, 1873-03-05

Yesterday, Washington Witnessed splendid
pageant, devised to celebrate the reinauguration
Of President Grant for another four years' term
Of Office. The streets were hung with flags and
banners. The city WAS noisy with the belching
OF cannon and the blare OF brass bands. During
the day there was q procession OF soldiers,
mounted and On foot. civic societies Of all sorts,
political clubs who helped save the country last
November, politicians just going out OF Office
and politicians just coming in, Congressman and
fire companies, Cabinet Ministers and lobby
agents, West Pointers and political hacks,
all mixed together in heterogeneous a1-
ray, and gazed upon all day with I'd
miration and delight by sisht-seers, young
and old, from plebeian curb-atones and
aristocratic windows hired out at $40
per day. In the evening, crowd Of people paid
$40 for tickets, which gave them the privilege of
expressing their patriotic delight and republic
can esprit in the mazes Of the lanccrs and the
ecstaaies Of the German. The guilelees for
eigner, riding through tho streets OF Washing
ton in his $40 hack for the first time, must have
been dazzled by all this pageantry Of patriotism,
and the gittor Of the holiday show and
lustrous powwow which celebrated the
quadrennial National episode. We have
do disposition to inyeigh against this display of
flags, this burning of gunpowdcr, this marching
Of professions, and shaking of heels. Patriotism,
nowadays is largely matter Of show and noise,
ha fo f1o Afoof ~rt.o IL.
greatest noise. It ia well to convince the until
tored foreigner, now and then, Of the growth
and grandeur Of this great country by shaking
the Star Spangled Banner before his eyes and
firing of cannon in his ears. Tho ba1d-hoadod
eagle is but tame, stupid bird after all, il he
does not shrek occasionally and Autter his plum
age, and thereby conceal his chicken-stealing
propensities, which might jutt now be altogether
too significant in connection With Congressional
pccadilioes. =.
We are surprised however, that, in the organ
ization OF this festal procession, some features
we're omitted which would have been Of trans
cendant interest, and would have forcibly and
graphically illustrated the progross OF repubi-
can ideas and political institutions thia great
and glorious country. Aseparate division might
have been organized, which would have drawn
sight~seers from every State in the Union It
should hnve been headed by Credit Mobilier.
The tall oakes Ames, with bouquet in his but
ton-hole, should have lead it, bearing banner
with the inscription: IT have placed it where it
willdo theme good to u.s." Tho bland and guile
1ess colfa1, with smiling face, ahou1dhaveborne
banner stating: "My income Was so small aud
from such certain sources that could not have
received 30 largo sum without remembering it."
a piece Of Grape on the loft arm, in memory Of
the departed Ne6bitt, with whom be came so near
taking tea, would have made him very effective
and interesting. Brooks and his son-iu-law,
arm in arm, carrying flag ettesting the bene7o-
1ence and generosity Of the father-in-law, would
have done much to have removed the oiium
which attaches to that numerous class in every