Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-09-22
CHOICE MISCELLANY.
NASBY.
.S.lWAllS -I-t+@7e0 t2Hn1
Mr.. Nasty with the Presidential
,.o3 Party, Oh
NASBY.
BIDDLE Horsn, Detroit, Mich,
Semi. fhe 4th. 1863.

Sept. the 4th, 1866.
Step bystepINafa aseendin the ladder
NV tame--steP by step l ath elimbin TO a
proud eminence Three weeks ago bltz
summoned to Washington by that etni-
nently CRATE and good man, Androo John
son, to attend n Consultation eb to tie
proposed Western tour, wich wuz to be
taken for the purpose of arousin the
masses NV, the West to a sence Nv the
danger witch wuz threatenin NV EN- in
case they persisted in centralizing the
power Nv the Government into the hands
NV Congress-, instid NV defusin it
throughout the hands NV one man, wich
is johnson. got there too late to take
part in the discussion, When arrove
they he'd everything Settled, ceptin the
| appointment NV a Chaplain for the cxcur-
| sion. The President Insisted upon me
filing that position, but Seward objected
He wanted Beecher1, but johnson wuz
infexibly agin him. am determined"
seq he, "to carrg ontmy policy, but l hev
some bowels left. Beecher hez done enuff
already, eensiderin the payohergot. No!
mol he shel be spared this trip--ifdeed
| he shell"
| L"Nery good said Seward, but,a least
lind some clergyman who endorses us
without havin z. NJ to his honored name
1t would look better.''
al know it WOOD" replied Johnson,
but where kin we find sich a one? hev
swung around the, entire circle and hcv-
emit ez yet seen him. Nasty it must be-"
There was then lively discussion cz
to the, prOpriety, before the procession
started, Nv removin all the Federal offs
holders on the proposed route, and APP
pointin men'who believed in us, John
son, Beecher and me,) that We might be
shoor Nv q sootable recepshun at each
pint at wich we wuz to stop. The An.
nointed wuz in favor NV it. Sez he,
them ez won't support my polisy shan't
cat my bread and butter" Randall and
Doolittle chimed in, for it's got to be a
part NV their religion to assent to what
the President sez, but l mildly protested
l owe duty to the party that am de.
terlnined to do it. II A7.I .'ttH
Most High," sez ], ga settin hen wich
is lazy makes no fuss-cut it's head off
and it fiops about for a while lively. Lin
coins office-holders are settin hens They
don't like 700 nor yoor polisy, but while
they arc on their nests they will keep
moderitly quiet. Cut off their heads and
they will spurt their blood in your face.
Ez to bein inshoord Nv a recepshun at
each pint, you need fear nothin. Calker.
latin moderately, there are at least twen-
ty-five or thirty patriots who feel call
for every offs in your disposal. So long,
Yoor Highnis, ez them ofiisis is held lust
where they kin see EN-, and they don't
know wich is to git en-, you may depend
upon the entire enthoosiasm NV each, in
dividually and collectively. In short, eff
there's 4 offisis in atown and 700 make
the appointments, yoo hev secured sup
porters-till you make the appointments
700 hev the hundred who expectto get
emf" M M IN --f>.\
The Pfesident agreed with me that un-
til after theStrip the guillotine shood stop.
Secretary Seward sejested that a clean
shirt wood improve my personal appear
ance and acko DINGHY a>ciircular was sent
to the clerks in the Departments, assessin
EN- for that purpose. Sich nv EN- ez re-
foosed to contribute their quota wuz III
stantly dismissed for disloyalty.q q n
At last we started and l must say we
wuz got up in a,conciliatory style. Every
wun NV the civilians NV the party wore
busufn pins, ct settry, wich was presented
to EN- by the Southern delegates to the
Philadelphia Convention, wioh Wiuz made
nv the. bones of Federal soldiers wich he'd
fallen at various battles. Sum NV EN- were
partiklerly. valuable ez anteeks,a heyin
bin made from the bGies uv the fust sol
diers who fell at Bull Run ""a
'PdThe Moo York feeepshtin dwuz a ray
affair. i never saw his imperial Hiehness
in better spirits, and he delivered his
speech to better advantage than ever
heard him do it before, and believe I've
heard it hundred times. We left Moo
York sadly. Even now ez I write the re-
membrance NV that perceshun-ther recol-
lection NV that banquet fingers around
me, and the taste NV them wines is still
in my mouth. But we he'd to go. We
he'd mishun to perform, and we put
ourselves on'a steamboat and started.
ALBANY-There wuz o immense crowd,
but the Gar NV all Americas didn't get
orf his speech here. The Governor wei
coined him, bnt he welcomed him es the
Cheet Magistrate uvthe, pashen, and hap
pened to drop, in Lincoln's name That
struck q chill oyer the party and the Pre-
sider,t got out. nv it OF soon iez possible.
Bein reserved ez Cheef Magistrate and
pct ef thegPate Haeifcatpr1 amt his Egg-
slensy's best holt ltswux unkina NV G. Gos.,
fenton TO do IT, IL he takes the papers
he must know that bis Mightiness hain't
yct but one speech dnd ne cdgtt 10 fhsv
made sieh resepshm ez' would heysl ena-
bled himto hev got 1t Off We shook the
dust offuv our feet and left Albany in
disgust. .,.1s5 ,7.-s-.,
SKssAcrApr The people NV this de-
-6ghtful little village wuz awake when the
imperial train arrived, The changesh hev-
en't bin made In the offices here and conse-
kentIy thereswnz asplendid resepshun. /
didn't suppose there w,uz so many pa
tri9ts along the Mohawk. Iwuz piraed
out by some one ez the Presidents private