Slavery is one of the main disputes that were not compromised. Northerners thought that slavery was wrong while southerners thought that slavery was needed. Northerners wanted to end slavery as quick as possible. Slavery goes against god's law and should be amended (doc B). Parties such as Pinckney Committee tried ending slavery Doc C). Slavery not only affects politics but the life-style of U.S citizens (doc G). The Issue on slavery is one of the reasons why the United States had a civil war. Slavery is a necessity to the south because a great deal of the South's economics is farming. The dispute on slavery cause for an impossible compromise. Political leaders made it less likely to settle disputes. Leaders such as President Lincoln were anti-slavery and fought to abolish it. Political leaders would argue over southern succession such as Representative Preston Brooks and Senator Charles Sumner (Doc E). Many state representatives decided to succeed from the Union and many were thinking about it. Abraham Lincoln argued that the disputes on slavery weren't just about politics (Doc G). Lincoln won the election of 1860 because the Democratic Party split. He won all of the Free states votes beside New Jersey (Doc H). Politics made the chances of compromise even worst.
Succession of southern states made it impossible for a compromise. The Missouri Compromise and tariffs on southern states led to hostel conditions between the south and north states. South Carolina trying to void a federal law is said to be impossible by Henry Clay (doc A). Instead the states succeed from the United States with Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. The north opposed the succession and was willing to use