Charles Sumner: “Again they bowed, and in 1850 assisted in those Acts of Compromise, by which the Territories of Utah and New Mexico were…”

“Again they bowed, and in 1850 assisted in those Acts of Compromise, by which the Territories of Utah and New Mexico were left open to Slavery, and a Fugitive Slave Bill was passed, outraging alike every principle of Constitutional Liberty and every sentiment of Humanity.”