Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-09-27
Mr.. Nasby with the Presidential
Party.
AT THE RIDDLE HOUSE,, .t.l
(wich is in Detroit, Michissn,)

Step by step | am assendin the ladder nv
fame-step nv step am clim to proud
emihepce. Three weeks ago / wuz summon
ed to Washington by that eminently great
and good man. Androo johnson. to attend a
consultation ez to the proposed Western
tour, wich wuz to he undertaken for the pur-
pose Wv arousip the masses Nv the West to
a sence Nv the danger wich wuz tbreaiD nv
en-, in case they persisted in centerlizin the
power nv the government into the hands Nv
Congress. instid NV diffusin il throughout
the hands Nv one man, wich is Johnson -
/ got there too late tn take part 10 the first
NV the discussion. When I arrove they
had everything settled, ceptin the appoint
ment NV a Chaplin for the excursion. The
! President insisted upon my film that posi-
! ton, but Seward objected He wanted
| Beecher, but johnson wuz iDfexibly agin
him II am determined" SEE he, Ito carry
ont my policy, but hsv some bowels left.
Bcecber hez done enuff already. cousiderin
the pay be got. mol 10! he shell be spared
this trip-indeed be shell.
Very good" said Seward. "but at least
| find some clergyman who endorse US with
out hevin P. NJ. to his honored name. 1t
would lock better"
II know it wood replied johnson, "but
where kin we find sich one? l bev swung
! nrOuOu the en.ire Circle anu NeNcu I ez yet
seen him. Nasty it must be-"
| There wuz then lively discussion ez to
| the proprietv before the procession started
Of removin ell the Federal offs holders on
the proposed route, and appintin men who
| believed in VIZ. (Jobnson. Beccher and me-
! that we might be shoor nv sootsble resep-
shun at eash poirt at wich we wuz TO stop
| The Annointed wuz in favor wv it. SEE he,
them ez won't support my -rolisv sbsn't
eat my bread and butter" Randall and
/ Doolittls chiped in, for it's got to he part
vt their RELIGION IN assent to- whatever the
President seq, but ] mildly protested. l
owe duty to the party and | am determin-
! ed 70 do it.
Most High" sez I. "settin hen wich is
law makes no fnss-cut IFS head off and it
fons abont for while lively. Lincnlu's
effice-holders are eettin- hens They don't
like VOC nor voer noliry. hrt whia thew are
on their nests they will keep mOderitly
qrist Cut eff their heads and they will
spuit their tleod in your face. Ez to beip
enshoorsd of reception al each point, you
need feer nothin. Calkerlntin moderately.
there are at least twenty Eve or thirty pstri-
ats who feel a call for every offs in your dis
sis is held inst where they kin see EN-, and
they don't know wich is to git em, yoo may
depend upon the entire enthoosiasm Nv
each, inaividyooalv and collectively In
short. er there's offises in town and 700
make the appointments WOO hev sekoored
4 supporters-till 700 makes the appoint
ments 700 hev the hundred who expect to
get em " r.
The President agreed with me that until
after the trip the pulotine shood stop.
Secretary Seward sejested that a clean
shirt wood improve my personal appearance,
and akkordinely circular wus sent to the
clerks in the Departments, assassin EN- for
that purpose Sch Nv EN- ez refcosed to
contribute their quota wuz instantly dismiss
ed for disloyalty
AT last we started and must say we wuz
got up in highly conciliatory style. Every
wun of the civilians Nv the party wore huz-
zum pins, ct settry, wich wuz presented to
em hv the Southern delegates to the Phila-
delphiaSC Convention. wich wuz made Nv the
homes NV Federal soldiers which he'd fallen
AZ various battles. Sum Nv EN- were partic-
ulerly valuable ez anteeks hevin bin made
from the bones Nv the fust soldiers who fell
at Bull Run
The Moo York recepshun WIZ gay af-
fair. 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 a
hundred times We left Moo York sadly.
Even now ez write the remembrance NV
that percesshun-ths recollection NV that
banquet fingers around me, and the tasteuv
them wines is still in nv mouth. But we
he'd to 60 We he'd mishin to perform.
and we put ourselves on a steamboat and
started.
ALBANY-There wuz immense crowd,
but the Gar nv all the Amerlkas didn't get
orff his speech here. The Governor wei
coined him, but he welcomed him ez the
Cheef Magistrate Nv the nnshen, and hap
pened to drop in Lincoln's name. That
struck chill over the party and the Pres
ident got out Nv il ez soon as possible
Bein reserved ez Chief Magistrate and not
ez the great Pacfcator. amt his Eggslency's
best holt. 1t wuz unkind Nv Gov. Fenton
tn do it. IF he takes the papers he must
know that his Mightness amt got but one
speech and he ought to hsve made sich
reception speech ez wood hev enabled him
to hev got it off We shook the dust Nv our
feet and left Albany in disgust.
SIENAor1pY. The peupa nv this de-
| lghttul little VILLAGE wiz awake when the
| in1perial train arrived The changes haven't
| bin made in tho offices here ami cOrsekrnt-
| ly there was a splendid rccepshun. didn't
i
suppose there wnz 40 many patriots along
the Mohawk. 7 WIZ rihted out by sum one
| ez the Presidents prvafe adviser-a sor,'uv
private Srcrotary nv Stare, and after tho
train started | found j6st 2ll petitions for
the Postotfis in,Skeuacts1y in ny side coat
pocket, wich the patriots who he'd hurrah-
ed 81 vociffnronsly he'd derieronsly deposit
ed there The instdent wuz a movin one.
''Thahk God, though, I. $50 long ez we
hev the Postoifiscs 10 gise, we. KIN alluz hev
a Marty. The Sutton swrng around the
| cirkie wunst here and leaving the constoo-
shun iu their hands the train moved off. )
ROME. Here we he'd splendid recep'
shun and never heard his majesty speek'
more felicitously. He menshuned to the
audience that be he'd swung around the
Southern side Nv the cirkle and wuz low
swingin around the Northern side NV it, and
that be wuz figbtin traitors on all sides. He
left the Constitution in their hands and
bid en- good bye. I received at this pint
only 1870 petitions for the Pestoffis,, .wich
1 took ca a bad omen for the cogip election
II UTICA, THE President spoke here with
greater warmth and jerked more originality
than | he'd before observed. He inTodoost
4 here the remark that he didnt come to
Il ,..La . snaech that ha Waz PoiB' To shed