Ordered James Madison, his Secretary of State, to stop work on the appointments.
Douglas argued that slavery was a dying institution that had reached its natural limits and could not thrive where climate and soil were inhospitable. He asserted that the problem of slavery could best be resolved if it were treated as essentially a local problem
If we didn't westward expand as early as we did we wouldn't have all of the geographic patterns we have today in the U.S.
