I think it was because Public education would require large amounts of tax dollars.
citizens should be ableto decide whether to allow slavery in their own state
Stephen Douglas was s United States Senator and presidential candidate. While in the house, he played an important role in resolving issues between northerners and southerners over the slavery. Douglas introduced In a bill he wrote in 1854, stating that the people who are eligible to vote in the territory should decide for themselves if they wanted to allow slavery or not.
The New England wool manufacturers wanted a tariff on imported goods in 1828 to protect their industry from goods made in Europe, which was developing its own textile industry.
