Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04
MIR. Nasby'S Letters.
HE ACCOMPANIES THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
AS CHAPLAIN.
Posi- OFFS, CoNFEDRIT X ROADS, }
(Which is the Staff Nv Kentucky :
Spntemhpr 11th 1896 !

(Wlcl Is the SLalL Nv henJuCkN.) :
September 18th, 1867
am at home, and glad am l that l
am at home. Here in Kentucky, sur
rounded by Dimocrats, immersed part
of the time in my Otfishel dooties, and
the balance Nv the time in whiskey,
with the privilege Of wallopin niggers
and the more estimable and sOOthin
privilege NV assistin in mobbin Nv North
ern AbolitiOnists who are not yet all
out Nv the State, time passes pleasantly,
and leaves no vain regrets. | alluz gOto
bed mites feelin that the day has not been
wasted.
From Detroit the Presidential caval-
Cade or, eZ the infamous JaCObin Radi-
cal party irrevelently term it, the me-
naiery, proceeded to Chicago. The Re-
cepshuns his imperial Highness re-
ceived through Michigan, were fiatterin
in the extreme. | continue my diary:
IPsLANTY.-At this pint the President
displayed that originality and furtility
Nv imagination characteristic Nv him.
The reCepshun was grand The masses
called for Grant and his Highness
promptly responded. He asked EN- eff he
was Juds LskariOt who was the Saviour?
Thad Stevens If so, then after swing
ing around the circle, and finding trail
tors at both ends Of the line, | leeve 36
states with Sc stars onto EN- in yoor
| hands and
The train wuz off amid loud shouts Nv
"Grant, Grant" to witch the President
responded by wavin his hat.
| ANN ARBoR-At this pint the train
| moved in TO the inspirin sounds Nv a
| band playing "Hale to the Cheef," and
vociferous cries Of Grant Grant" His
Majesty smilingly appeared and thanked
| EN- for the demonstration. 1t wuZ
! so0thin he remarked The air their
band was playin ':Hale to the Cheef,
wuz apprOprit eZ he wuz Cheef Magis-
trate NV the nashun, to which position
| he he'd reached, hevin bin Alderman NV
his nativ village, U. s. Senator etsettery.
The crowd hOlered Grant Grant and
the President thanked EN- for the demon
stratiOn. 1t showed him that the people
wuz with him in his efforts to close his
eyes on a Union Of Sc States, and flag
Of SO stars onto it, IF I am a traitor,
said he, warmin up who is the Judis
Iscariot? Ez I'm swinging around the
cirkle, find Thad. Stevens on the one
side and Jeff. Davis on the"
The conductor cruelty started the train
without givin him time to finish.
The crowd proposed three cheers fol
Grant and the President waved his hat
to EN- saying that he thanked EN-, show
ing as it did that the people wuz with
him.
| Gpp1yr A 1aroa har ~
assembled here, who, ez the train stopped
yelled Grant Grant !" Affected K
tears by the warmth Nv the recepshun
the President thanked EN- for this mari
Nv confidence. Eff he ever he'd any
doubts ez to the peoples bein with hin
these doubts wuz removed. He wooC
leave in their hands the flag and thu
Union Nv SO States and the stars thereto
appertainng. Eff he wuz a Joodis Is
kariot who wuZ-
The crowd gave three hearty cheer
for Grant eZ the train moved off, to wicl
the President responded by wavin hi
hat.
KALAMAzoo.-The of11shels were Of
| hand at this pint, and so wuz the peopl
A offishels and several thousand people
witch the latter greeted US with cheer
for Grant Grant The President res
ponded, sayin that in swingin round tn
cirkle he he'd ben called Joodis 1skario
for sacficin Nv hissef for the people
Who wuz the Savior? Wuz Thad Ste
vens? No! Then cleerly into 700
hands l leave the Constitooshun Nv 3
stars with SO States onto EN-, intact an,
| undiscovered,
The offishels received the stars an,
States, and amid cheers for Grant tn
train glode magestically on.
And so on to Chicago, where W
didn't get off our speech, though iron
the manner in which the people hollere,
Grant Grant we felt cheered at reali
Yin how they wuz with US. His eminenc
wanted to sling the SO States and tn
flag with the stars at EN-, but ez Ger
Logan wuz there ready to fling EN- back
it wuz deemed highly prudent not to d
it.
Here my trials commenst. At tn
Biddle House in Detroit, the nigge
walters showed how much Afrika
i kin be spilled by bein free. They HE