The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-10-05
NaSby Reaches Home.
HIS FURTHER ACCOUNT OF TIE PREsIDEN-
TIAL JOURNEY.
Posi- OFFIs, CoNFEDRTT Y ROADS,
twich Is IN the Stait Nv kentucky :


Posi- OFFIs CoSFEIgIr ROADS
twich is in the Stat Nv Kentucky !
| Sp.. 11th, 1866 }
am at home, and glad am | that
am at home Here in Kentucky, sur.
rounded by dimocrats, immersed a part
Nv the time in my offishel dooties, and the
balance NV the time in whiskey, with the
privilege Nv wallopin niggers and the more
inestimable and soothin privilege NV mob.
bin northern abolitionists, who are not
yet all out Nv the stait, time passes pleas
antly, and leaves no vain regrets. | al
luz 90 tn bed mites feelin that the day hez
not bin wastid
From Detroit the presidential caval-
cale, or, ez the infamus Jacobin radical
party irrevelently term it, the menaiery,
proceeded to Chicago. The recepshuns
his Imperial Highniss received through
Michigan, were fiatterin in the extreme.
l continue my diary:
lPsLANrY. At this pint the president
displayed that originality and furtility NV
imaginashen Characteristic NV him. The
recepshun wuz grand. The masses kalled
for Grant, and his Highniss promptly re-
spOndld He asked EN- ef he wuz Judis
lskarrit, who wuz The Saviour? Thad
Stevens! If so, then after swingin round
the cirkle, and findin traitors at both ends
Nv the line, leeve 36 states with &c
stars onto EN- in yoor hands and
The train wuz off amid loud shouts NV
''Grant, Grant" to which the president
responded by wavin his hat.
ANN AEBoR. At this pint the train
moved in to the inspirin sounds NV band
jplayin ''dale tu the Cheef,'' and vocifer-
Us cries NV ''Grant, Grant" His maies-
ty smilinly appeered and thanked EN- for
the demonstration. 1t wuz soothin, he
remarked, the dir their band wuz playin,
"llale tu the Cheef," wuz approprit, ez
he WIZ the cheef magistrate NV the ma
shen, to wich position he he'd reached.
hevln bin alderman Nv his native village,
L. ), senator, etsettery. The crowd hol-
Tered ''Grant, Grant, and the president
I thanked EN- fur the demonstration. 1t
showed him that the people wuz with
him in his efforts to close his eyes on a
Union Nv SO stats, and flag NV SO stars
onto it. ''Ef | am traitor sed he.
warmm up, ''who is the Judis ISkarrit
t.z | am swingin around the cirkle, find
Thad. Stevens on the one side and JEFF.
DAVIS On the -
The conductor cruelty startid the train
without giving him time III finish
The crowd proposed three chesrs for
Grant, and the president waved his hat tu
EN- slyin that lie thanked en-. shown ez
it did that the people wuz with him.
BATTLE CRFISH \ large number wuz
ar.tcmbled here, who, ez the train stop
ped, yelled Grant. Grant :" Affected tu
teers by the warmth Nv the recepshun. the
president thanked EN- for this mark Nv
confidence. Eff he ever he'd emmy douts ez
tn the peoples beln with him, these douts
wuz removed He wood leeye in their
hands the flag and the Union Nv 80 stats
and the stars thereto appertaining. Ell
lie wuz Judis Iskarrit, who WIZ
The crowd gave three hearty cheers fur
Grant ez the train moved off, III wich the
president responded by wavin his hat
KALAMAZOO. The oflishelS were on
hand and so wuz the people, offishel,
and several thousand people, wich the lat
ter greeted us with cheers fur Grant The
president responded, sayin, that IN swing
in round the cirklc he he'd bin kalled Ju.
dls Iskarrit fur sacriticin Nv hisself fur the
people, Who wuz the Saviour? Wuz
Thad. Stevens No. Then cleerly In
to yoor hands | leeye the constitushun NV
36 stars with 80 states onto EN-, intact and
undiscovered.
The otfishels received the stars and
states, and amid cheers fur Grant, ful
wich the president thanked elm, the trair
glode off magestically.
And so on to Chicago, where We didn't
git orr our speech, tho from the mannel
in wich the people hollered Grant! Grant
} we felt cheered ut realizin how much the,
wuz with us. His eminence wanted Il
sling the 80 states and the flag with tn,
stars at EN-, but ez Gen. Logan wuz Their
ready to fling EN- back, it wuz deemed
highly prudent not tu du it.
Here my trials commenst. At the Bid
die House in Detroit, the Niger waiter
showed how much African can be Spile,
by bein free. They he'd the impudenc
; to refoose to wait on us and for half
hour the imperial stummick wuz forced t
; fast. This alarmin manifestashun u
; negro malignancy alarmed His Eggalency
I ''Thank God," sed he, ''that vetoed th
freedmen's buro bill. hev bin alderman
Nv my native town. hev swung aroun
the entire cirkle, but this never dreeme
Nv. What wood tina do ef tha he'd thei
rites ?" The insident made impressio
, onto him, and at Chicago he resolved I
4 trust EN- no longer He ordered mis- NEE
to his room, and sent for NE. IN
u FRIEND" sez he, "taste everything ont
: this table"
''Why! my iege," sed 1.
"Niggggers is cooks" sed he, and th
food may be pizoned. They hate, me fl
II l amt in the Moses bizness. Taste, m
friend"
, ''But spozin," sed / ''that it shOod |
pizoned? Wat Nv my bowels! NJ
. stomick is Nv ez much valyoo to me {
yourn is to yoo."
u "Nasby," sed he, ''taste. Eff goo di
who mourns? Eff | die, who'd swir