Through the many different accomplishments, the United States has taken part in, the Mexican-American War was a very defining event. However, with the United States expanding in the newly acquired territory from Mexico, there soon came conflict with establishing north and south boundary lines and the expansion of slavery. Several men had stated controversial compromise bills, held congressional debates, and the Compromise a 1850 quickly flourished. The Mexican-American War was a huge gain for the United States with all the newly acquired territory from Mexico, however, it didn’t take long for conflict to rise. After acquiring so much land from the war the north and south boundary line in establishing slavery was not clearly established. This
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The Wilmot Proviso initially prohibited slavery in any newly gained territory in the Mexican-American War. President James K. Polk would soon dismiss the proviso because he believed the slavery debate did not have a place in the Mexican-American War. The Wilmot Proviso led to response and debate of different leaders throughout the nation. Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina would soon create a counterproposal of the Proviso that didn’t prohibit slavery in the new territory, but made the new territory “common property,” which enabled slave owners to take their slaves anywhere in the Cession. Calhoun’s stated that Wilmot excluding slave in the new territory would eventually led to a violation of the Fifth Amendment, forbidding Congress to deprive any person and reinstating that slaves were in fact property. Calhoun’s counterproposal would soon be endorsed by the Virginia legislature. However, another counterargument had taken place again John C. Calhoun by President James K. Polk. Polk along with a few others proposed the extension of the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific Ocean. Senator Lewis Cass of Michigan, one of the last to weigh in on the controversial debate suggested the …show more content…
Clay’s resolutions were meant to serve as a settlement of the controversy of the slaved and free states. Clay proposed to: bring California in as a free state, organize the newly gained territories without slave restrictions, deny Texas claim to New Mexico, but compensate Texas for the pre-annexation debts, retain slavery in the District of Columbia and abolish it in the nation’s capital, adopt a fugitive slave law that be more effective, and deny Congress to interfere to interfere with interstate slave trade. While some thought good of Clay’s resolutions others like Calhoun along with others did not believe the efforts of Clay would serve the Union. However, a young Senator thought differently and took a different approach to Clay’s resolutions. Stephen A. Douglas preserved the resolutions by separating it into several separate measures rather than just one big overwhelming bill. The whole great debate was finally settled as the Compromise of
The Wilmot Proviso initially prohibited slavery in any newly gained territory in the Mexican-American War. President James K. Polk would soon dismiss the proviso because he believed the slavery debate did not have a place in the Mexican-American War. The Wilmot Proviso led to response and debate of different leaders throughout the nation. Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina would soon create a counterproposal of the Proviso that didn’t prohibit slavery in the new territory, but made the new territory “common property,” which enabled slave owners to take their slaves anywhere in the Cession. Calhoun’s stated that Wilmot excluding slave in the new territory would eventually led to a violation of the Fifth Amendment, forbidding Congress to deprive any person and reinstating that slaves were in fact property. Calhoun’s counterproposal would soon be endorsed by the Virginia legislature. However, another counterargument had taken place again John C. Calhoun by President James K. Polk. Polk along with a few others proposed the extension of the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific Ocean. Senator Lewis Cass of Michigan, one of the last to weigh in on the controversial debate suggested the …show more content…
Clay’s resolutions were meant to serve as a settlement of the controversy of the slaved and free states. Clay proposed to: bring California in as a free state, organize the newly gained territories without slave restrictions, deny Texas claim to New Mexico, but compensate Texas for the pre-annexation debts, retain slavery in the District of Columbia and abolish it in the nation’s capital, adopt a fugitive slave law that be more effective, and deny Congress to interfere to interfere with interstate slave trade. While some thought good of Clay’s resolutions others like Calhoun along with others did not believe the efforts of Clay would serve the Union. However, a young Senator thought differently and took a different approach to Clay’s resolutions. Stephen A. Douglas preserved the resolutions by separating it into several separate measures rather than just one big overwhelming bill. The whole great debate was finally settled as the Compromise of