This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ... 9, 1850. be extended to the Pacific Ocean, and that it should be the dividing line between free and slave territory in the Mexican cession. A long and bitter debate followed, which aroused the angry passions of the representatives of both sections. The California Compromise.--Henry Clay,1 the "Great Pacificator," who ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ... 9, 1850. be extended to the Pacific Ocean, and that it should be the dividing line between free and slave territory in the Mexican cession. A long and bitter debate followed, which aroused the angry passions of the representatives of both sections. The California Compromise.--Henry Clay,1 the "Great Pacificator," who had retired from public life seven years before, to spend his last days in the quietude of his home at Ashland, Kentucky, was called from his retirement in the hope that he might again bring peace to the country. He responded, and shortly after returning to the Senate introduced a bill, which came to be known as the Compromise of 1850. This bill provided for: (1) the admission of California as a free State; (2) the organization of New Mexico and Utah as Territories without any provision as to slavery; (3) the continuation of slavery, but the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia; (4) the passage by Congress of a more effective fugitive slave law; (5) the purchase from Texas of her claim to a part of New Mexico. These resolutions contained so many important features that the bill was called the "Omnibus Bill." For a period of seven months it absorbed the attention of the entire country, and it looked as if secession might come at any time. 1 Henry Clay was born in Hanover County, Virginia, April 12, 1777. He removed to Kentucky and was a member of the convention that adopted the constitution of the State. He was United States Senator, member of Congress for many years, and five times Speaker of the House. He was a candidate for the Presidency in 1824, 1832, and 1844, but each time was defeated. He was the author of the Compromise of 1850. Few men in our public life have had suoh devoted friends and followe...
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