The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-08-29
COMMUNICATED.
BAroy RouaE, Aug. 26th, 1857.

election to Congress. As pcrchancc the political
antcccdcnts Of that person may not be well known tol
the voters of East Feliciana, | now claim place in
your columns while narrate, as briefly Us posi-
bly, cam what know concerning them.
II has been truly said that call things change"
and the politics of Phillip Wnfrec, can assure you.
form exception TO that rule. The seasons them
selves, varying and ever changing as they are,
do not furnish better examples in proof of it than
his political career. IN 1850 he came here Wing
member of the Legislature from Ascension having
already, If Dame Rumor harms him not, belonged
to more than party. Whilst in the Legislature
he acted with the Wings and voted for George G.
McWhortcr for State Treasurer. against Alexander
Cuvllicr, the Democratic candidate. Some time af-
forwards his legislative term having expired, he
turned up as Editor md Proprietor Of w Baton
Rouge Gazette u Wing journal BrA previously he
had urfsuccessfuy tried TO become part owner of
The Advocate, thus being willing TO become part
editor and proprietor of Democratic Journal, Spd
rs a natural consequence, Democrat. .Gpon hav-
ing the editorial chair of the Gazette, he published
paper in West Baton Rouge called 'thc Capitoan
Visa Wis., twas a Whig,Jeurn.k ana duvins the
Presidential campaign Of ~ abounAsd in slaadcrbus
articles against the Democratic nominee for vresi
dent, franklin Pierce thesftcn disproven lie about
"iainiug" being weekly dealt ont ts its subscribers
in large doses. When KnowsSohnSism made ts
appearance in Louisiana, Philip Wgfrcc was M
of .hc first to enroll himself under flsaanncr, ~
such was his zeal for the cause. that he went forth
establishing KnowSothiig wgwams; and should
Democrats desire to what amount Of abuse could
DC heapcd upon them and their party by political
opponent, let them but turn to the columns Of the
Nis-a-Nis. during the time Know Nothing Winlrce
was its caituA and they will surely there find enough
to satisfy HerA But about this time having diff
dculty VIM one Of the leaders of the X. n. hosts
Col V. Suraldc- NfAfree's zeal began to abate
and the X. " State Convention afterwards failing to
give him the nomination sbr Superintendent of Pub
lie Education, he withdrew.from that party il dsgast
lie then came back e'enon Rouge shd Stated "the
True American campaign paper. ne kxuo-
cratic state Congressional AMI Parish tickS lkre
placed a. It's masthead bnt he Ii his editorials dis
avowcd being Democrat and stated he still bclicv-
ed in the principles OF the American paty and that
he left il MT fran diIc Of is tfnds, bat bccalsebc'
could not endure the corruption that being ~,
gendered within il. Tie nSO of Thomas Green
Davidson for Congressman, was hostet il * sWia
but little was odorially done to insure his succc*
whilst, in conversation, he d'd then, aud has since
many times said 'Lat rae wh N. gro,ies rs'tctmce
he w.furled his noae' and gentleman here in town
lately stated he was under The impression that W.
free told him the cause Of his reluctance xas, ms
Thomas Green Davidson iacled poidicai hoaeay' And
yet this Is he mia that has gone to Clinton for the
purpose OF editing paper started for the sp-iat oil,
nr
for the same Office for which IN was With the creates
rcluctaneeh he unfurcd hisnre.' Really. David.
sonian Y~rthcs are hard pressed for lid Aeans aud
masSnls wlerewiih to bolster mp their xyoritc pre-
tended nomination. .
But to rctuin. When me Legislature Of kjG
met, Phillip Winfrce who has n certain human iQab
ness for "thc loayes and fishes" notwithstanding c
had repeatedly stated ..he still believed in the prin
ciples Of the Amoricap parry became n candidate
before the Dc"ocrotic lIslatiye Caucus for Minute
Clnsi of the House OF Representatives but WINS de-
feated. The Minute Clerk, who was elected howev-
or was unable 10 perform all the Ar.ics dcvolving
upon him. so On Assistant Secretary was chosen and
Phillip Winlrec the lucky man, and for less than
sixty tys' work he peceiycd ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Thus w see that he asked the place of Minute Clerk
at the hands Of the Democratic party, ana did acu-
ally get thSonc Of Assistant Clerk aud with il one
housaad dollars, while protesting .to believe in the
principles Of the American party He believed in
one and was elected by the oiher! shrewd acting.
was il not?
In 1851. Wlnrec was again candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Minute Clerk of the House
of Representatives but was ~ce defeated in caucuss
by DR.. Delony Of your parish but through trckeryi
obtained the office under new name, and thus wae
preferred to the Doctor, man who has always been
Il true and unialtering Democrat.
should have stated, that dur1y9the late Pres-
Dental election, Winfrec several times addressed
Democratic assemblies and always took peculiar care
to profess himself-what do you imagine? A Demo-
crat? No! A Know-Noihing? still less but a
Wing. So we hsd him appearing under three different
political characters al once. Democratic office holder
"a believer in the principles of the American party"
and professed Whig. And this is the Man that has
gone to Clinton to edit Democratic papey One who
he belonged to alb the political parties by turns,
and who once enjoyed three-lod political complex.
on!! Surely, Messrs. Mcyea, Haynes, and Others,
have obtained sY1thy coaborer to assist them in
their gigantic Ok of forcing "Old Tom Green" upon
tln I'..t III. T.-I