Washington telegraph., 1851-06-18
.xn P.ralorlc VlEwa-It IS very rarely

r,xo AND PATRfOTlc VIEWS. III Is very rarely
Hon. M. P. Gentry, of Tennessee, one Of The
tnaa a.iIap, of Wings and distinguished ofstates.
n' writes or says anything, that he does not
lave his mark broadly and deeply upon his theme.
ieaS,,,v. in canvassing Tennessee, h. let drop in
S,av.. careless chvaric style, some expressions
nso s:"h I.ocofocosm sought to torture into as
WIZ WIZ, thai the Fugitive Slave Law would be re-
a,.d sed or essentially modified, at the next Con-
Pe and into advice to prepare for and 10 submit
ss,cb modification or repeal
Trs slanderous misrepresentation has drawn
hin AN admirable and characteristic card. 1t
N.".aos nO, one or two points, captay presented,
'sob ey we cannot forbear noticing, The Nashville
len the leading Democratic organ of Tennes-
with a candor and sense OF honor which do
:. rreat credit, frankly admits that Col Gentry's
card is full refutation OF the charge made against
him. ,-:.:
truths, thus:
7, i not true, as has been charged, that have
.,noselIrd submission to the repeal or modification
e the Fugitive Slave Law in any speech made by
a, Summervile or elsewhere. 1t is true that
Ib.ye not proclaimed myself an advocate for a
cs.olu,;ou OF the Union i'm the event of its repeal.
Sybsn Northern Abolitionists and Southern Dis
.nn;ons,s are acting in formidable aud vigorous
mc,r, 10 .'prepare the hearts of The people" for a
M.so,,tlou of the Union, have not thought tEat
.,,1otism required me 10 recommend that DIRE adful
rr.sor, to my fellow citizens, as remedy for evils
.,., NAV never come. and which all lovers of
sh.,,v ought to endeavor, by united counsels and
"So,,s. TO prevent. "Suficient for the day be the
vl thereof" Is an extreme readiness to rush
into dissolution of the Union, the only satisfac-
,orv proof that can be givep of sectional fidelity?
IF SO am not likely to be approved.
And the following, every line Of it, should be
written n gold:
at has BEEN my object, in all the speeches which
have recently made, to arouse the public mind
10 full and correct sense of the dangers present
and prospective, which threaten the Republic; and
assuming that those who seeking to dissolve
sbe Union may be so far successful in their traitor
ous purposes TO involve the States IN civil war,
| have counselled the people Of Tennessee not to
make the dissolution of the Onion object Of such
\ war, should It occur-but to blaZon upon their
Banner as expressive of the object for which they
fight, this motto-.'Ihe mautanance Of the Con-
ssiu,ion with all It's guarantes-the preservation
of the Union with all lis blessings"
That is an'excelent motto: we wish no better:
We thrk A5okonism bad Disunonism we
see no difference betweeHthem. Destroying the
laws and the compromises OF the Constitution,
seem TO us equally immoral. unwse and treasona-
bic to freedom, and whilst heartily ioathe
sS,wardite Higher Law men, We think those who
are forever making lis idea o disenoe fanlkar and
scceptible to the people, and dsrecontinuay urging
ha, greatest of all evils as lesnedy for Abolition
'sgiaIion a:e scarcely a whit better.
Col Gentry admits that agitation, and even
violent agitation, may impend in the future, and
linus gallanty and b,aveiy he anchors his faith in
ihc maintainance of the Cons,sutiop with all its
guarantees; the preserValea OF the Uuion with all
lis blessings.
But have in all my speeches alluded tothe fact,
that President Fillmore has inlimated, in his last
annual message TO Congress, with much dis
tDctness propriety would sanction, that he
moatd Jeto any hill that Congress might pass
,sDtially modifying repeating any Of the series
of iars uhich constitute the Compromise; and con-
seguently that SO long as Mr Fillmore shall con-
tiaue to be the President Of the United States
neither the fugitive sla0e loao any Of the iaws
rhich constitute the Compromise, can be repealed;
and it has been my object, in all the speeches
which have fiade, TO impress the idea that 1T is
aduty incumbent upon patriotic men of all parties
20 make the Union safe against the attacks nf
Abolitionists and Dtsuaionists, and Traitors of
srery name and degree, by uniting to sustain and
support fhePrest2ehR in the noble effort ,ohich he
is making to defeat and crush those uhsse mqchi-
nations, # moi arrested, so ia6oitably inuoLUe the
States this Republic in ciriI ,oar, and endanger
if not destroy, tie Union. But seeing no i'm
mediate prospect OF si!ch z union TO sustain and
support the President, have expressed the opinion
that a long pro,racted and dangerous agitation Of
these essential questions was probable, and that
the bo'i;ionists Of the North, and The Disumioli-
lists of the South, would artfully and ms diously
seek TO make these unfortunate sectional dissen-
sons subserse their fevorhe purpose of dssoiving
the Union.
We put it TO The COMMON sense Of liberal snind-
ed men, of all parties, if Col Gentry is net right
there is, so long Fillmore remains President,
We shall noi ishve sure bond for a sustained COM
promise and vfndicated law2 Why, even the
Washington Union said, sf his warning to Con-
gress, that he should :eeiit his deity to veto any
violation of the Compromise, that every line and
letter Of It should be written in gold.
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