The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-09-22
Nasty Oh the Presidential Tour.
"swINGING RoURD THE CINCLE.

In his last letter Petroleum V. Nasty thus
describes his adventures, while acting in an
official capacity on the Presdentian trip:
Secretary Seward sejested that clean shirt
wood improve my personal appearance, and
akkordngly Il circular wus sent to the clerks
in the Departments, assassin EN- for that
purpose. Sich OF EN- refoosed to contrib
ute their quota wuz instantly discharged for
disloyaty.
At last we started and must say we WIZ
got up in highly concliliatory style. Ev'
cry one of the civilians NV the party wore
buzzom pins, ct settery, which was presented
to EN- by the Southern delegates to the Phil
adcl phia Convention, wich WIZ made NV the
bones of Federal soldiers wich had fallen at
various battles. Sam Nv EN- were partikery
valuable as anteeks, havln been made from
the bones of the tust soldiers who fell at Bull
Run.
The Moo York reccpshun was gay affair.
| never saw his imperial highncss in better
spirits, and he delivered his speech to better
advantage than | ever heard him do it be-
fore, and believe I've heard it a hundred
times. We left Moo York sadly. Even now
ez | write the remembrance Nv that pcrcer-
shun-the recollection ofthat banquet fingers
around me, and the taste NV them wines is
had IL mshun to perform, and We put our
selves on IA steamboat and started.
ALBANY.-Ihere wuZ an immense crowd,
but the Car Nv all the Americas didn't get
ortf his speech here. The Governor wei
coined him. but he welcomed him ez the
Cheef Magistrate NV the nashun, and hap
pened to drop in Lincoln name. That
struck a chill over the party. an the Presi.
dent got ont NV it cz soon ez po,a Bile. Bein
reserved ez Cheef Magistrate, and not as the
great Pacilicator, ain his Eggslcncy best
holt. 1t WIZ unKind NV Governor Fcnton to
do it. Ii he takes the papers he must know
that his Mightiness ain got but one speech
and he ought to hev made sich reception
cz wood hev enabled him TO hey got it Oft -
We shook the dust off Nv our feet and left
Albany in disgust.
SHENAcTAEY. The people nv this delight
full lutte village wuz awake when the impe-
rial train arrived. The changes haven't bin
made in the Offices here, and konsekently
there wuz splendid recepshun. l didn
suppose there wuz SO many patriots along
the Mohawk wuz pinted out by sum one
e2 the Presidents private alviscr-a sort Nv
private secretary Nv State-and after the
train ,,arled found jest 2ll petitions for
tie Post Oils in Schenectady in my side coat
pocket, which the patriots who he'd hurrahcd
SO yoci!tcrous!y he'd dextrousy deposited
there. The incident is Il moTin one. "fhank
Cod thought | $50 long ez we hev the
Post, ottscs to give, we kin aluz hev IL par
ty.' he Sultan swung around the cirke
wunst here, and leaving the constitooshun in
their bands, the train moved of.
ROME. Here We ned splendid recepshun
and never heard his Majesty speak more
fehcitously. He menshuned to the audience
that he had swung around the Southern side
NV the cirkle and wuz now swingin around
the Northern side of it, and that he was
fghtin traitors on all sides. He left the
consttooshun in their hands and bid EN-
good. bye. | received at this point only 1870
petitions for the post office, which took ez
u bad omen for the comm election.
UrIcA.-The President spoke here with
greater warmth and jerked more originality
than he'd before observed. He introdoost
here the remark that he didn't come to make
a speech--that he wuz goin to shed tear
over the tomb of Douglas; that in swngin
around the cirkle he he'd fought traitors on
all sides NV it, but that he felt safe. He
shood leave the Constitution in their hands,
and eff martyr wuz wanted, he wuz rcddy
to die with neetness and dispatch.
LoCKPoRT.-1h President is improvin
wonderfully. He rises with the OCCASION
At this pint he menshuned that he wuz sot
on savin the country wich he'd honored him.
En- for himself his ambshun wuz more than
satisfied. He he'd bin Alderman, member
of the Legslacher, Congressman, Senator,
Military Governor, Vice President and Pres
ident He he'd swung around the entire cir
kle of offices, and all he wanted now wuz to
heal the wounds Nv the nashun. He felt
safe in leavin the Constiooshun in their
hands. Ez he swung around the cirkle-
AT this pint interrupted him. told him
that he had swung around the cirkle wunst
i'll this town, and ez yoosetu ez the phrase
wuz it might Spite by loo much yoose.
At Cleveland we begun to get into hot
water. Here is the post to which the devil
Ablishnism is chained, and his chain is long
enough to let him rage over nearly the whole
State. am panied to state that the Presi-
dent wuznt treated here with the respeck due
his station. He commenst deliverin his
Speech but was made the subjek ribald laf
fure. Skasely had he got TO the pint O
swngin around the cTkle, when foul
mouthed niger lover yelled ''Neto," ant
another vociterated moo Orleens," anc
another remarked Memphis, and one at
ter another Interruption occurred until hi
Highness was completely turned OIL the tract
and got Wild lie forgot his speech an'
struck out crazy, but the starch wuz out "
him and he wuz worsted Grant, which hi
had taken along to draw the crowds. played
dirt on US here and stepped on to boat To-
Detroit leavin us only tarragut as a attrac
ton, who tried twice to get away ditto, bu
wuz timely prevented. The President re
covered his ekanimity and swung around thu
cirkle wunst, and, leavin the Constitooshr
in their hands, retired.
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