Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-07-08
|. ]5qlitiral Ren0iug.
Mr.. Gentry,'s Speech.

Below, we continue the publication
of some additional extracts from Nh
Gmtyy1s speech, which We commenced
last week. After summing up thu
imports nee and glorious consequen
ces viii ch must follow the Adoption
of the Compromise measures as 1
fnaHty, by both the two great par
ties of the country allowing such
action by them to be paramou unit to
every d ther consideration, he says OIL
the De tnocratic Platform on the sub
ject of the Compromise:
"Thd ire is something in the late
platform of the Democratic par
Ety at Baltimore which is eminently
patriotic, noble, and honorable. /
would4eel yselfpersonally degraded
.if I would raise 4 question upon that
point. They ha We come up to the
necessities. OF the hour, and adopted
resolutions which cover the whole
question in reference to the section
al difficulties which have disturbed
the harmony and threatened the ex-
listened of the Union. They have 50
met tn ht question as to nationalize
themselves.
''The two great parties Of the coun-
try have differed in opinion, and may
yet retain and maintain those diff
ferehcieS of opinion upon questions
of mere e4pediency; but such ques-
tons, though important, are infinite
ly insignificant when compared with
the consequences involved in this
question, greater in consequences
than all those put together. Waiy-
ing at present all discussion in re-
gard to thos6 points in their plat
form which do not meet my approval,
| give them my testimony here to-
day, before the whole country, and
truth and honor requires every man
to do it, that they have nobIy come.
up to tie necessities Of the times,
have adopted resolutions in regard to-
those sectional questions to which l.
have referred, the tendency Of which,
at least, is to nationalize the Demo-
cratic party, and bring it up to al
high national standard which will re-
cognize the bindAg obligations Of
the Constitution in al its parts =
North and SouN;I and which tends
to give peace Tranquility, and secu-
rity to the cIuntry, and permqnence
to the Uni2h.'
The democracy in the South has
always contended that the northern
wing of their party were more trust
worthy on the Coz npromise and the
Slavery question than that portion
Of the whig party lying north of
Mason and Dixon's line; and in sup
port of this fact, they have referred
to the votes in Congress, and the
acts of their Conventions, which
their party in the North have given
and held. The evidence they have
4dduced that the whig party in the
north were opposed to slavery and
the Compromise, is gloriously
strengthened and sustained by the
following remarks Of Mr.. Geaty.
In speaking Of the manner in which
tile late Baltimore Wing Convention
B@dld nationalize the whig party, and
in reference to the Compromise, he
says:
"The Southern branch Of the whig0
party have a right to demand of the
Northern wing of that party, ht Bal
timore, that they shall do what they
have never yet done, recognize as al
r0mpro1ilise between The AOl pa add
South, binding upon both seetEoas qfI
the eon4try,' the series Of mea agares tOH
whiqk 4 haUe refcrred.
Where at the North, in th E Wing.
party, has this settlement been re-.
cognized as compromise? Where
and by whom, at the North, has the
pledge been given, that it VI onld be
accepted as a final and per manent
peace-o feriag, and that tran nquility,
peace, and harmony should be re-
stored upon this basis2 Echo an
swers where? There was an idea
that su ch a pledge was made here,
at a ca bcus of Whig members when