[Publius]

The South would have wanted a treaty on that issue as part of the amicable divorce. The North would never have countenanced it. That issue raised hackles on both sides for its symbolic value. Even Henry Clay, who was an emancipationist, understood that when he wrote the Fugitive Slave Law that was part of the Compromise of 1850.

[DoodleDawg]

The South would have wanted a treaty on that issue as part of the amicable divorce. The North would never have countenanced it.

Since the South didn't try then I guess we'll never know.