, 1866-09-11
RICH AND RARE.
How johnson Was St Received y at
-. Bloomington


dent not Allowed to Make hts Little
spcech-ts GTnns, Grant, Grapt.ss
{Fsosa the Bloomington, Q1l.,, pau,a7ss2b.j
As vas anticipated, there was an Immense
crowd 81 tite depot to "see the e]ephant''
When the Presidential train came ia. Souac
thought the President was the rartv who
fass the elephant which couIdn't be man
nged. 10 render M intellIsible account of
re afnsf, we must 60 back and reiate a little
Tive Coppcrhcadx defeated In their oriviual
plan to take the President otf the frain
long enough to make bis little speech at the
Fair Ground, called 4 meeting on Wednesday
night. and cent u. delegation ~ Chicago to
give ihe party some Kind Vi Invitation, uu-
aefstoed to h2vc been uainly desire to
have It stop IN hour or so and make full
Speech Ibe meeting WAS gotten up'a
citizens meeting. Theirs weTe scarcely any
Lnion men RAo took part. The injecting ad
1ourued to Thursday night, By which time it.
was learned that the party conll only stop
here about tcn minutes \ committee wss
l.. Spauiding and Geo. McElheny. to make
arrangements. The two bsead.aud- butter
men mud one Copperheld on the Commit TIE
ahoWed what Kind Of citizens composed the
crowd. aud Fhen uur people saw the bills
sent around In the morning urging the cttl-
schs 70 turn out, they took the hint and
4 stand had been erected few feet ftom
the track. and Just before the lralu c1n1e in
this was pretty lsoeratly sprinkled with Cop
perffeads, hardly any Uniou men having
been visible there. derry 5. Leaning, an
nounced that the people. had better secure
dent and General Grant would certainly
mount the platform, \ dense crowd gath
cred atound, and 10 And behold. the Train
passed along to tue usual place for stopping,
and wouldn't back up. The crowd wai,ed
awhile, aud then rushed 10 The rcar Of the
sas, , seeing that thc party would not get OF.
rs Torst Coppsfleads rcuaained about their
riekesy platform, foamins with disappoint-
mcnt+ while the uninn men made IRISH to
slskc bands with General Grunt.
Ihc Generai galltntly held ont both hands
and elook until the sweat rolled oil his ace.
and then; worn out, rctreated to the car.
Dnrin. ali this time there was the wiidess
excitement VIC have ever wituesseI, ii Iesst
hnr thousand people were GU the srour1,
oscr 1hree.4uarters Of whom were Cujt u
nieH. The ColperLcals be.,an l,y calling tnr
johnson, and the Union men called for Grsu,.
johnson waited . shor. TING, and then A.
tempted 10 make bis speech, thinking. pro-
But the crowd determined not to hear him,
and with deaftning cries for Grant.
drowned out al1 tile attempts Of the
President and his friends. Andrcw johnson
sfood Oh tue corner Of the rear platform
near him stood y. Il. Seward :; in 1l,,. tloor
stood Secretary Nelles In front Of the door
IN the ctnt5s e the platform, stood man
the crowd took FOR Randall Admiral Far
rasnt for Il time appeared near KaudaI|.
white tiencral Grant stood on the corner.
opposite the President It was q tahieau
which will eyct be present in our E,emorr.
for ten minutes little was done except
shout fnr CRAFT. Randall proposed cheers
fh1r1V.LiF h$na n fa{x
cheers f,rr * the Prcs1dent who ba;' 'noHi ste,ai
with GEuAt and EassaEut>' The crowd mfs,
understood this. and many chcercd, rudtr
ihe impression that they were cheerin. TIC
heroes Of the army and nayr.
cemmissIon:" Another askea him # be had
auy bread and butter. *Ah." said Randall.
'that '-.W1at yon are af1cr-bsead and butter
and you are afraid you nrc going to lose it.
too.' The misses, sroans and Wells At tlIs
speech were almost terrific. Randall was
quiet, you might employ this faiaa5ie time
In hearing. 4 speech" Again the hisses
and groans Of the crowd could not bc sup
pressed.
/, was almost Impossible for auy one t.,
propose CHEEKS for Graut, as the platform
Has taken up bY the Presidents party, and
was sufficiently prominent to make hinassIf
hea1d. An enthusiastic Union man WAS in.
ttnhtly raised upon the shoulders xf the
crowd, and as his head attractel attention.
he was able to propose three cheers fo2
Grant; Which we're given with most treulcn-
.loas sncrSy. Tue rush aud jam was almois
terrible. MANY. men were injured eome-
What, and tence Was broken by tna
}aM- All this time there were At
tenrts to cheer Jui.nscn, but they we're
4nlekly oFcrpowc:el hY cheers for Grant.
The Citizens Committee remained on
me qiatio'm, yaimls waiting Ipr the Pscsi-
dent. and tue bulk Ut tho crowd near Tue
car IVES composed Of Union naen, the Copper.
hcads bvdng mostly ou the outside Of tie
crowd, thclr loyalty not impc11iug towards
The place where Grant stood. THIS xase thc
Cnion naen the ground near the cur, aud
made 1t the more easy for them to cheer for
one with the President. Just after Grant
WSnt Into the car: Andy stepped over to the
other eide, anu attempted TO make his
speech. 1t was now nearly time for the
tfnin 10 move Of. and the crowd appeared to
he tired out. johnson said: az stand now
W. Were :, stood at The beginning Of
rnore cheers for Grnnt, and QUIET vas s
ncain restored. johnson then apoIortzrd
Tor the weakness OF hfs voice. sayiny that be
would be pleased to make o spcech If be
could, trying 10 put good face on the mat
Ter l9r TIC benefit Of his special reporter for
ne Eastern press, At frst, nc noticed that
which had noW given place to a smile. Just
as nc had proceeded With his apology 50 fir
rs to say that not much could te cxpectc.l Ia
, speech made on the wtug," til. crowd
broke out again for Grant, and that dark
look, 1T for treason, spoils. stratagcns, etc,
passed over his iace nsaIn. BE waited somt.
to httuh