I revise my question: Selena, if "compromise" and "politics as it should be" is so all-fired wonderful, why didn't The Missouri Compromise and The Compromise of 1850 solve the issue of slavery?
By Lincoln's own admission, he was okay with continuing slavery in The U.S. if it kept The Union intact.
It is Salena, says it in the article. Clay knew he was only holding off what was inevitable, he did the best that he could in very turbulent times. No solution is ever perfect, I never said his was, I never said Boehner’s was and I never said Lincoln’s was, nor did I ever say that Lincoln’s refusal to compromise lead to the deaths of 600K.