CHAPTER XXVIII.

ANDREW JOHNSON’S VAGARIES.

“Swinging Around the Circle.”—How Mr. Johnson Came to 289

Visit New York on His Remarkable Tour.—The Grand

Reception at Delmonico’s.—The President Loses His

Temper at Albany and Becomes an Object of Public

Ridicule.—His Proclamation of “My Policy” Ironically

Received.—Returns to Washington Disgraced.—The

Massacre of New Orleans.—The Impeachment of the

President