Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-10-13

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NY kenfucky Scntemher 4. 1860.

Kentucky, September T. 1865 J
Step by step am assendin the ladder NV fame
step by step am climbin to proud eminence
Three weeks ago | was summoned to Washing
ton by that eminently CRATE and good man, An
droo Johnson, to attend n consultation ez TO the
proposed Western tour, witch WIZ to be under
taken for the purpose of arousin the masses of
the West to a sense NV of the danger wich wuz
threatening NV EN- in case they persisted in CEN
tralizin the power of the Government into the
hands Congress, instid NV diflusin 1t throgh-
out the hands NV one man, wich is Johnson. |
got there too late to take part in the first NV the
discussion. When arrove they had everything
settled ceptin the appointment NV a Chaplain
for the excursion The President insisted upon
my fllin that position, but Seward objected
He wanted Beecher but Johnson wuz infiexiby
again him. "I am determined" he, "to
carry out my policy, but hev some bowels left.
Beecher has done enuff already, considerin the
pay he got No no he shell be spared this
! trip-ndecd he shell
| livery good,' said Seward "but at least
/ find some clergyman who indorses us without
heven p. NJ. to his honored name. 1t would
look better
81 know it wood" replied Johnson "but
where kin we find sch a one? ! hev swung
around the entire circle and hevnt as yet seen
him. Nasty it must be.
There wuz then lively discussion ez to the
propriety before the processhun started of re-
|
posed route, and appintin men who believed IN
us johnson, Beecher and me,) that we might
be sure of sootable reception ct each pint at
wch we wuz to stop. The Amounted wuz IN
favor NV it. Sez he, "Them ez won't support
my policy shant eat my bread and butter -
Randall and Doolitte chimed in. for it's got to
be part of their religion to assent to whatever
the President sez, but mildly protested owe
a duty to the party, and am determined to do it.
"Most High" sez J. "a set'n hen wch is
lazy makes no fuss-cut its head off and it fops
about for a while lively. Lincon's officeholders
settin hens. They don't like 700 nor yoor
policy; but while they their nest, they
will keep modcrtly 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 nothn. Calkerlatin moderately,
there at least twenty-five thirty patriots
who feel call for every offs in your disposal
SO long, Yoor IIighnis ez them olisis is held jist
WHARF they kin them, and they don't know
wch is to git EN-, 700 may depend upon the en-
tire enthoosiasm nv each, indvdyooally and col
lectively In short, if there's offsis in a town
and 700 make the appointments 700 hev sekoor-
ed supporters-til 700 make the appointments
700 hev the hundred who expect to get EN-"
The President agreed with me that until after
the trip the gullotne shood stop.
Secretary Seward sejested that clean shirt
wood improve my personal appearance, and ak
kordingly n cirkular WIZ sent to the clerks in
the Departments, assessor EN- for that purpose.
Sich NV of EN- refoosed to contribute their
quota wuz instantly dismissed for disoyalty
At last we started and must say we wuz got
up in highly conciliatory style. Every wun of
the civilians the party wore buzzum pins, ct
settry wich presented to en- by the South
crn delegates to the Philadelphia Convention,
wich wuz made NV the bones Federal soldiers
wich he'd fallen at various battles Sum EN-
Il. n1.c
made from the bones nv the fust soldiers who
fell Bull Run.
The Moo York recepshun wuZ n gay affair. ]
never saw His Imperial Highness in better spirits
and he delivered his speech to better advantage
than ever heard him do it before, and believe
I've heard it a hundred times. We left Moo
York sadly. Even now ez | write the remem-
brance NV that percershun-the recollection NV
that ba nquct fingers around me, and the taste NV
them wines is still in my mouth But we he'd to
90 We he'd a mlshun to perform, and we put
ourselves on a steamboat and started.
ALBAyY.-There wuz immense crowd, but
the Car nv all the Amerikas didn't get orff his
speech here. The. Governor welcomed him, but
he welcomed him ez the Cheef Magistrate NV the
nashen and happened to drop in Lincoln s name
That struck chill over the party, and the Pres
ident got out Nv it ez soon possible. Ben
received ez Cheef Magistrate and not ez the
great Pacifcator, amt his Eggslencys best
holt. 1t wuz unkind nv Gov Fenton to do it.
If he takes the papers he must know that his
Mightiness amt got but one speech and he ought
to hey made sich recepshun ez would hey ena-
bled him to hev it got off. We shook off the
dust Nv our feet and left Albany in disgust.
SKESAcTADY. The people NV this delightful
little village wuz awake when the imperial train
arrived. The changes heven't bin made in the
Offices here, and consekenty there wuz splen-
did recepshun. | didn't suppose there wuz so
many patriots along the old Mohawk. | wuz
pinted out by some one es the Presidents pri- (
vate adviser-a sort NV private Secretary Nv
State, and after the train started found jest u
petitions for the Post Offs in Skenectedy IN my
side coat pocket, wich the patriots who he'd hur-
rahed so vocifferousy had dexterously deposited
there The nsident movin one " Thank
Cod thought | - so long ez we hev the post
offices to give, we kin alluz hev party" The
Sultan swung around the cirkle wunst here, and
leaving the Constitooshun in their hands the
train moved off.
RoxE-Here we he'd splendid recepshun, and
never heerd his majesty speek more felicitous-
". He menshuned to the audience that he he'd
tho cida ha irc1a