Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-09-21
Nasty
HE TRAVELS WITH THE Prudential PARTY.
fFrom the Toledo Blade1

/ arrove they had everything settled, ceptin
the appointment NV a chaplin for the excur-
sion The President insisted upon my film
that position. but Seward objected. He
wanted Beecher, but Johnson wuz inhcxible
agin him. " am determined" sez be. to
carry out my policy, but hev some bowels
left Beecher hez done enuf already, con-
siderin the pay he got. No NO he shell be
spared this trip--indeed, he shell"
Very good" said Seward, but at least
find some clergyman who endorses us with
out hevin p. NJ. to his honored name. 1t
wood look better.
81 know it wood b" replied Johnson, " but
where kin we find SIGH one hev swung
around the entire circle and heven't ez yet
seen him Nasty it must be-"
Secretary Seward sejested that clean shirt
wood improve my personal appearance, and
akkordngly a cirkular wuz sent TO the clerks
in the departments, assassin EN- for that pur-
pose. SIGH un EN- ez reioosed to contribute
their quota wuz instantly dismissed for dis
loyalty.
At last we started and must say we wuz
got up in highly concilintory style. Every
wun Of the civilians NV the party wore buz-
yum pins, ct settry, witch wuz presented to
EN- by the Southern delegates 90 the Phila-
delphia Convention, witch wuz made NV the
bones NV Federal soldiers wch ned fallen at
various battles. Sum Nv EN- were partickler-
ly valuable ez anteeks, hevin bin made from
the bones NV the fust soldiers who fell at
Bull Run.
The Moo York recepshun wuz gay affair
| never saw his Imperial highness in better
spirits, and he delivered his speech to better
advantage than | ever heard him do it before,
and bleeve I've heard it hundred times
We left Moo York sadly.
ALBANY.-There wuz an immense crowd
but the Gar NV al the Americas didn't get
off bis speech here. The Governor welcom-
ed him, but be welcomed him "a the Cheef
Magistrate NV the nashen, and happened to
drop in Lincolns name That struck a chill
over the party and the President got out Nv
it en- soon En- possible. Bein reserved ez
Chief Magistrate and not ca the great Pacif-
Gator, amt his kRgsency's best holt 1t wuz
unkind Nv Gov. Fenton to do IT, If he takes
the papers be must know that his Mightness
amt got but one speech and he ought to hev
made SIGH reception as would hey enabled
him to hev got it off We shook the dust
off NV our feet and left Albany in disgust.
SKENACTADY.-Ihe people NV this delight
full little village wuz awake when the imperi-
al train arrived. The changes haven't bin
made in the Offices here and consistently
there wuz splendid recepshun. l didn't
suppose there wuz so many patriots along
the Mowhawk. / wuz pinted out by sum
one ez the Presidents private Rdviser--a sort
NV private Secretary NV State, and after the
train started | found jest 2ll petitions for
the Post Offs in SkeDaktedy in my side coat
pocket, Wich the patriots who he'd hurrahed
80 vodiherously he'd dexterously deposited
there. The insident waz a movin on.-
" Thank God" thought |. " So long ca we
hev the post ofiices to Civ, we kin ailuz hev
a party" The Sultan swung around tie cir
kle wunst here Id leaving the constooshun
IN their hands the train moved {, fl.
RoMB-HeGe we ned a splendid recepshun
and never heard his majesty speak more fa-
lcitously. He menshuned to the audience
that he he'd swung around the Southern side
NV the circle and wuz now swingin around
the Northern aide NV it, and that he wuz
hghun traitors on all sides He left the Con
stitooshun in their hands and bid EN- good
bye. received at this pint only 1870 petit
lions for the post ofhs, witch | took ez a brd
omen for the comm election.
UTICA The President spoke here with
greater warmth and jerked more originality
than he'd before observed. He introduced
here the remark that he didn't come to make
speech--that he wuz goin TO shed tear
over the tomb NV Douglas,-that in swingin
around the circle he he'd fought traitors on
all sides NV it, but that he felt safe He
shood leave the Consttooshun in their hands,
and Ell martyr wuz wanted he wuz Teddy to
die with neetness and dispatch.
LoCKPoRT.-The President is mprovn
wonderfully. He rises with the occasion.-
At this pint he mentioned that be wuz sot on
savln the country witch he'd honored him.
Ez for himself his ambishin wuz more than
satisfied. he he'd bin Alderman, member Of
the Legislacher, Congressn an, Senator, Mill
tary Governor, Vice President and President.
lie he'd swung around the circle NV Osises,
and all he wanted now wuz to heal the
wounds of the nashun. He felt safe in leayn
the constooshun in their hands. Ez he
swung around the cirkle-
A this pint | interrupted him. told
him that he he'd swung around the oirklo
wunst in this town, and ez yooseful ca the
phraze wuz it might spite by too much
yoose.
At Cleveland we begun to get into hot
water Here is the post to which the devil
of Ablishinlsm is chained, and his chain is
long enough to let him rage over nearly the
whole State. ! am panied to state that the
President wasn't treated here with respeck
due his station. He commenst deiverin his
speech, but wuz made the subjeck NV ribald
lafture. Skasely he'd he got to the pint NV
swingin around the cirkle, when a foul
mouthed negro lover yelled "Veto," and
another yociterated Moo Orleans" and
another remarked " Memphis" and one after
another interruption occurred until His High
ness wuz completely turned off the track and
got wild. He forgot his speech and struck
out crazy, but the starch wuz out NV him and
he wuz worstod. Grant, wich we he'd taken
along to draw the crowds. placed dirt on us
here, aud stepped onto boat for Detroit,
ltavin us only Farragut ez attraction, who
tried twice TO get away ditto, but wuz timely
prevented. The President recovered his eka.
nimity and swung around the cirkle wunst,
and leayin the constoosLn in their hands,
retired.
At the next pint we wuz astounded at sein
but one man at the station. He wuz dressed
with sash over his shoulder, and wuz wavin
flag with wun hand, firm saloot with a
revolver with the other and nlaXin - Hail IN