The Compromise of 1850, I believe, preserved the Union. In this essay, I will discuss who wrote the compromise, who opposed it, and what the compromise did for the Union.

The Union was on the brink of breaking up, so Henry Clay thought of a plan and presented it to the Senate on January 29, 1850. The plan stated that California was to be brought into the Union as a free state, and the remaining Southwest territories would remain as is, without mention of slavery. This would give the Southerners the right to retain slaves in those territories. Second, the Texas border would be given to the New Mexico territory in exchange for the U.S. paying off their pre-annexation debts, which was $10 million. Next, the slave trade in Washington D.C. would be abolished. Slavery itself, ho

In the end, I believe the Union was preserved for the time being. At the risk of separation, Americans pulled together and compromised for the sake of the Union. If this bill would have not gone into effect when it did, a break of the Union would have been earlier than it was. Henry Clay was a great compromiser and was able to keep the union together.

wever, would still remain. Last, a more efficient slave fugitive law would be set in the North.

Southern Senators, on the other hand, found Clay's plan unacceptable. So, John C. Calhoun, though feeble in age and unable speak, prepared a plan for his side. Senator James Mason, of Virginia, read the speech that Calhoun thought would save the Union. But, the speech came across as an argument for secession. Calhoun had concluded if the North would not yield about the slavery issue, "let the States...

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