The North stood opposed to this, and various other parties (including some of the Western states themselves) wanted to try a new idea called popular sovereignty. ... Wilmot and his party were not abolitionists; however, they just did not want slavery and its accompanying problems to be imported into newly formed states. ... "The experience of more than half a century, I informed Pakenham, convinced me that it would be neither humane nor wise to abolish slavery. ... The south wanted slavery allowed in the new states; the north did not; and some wanted to be able to vote on it. ... The comp...

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