Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-10-05
Massey

NASBY.
Mr.. NAsBY WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
PROM LoUGsy1LIE TO wAsHtNGroE.
White House,
WAsHINeToN, d. c.. Sept. IL, &C. I
refined the Presidenshel party at Loois-
vile, and glad | am that did it at that pint.
His imperial Serenity he'd bin pleased ever
sence be left Chicago, or rather sence he got
near ST. Loois, for two-thirds Of Illinois wuz
pzsn and indianapolis wuz pzsner. From
81. Loois the recepshuns wuz trooly corjel
and even enthusiastic. We got out NV the
region Nv aris tocrats and he'd come down to
the hard isted yomanty. l seed holes thro
the hats NV men, | seed wat mite be called
the flag NV Democrisy, wavin from behind
EN-, wich, ez they generally either had no
coats at all, or ef eny, they we're roundsbouts,
wuz slluz in view, l saw wimen who dis
dained stockins aud dipped snuff, and l felt
TO hum. | wus among Democrisy. The
cheerin for Grant and Farragut cozed ez we
got into them regions, and NV the vociferous
crowds half NV em, the younger ones, cheered
And 90 Johnson, while the old veterans,
them whoze noses wuz blossomin for the
tomb, cheered fur Androo Jackson. His
Serenity smihngly acknowledged both, by
maxim speech to EN- and wavin his hat.
With these preliminary remarks | resoom
my diary:
LooisUiHe There wuz a magnificent dem
unstrashun here. His Imperial Majesty who
wuz in a eggslent condition to make crowds
large enough, remarked to me ez we wuz
ridin thro the streets 'Splen 'splay -
Morn ten 'unerd soasand people--mor'n n ten
million people-mor'n ten unered sousand
million people, and alluvum sporters my
policy. 'Rah fur me !"
His Majesty undoubtedly eggsagerated
towards the last but it IL safe to put the
throng down at good many. The estimate
IL inirely safe. There wuz the finest dis play
NV banners and sich | hev seen sence we
started. The red, white and red wuz dis
played from almost half the houzss, ladies
waved their handkerchers ez we passed, and
men cheered. A pleisen incident occurd
here. | noticed one gushin maiden NV thirty
seven, wavn her handkerchief ez tho she wuz
gettin SO much per wave and he'd rent to pay
thai mite. | recognized her to wunst When
wuz a citizen NV OHIO and wuz drafted into
the service NV the United States and clothed
10 a bob-tailed blue coat, and he'd a Oystran
muskit put into my unwillin hands and forced
90 fi,e agn my brethren, our regiment passed
throo Looisvile and stayed there some days,
/ wuz walkin one afternoon, when | met this
identical angel. She saw my bloc kote, and
enraged spit in my face with such energy
that she threw out NV her mouth full sett
NV false teeth. | returned EN- gallantly,
wiped my face with my handkerchief, and
vowed that Handkerchief shood henceforth be
kept sacred. 1t wuz and when | seed her
wavin hern at our party, wept like Phila-
delphia Convenshun. | stopped the carriage,
met the patriotic female, called her attenshun
to the incident AMI handed her my handker-
cher wich he'd, four years before, wiped her
spittle. The incident gave new vigor to her
arms, and from that time she waved two
handkerChers, and mine wuz one NV EN-.
narrated the insident TO the President and be
wept.
There wuz large perceshen and great
veriety NV banners. Among the most notice
able, wuz company Nv solgers Nv the late
/ war, each with leg off, dressed in the gray
! uniforms into wich they he'd bin mustered
out, with this motto" We are wiiin to &c
1 the other leg for A. Johnson" Another
company Nv sogers who he'd each lost arm
carried this inscripshen, " wat we didn't gel
by bullets, we shell get by ballots.
The President cut down his speech just
one half herein swinging around the cirklt
he omitted to menshen that he found traitors
on the Southern side NV it. But he left the
constooshn on their hands cheerfully.
/ Oincinndti.-A very enthusiastic recep
shun-coninyood and loud cheers for Grant
wich the President acknowledged. A unso
phisticated Postmaster, who jined us here
q Cd m .uh ha manila phnprpd n
Grant instead NV the President, to wich Hi
Highness answered that they wuz considrit-
they knew his modesty, and wanted to spar,
hiz blushes. Another man, who wuz als'
unsophistikated, asked him, confdenshelly
eff he didn't think there wuz a samenis in hi
speeches, and that ef he didn't think he d d,
better to give a better veriety. His Eggslen
cy asked MIN how their Good be more veriety
"At Cincinnati" sed he, =" l obsarved tn
foliowin order:
l. swung around the cirkle.
2. asked who wuz the Savior Of WI
Joodis Iskarioti
g. left the Constitooshn, the SO state
and the flag with SO stars onto their hands.
Now at Columbus shell vary it thusly;
/. The Constitooshn, flag and stars.
q The Joodis Iskariot blzais.
g. Swinging around the cirkle.
At Stoobenville, agin, ez lollows
/. Joodis lskariot.
2 Swinging around the cirkle.
3. Constooshn, flag and stars.
And so on Its susceptible Nv many chan
ges, thot NV that when | writ that speech
and divided it up into sections on purpose.
JohnstoWn, PA platform fell down ont
wich wuz 400 voters, KILN a duzen NV en-
His Eggsiency felt relieved when heerin u
the axident, at bein asshoored that ther
wuzn't wun NV his supporters on the platform
He considered it speshl Providence. Th
condukter overheard the remark and answer
ed that ef eny NV hiz supporters wuz kille
in that seckshun they'd hev to import WI
fur the purpose.
Mifiin, Pa A enthusiastic indiyjill VIII
wants the Post Offs at this place very mu'
fell on the Presidents neck and wept, haill
him ez the Preserver NV the Union" III
President thanked him fur his spontaneo'
triboot, and left in hiz hands the Constoosh
the flag ana the appintmeut he desired.
Blltimore. wuz a spontaneous r
cepshun here, wich wuz gratilyin to us. III
perceshun wuz immense and the notices e.