The Battle Against Yankee Invaders - 1734 Words

The Battle Against Yankee Invaders Yankee invaders between 1877-1850 subjugated the Southern way of life. The degeneration of liberty begun with the North’s ideology of abolishment of slavery, the election of Abraham Lincoln, the disapproval of sovereign succession, the invasion of the Confederate States of America, and the torment of military districts. Laws unjustly created to suppress the white Southerners. These condemnations lasted for over twenty years. This essay will highlight all of these atrocities, and finally will demonstrate that through all this pain and suffering Southern patriotic dignity remained intact. The war between Mexico was a very easy victory that ended in 1848. After the Mexican-American War, there was an†¦show more content†¦How could Taylor assume where slavery is suitable? In 1850, Henry Clay offered a set of compromises, that included, (1) the admission of California as a free state; (2) the division of the remainder of the Mexican cession into two territories, New Mexico and Utah (formerly Deseret), without federal restrictions on slavery; (3) the settlement of Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute on terms favorable to New Mexico;(4) as an incentive for Texas, an agreement that the federal government would assume the considerable public debt of Texas;(5) the continuance of slavery in the district of Columbia but the abolition of the slave trade there; and (6) a more effective fugitive law (TEV 399). Clay was not able to pursue many individuals to consent with his compromise. Zachary Taylor soon died, and his vice president, Millard Fillmore took office. Fillmore supported Clay’s compromise, and Stephen A. Douglas took over Clay’s position and broke the compromise down to distinct bills. Congress then passed the compromise of 1850, which gave New Mexico and Utah autonomy to choose between free soil and s lavery. California acquired statehood, the disputed boundary between New Mexico and Texas was resolved, and a new slave law that allowed Southerners the right to pursue fugitive slaves in Northern states was passed. The fugitive slave acts performed well until unpatriotic Northerners implemented personal-liberty laws that forbade the use of state jails to