The Cecil Whig., 1850-11-30
Henry Gay and the Union.

WI LAY lihu"a STpai Sprpc'l al I rank.
fort, r. ntu,ky, on th- 18th INST, in the
Course vi wn,ch h said:
| may Of asked, as have been asked,
w.rn | wou consent to dissolution Of
the Union. answrr NEVER NEVER
NEVER! 3rcAu>" can conceive OF no ro,
sloIe contingency that would make il Tor
the interests and happiness i he people
to break up tins gIor,ons confederlcv and
separate into bleeding and beIIigerant
parts: show me what be ieve to he i'm
possible 10 show me. that there will be
greater security for liberty, liIr, property,
peace and hnnan happiness IN the midst
OF jarr'ng, jealous and warning ,ndeprn-
dent North .-mrrcan powers, and under
the Easir OF .hr Union, and will con-
s~nt 10 lis a,s,outIon.
] Would hold 10 1t, # ongrrSs w"re to
usurp p ,wer, which a,n sure IT never
VIII, 10 abolish Slavery within The States
tor IN The coitrSency OF such an usurpa
ton, We should De ~ d urIlpr condition as
Union lhat III the Uu!on.
Appr'hrnsipns may have been enter
tanned and express q, IS 10 the want, in
luturc time, ol territorial scape !or the
slave population.
brIievc .ha' very distant day, not
llktly to occur III the present OF next
century, whenever the vast unoCCuplrd
waste IN Mississippi. Arkansas, louisiana,
Il la3an,a, lorIua ana texas si"u rrculnr
Iniy pe"ptd, slavery "li hay" reac ned
lt> Hulural termlMallVn--tivr d"nsity OF
Population IA the Lnuru States VII, lnrl
." 81 great laut here WI. ne slsl Iruuc
lion IN 1l't ptI,e and value %! auol as 10
render II mucii curapFr 10 rHpiny ,res
than slav' labor, and the S,a>eS urconlrg z
ii burden t" their owners VIII be ,bun-
larlly disposed ol aud allowed 10 90 free
Then hope ana believe, under The
disp nsatIon> OF Providence, t'at NE con-
tlnrh OF Africa, hy the system Of coioni-
zaiIon, viii o" coIrprirni to receive from
America all the descendants ol It's oW /.
race.
il the agitation IN regard TO the fugitive
slave law stlou,d continue and increase,
and become alarming, Ii viii lead to he
formation oil two new parties, one for The
unipn, the other agalnit the Union.
Present parties have been created by a
division OF opinion as to systems OF ma
iona policy as 10 finance, free trade OF
projections; the Improvements OF Rivers
aud HarbOrs; the dis;rlouii1n OF the pro-
c-eds ot the public lands, SC.
But these systems OIL policy sprlnging
out Of the administration OF the govern
ment OF the Cniun, lose all their inter-
est aud importance II that Union Is TO be
dissolved. They sink INTO utter Inslyn i
ticance, briorr the all lmpnrtan, pervaslve
and para.n unt interest ol the Union H.
sell.
he platform OF the 'nion part, will
be the Union. lh- Constitution, aud the
enforcement OF IFS laws: aud II 1t should
be necessary TO form such party, and II
should b- accordingly formed, | announce
myself in this place member Il that
Union party, whatever may be It's compo-
nent elements.
SIR, 60 farther, l have great hopes
and confidence in the principles OF the
Wing party, as being most likely to con
duce 10 the honor, the prosl rlty, and :he
glory of my country.
But il it is to be merged into con-
temptlble abolition party and it abolition
is to be engraI,ed Oh the Wing party l
cease to be a Wing.
| | 90 vet step tasther. II ] am alive,
7 will srve my humble support for the
Presidency to that man, who, wha'eve;
party he may beIongto, is not con'an'na''
ed by tana,ic.sn, rather than TO one, who
erwin. on, all the time, and aloud. that ht
is a Whig, maintains doctrines utterly SUD
verslvp OF the Constitution and the Union
! Mr.. Speaker-I speak without reserve
and with entire freedom II there be