The Civil War 2

Title: The Civil War 2
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The Civil War 2

Faced with this Civil War mounting crisis, moderates and unionists spent the winter of 1849-1850 trying to frame a great compromise. The aging Henry Clay, who was spearheading the effort, believed that no compromise could last unless it was settled all the issues in the dispute between the sections. As a result, he took several measures which had been proposed separately, combined them into a single piece of legislation, and presented it to the Senate on …showed first 75 words of 328 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 328 total…so ill that he had to sit grimly in his seat while a colleague read his speech for him – joined the debate. Calhoun insisted that the north grant right to the south equal rights in its territories, that it agree to observe the laws concerning fugitive slaves, that it cease attacking slavery, and that it amend the constitution to create dual presidents, one from the North and one from the South, each with a veto.

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