Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-10-13
NUMBER 40.

NV it, and that he wuz fghtin traitors on every
side He left the Constitooshun in their hands
and bid EN- goodbye. received at this pint on
ly 1870 petitions for the post office, wich took ez
a bad omen for the comm elecshun.
UrIcA.-The President spoke here with great
er warmth and jerked more originality than had
before observed He ntrodoost here the remark
. that he didn't come to make speech-that he
wuz goin to shed tear over the tomb nv Doug
las-that in swinging around the circle he hed
fought traitors on all sides it, but that he felt
safe. He should leave the Constooshun in their
hands, and ef a martyr was wanted ne WIZ red
dy to die with ncetness and dispatch.
LocKpoRr-The President is improving wun-
derfully. He rises with the occasion. AT this
pint he mentioned that he wuZ sot on savin the
country which he'd honored him. Ez for himself
his ambishn wuz more than satisfied. He he'd
bin Alderman, member of the Legislacher, Com
gresham, Senator, Military Governor, Vice Pres
ident and President. He he'd swung around the
entire circle NV offices, and all he wanted now
wuz to heel the wounds of the nashen. He felt
safe in leavin the Constooshun in their hands
Ez he swung around the cirkle--
At this pint interrupted him. l told HIM
that he he'd swung around the cirkle wunst IN
this town, and ez yoosefu ez the phraze wuz "
mite spile by too much yoose.
CLEvELAND.-Here begun to git into hot
water. This is the post to which the devil Nv
Abishnism is chained, and his chain is long
enough to let him range over nearly the whole
South. | am panied to state that the President
wuzn' Il treated here with the respeck due his sta
shun. He commenst deliverin his speech, but
wuz made the subjeck of ribald laffture Skase-
" he'd he got to the pint NV swingin around the
cirkle, when a foul-mouthed niger lover yelled
" Veto,' and another vocfferated moo Or
leans and another remarked "Memphis, ana
one after another occurred until his Highness
wuz completely turned off the track and got wild
lie forgot his speech and struck out crazy, but
the starch wuz out NV him and he wuz worsted
Grant, wich he had taken along to draw crowds,
played dirt on us here, and stepped onto boat
for Detroit leavin us only Farragut ez a attrack-
shun, who tried twice to git away ditto, but was
timely preventid. The President recovered his
| ekanimity and swung around the circle wuns:,
and, leavin the Constooshun in their hands, lett
At the next pint we wuz astounded at seein on
ly one man at the station. He wuz dressed witii
a sash over his shoulder, and wuz wavin a flag
with wun hand, frin saloot from revolver
with the other, and playin g Hail to the Cheef J"
on mouth organ all tn wunst. Who are 700,
my gentle friend sez |. :" I'm the newly ap-
pointed Postmaster, sir, sez he. 4" I'm per-
ceshun IL watin here to do honor TO our Cheef
Magistrate all alone, sir. There Wuz twenty
Johnsonians in this hamlet, sir, but when the
commishn came for me, the other nineteen wuz
soured, and sed they didn't care d-n for him
or his policy, sir. Where is the President p
Androo wuZ golnto SWING around the clrcIe1or
this one man and leave the Constooshn in his
hands, but Seward checked him.
At Fremont we he'd a handsome reception, for
the ofiises hevnt been changed there, but Tole-
do didn't do so well. The crowd didn't cheer
Androo much, but when Farragut was trotted
out they gave him a rouser, wch was anything
but pleasin to the Cheef Magistrate wv this ma
shen, who beeves in being respected.
Finally we reached Detroit. This ben Dem
ocratic city the President wus hisself agin His
speech here wuz one of rare merit. lie gathered
together in one quiver all the sparklin arrows he
had used from Washington to this pint, and shot
'em one by He swung round the circle
he didn't come to make a speech-he he'd bin
Alderman of his native town-he might hev bin
Dicktater but woodn t-and ended with poeti-
cal cotashun wich coodent ketch, but " hich ez
near ez Good understand wuz
Kun KUN all-this rock shall fly
From its firm base-in pigs eye"
Here we repose fur the mite. Tomorrow We
start onward, and shell continue swingin round
the cirkle till we reach Chicago.
PETROLEUM V. NASBY, p. NJ,
(Which il Postmasterl
(and likewise chaplin to the exhibition