The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-18
Mr.. NASH, with the Pre ,.iia .. Parry.
1SUy WITH tHc HHesKueHtIH1 FHfIy
Ar THE BIDDLE House,
(Which is in Detroit, Michigan,)
Sept. the .4th. 1865.

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'9sne9 ig Ar THE BIDDLE House,
Ei1ntti (wieh is in Detroit, Michigan0 4
~ Sept the .4th, 1866 I
) Step by step am assendin the ladder Nv
| fame--step by step am climbin to proud
eminence. Three weeks ago wuz summoned
to Washinton by that eminently CRATE and
good man, Androo johnson, to attend con-
sultation ez to the proposed Western tour,
witch wuz to be undertaken for the purpose NV
arousin the masses NV the West to a sence NV
the danger wich wuz threatnin Nv EN- in case
they persisted in centralizin the power NV the
government into the hands NV O Congress, in
Std NV diffusin it throughout the hands nv
one man, witch is johnson. got there too
late to take part in the first part NV the dis
cussion. When arrove they he'd everything
settled, ceptin the appointment NV a Chaplain
for the excursion. The President insisted upon
my film that position, but Seward objected
He wanted Beecher, but johnson wuz inflexi-
bly, agin him. 81 am determined" seq he, ito
carry out my policy, but hey some bowels
left. Beecher hez done enuff already, consid-
erin the pay he got Mol mol he shell be SPAR
ed this trip-indeed he shell" l-..,tf- itstig
Every good" said Seward, "but at least find
some clergyman who endorses us without hev-
in p. NJ to his honored name. 1t wood look
better" i,5J Va 3tss .fi,f ts.al -tsa
Il know it wood" replied johnson, "but
where kin We find SIGH one? hev swung
around the entire circle, and hewitt az yet seen
him. Nasty it must be" a.5 la acua
At last the expedition got itself under way.
The New York reception filed Mr.. Nasbysl
soul with joy, and he left that city reluctantly.
with the recollection of the Delmonico banquet
lingering in his mouth. But after that things
did not seem 80 lovely, to judge by some ex-
tracts from his journal. 0I g snH i5B ll5iliH
y, ALBANY.-There wuz immense crowd. but
the Gar Nv all the Americas didn't git orff his
speech here, The Governor welcomed him,
but he welcomed him as the Cheef Magistrate
coins name. That struck chill over the par
ty, and the President got out of it ez soon ez
possible. .Bein reserved as Cheef Magistrate
and an not e. the CRATE Pacificatorr, amt his
efnor Fenton to do it. IF he takes the papers
he must know that bis Mightiness amt cot
but one speech, and he ought to hey made SIGH
reception ez wood hev enabled him to hev
and left Albany in disgust. -
KCME,THere we he'd a splendid recepshun,
and I,never heard his majesty speek more fe,
Icitonsly. He menshuned to the audience
that he he'd swung around the Southern side
Nv the cirkle and wuz now swingin around
the Northern side NV it, and that he wuz fight
in traitors on all sides. He left the Constftoo-
shun in their hands and bid EN- good bye.
reserved at this pint only $50 petishuns for the
post office, .wich took as a bad omen for the
comm election. 81 vac I..g.,l-..ff. -.y.f
UrIcA.-The President spoke here with
greater warmth and .jerked more originally
than I had before observed. He introdoost
here the remark that he didn't come to make
speech-that he wuz goin to shed a tear over
the tomb NV Douglas--that in swingin around
the crkle he he'd fought traitors on all sides NV
It, but that he felt safe. He shoOd leave the
Constltooshun in their hands, and eff a martyr
was wanted he was reddy to die with neetness
and dispatch. -, 80.
T-LoCKpoRT. The President is improovin
wonderfully. He rises with the occashun. At
this pint he mentioned that he was sOt on sa-
win the country witch he'd honorcd him, Ez
for himself his ambishun was more than salts
fed. He he'd ben Alderman, member NV the
Legislacher, Congressman, Senator. Military
Governor, Vice President and President He
he'd swung around the entire cirkle NV offises,
and all he wanted now was to heel the wounds
nv the nashen. He felt safe in leavin the Con-
sttooshun, in their hands, Ez he swung
around the cirkle-
,ba ~ IN 'l1s pint l interrupted him. told him
t t. ne ned swung around the cirkle wunst in
- s .Iwn, ana ez yooseful ez the phrase WIZ
~ 1GMI sp,,ie oy too much yoose
AT cleveland We begun 70 1eo+ to- -
EI, mere Is the post to which the dnvil NV
ADnSnhlsm is chalned, and his chow 10 Iono
enuff to let him rage over nner, Tn an ~ long
State am panied to state that tx DC Pr %hole
wuznt treated here with the respeck Srn IN
station. he commenst deliverin his 81 sro us
but was made the subeck NV ribald Iafftnran,
Skasely he'd he got to the pint NV swinv;n
around the cirkle, when foul-mouthed Mo