A first book in American history with European beginnings . of dropping out of politics,and devoting his time to his law practice and his children. But these were the days of the great disputes over thespread of slavery. And how could a man be indifferentwho had seen only the awful side of slavery, first in theNew Orleans slave market and then in the slave marketat Washington? For a time it seemed that Henry Clays compromiseshad settled the question of slavery in Americas westernlands. According to the Missouri compromise, Missourihad come into the Union as a slave state on the conditionthat a
A first book in American history with European beginnings . of dropping out of politics,and devoting his time to his law practice and his children. But these were the days of the great disputes over thespread of slavery. And how could a man be indifferentwho had seen only the awful side of slavery, first in theNew Orleans slave market and then in the slave marketat Washington? For a time it seemed that Henry Clays compromiseshad settled the question of slavery in Americas westernlands. According to the Missouri compromise, Missourihad come into the Union as a slave state on the conditionthat all the states which should be formed from the landnorth and west of Missouris southern boundary should befree forever. 23 333 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY Clays second compromise admitted California as afree state, leaving the people on the rest of the land ob-tained from Mexico to decide for themselves whether theirstates should be free or slave. This was all well and good and apparently gratifiedNorth and South alike. However, four short years after. Clays second compromise was adopted, both sides were allexcitement again. In 1854 Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois brought up inCongress a bill to make two territories of the lands beyondMissouri and the Missouri River. The northern of theseterritories was to be called Nebraska; the southern one, 334 ABRAHAM LINCOLN BEFORE 1861 Kansas. And Mr. Douglas wanted the people of Kansasand Nebraska to be allowed to choose for themselveswhether or not they should have slaves. The North protested loudly against Douglass in spite of the protest, Congress passed it, thus re-pealing the Missouri compromise.
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