Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-10-27
Nasby Attends the Presidents Party from
Louisville to Washington.
WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, Sept. II, 1s6

WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, sept lZ 1000
I refined the Presidenshel party at Louisville
and Glad am that did it at that pint His i'm
perial Serenity he'd bin pleased ever sence he
left Chicago, or rather sence he got near ST.
Loos, for two thirds Nv Illinois wuz pizen and
Indianaplis wuz pizoner. From st. Loois the
recepshuns wuz trooly corjel and even enthoosi-
astic We got out of the region Nv aristocrats
and he'd come down to the hard listed yeomanry.
seed holes through the hats Nv men, seed
what mite be called the flag Nv Democrisy wavin
from behind EN-, which, ez they generally either
had no coats at all, or, if any, they were round
abouts wuz allus in view. | saw wlmen who
disdained stockings and dipped snuff, and felt
at home l wuz among democracy. The cheer
in for Grant and Farragut closed ez we got into
them regions, and Nv the vociferous crowds half
of EN-, the younger ones, cheered Andrew john
son. while the old veterans them whose noses
wuz blossomn for the tomb, cheered for m
drew Jackson His Serenity smlingly acknowl-
edged both by making speech to EN- and wav-
in his hat.
With these preliminary remarks l resoom my
diary:
Iou1syrLE.-There was a magnificent demon
stration here His Imperial Majesty who wuz
in a eggslent condition to make crowds large
enough, remarked to me as we wuz ridin through
the streets "'Splen 'splay Morn ten 'un-
derd peopel-mor'n ten million people, 'mor n
ten underd million people-mor'n ten underd
icy. Rah for me ~
His Magesty undoubtedly eggsagerated towards
the last; but it is safe to put the throng down at
good many. The estimate is entirely sale
There wuz the finest display Nv banners and sich
hev seen since we started. The rcd, white and
red wuz displayed from almost half the houses,
ladies waved their handkerchief, ez we passed,
and men cheered. A pleasin' incident occurred
here: | noticed one gushin maiden NV thirty
seven wavn her Handkerchief ez tho she wuz
gettin so much per wave and he'd rent to pay
that mite. l recognized her to wunst When
wuz a citizen Nv Ohio and wuz drafted INTO the
service Nv the United States and clothed in
bob tailed blue coat and he'd a Oystran muskit
put into nv unwillin hands and forced to hte
agin nv bretheren, our regiment passed thro
Louisville and stayed there some days. wuz
walkin one afternoon, when met the identical
angel She saw my bloc kote, and inraged, spit
in my face with sich energy that she threw out NV
her mouth full sett Nv false teeth returned
them gallantly wiped my face with my handker-
cher, and vowed that Handkerchief shood hence
forth be kept sacred. 1t wuz, when seed her
wave hern at our party, wept like Phiadel-
phia Convenshen l stopped the carriage, met
the patriotic female, called her attention to the
incident and handed her my hankercher whlch
he'd, four years before, wiped her spittile The
incident gave new vigor to her arms, and from
that time She waved two handkerchers, and mine
wuz one of en- l narrated the insident to the
President and he wept
There wuz large percession and great vari-
etv of banners Among the most noticeable wuz
a company NV solgers NV the late war, each with
a leg off dressed in the gray uniforms into witch
they he'd been mustered out, with this motto =
we are willin to go our other leg for A. John
son. Another company NV solgers who had
each lost an arm, carried this inscripshen =
Wat we didn't get by bullets, we shell get buy
ballots"
The President cut down his speech just one
half herein swinging round the cirkle he omit
ted to menshun that he found traitors on the
Southern side Nv it. But he left the constitoo-
shun in their hands cheerfully.
C1NcINNAT1.-A very enthusiastic recepshun
-contnyood and loud cheers for Grant wch
the President acknowledged. A unsophisticated
Postmaster, who jined us here, wanted to know
why the people cheered for Grant instid nv the
President, to wich His. Hghness answered that
they wuz considrit-they knew his modesty, and
wanted to spare his bushes. Another man. who
wuz also unsophisticated, asked him, confden-
shelly, eff he didn't think there wuz samens
in his speeches, and that eff he didn't think he'd
do better to give greater variety His Eggs |
lency asked him how there Good be more variety. |
" At Cincinnati" sed he, 81 observed the fol-
lowing order"
l. swung around the cirkle.
q l asked who wuz the Savior eff l wuz Joodis
Iskariot2
g. left the Constitooshun, the 36 States and
the flag with SO stars onto it in their hands.
"Now at Columbus shell vary 1t thusiy
l. The Constitooshun, flag and stars.
q The Joodis 1skariot biznis
3. Swingin around the cirkle
"At stoobenviIle, agin, ez follows"
l. Joodis Iskariot.
2. Swingin around cirkle.
3. Constitooshun, and stars.
And SO on. Its susceptible Nv many changes |
thot NV that when l writ that speech and civid-
ed it up into sections on purpose"
JoHxsTowS, PA platform fell, down, onto
wich wuz 400 voters, KILN dozen Nv EN-
His Eggslency felt relieved when heerin of the |
exident, at bein assoored that there wuzn't one
of his supporters on the platform. He consider +,