Representative Robert Toombs of Georgia, argued against a proposed law that would have banned slavery from land obtained as a result of the Mexican War (Document 2). He stated that if the legislation sought to drive them from the territories of California and New Mexico that was purchased by the common blood and treasure of the whole people that he would be for disunion. ... The men in this picture still seem determined and ready to fight the pro-slavery forces to get what they want. ... The anti-slavery settlers were still going to find a way between it until they get what they wanted. .....

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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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