Show THE CO constitutional centennial THE 1 th of september promises to be a bright cay in ia the history of philadelphia as well as being commemorative of an important national event I 1 in n that city on the date named is to be celebrated one ot of the most marked occurrences curren ces connected with the byth of the nation it will be the centennial celebration ot of the adoption of the constitution ution of the united states on the 17 th of september 1787 being the culminating mina ting bet act of the be revolutionary struggle gle lc it was not howler hower until baicu 1789 that it was submitted to the p people ople iu in due form and ratified ample preparations are being made by vie centennial com mib bion among the chief features will be an aa industrial and civic groces liodal display col A L is chairman of the committee appointed to arrange and manage this important part of the celebration he has lately addressed a letter to the governors ot of the several states inviting their cooperation the following passage occurs in it in july 1 there was a celebration in this city intended not only to manifest the of the people on en the adoption of the constitution by denof ten of the states but also to stimulate its by all the states composing the old confederation on that occasion the processional display which received the countenance and the hearty support of the leading men of the period representing all branches of business industries ot of all kinds as well as the judiciary the professions shuns and the schools of learning headed by b the vener venera A able university of pennsylvania enn silvania v etc was the most comprehensive and suggestive ever attempted up to that oenid on this side of the atlantic it devolves upon us in the coming celebration to illustrate as far as possible in the processional display the ine mar veloas delocis material and advance which has been made under the benl u ivi influence luence of the constitution in his letter of sept 1787 Wash washington lugton president of the convention baid aid we kept steadily in view arnat which appears to us the greatest interest of every true american the consolidation of conr unica in which is involved our prosperity felicity galety perhaps our national existence in speaking upon this expression pres siou of the father of his country a writer in a prominent journal justly remarks it if this was waa true irue a hundred years ago auw profoundly true it is ia now |