...Kentucky, gave notice that when the bill was taken up he would offer an amendment to the effect "that.the citizens of the several States or Territories shall...and hold their slaves within any of the Territories of the United States, or of the States to be formed therefrom." 6 Mr. Douglas looked upon this amendment...

...to apply to the Territory contemplated ly thi* act, or to any other Territory of the United Statet; but that the citizens of the several States or Territories...therefrom, as if the said act, entitled as aforesaid, and approved as aforesaid, had never been passed." This blunt proposition that the Missouri Compromise,...

...servitude north of said line, should not be BO construed as to apply to the Territory contemplated by the act, or to any other Territory of the United States...the citizens of the several States or Territories should be at liberty to take and hold their slaves within any of the Territories or States to be founded...

...16, Kentucky's Whig Senator Archibald Dixon proposed an amendment that the Missouri Compromise "shall not be so construed as to apply to the Territory contemplated...and hold their slaves within any of the Territories of the United States, or of the States to be formed therefrom." Not to be outdone, Charles Sumner countered...

...of crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be for ever prohibited,' shall not be so construed as to apply to the territory contemplated...and hold their slaves within any of the territories of the United States, or of the states to be formed therefrom, as if the said act entitled as aforesaid,...

...later Mr. Dixon of Kentucky proposed an amendment that the existing prohibition of slavery " shall not be so construed as to apply to the territory contemplated...and hold their slaves within any of the territories of the United States or of the States to be formed therefrom." This amendment, if adopted, established...

...punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be forever prohibited," shall not be so construed as to apply to the Territory contemplated...and hold their slaves within any of the Territories of the United States, or of the States to be formed therefrom, as if the said act, entitled as aforesaid,...

...amendment, that " the Missouri compromise be repealed, and that the citizens of the several states be at liberty to take and hold their slaves within any of the territories." This amendment represented the common desire of proslavery leaders. The question, however, was not...

...amendment, that " the Missouri compromise be repealed, and that the citizens of the several states be at liberty to take and hold their slaves within any of the territories." This amendment represented the common desire of proslavery leaders. The question, however, was not...