The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-06-21
Nasty.
A Faithful Account Of the Trip
to Raleigh. including the Dis
cysssiOn before the start.


June 10, 1861. }
accompanied tho President to Ravley.
Tho President doesn't feel safe A. eoin any
where without me to arrange the details
and do tho nice fnanceerlng wlch is necos.
ssry.
Tho Rawly trip wuz the okkaslon Nv ass
rious trouble in the Cabinet. The Presi.
dent wuz In favor nv II. IL he sed. he wuz
.osssnshely NV hlliM persuasion. He he'd
aIIuz experienced most oonsoomin love
for his paren Is. pertiselery for them on hh
iaihor's side. lie he'd swung around the
entire olrcls NV oifshel honor, and he'd
found traitors on nil sdes, but he Good lay
his hand on his heart and say that he he'd
never knoowed troo man, but who, Mt
some period Gy his liia hod fathor. why,
thon, shood We not honor our fsthers2 How
Good it be better dun than by layin corner
stunsg His father doceest in 1872, and IT
wuz tims that this dooty wu1 attended to.
Besides, at this crisis in the affairs Nv the
country, with Wilson and Kelly snortn
through the South, ho felt it would be r
good thing to show ourselves.
Seward felt that 1t wuz we'll to go. Fillial
love wuz charmin. Shakspeer, who wuz ~
IL, sily Gel eLr ated eZ a drama,ist ez ono ne
Good menshun WIZ for diplomatic telegrh
An, rsmarkt, " How sharper nor scrpant 3
tooth it Ia TO hey thankiess cbiid,' the
truth NV wlch he he'd oxfer encOd, e2 no he'd
bin sty lod the father nv tho Republican
party, but that vuZ not the p mt. It Is the
duty NV every son to lay orner-stuns. In
this case II wood perhaps, hov bin more
creditablo he'd 1t bin done nity years ago,
bat what difference isU? Il Il natral ezwe are
about bcn gath cred 10 our fathers, that we
shood remember EN-. Besides, ho he'd a li;.
tic :, eoch wich 10 felt he'd like to deliver.
lie " antid to bear testimony TO tho patriot
,sm Nv tho son nv Jacob Johnson partIck.
lerly to our colored br othron In North Carl.
ny, who hev bin llstonin' 10 Il elloy and will
son.
| Randall didn't bleovo in IL at all. He made
hold TO say that ez the deceost johnson he'd
slept without corner stun for nity.ive
Years, he'd manage 10 g't along while
longer. 1t was rather late In the dav. He
bleeved In foelin sorrowiu over the decease
nv our roiatives, but he didu't go much on
doin II dfty.ave years after date. II wuz
toe much like Dustin into teers over the
sufrins NV the last il.ness Nv yer FIRST Wife 5
great grandmother. The speeches he didu't
ibleeye in ut all. HI he'd seen some nv it
Inc he'd accompanied one toor Nv tho kind.
lie he'd bin on 10. He wuZ at Cleveland, ~
Indianapolis and Springfield, Hhnoy. lie
ibegged TO be cxcOUsed. lie didn't keer
about tailn sioh y kite agin. Fl the people
nv the South shood receive us eZ cuUelly ez
tho people NV the North did, he preferred
to consult his feelins and be absent. lie wu7
"A sensitive plant and dslked sum things
M his memry served him right the demen
strstiun Cocdent DO considered hatterin,
The peeple didn't fling dead 3ats at US. but
lthey did wuss. Et they wuz cold they wu1
toe cold. III they wuZ IN IA vOlatire humei
I, Ibey yuz too lively. He he'd about made M
T his mind that IL wuZn't NV any yoOse to ltt
. IN out on that line OF II took all summer. Sue
/, cess Ia a dOoiy. but when sucoe s is ez i'm
nossibe eZ water In the CRATE Sahara. wat
2 ibe voose Wherefore struggle? Let III
On slow, draw our salaries 10 the end "
l1ur 'specuve terms, ard so i've that wheI
q the summons comes TO Jine the innoomera
T. hls caravan that moves out NV Washington
, tnwnrds their 'speCtive homes, we go no
I ike the dusky slave at mite, watts bet h
) ali on two pair, but soothed and sustained b
90, we'ye saved. 60 like one who's got tn
wberewithal to live 1t wuz u source u
D romfort to him to know that the worst Ii
80 vuz son forgotten. Whoever speek
> Tvler or Poorco or Bukanon now? Bel
u sL,ct Arnold ia only spoken NV on Forth u
/ lies and Judis lskariot on sundays. IL wi
n 80 Nth us IN time. tor wich. thank ~
Z. Lord.
II sent to Rawley to find out where the gray
l. NV the honored father Nv our hUnored Pres
. dent, wuz reely loCatid and TO make sic
" O,bor arrangements cZ the eXigencies NV Il
case demanded, which did. he'd difficult
in locating the grave, and amt jest sho,
., that found the rite one. The people [
/. Ra sley wuZ anxious to hov II come Off
trade wu2 dun In the retail line, and for fei
: that should report that the grave cOode
e ne found and thus nip their buddin hope
they gave me the choice cf some twelve
u nltcon, Selectin the most eligible, ma,
o The other Arrangements and returned.
The excursion cOntrasted very favorab
with tho ono We took last TALL. The peop
d received us At every station with the mo
l. agecting demOnSlratiods Nv love. "Joh
son! johnson! JOhnson!" they yelled
III each stoppn place. wich sounded sweet
r. in his ears and mine than the ddmnable ite
n alton NV "Grant Grant, Grant = whiC
u groeted us at every pint North, The Pres
J. dent wuz sorry he hedn't taken Grant vii
II him to show him that eff he wuZ the mo
popular in some localities, wo he'd Il
hearts NV the people in others. But thel
's wuz drawbax TO our enjoyment. No soOnt
4 wood the President commence Fellow Ci
~ thu ,rans MSHSS &S6 SsSa sSP Sa1 dote
~ mined that the President .shoodn't spea
y Wion put mo 10 great deal Nv trouble,
Is after we arrived he'd to write out and tel
s. graph to the papers the speeches the Pre-
ldent wood hev made.
At Rawley General Battles welcomed Il
IS Presidential party and the President r
n sporded. He remarked that in Rawly
nrst opened his tender eyes, "A peunile
I. boy. Here is the scenes NV his childhoo,
G here ia everything to bind man to his iello,
and to associate him with that with wIch
"a associated; here Ia whore the tenderne
IL NV heart hev taken holt upon everything
f wich II hez attached itself. But he VI
wanderin from his subjick. His mind we
back To the day he lett this city, n pennile
IS boy. Where Is them wich no left behil
a him? lie begged to inquir, where is d
~ friends NV his childhood Where is the Ha
Y WOuds?--
q Killed at An,iotam !" shouted return
. Confedrit. wuz By Nillyum's side WIN
he WIZ shot"
It 49," wher is the IIuntersy"--
.s r. min adistilory nj Waxhall Court'ous
sed this same iellor, who thot the Preside
= reely wanted to knoA. lie wuz chok
" down, and the President perceeded:
's 80 Whor is tho Registers, and the SmithsG
's tie BrOwnses, and the Jouesssg Wher is 4
ie long list Nv men who livee AT that day wl
10 livod here whom .wuz n penniloss boy, q
'e-t who, ttKe me, command rospeck for conSta
~ cy NV devoshen. ! feel pround NV this de
IN onstrashen-lieel proud NV any demsnstl
=, shen. ~ aloosion hel bin made 10 my be
y, hood days, when wuz pennlless hoy
10 may say hero. ez pertinent TO that subjeS
ad that lev adhered to tho lundamentle pr
=" Uiples NV the gOv'ment, aud the flag and O,
OF stltuti0n. Bpt 10 return 10 my suhjeck
q, When went out from among yoo pen
al less hoy, adopted the Constooshen %
eu guide; and by them hey alluz bin guild,
all To tho young would say that will be lG;
cl, In taking me "a "a model. Leavin here
pontiless boy, u Is not for rue 10 say whe
C. ar or not hev succeeded. am no longe
n. peEniless hoy, nor Ia them wich is arou
I; me. Mrs' Cobb amt penniless boy, nor
II but this is wandering from the iubjeok.
es ''For tue euoUutagement NV tic Young m
aiOre mo, wood say that hov enjoyed al
care about. am no aspirant Tor moth
re and Therefore the way ia now open for o
lr- Al places NV honor is now boiore en-.
:, hsuk you Tor this corel we,oum. Noi
u" CArliny sent me out Apounlless boy, aud 4
e. not adOrd me sich advantage az, cOnsideri
3, .. my merits, ought TO heV he'd, vet love M