CHAPTER LII.

VISIT TO CUBA AND THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Departure for Florida and Havana--A Walk Through Jacksonville--

Impressions of the Country--Visit to Cigar Factories and Other

Places of Interest--Impressions of Cuba--Experience with Colored

Men at a Birmingham Hotel--The Proprietor Refuses to Allow a

Delegation to Visit Me in My Rooms--Sudden Change of Quarters--

Journey to Nashville and the Hearty Reception Which Followed--Visit

to the Widow of President Polk--My Address to Nashville Citizens--

Comment from the Press That Followed It--An Audience of Workingmen

at Cincinnati--Return Home--Trip to Woodbury, Conn., the Home of

My Ancestors--Invitation to Speak in the Hall of the House of

Representatives at Springfield, Ill.--Again Charged with "Waving

the Bloody Shirt."

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