Cliosophic Essays (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Cliosophic Essays The next con¿ict occurred when Missouri applied for admission as a slave State into the Union. The South became defiant in its demands for the extension of the slave power, while the North took a determined stand against it. The con¿ict for a time seemed most serious, and was only finally allayed by the famous Missouri Com promise of 1820. This act admitted Missouri as a slave State, but with the provision that slavery should forever be prohibited north of 36° 31' in all the territory acquired from France by the Louisiana purchase. The act forms a landmark in the history of the slave question. As we view the situation now, in the light of subsequent history, it is plain that at that time already forces were at work that presaged the terrible con¿ict of after years. The South demanded the admission of Missouri as a slave State into the Union as a matter of right under the Constitution, while the North strenuously opposed it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.