What does the democrats desire to expand slavery to the territories have to do with cotton? Uh, cotton was the number one money making purpose for slavery. Wouldn't think this would have to be explained to people discussing the topic.
Are you slow?
I'm not the one who is having trouble grasping that Slavery=Cotton.
The democrats VERY CLEARLY stated position was that they wanted to be able to take their property (ie their slaves) with them to wherever they desired to settle.
I don't pay as much attention to what people say as I do to what they do. There were 12 slaves in all of New Mexico Territory, and that was when New Mexico Territory looked like this.
Contrast that with 436,631 in Mississippi at that time.
Do you comprehend the difference between 12 and 436,631? Should I graph it for you so that you can better understand that there was no significant effort to put slaves into the territories?
The entire claim was phoney hyperventilating about a non issue, and people like you are still falling for this same claim today.
The issue wasn't about actual slaves in actual territories. It was about whether or not the Southern states would get allied representatives in Congress, and could therefore change the laws that had the Southern states paying 73% of all the taxes, while New York and Washington DC collected 73% of the money for their tax and spend government projects.
Oh good grief. Stop being stuck on moron !
Slavery = Slavery.
Breckenridge and his fellow democrats were very clear with their stated intentions.
You do not need to go try revising history to fit your pet theories.
ROFLOL
Let us examine this foolish 'persons' claim
I don't pay as much attention to what people say as I do to what they do. There were 12 slaves in all of New Mexico Territory, and that was when New Mexico Territory looked like this.
So there were only 12 slaves in all of New Mexico?
Why was that?
"older Mexican Republic legal traditions of the territory, which abolished black, but not Indian, slavery in 1834, took precedence and should be continued. Regardless of its official status, ... As in New Mexico, slavery was already extremely limited, due to earlier Mexican traditions, laws, and patterns of settlement.
Oh, Slavery had been banned previously by the Mexicans.
Did your slaver democrats want to take slaves to New Mexico?
Why yes, yes they did.
Did the Republicans try to avoid the war by allowing the democrats to establish slavery there?
Why yes, yes they did! "As one of the final attempts at compromise to avoid the Civil War, in December 1860, a U.S. House of Representatives committee proposed to admit New Mexico as a slave state immediately. Although the measure was approved by the committee on December 29, 1860, Southern representatives did not take up this offer, as many of them had already left Congress due to imminent declarations of secession by their states..
What is your next lie Slo-Joe?