SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
TENSION OVER SLAVERY IN THE 1850S
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Henry Clay
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John C. Calhoun
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Daniel Webster
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William H. Seward
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Detailed explanation-1: -On March 7, 1850, Senator Daniel Webster delivered his famous “Seventh of March” speech urging sectional compromise on the issue of slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -I speak to-day for the preservation of the Union. “Hear me for my cause.” I speak to-day, out of a solicitous and anxious heart for the restoration to the country of that quiet and harmonious harmony which make the blessings of this Union so rich, and so dear to us all.
Detailed explanation-3: -Webster viewed slavery as a matter of historical reality rather than moral principle. He argued that the issue of its existence in the territories had been settled long ago when Congress prohibited slavery in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and divided regions into slave and free in the 1820 Missouri Compromise.