In 1850, another sectional dispute broke out causing more tension between the South and the North about the land won in the Mexican American war. California wanted the join the Union as a free state, and the South disliked this because it was such a vast area with a big population for antislavery. This caused the Compromise of 1850, where California would become a free state and the other regions won in the Mexican American war could decide on slavery themselves. This causes more strained relations because it never addressed the problem between the balance of free and slave states. In Daniel Webster’s Speech on the Compromise of 1850, Webster discusses how “It is not to be denied that we live in the midst of strong agitations, and are surrounded
