how the raiters would
have quivered with the universal acelsmstion
Just think of some one stopping to consider
whether il might not be indecOEus to cheer ON
such an OCCASION What a solitary hermit that
considcrer would be
II turned away thus early and faced the ever
during drixse outdoors in moody meditation,
leaving those to dance in the New President who
have the taste for it. As for me, my heart . IN
the Highlands lis certainly not here. believe
Gen. Taylor good, homes, aud not unwise man,
who will do ms utmos. to discharge worthily and
bcneicently the diicalt duties devolved upon him.
hope and trust his Efforts may be crowned with
a reasonable success, for honesty Of purpose and
unsel6shness OF aim will go far to redeem def
ciences of experience and the absence of profound
genius for civil Affairs And yet had the dancing
part of nv education been less shockinsly ne
elected, | should not have felt like dancing now.
would wish TO see farther before exulting san
guinely over the new now commencing.
Let those who will fiat,er the chief dispenser
OF Executive Patronage. discovering in every act
and feature some resemblance y Wsshington-l
am con,en, to wait and watch, and hope barn no
incense on his altar attach no a,tor'ns ePihe,s to
bis name. turn from this imposing pageant, SO
rich n glitter, poor in feeling, to think OF HIM
who should have been the central figure OF this
grand psnorams-the distant the Poweress' the
unforgotten-' bebiud the mountains, but not set
ting'-ths eloquent champion OF Liberty IN both
'hsmisphsres-whose voice thrilled the hearts OF
the uprising. the long trampled sons OF Leonidas
and xenophon-whose appeals for South Ameri-
can independence were read to the bostilely mus
tered squadrons of Bolivar and nerved them to
sweep from this fair continent the myrmidons OF
Spanish oppression. My heart is with him In his
far Southern abiding plsce-with him the early ad-
yocate Of African Emancipation, the liie long
ehsupiou Of diversified Home Industry Of IN