The "Higher Law" speech was issued against this by William Seward, and Henry Foote almost shot Thomas Hart Benton during the 
The "Higher Law" speech was issued against this by William Seward, and Henry Foote almost shot Thomas Hart Benton during the debate over it. It set the eastern boundary of New Mexico and awarded ten million dollars for debt payment to Texas. James Mason had to deliver the speech written by the ailing John Calhoun against this bill, whose passage was clinched by the support of Daniel Webster and Stephen Douglas. Henry Clay introduced its five component bills that, among other things, organized four Western territories as neutral to slavery and ended the slave trade in the District of Columbia. FTP, name this unsuccessful attempt to settle sectional disputes, which included the Fugitive Slave Act.
The "Higher Law" speech was issued against this by William Seward, and Henry Foote almost shot Thomas Hart Benton during the debate over it.
Compromise of 1850 [or the Omnibus Bill; don't accept or prompt on Fugitive Slave Law or any other components since the first sentence applies only to the whole thing]