Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-09-18

ent as in duty bound" for in the event OF the
Presidents arrival there should of course be the
usual salute 20 majesty and honor Here we must
refer TO our notes.
At twenty minutes 10 eight Mr. George Savage
pioneered through the mazes OF the institution"
they say II is French) band Of musicians, whom
10y told us was Fishers. Msther McPeake
thinking the time had come, addressed himself
to the matter OF lighting the gas on the stage, as
sisted by gentleman whose name and country
we did not learn, but understood to be eminently
constitutional" The gas being native, and the
gutta-percba of which the tube was made being
foreign, there was decided difficulty in getting
up enough steam to start one of Wizards patent
beefsteaks-nol gridrons. At this juncture came
in secondary" drum, carried by man in a
bobtaeder coat than the rest who could not
lind his way up to the orchestra.
The gas finding that two similar elements could
agree in the same atmosphere, finally consented to
burn, and then Mr.. McPeak, NJ. O., (not member
Of Congress- advanced la Julien baton and mu-
sic in hand, and touched off" the flsie. After
few rips" he retired with his usual dignity
and the band vent safely through the constitu-
tional "od hundred" of Shall Columbia happy
land, before the bloody Know Nothings got hold
Of it.
There was then an awful pause for some min
utes. Mr.. Savage coming in who had probably
been out recruiting, being taken either for the
President, or himself the band broke out in a
fresber place, c,lled in the " ould country" Star
Spangled Banner, which was done in very good
style. Then came pitcher and glass, which were
evidently for water, the glass being upside down,
as il to assure the audience that nobody would
come the Congressional dodge of gin"
And then came the functonaries. The array
was at first perfectly overpowering, but recove
ry OF our senses, noted on the stage the orator
of the day, the reader Of the constitution Mr.. Mich
oas Callan, Mr.. George McNeir, Mr. Caleb Cush-
ing, and two moro constitutionals" whose names
we did not learn- A gentleman who had not the
honor of our acquaintance but said to be DIR. jones'
introduced DR.. .hasruder, who proceeded in the
most +" elephantine" manner, to do what he had
probably not done for some time, and which many
of his audience bad probably never seen done, viz
to read the constitution. The following was the
result promising that he read it all very well, with
the exception of not letting his voice down just as
he got to the Presidents oath, but two or three
words into it. The JUNCTION which he threw into
section three, article 9Th 9 but no religious test"
&c., was so intensely dramatic, and had been look
ed for SO impatently, that of course he brought
down the house. BY the by, on looking over the
constitution, we find that that clause has no more
bearing, relation allusion, or application, toany
question that now exists has ever existed, than
the Lords prayer, not half so much.
The preamble in which it is simply affirmed that
I'VE, the peopleIof the United States" (not Eu-
rope) do for certain purposes, "ordain and estab-
lish this constitution" was loudly applauded but
after that not kick until the great religious
test was reached. The article requiring resi-
dence Of seaen years for the representative was
not applauded. The article requiring mine gears
for Senator fell dead on constitutional ears. The
article requiring fourteen gears to be President,
no enthusimusy.
The name of George Washington was applauded
in regular theatre style. Roger Sherman by some
supposed TO be in the shoe trade. Benjamin Frank
lin, by some supposed to pay the printer. Robert
Morris, gene rally applauded because he was Eng
tash. Daniel Carroll, because many thought the
reader said Charles. James Madison, because he
was President. Jacob Broom had not motion,
probably because one of his name is Know-No-
thing dele gate to Congress- and Charles G. Pinck-
ney had the acknowledgment of one solitary stick,
not supposed to be hickory, in view of unpleasant
"reminiscences of General Jackson and South Car
DINA.
The band then played Washington's March
which was very ingeniously turned into the Mar
settles. Whether this was in honor Of Mr.. Glett
the orator, we are not aware. There was evident
expectation of Ern-go-bragh," which might have
been gratifed later in the evening, for aught we
know
Mr.. Gillett is man of fine person, possessing a
koou Focc, anu " grHCelui ueHYery. we barely
heard his introduction, in which he glanced at the
origin of government, leaving about the time he
reached the Patrarchal stage, (that made us think
OF two boys and girl at home.) But without
hearing it. we venture to predict, that Mr. G.
would make speech SO repete with good sense
and good taste, as to redeem many of the ugly
features that distinguished the inception and ma
turity of the Constitution day celebration. He is
not recognised as a man Of the fly.hap, clap-trap
order, and we shall be sorry to learn that he fals
fed in any manner this estimate of his qualities.
n. B. We are sorry TO learn from gentleman
present that Mr. Gillett did not sustain the charac
ter that we had given him credit for But that
to tickle those who had tickled him. he ndulged in
the stale and utterly ridiculous misrepresentation
OF the American party, that have been epgraven
and stereotyped in the minds Of our foreign popus
ation, by shallow demagogues, from whose catago-
ny VIC would have been glad to except the orator.
THE SENTINEL on SMELLs-This paper Is out
editorialy this morning on the subject Of scent in
the neighborhood Of the Union Office, like thou
sand of brick.
How far the Union and the anti Know Nothing
Alderman and Health Officer, living Just there,
may consider IL persona we wait TO see We
agree that this is an odoriferous region in more
sense than one, and cannot but think there was
sly innuendo not fully relieved by inculpating all
the rest of L street to the post Office.
DIR. Miller being chairman Of a special commit
tee on nuisdnces, the Sentinel NAV confidently
look for at least sanitary publication in that quar-.
ter While on the subject, we take occasion to
testify to the activity Of the Commissioner for the
Second Ward, and 70 remind persons in the Ward
that he not only cannot be in two places at once,
but that he cannot do more things, or do them
faster than justified by the force at bis disposal