A history of the United States . orth of 36° 30, but protect it,as other property is protected, in all territory south of that line,and, should arrange for admitting states north or south of thatline, with or without slavery, as their constitutions mightprovide. While the Compromise was before a committee ofthirteen, of which Seward was the most prominent Republicanand Jefferson Davis the most prominent Democrat, Sewardwas offered by Lincoln the Secretaryship of State. Lincolnwrote, On the territorial question, I am inflexible. In further explanation he saidI that the adoption of the ^^^ Compr


A history of the United States . orth of 36° 30, but protect it,as other property is protected, in all territory south of that line,and, should arrange for admitting states north or south of thatline, with or without slavery, as their constitutions mightprovide. While the Compromise was before a committee ofthirteen, of which Seward was the most prominent Republicanand Jefferson Davis the most prominent Democrat, Sewardwas offered by Lincoln the Secretaryship of State. Lincolnwrote, On the territorial question, I am inflexible. In further explanation he saidI that the adoption of the ^^^ Compromise would only postpone the difficultiesthat then confronted thenation. In the committee,the Republicans votedagainst the Compromise,and Davis of Mississippi,and Toombs of Georgia,voted with them. The Re-publicans were responsiblefor its defeat. On January3, 1861, Crittenden proposed that the whole subject of his(Compromise be submitted to a direct vote of the people,Douglas powerfully supported the proposition; but Davis, in. Iffif^^ Confederate Capitol, MontgomeryAlabama.


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