Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-10-13
CHOICE MISCELLANY.
NASBY.
with the Presidential Party-From louis
Vile to Washington.
WHITE HOUSE,
WAsHINGToN, ID. c., Sept. l2, 1866


WAsnINeToN, ID. c., Sept. 70, 1866
/ refined the Presidenshel party at
Louisville, and glad / am that l did it at
that pint l seed holes thro the hats NV
men, | seed wat mite be called the flag
NV Democracy wavin from behind EN-,
which, ez they genrally either had no
coats at all, or if any, they were rounda-
bouts, wuz alluz in view. saw wimen
who disdained stockins and dipped snuff,
and felt to home / wuz among De-
mocrisy. The cheerin for Grant and Far
ragut closed ez we got into them regions,
and NV the vociferous crowds half NV
EN-, the younger ones, cheered Andrew
johnson, while the old veterans, them
whose noses wuz blossomin for the tomb,
cheered for Andrew jackson. His sere-
nifty smilinly acknowledged both, by
maxim speech to EN- and wavin his hat.
With these preliminary remarks, l re-
SOON my diary:
LoUIsvnLE.-There wuz magnificent
demonstration here. His Imperial Ma
jesty who wuz in eggslent coalition to
make crowds large enought, remarked to
me ez we wuz ridin thro the streets :
"Splen' splay Morn ten 'unerd SOU
sand people-mor'n ten million people
and alluvum 'sporters my policy. 'Rah
for me -
His Majesty undoubtedly eggsagerat-
ed towards the last; but it is safe to put
the throng down at good many.
That estimate is entirely safe. There
wuz the finest display NV banners and
sich hev seen since we started. The red
white and red wuz displayed from almost
half the houses, ladies waved their hand
kerchiefs ez we passed, and men cheered.
The President cut down his speech Jest
one half herein swingin around the cir
kle he omitted to menshen that he found
traitors on the other side NV it. But he
left the constooshin in their hands cheer
fully.
CINcINNArI.-A very enthusiastic re-
cepshun-continood and loud cheers fol
Grant, witch the President acknowledged
A unsophisticated Postmaster, who jined
us here, wanted to know why the peo-
pie chcered for Grant instead NV the Pre-
sident, to wich His Highness answered
that they wuz considrit-they knew his
modesty, and wanted to spare his blush
es. Another man, asked confidenshelly,
eft he didn't think there wuz n samnis in
his speeches, and that eff he didn't think
he'd do Better to give greater variety.
His Eggslency asked him how there Good
be more variety. "At Cincinnati" sed
he, d" l observed the following order:
l. l swung around the cirkle.
2. l asked who wuz the Savior eff l
wuz Joodis Iskariot?
8. left the Constooshin, the SO States
and the flag with 25 stars onto it in their
hands.
Now at Columbus shell vary it thus
ly:
l. The Constitooshin, flag and stars.
2. The Joodis Iskariot biznis.
8. Swingin around the cirkle.
AT Stoobenville, agin, ez follows
l. Joodis Iskariot.
2. Swingin around the cirklo.
8. Constitooshin, flag and stars.
And so on. Its susceptible of many
changes. thot NV that when l writ that
speech, and divided it up into sections
on purpose" ....
JoHNsTowN, PA platform fell
down onto wich wuz 400 voters, killing
dozen NV EN-. His Eggslency felt re-
leeyed when heerin NV the axident, at be-
in asshoored that there wuzn't wun NV
his supporters on this platform. He con-
sidered it speshl Providence. The con-
ductor overheard the remark and answer
ed that ef eny NV his supporters wuz Kill
led in that seckshun they'd hev to import
one for that purpose.
1 A
jile who wants the Post Orfs at this
place very much, fell on the President 5
neck and wept, hailin him ez the "Pre-
server NV the Union" The President
thanked him for this spontaneous triboot,
and left in his hands the Constitooshin,
the flag, and the appointment he desired.
AT last we arrived at Washington, hev-
in swung entirely around the circle and
found traitors both North and South.
The demonstration to greet the presi-
dent on his arrival, wuz immense. The
clerks in the Department wuz out lat
least them OF wuzn't will wish they had
bin, ez their names wuz all taken), the
soldiers on duty wuz ordered out, and al,
together it wuz the most spontaneous ex-
hibition l ever witnist. The Mayor
made a speech. The President replied
If he wuz Joodis Iskariot who wuz the
Savior--told him he had swung around
the entire cirkle and he'd found traitors
on all sides NV it, though since he left
Cleveland, Chicago, and Indianapolis, he
wuz satisfied there wuz the heft NV them
on the North, but be this ez it may, he
left the Constitooshen and the thirty-six
States, and the flag with thirty-six star,
onto it in his hands. He he'd ben Alder
man NV his native VILLAGE. and CONGRESS