Free e-text of ""Swingin Round the Cirkle."" by Petroleum V. Nasby.
"SWINGIN ROUND THE CIRKLE."
BY
PETROLEUM V. NASBY,
LATE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH OF THE NEW DISPENSATION, CHAPLAIN TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, AND P.M. AT CONFEDERATE x ROADS, KENTUCKY.
HIS IDEAS OF
MEN, POLITICS, AND THINGS,
AS SET FORTH IN HIS LETTERS TO THE PUBLIC PRESS, DURING THE YEAR 1866.
Illustrated by Thomas Nast.
BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD. 1867.
_DEDIKASHUN UV THIS BOOK._
TO
ANDROO JOHNSON,
THE PRIDE AND HOPE UV DIMOCRISY,
Who hez bin Alderman uv his native village,
Guvner uv his State,
Member uv the lower house uv Congress,
And likewise uv the Senit,
Vice President and President, and might hev bin Diktater,
But who is, nevertheless, a Humble Individooal;
Who hez swung around the entire cirkle uv offishl
honor, without feelin his Oats much;
The first public man who considered my
services worth payin for;
AND TO
ALEX. W. RANDALL,
POSTMASTER GENRAL,
His most devoted Servant,
Whose autograph adorns my Commishn ez Postmaster,
_This Volume_
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDIKATED.
CONTENTS.
PREFIS, OR INTERDUCTRY CHAPTER
I.--AFTER THE NEW JERSEY ELECTION
II.--CONVERSES WITH GENERAL MCSTINGER
III.--A REMARKABLE DREAM
IV.--A CHANGE OF BASE--KENTUCKY
V.--ABOLITION IN KENTUCKY
VI.--A CONVERSATION WITH A KENTUCKIAN
VII.--A VISION--SPIRIT OF ANDREW JACKSON
VIII.--A PLAN FOR UP-BUILDING THE DEMOCRACY
IX.--A VISION OF THE NEXT WORLD
X.--A SONNET
XI.--THE SITUATION--THE DEMOCRACY WARNED
XII.--THE PRESIDENT'S 22D OF FEBRUARY SPEECH
XIII.--A WARNING
XIV.--REFUSES TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT
XV.--THE PATRIARCHAL SYSTEM
XVI.--A DREAM
XVII.--A KENTUCKY TEA PARTY
XVIII.--A CRY OF EXULTATION
XIX.--A WAIL OF ANGUISH
XX.--MOURNFUL VIEW OF THE SITUATION
XXI.--A PSALM OF GLADNESS
XXII.--A DISCOURSE UPON THE NIGGER
XXIII.--WORKINGS OF THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU
XXIV.--PRESIDES AT A CHURCH TRIAL
XXV.--MEETING TO INDORSE GEN. ROSSEAU
XXVI.--PREACHES--THE "PRODIGAL SON"
XXVII.--A PLEASANT DREAM
XXVIII.--THE REWARD OF VIRTUE
XXIX.--THE CONVOCATION AT PHILADELPHIA
XXX.--THE GREAT PRESIDENTIAL EXCURSION
XXXI.--THE PRESIDENTIAL TOUR CONTINUED
XXXII.--END OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TOUR
XXXIII.--AT HOME AGAIN
XXXIV.--THE CLEVELAND CONVENTION
XXXV.--AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE
XXXVI.--THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS
XXXVII.--MR. NASBY'S OPINION ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT'S DEFEAT
XXXVIII.--ANDREW JOHNSON PRESIDENT OR KING?
XXXIX.--A CABINET MEETING
XL.--SERMON ON THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS
XLI.--A FEW LAST WORDS