The pamphlet "The Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress to the People of the United States," signed by Salmon P. Chase and Charles Sumner, among others, was published in opposition of this legislation. That document laid the groundwork for a meeting a month later in Ripon, Wisconsin, at which a new party formed in response to this bill, a revised version of which split the proposed terri
The pamphlet "The Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress to the People of the United States," signed by Salmon P. Chase and Charles Sumner, among others, was published in opposition of this legislation. That document laid the groundwork for a meeting a month later in Ripon, Wisconsin, at which a new party formed in response to this bill, a revised version of which split the proposed territory at the 37th parallel, putting its southern part inside limits open to slavery according to the Missouri Compromise. Much responsible for the creation of the Republican Party, FTP name this 1854 act of Congress creating two new territories, both of which are now states.
The pamphlet "The Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress to the People of the United States," signed by Salmon P. Chase and Charles Sumner, among others, was published in opposition of this legislation.
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