The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-10-05
Nr. N..by with tho Presidential Party.
Fro. Lo.isvilie to washiastss.
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ATs ussVy WIN sHo
frsa Lolisviiie to Washiagtss.
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WAsHEoroN, D. G., SeIa. u, 1866 !
lnjined the Presidential party at Loois
vile, and glad am that ] did Il n tha
p mt. His Imperial Serenity he'd bin pleas
ed ever since he len Chicago, or ratheI
sence be got near St. Loois, for two.thiri'
Of illinois wuz pizaa, and lDdisnaPolis wu'
pizener. From 81. Loois Tho recepshur
wuz trooiy corjisl and even enthoosiastic
We got out Nv the rejin NV aristocrats ant
he'd cum down to the liard.fstod yomsnry
! seed hol,s through tho hats, NV men.
seed what mite be called the flag Nv Dim
ocracy, wavin from behind 'en,, which. e7
tina generally either he'd mn coats at oil, o.
if any, they were roundabouts, WIZ allen
in view. saw winin who disdained stock.
ings and used snuff, and fslt At home.
wuz among Dimocrasy. The cheerin foI
Grant and Farngut ceased ez we got into
them rrgions and Nv the vociferous crowds
half Nv EN-, tho younger ones, cheered An
drew Johnson, while the old veterans them
whose noses wnz blossomin for the tomb
checred for Andrew Jackson. His Sereni
ty sn,ilinly acknowledged both by maxim
speech to em aud wavin his hat.
With these preliminary remark resoou
I.ouIsviLLr. There wuz q magnifcen
demonstration here. Ills Imperial Msjest,
who wuz In eggslent condition to make
crowds large enough, remarked to me ca
we wuz ridin thru the streets: ASpIcn
'splay! Morn ten 'uhdred soussn people
MORN ten million people. morn ten 'uurod
million people, morn ten 'unred sousaI
million people, and all Nv en- sPortsr my
policy. 'Rah for me J"
His Majesty undoubtedly eggsaggented
towards the last, hut II 70 safe 10 pat the
throug down at good many. That est
mate is entirely safe. There wuz the fines
display Nv banners and sich ] hev seer
sence we started. The red white red wu7
displayed from almost half the houses, u
dies waved their handkerchiefs ez we pass
ed, aud men cllecred. A pleasin incident
ocnrd here. noticed one glshin maiden
Nv 3O.seven, wavin her handkerchief rs tho
she wtlz gettin ~ much per wave and he'd
rent to pay thut mite. irrcognizcd her "a
wlinst. When WIZ a citizen Nv Ohio
and WIZ drafted Into the service Nv the u
nitcd Suites, and clothed in q bob.tailed
bloc coat, and Oystrun inuskit put into
my unwilling hands and forced to fitc agir
my brethren, our regiment passed thrOt
Louisville and stayed there some days
WIZ walkin one afternoon, when ! me,
this identical angel. She saw my bloc Goa
and was enragcd and spit in my face with
sich energy TINT she threw out Nv hcl
mouth full set NV false teeth. ] returned
them gnllnntly, wiped my face with my
handkerchief, and vowed that handkerchief
should henccf6nh I've kept sacred. II was
and when seed her wayin hcm ut our
pary, ! wept like Philadelphia Conven.
iion. ! stopped the carriage, met the pairi.
otic female, called her attention to the Incl.
dent untl handed her my handkerchief
which he'd, four years before, wiped her
spittle. The incident gave new yigger ia
her arms, aud iroin that time she waved
two llandkerchers, and mine wuz one q,
EN-. ! narrated the incident to the Presi'
dent and he wept.
There WIZ large perceshun and grea
variety Nv banners. Among the most no
ticeable, wuz company Of solgers NV the
late war, eacl, with lex of, dressed u
the gruy uniform in which they he'd bir
mustered out, with tliis mottO-@we are
wilIn 10 go tho other lex for a. Johnson.
Another company Nv solgers who he'd eacl
lost an arm, carried this inscription, WA
we didn't git by bullets we shall gii by bal
lots" ... ..f
The President CIT down his speech JUS
one half here in swingin around Tire cir
kls he omitted to n,enslIen that he found
trniiors on the Southern side Nv IL. But he
leit the consto0shu In their hands cheerful.
y.
CINcI,Ari very enthusiastic recep.
shun-c continyc,l and loud cheers for Grant,
which the President acknowledged. A
postmaster, WHO jined us
here, wanted. to know why the people
cheercd for Grant instid Nv the President,
to which His iligliness answered that they
wuz consiIrit-iiry knew his modesty, and
wanted to spare his hlusllcs. Another man.
who WIZ aIso nnsopl,isiieate,l, asked him,
confdensielly, ef he didn't think there wuz
a samenis in his speeches, and that ef he
didn't think l,e d do better to give q great.
er variety. His Eggrlency asked him how
there Good I've more variety. "At Cinci.
natl" sed he. - I observed the following
order'
J.. ! swung around the cirkle.
2. I asked who wuz the Savior ct was
Joodis lskariot?
4 I ieft the Constitooshn, the 36 Stntes,
and the flag with 6 stars onto Il in their
hands.
Now at Columbus ] shel vary Il thusIy:
!. The Constitooshn, flag and stars.
2. The Jo0,lis iskariN l,iznis.
3. Swingin around the cirkle.
At Stoobenville, agin, ez follows:
!. Joodis lskario,.
2. Swinging around the cirkle.
8. Constitooehn. fng and stsrs.
Aud so on. lts susceptible Nv many chan.
rcs. lil,ot Nv that when writ that speech,
and divided il mp into sections on mir,ose." "
JoHSsrowS. Pa. A platform fell down,
pnto wicIi wuz 400 voters, kilIen duzzen
Nv EN-. Ills Egy-lency felt relieved when
hearing OF the axsident, at helm ashOOred
that there wizzent one Of his supporters on
The platform. lie konsidered Il a special
Providence. The condukter overheard the
remark, aud answered that II any Nv his
wuz killed In that secksion they'd
have 10 import won for Tho purpose. -
MIYYLIN, Pa. A enthusiastic indivUi'e
who wants tie Post Offs at this place very
much, fell on the Presidents neck and
wcp,, hsiling him a the .Prservcr Nv the
Union." The President thanked him iur
his spontaneous iriboot. and len IN hn
hands the KonssitusI,un, the dag, and tho
he desired. ... .....
BALTIMORE. There wuz spontaneous
rcepshun here, wich wuz gratifying 70 us
The pcrccshun w,iz immense aud the mot.
'ocs expressive. One division wux beaded
by the identikIe indivijooi who 6rod the
irs sho, si tho Massachusetts, men In 1861.
He i ardent supporter uv President John.
,on's policy. Que Gag wul one capchcred
rom q lnjeany regiment 1t the fra Bull
Run, At wichihe President vept .ThinEs {.
. bccomin normal" scd he, awi,en the
NJ r0s,ls ,asili sfsV1 thai NQss Lnva Wof