Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-06
Col. Gentry's Loyalty TO the Union
and the Constitution.

ana MS reSOiule opposition DOM 10 the a.
natics of the North aud the Disunionists of
the South. If there were dangers then which
threatened the country. in consequence of
the agiiatiuus and Vaccinations Of the ex-
trcmsts of both sections OF the Union, there
are greater dangers now, and from similar
causes. Hence, the peculiar appropriateness
of reproducing Col. GENTRY's letter at the
present time. # is as follows:
TO THE PUBLIC.
FRANKLIN, May 10, 1851.
1t Is not true, as has been charged that
have counseled submission 10 the repeal or
modification of the Fugitive Slave Law in any
speech made by me at Somerville or else
where. 1t is true that have not proclaimed
myself an advocate for dissolution of the
UuiOn in the event of it's repeal. When
Northern Abolitionists and Southern Disun-
iOnists are acting in formidable and vigorous
concert Ito prepare the hearts of the
People, for Dissolution Of the Union, | have
not thought that patriotism required me 10
recommend that Or iful resort to my fellow
citizens rs a rn-utdy for evils that may never
come, and which all lovers of Liberty ought
to endeavOr by united counsels and effort, TO
prevent. Sufficient for the day is the evil
thereof" Is an extreme readiness to rush
into dissolution of the Union, the only sat
isfactOry proof that can be given, of section
al fidelity? If SO L am not likely to be APP
proved. 1t is true Ebat at Somerville and
other places referred to the fact, that there
is a great conflict of opinion in the Northern
States between those who support, and those
who oppose the Compromise Measures of the
last Congress-those who insist upon q faith
full execution o: the Fugitive Slave Law, and
those who demand its repeal: and have said
that no such developments have yet been
made as to enable any man to fOresee with
certainty the result of the struggle which is
progressing on this question. Bat l have in
all my speeches alluded to the fact, that Pre-
sident Fillmore has intimated in his last an
nual Message to Congress, with as much dis
tinctness as propriety would sanction, that
be would veto any Bill that Congress might
pass essentially modifying or repeating any
of the series of laws which constitute the
Compromise; and consequently, that so long
as Mr.. Fillmore shall continue to be Presi-
dent of the United States, neither the fugi-
tive slave law nor any OF the laws which
constitute the Compromise can be repealed,
and il has been nay object in all the speeches
which | have made to impress the idea
that it is duty incumbent upon patriotic men
of all parties to make the Union safe against
the attacks of AbolitiOnists and Disunionists
and Traitors OF every name and degree, by
uniting to sustain and support the President
in the noble effort which he is making to
defeat and crush those whose Vaccinations,
if not arrested, viii inevitable involve the
States of this Republic in civil war, and en-
danger, if not destroy. the Union. But see
ing no immediate prospect of such a union
to sustain and support the President. L have
expressed the opinion that long-protracted
and dangerous agitation of these sectional
questions was probable, and that the Adolf
tionists of the North and the Disunionists of
the South would artfully and insidiOusly
seek to make these unfortunate sectional dis
sentions subserve Gheir fayorite purpose of
dissolying the Union. 1t has been my object,
in all the speeches which / have recently
made, to arouse the public mind to a full and
correct sense of the dangers, present and
prospective, which threaten the Republic :;
and assuming that those who are seeking to
dissolve the Union, may be so far successful
In their traitorous purposes as to involve the
States in civil war, have counseled the peo-
pie OF Tennessee not TO make the dissolution
OF the Union an object of such war, should
1t occur-but to blazon upon the Banner as
expressive of the object for which they fight,
this motto-''The maintenance of the Consti-
tuition with all its guarantees--the preserva-
ton of the Union with all its blessings"
When the Republic is menaced with Secs
sion at the South and Rebellion ct the Negth