The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-08-23
The Insanity Of the Patriot.-Progres
and SYMPTOMS of the Disorder.


With us is not as to Mr. Til,mores ability. but whe
her he he elected or not. II Is our business 10
.ec. southern or states rights, constitution sup
porting man. "-Pdtriot, April S.
April 26.-Symptoms continue to show rational
and sanitary exercised of mind and thought, as ap'
pears by the following:
"But the question is, can he (Fillmoreb be elected!
Lei not probable that with three candidates In the
field for the Presidency the chances may be thrown
in favor of the Abolitioniss! -Idtriot, April 26
May 3.-Symp.om, highly unisvorabe, approach
ing insanty-patient seized with n sudden fifth
coherent expressions mind wandering toploftcally
secs banners with great names inscribed on them,
and talks of war aud carnage &c., &c. as follows:
Come and let us take counsel together and pre-
pare for the coming campaign. i.ct US throw aioi'
the great American banner, and hscrbc on It's oeau
teous folds the names of Fillmore and Donelson
Let us rally around this patriotic standard, armed
with those great principles which we love and ad,
mire let us prepare to wage war to the ht upon all
those who oppose us."-Pdtriot, May 8.
May lO-Symptoms moderating-ft subsidized, lea
wing patient slightly exhausted, but breathing more
freely--thoughts much more collected and rational,
as follows:
Douglas sis too much of political agtator for
the times and his brlliancy Of intellect cannot sup
ply that want Of mature experience and adate statesman
ship which Buchanan possesses in so eminent a de9re.
4 buchanan, should he be nominated his abilities
his experience. his nnmsakabe derotion 10 INC CoNsr
TUITION and The UNION. recommends him as peihs one
of the men for the station.'-Patriot. May H.
: June 2l.-Symptoms varied and eonlicting-after
tulerably good nights rest we suppose, mind APP
pears to be nearly quite clear and to every appear
ancc, highly favorable--paent converses very rea-
sonably, asfollows:
at behooycs u.s. in this connection to say some
thing OF the candidates OF the other party, bucha
TO sag to their DISPLACEMENT We sincerely belle..
y both OF them to be national aud conservative IN
r their politics." &c.-Patriot, June Il.
4 Same day.-Patient takes sudden fit before nigh
symptoms very violent and approaching lunacy-
talks of the gathering of the clans and the suddel
news received by him, as follows:
1.-THE clans are gathcfing, and from all sections
of the country accounts are received OF the most en-
thusastic Fillmore and Donelson meetings to en-
lr dorse their nominations"
ID Still later in day-Paticnt has gone stark mad
n, and raves like q maniac, new lights seem to hav
Dr. broken into his mind-calls Andrew Jackson done
f. san star and utters incohereut sentences about III
b. old General himself, his long and brilliant career, hi
at lion heart, and all such kind of wild expression
e. These are decidedly the most unavorabe symptom
we have seen, and the case may be considered {
gone by the board-utterly hopeless. We made
. note of them as follows:
= "Andrew Jackson Doncson. the nephew and p'
nc pil of Andrew Jackson himself. is well known to tn
nc people of the United Statesas the Native America
lie candidate for the Vice Presidency Intimately asst
4, cated with his illustrious uncle through the lon
- and brilliant career of that lion hearted Presden
p he is pupil worthy of such an instructor"
ly "Donelson is Of the leading stars oil his natl'
sh State."-Patrot June Il.
nd July 5th-No change for the better since last +
be port Patients mind necessarily rowing from OF
strange idea to another. To-day it has been extr
ordinarily active-imagines things being said in
o' hearing--mind wandering to the Germans OF Nc
las York Pennsylvania and Ohio, etc-dreams they a
~ aboltionists and going over to Fremont, while
III he magines old Buck to be getting very weak, su
denly his mind runs back on Democratic Blood and
d. old ten story Altogether it has been busy d
with our patient, and we have recorded the scntl
~. tions of his wild fancies, as follows:
at has been said frequently in our hearing that
y naturaized vote of the northern States Is amt
;sb 1.-The Germans of New York, Pennsylvania, Oh
Illinois Indiana. Michigan, &c., have concentrat
their strength almost wholly upon Fremont It
,wn canan so much weakened by the loss OF SO ml
which was calculated for him in these States, II
Inc pectabillty."
OBJ I'm 1914, he declared that if he had drop
am. democratic blood in his veins he would open th
ald let it out. And in 1913. he declared in spe'
in the Senate that ten cents day was sufficient &C
,hes pensation for the free laborers OF America
July 26-Patent's mind more quiet today-sco
for to think that he had taken trip all over the co
gest try, since we last him. Imagnes that Film
C as and Donclson are growing great and strons-r
n in monsters--which appears to have soothing eli
'nts' upon him. These symptoms were exhibited MS
lows:
"From every quarter evidences OF the grow
has popularity of Fillmore and Donelson are pouring
upon u.s. point of popularity, Willard Film
is the strongest man which the United States
very now produce. "--Patriot July 2G
,,sed August mo change for the better to-day
h to wandcrs back again to the Germans and Fremoi
all seems to be pleased at the idea that the Germ
,sas' have abandoned old Buck While in short sp
, are he let fall the following singular remark:
with 1.-THE race in the North is between Fillmore
nina. Fremont. The Germans have abandoned bucha
ism, in mass"
from, August l6.-Symptoms worse than ever to-
have Patient thinks of the old Wings and squatter
,to It, eregnty and all at imagines himself II