A. Don’t just accept traditional knowledge about how the natural world works—experiment and observe the results.
Slavery was THE great debate of the 1850's as was the question of continuing a union that threatened the lives and property of the South. It caused Lincoln's election in 1860 and fueled the movement to secession and war. Slavery was the dividing point over which there was a limit to the compromises that could be effected. It clearly drove the decade as it had shaped the whole century.
ok so ... usually you have to get appointed your chosen by your success. you lose the mandate when you start becoming tyrannical and unfair
