New school history of the United States . r died during these discussions. The Vice-President became President. Fillmores efforts to1850 ^^force the late compromise measures v/ere not3 June s^^c^ssful. A Southern convention, composed ofdelegates from seven States, met at Nashville, toconsider the dangers with which the institution of slavery * These several acts were at first included in one bill, nicknamed the OmnibusBill. They were founded upon resolutions introduced by Mr. Clay, 29th Jan., 1850. FILLMORE \S ADMINISTRA TION. 217 was threatened, and to decide upon the remedy. Peaceablesecessi
New school history of the United States . r died during these discussions. The Vice-President became President. Fillmores efforts to1850 ^^force the late compromise measures v/ere not3 June s^^c^ssful. A Southern convention, composed ofdelegates from seven States, met at Nashville, toconsider the dangers with which the institution of slavery * These several acts were at first included in one bill, nicknamed the OmnibusBill. They were founded upon resolutions introduced by Mr. Clay, 29th Jan., 1850. FILLMORE \S ADMINISTRA TION. 217 was threatened, and to decide upon the remedy. Peaceablesecession was proposed. No conclusion was reached. 47. Cuba was twice invaded by adventurers underGeneral Lopez. He was captured and executed. ColonelCrittenden and his com- panions wereshot. WilliamWalker, ofLouisiana, at-tempted the conquestof Lower California andSonora, and, the nextyear, the seizure of Nic-aragua. Efforts weremade to ascertain thefate of Sir John Frank-lin, a daringEnglish naviga-tor, who had never re- MILLARD FILLMORE. turned from an arctic exploration undertaken eighteen yearsbefore. Dr. Kane was the most noted leader in these enter-prises. The country was singularly prosperous. The publicrevenue exceeded the expenditures by nearly $18,000,000 ;and the treasury contained more than $32,000,000 population was over twenty-three millions. THE ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL FRANKLINPIERCE.—1853-1857. 48. General Franklin Pierce succeeded Fillmore in the Presidency. The Whigs had nominated General WinfieldScott. Pierce was soon engaged in difficult negotiations withforeign powers—with Mexico, with Austria, with Great Britain,and with Spain. The Gadsden Treaty settled the Mexican10 2l8 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. boundary for an additional payment of $10,000,000. The Treaty of Washington —a re-ciprocal treaty—closed the dif-ferences with Great Treaty of Ken-a-gawaopened Japaneseharbors to Ameri- 23 Mar.
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