The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-09-14
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AT THE BIDDLE HOUSE,
(wich is in Detroit, Michigan, :
Sent the 4th. lSGG \

(wich is in Detroit, Michigan.
Sept the 4th, 1866
Step by step am asscndin the lad
der NV fame--step. by step | am
climbin to proud eminence.i Three
weeks weeks ago l wuz summoned
to Washington by that eininently
great and good man, Androo j Ohm
son, to attend consultation cz to tue
proposed Western tour, wich wuz TO
he undertaken for the purpose NV
arousin the masses NV the. West TO. q |
seuce nv the danger wicl wuz threat
in NV en-. III case thei persisted In
centerlizin the power NV the govern
mcnt into the hands NV Congress,
instid Nv ditlusin IL throughout. the
hands Nv one man, Nich is Johnson
got there too late to take part in
the first NV the discussion. When |
mrove they he'd everything settled,
ccptin the appintment Nv Il Chaplin
tor the excursion. The President
insisted upon my iilin that position,
but Seward objected. He wanted
Beecher, but johnson wuz inilcxibly
agin him. II am determined" scz
he, "to carry out my policy, but |
hev some bowels lett lIeecher hez
done enuH already, considcrin the
pay he got No! no! he shel he
spared this trip-iudecl he shel."
"Very good" said Seward, but
ut least find some clergyman who en-
dorse us without hevin Z. NJ TO his
lronored name. 1t wood look bet
ter"
II know it wood" replied John
son, "but where kin We lind sich Il
oner / liev swung around the entire
circle and heven't ez yet seen him.-
Nasty II must be-"
There wuZ then a lively discussion
ez to the propriety before the pro
cession started, OF removin all the
Federal oils s-holdcrs on the proposed
route, and appiutin men who believed
IN us, fJohnson, Beechcr and me,
That we might be shoor NV u sootabtc
recepshun ut each pint At wich W.
wuz To stop. The Amounted wuz in
favor Nv it Sez he, "them ez wun't
support my polsy shan't eat my
brea,t and butter. ~ Randall and
Doolittlc cliim"d in, for IT'S got "
De a part Of their religion to asseh,
10 whatever the President seq, tut 1
mildly protested. owe u, duty T.
the party and l am determined tt
.Io IL. ---u ~--r =, s,-.----. -.
-Aiost Ifigh'' sez I, ga settm hei
wicl is lazy makes no fuss--cut it,
head OFT aud it Hops about tor while
) lively. Lincoln's Office holders ar,
settin-hens. sThey don't like 700 moi
: yoor policy, but while they are or
! their nests they will keep moderitlN
= quiet Cut oil their heads and the,
!. will spurt their blood in your face
liz to BEN enslioored of reception
ut each point, you need feer notlliu
Calkcrlatin moderately, there are a
least twenty-five or thirty patriot
who feel Il call for every oils in you
: disposal. So long Yoor Higlnis, G.
= them oilisis is held just where the
kin see EN-, and they don't know
wich is to git em, 700 may depcnC
; upon the entire enthoosiasm Nv each
l. individyooally and collectively. Ii
!, short, eli there's oilises in tow
= and yoo make the appointments, yo'
: hev sekoored 4 supporters till yo
make the appointments 700 hev I'll
, hundre who expect to get en-"
), The President agreed with me tia
. until alter the trip the gullotine shoo
y stop. -r
9 Secretary Seward sejested that
y clean shirt wood improve my pcrsoI
10 al appearance, ana akkordingly
:, circular wus sent To the clerks an I'll
- Departments, assassin EN- for til;
e purpose. Sich Nv EN- ez refoosed
:, contribute their quota wuz Instant
" ~ dismissed for disloyalty. r7 isf
u AT last We started aud must sa
!, y we wuz got up in a highly cpncilial,
:" ry style. Every wun Of the civilian
- Nv the party wore bpz4um pins,
, settry, wlch wuz prosecuted " en- |
the Southern delegates To the Phil
i. deiphia Convention. wich wuz mac
: NV tile bones NV Ec,lcral soldiers vie
i he'd fallen ut Various battles. = .Sat
A Nv EN-, were particularly valuable ,
a anteeks, heyin' bin made from ii
a bones nv tile fust soldiers who ielf
Bull Run. "" ". .'|i.f'
w The Moo York recepshun wuz
+ gay affair. lneyer saw His lmperi
' hlghncss in better spirits, and he d
a livercd lns speech To better adva
p tage than 1 ever heard him do il b
er fore, and bleeve I've heard II
hundred times. We lett Moo Yol
g sadly. Even now ez | write the +
Is InemDfance NV that pcrcesshun-tl
In recollection Nv that banquet hinge
o. around me, and the taste NV the
~ WINS is still in my mouth. But '
ne he'd 70 go. We he'd a mishn TO pc
lofni, and we put roursclves on
% steamboat and started. .I..r.s ~,
To ALBANY--Thcre wuz. i immen
y" crowd, but the Car uv all the a ne
r ikas didn't get orfi lhs speech hei
.er rhe Governor welcomed him, but
ire welco,gsd hiInI "a the Cheef, May
Ise trate Nv the nashen, and happened
nd dropin Lincoln ) name. That,slru
lin Il chill over the party and the Pr,
elk ident got out w it ez soon ez pos
NJ BILE, Bein reserved ez Chief Mag
his trate and not ez the great Paclicat
rie aim hls Eygslencys best holt
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