The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-12
NAsBY.
written for the Toledo Blade.
Mr.. Nasty with the Presidential
Party.

| (vich is In Detroit, Mlchlgan,)
Sept. the 4th, 1866.
Step by step I am ascending the
ladder NV fame-step by step | am
climbin to a proud .eminence. Three
weeks ago / wus summonzed to Wash
.ington BY that eminently CRATE and
good man, Androo johnson, to attend
"a consultation ez to the proposed
Western tour, wieh wus to be under
taken for the purpose of arousin the.
masses nv the West to sence of their
danger wich wuz. threatenin NV UNI In
case they persisted in centralizin the
power of the Government into the
hands NV Congress, instid Nv diffu
sin it throughout the hands uv1one
man, Wlch is johnson. got there
too la:e to take part,in the first part
Nv the discussion. When / arrove
they he'd every thing settled, ceptinr
the appointment Nv Chaplin for the
excursion. The President insisted
upon my film that position, but Sew
ard objected. He. wanted Beecher,,
but johnson wus infexibly agin him.
" I am determined" SEE he, = to carry
out my policy, but / hev some bowels
bleft yet Beecher hez done enuff al
ready, eonsiderin. the pay he got: x No!
no! he shell be spared this trip-in-
deed he SHE'LL a,rarr woa .rs sp
Every good, p4said Seward, but at
least find some clergyman who en-
dorses us without heVin p, M. to his
honored name 1t wood look better"
81 know it,woed, replied johnson,
I" but where kin we find SIGH a one?
/ hev swung around the entire circle
and hegen't-ez yet seenzhim. Nasty
it must be. "a ~ IN ET!2NT
There wuz then a lively discussion
ez to the propriety before the process
sion started, of removin all the Fed
,eral offis-holders on the proposed
route, and Sappintins men who beleev-
ed in US, johnson, Beecher and me,
that we might be shoor Nv a sootable
recepshun at each pint at witch we
lawuz to stop. The Amounted wuz in
favor Nv it. SEE he,r them ez won t
support my polisy shan't eat my bread
and butteryE Randall and Doolittle
chimed in, for it's got to be part of
their religion to assent to whatever
the President SEE, but i mildly pro-
tested. / owe duty to the party and
/ am determined to do it.
| Most High, Z SEE Il "a settin hen
wich is lazy makes no fuss-cut its
head off and it flops about for while
! Lively. Lincoln's, office holders are
Ilsettin- hens. They don't like 700 nor
fyoor policy, but while they are on
their nests they will keep moderitly
quiet. Cut off their heads and they
will squirt their blood in your face
Ez to bein enshoord of a reception
at each point; you need. fear nothin
Oalkerlatin moderitly,i there areaat
least twenty-five or thirty patriots who
feel a call for every offs in your dis
posal. So long, Yoor Highnis, ez
/ them 6ffsis is held just where they
kin see EN-, and they don't know witch
4 is to git em, 700 may depend upon
theoentire enthusiasm Nv each, indi-
vidyooally and collectively, In short
eff there's offisis In a town and 700
make the appointments, 700 hev Sc.
4 koored a supporters It'll 700 make
the appointments 700 hev the hun
dred who expect to get en-"
d, t. The President agreed with me tina
until after the trip the gullotint
shood stop.
Secretary Seward sejssted that +;
clean, shirt wood improve my persona
appearance, and accordingly a cirku
lar wuz sent to the clerks in the DE
partments, assassin EN- for that pur
pose Sich Nv EN- ez refoosed Il
contribute their quota was Instant,
dismissed for disloyalty.
Atlast we started, and / must sd,
, we wuz got up in a highly conciliator,
style. Every wun of the civilians u
the party wore buzzum pins, et settry
witch wuz presented to EN- by South
ern' delegates to the Phifadelphi:
Convention, witch wuz made Nv tn
bones NV Federal soldiers witch lhet
fallen at various battles. Sum NV en-
were partikerly valuable ez anteeks
hevin bin made from the bones u
the fust soldiers who fell at Bull Run
The Moo York ,recepshun wuz
gay affair ] never saw His Imperia
Highness in better spirits, and he de
livered his speech to better adyantag
than I ever heard him do it before
and [ believe I've heard it hundre
times. We left New York sadly
Even now, ez / write, the memory Q
that perceshun-the recollection q
, that banquet-lingers around me, an
the taste of them wines is still in m
mouth. But we he'd to go. We, he
mishn to perform, and we put oui
selves on steamboat and started.
ALBANY-There wuz a. immens
crowd, but the Gar NV all the Amer
81 kas didn't get off his speech herr
The Governor welcomed him, but
welcomed him ez the Cheef Magistrat
; Nv the nashen, and happened to dro
in Lincoln's name. That struck
chill over the party, and the Presider
= Egot out NV It ez soon ez possibl,
Bein reserved ez Cheef Magistrat'
| and NOT az the Oraat PoaiEcof0r Gin