See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

COMPROMISE See also:

• MEASURES

MEASURES OF 1850  , in See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• HISTORY

history, a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• MEASURES

measures the See also:

• OBJECT

object of which was the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of five questions in dispute between the See also:

• PRO

pro-See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery and See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-slavery factions in the See also:

• UNITED

United States . Three of these questions See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew out of the See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation of See also:

• TEXAS

Texas and the acquisition of western territory as a result of the Mexican See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War . The settlers who had flocked to See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California after the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold in 1848 adopted an anti-slavery See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state constitution on the 13th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1849, and applied for See also:

• ADMISSION

admission into the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union . In the second See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place it was necessary to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a territorial See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government for the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the territory acquired from See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, including that now occupied by See also:

• NEVADA
• NEVADA (a Spanish word meaning " snow-clad " or " snowy land," originally applied to a snow-capped mountain range on the Pacific slope)

Nevada and See also:

• UTAH

Utah, and parts of See also:

• WYOMING

Wyoming, See also:

• COLORADO

Colorado, See also:

• ARIZONA (from the Spanish-Indian Arizonac, of unknown meaning,—possibly " few springs,"-the name of an 18th-century mining camp in the Santa Cruz valley, just S. of the present border of Arizona)

Arizona and New Mexico . The fundamental issue was in regard to the admission of slavery into, or the exclusion of slavery from, this region . Thirdly, there was a dispute over the western boundary of Texas . Should the Rio Grande be the See also:

• LINE

line of See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of Mexico, or should an arbitrary boundary be established farther to the eastward; in other words, should a considerable See also:

• PART

part of the new territory be certainly opened to slavery as a part of Texas, or possibly closed to it as a part of the organized territorial See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section ? Underlying all of these issues was of course the See also:

• GREAT

great moral and See also:

• POLITICAL

political problem as to whether slavery was to be confined to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern section of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country or be permitted to spread to the Pacific . The two questions not growing out of the Mexican War were in regard to the abolition of. the slave See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in the See also:

• DISTRICT

District of See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia, and the passage of a new fugitive slave See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law . See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress met on the 3rd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1849 . Neither See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction was strong enough in both houses to carry out its own See also:

• PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

programme, and it seemed for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time that nothing would be done . On the 29th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 185o See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

Clay presented the famous See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution which constituted the basis of the ultimate See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise .

His See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea was to combine the more conservative elements of both sections in favour of a settlement which would concede the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern view on two questions, the See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern view on two, and See also:

• BALANCE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. bilantia, an apparatus for weighing, from bi, two, and lanx, a dish or scale)

balance the fifth . See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster supported the See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan in his great speech of the 7th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March, although in doing so he alienated many of his former admirers . Opposed to the conservatives were the extremists of the North, led by See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William H . See also:

• SEWARD, ANNA (1747-1809)
• SEWARD, WILLIAM HENRY (180r-1872)

Seward and See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

Salmon P . See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

Chase, and those of the South, led by See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson See also:

• DAVIS (or DAVYS), JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)
• DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON (1826—1910)
• DAVIS, CHARLES HOWARD (1857- )
• DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG (1838-1900)
• DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM BANKS (1833- )
• DAVIS, HENRY WINTER (1817-1865)
• DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808–1889)
• DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1814–1845)

Davis . Most of the measures were rejected and the whole plan seemed likely to fail, when the situation was changed by the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

Taylor and the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of Millard See also:

• FILLMORE, MILLARD (1800-1874)

Fillmore on the 9th of See also:

• JULY

July 1850 . The See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration was now thrown in favour of the compromise . Under a tacit understanding of the moderates to See also:

• VOTE

vote together, five See also:

• SEPARATE

separate bills were passed, and were signed, by the president between 9th and loth See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1850 . California was admitted as a See also:

• FREE

free state, and the slave trade was abolished in the District of Columbia; these were concessions to the North . New Mexico (then including the See also:

• PRESENT

present Arizona) and Utah were organized without any prohibi= tion of slavery (each being See also:

• LEFT

left free to decide for or against, on admission to statehood), and a rigid fugitive slave law was enacted; these were concessions to the South . Texas (q.v.) was compelled to give up much of the western See also:

• LAND

land to which it had a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good claim, and received in return $1o,000,000 . This legislation had several important results .

It helped to postpone See also:

• SECESSION

secession and See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War for a See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade, during which time the North-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West was growing more wealthy and more populous, and was being brought into closer relations with the North-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East . It divided the Whigs into " See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Cotton Whigs " and " See also:

• CONSCIENCE (Lat. con-scientia, literally " knowledge of a thing shared with another person " or " complete knowledge," and derivatively " consciousness in general)
• CONSCIENCE, HENDRIK (1812-1883)

Conscience Whigs," and in time led to the downfall of the party . In the third place, the rejection of the See also:

• WILMOT
• WILMOT, DAVID (1814-1868)

Wilmot Proviso and the See also:

• ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance (as regards New Mexico and Utah) of " Squatter See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

Sovereignty " meant the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of a new principle in dealing with slavery in the territories, which, although it did not apply to the same territory, was antagonistic to the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri Compromise of 182o . The sequel was the See also:

• REPEAL (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal)

repeal of the Missouri Compromise in the See also:

• KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas-See also:

• NEBRASKA

Nebraska See also:

• BILL

Bill of 1854 . Fourthly, the enforcement of the fugitive slave law aroused a feeling of bitterness in the North which helped eventually to bring on the war, and helped to make it, when it came, quite as much an anti-slavery crusade as a struggle for the preservation of the Union . Finally, although Clay for his support of the compromises and Seward and Chase for their opposition have gained in reputation, Webster has been selected as the See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• TARGET
• TARGET, GUI JEAN BAPTISTE (1733-1807)

target for hostile See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism . The Compromise Measures are sometimes spoken of collectively as the See also:

• OMNIBUS (Lat. " for all ")

Omnibus Bill, owing to their having been grouped originally—when first reported (May 8) to the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate—into one bill . The best See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the above Compromises is to be found in J . F . See also:

• RHODES
• RHODES, CECIL JOHN (1853-1902)
• RHODES, JAMES FORD

Rhodes, History of the United States from the Compromise of r8fo, vol. i . (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1896) . (W .

R .