FTP,  identify this 1846 legislative rider, which attempted to ban  slavery in all territories acquired from Mexico.
Its language was taken almost verbatim from the Northwest  Ordinance of 1787, and it was attached to an appropriation known  as the "two million bill," but was shelved without a vote after the  outbreak of war. Reintroduced as part of the "three million bill"  the next year, it passed the House but killed in the Senate. FTP,  identify this 1846 legislative rider, which attempted to ban  slavery in all territories acquired from Mexico.
Its language was taken almost verbatim from the Northwest  Ordinance of 1787, and it was attached to an appropriation known  as the "two million bill," but was shelved without a vote after the  outbreak of war.
the {Wilmot} Proviso