The End of the Presidential Tour.--From Louisville to Washington.
WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D.C.,
September, 12, '66.
I rejined the Presidenshel party at Looisville, and glad I am that I did
it at that pint. His Imperial Serenity hed bin pleased ever sence he
left Chicago, or rather sence he got near St. Loois, for two-thirds uv
Illinois wuz pizen, and Indianapolis wuz pizener. From St. Loois the
recepshuns wuz trooly corjel and even enthoosiastic. We got out uv the
region uv aristocrats, and hed come down to the hard-fisted yomanry. I
seed holes thro the hats uv men; I seed wat mite be called the flag uv
Democrisy wavin from behind em, which, ez they genrally either had no
coats at all, or if any, they were roundabouts, wuz alluz in view. I saw
wimen who disdained stockins and dipped snuff, and I felt to home. I wuz
among Democracy. The cheerin for Grant and Farragut closed ez we got
into them regions, and uv the vociferous crowds half uv em, the younger
ones, cheered Andrew Johnson, while the old veterans, them whose noses
wuz blossomin for the tomb, cheered for Andrew Jackson. His Serenity
smilinly acknowledged both, by makin a speech to em, and wavin his hat.