{"product_id":"1854-missouri-compromise-slavery-solomon-p-chase-against-the-repeal-of-the-missouri-slavery-prohibition","title":"1854 MISSOURI COMPROMISE - SLAVERY. Solomon P. Chase Against the Repeal of the Missouri Slavery Prohibition.","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOne of the most important anti-slavery speeches delivered in the United States Senate during the decade leading up to the Civil War. Senator Salmon P. Chase of Ohio delivered this address on February 3, 1854, to fiercely oppose the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which had been introduced by Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Douglas's bill proposed opening the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to popular sovereignty, allowing settlers to decide for themselves whether to permit slavery, which directly effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 that had banned slavery in federal territories north of the 36°30' parallel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe primary significance of Chase's speech lies in its scathing condemnation of the Kansas-Nebraska Act as a violation of a solemn moral and legal compact. Chase argued that the Missouri Compromise was a \"plighted faith,\" that is, a sacred promise between the North and South, that had kept the peace on the issue of slavery's expansion for over thirty years. By attempting to repeal this prohibition, Chase accused Southern slaveholders and their Northern allies of acting in bad faith to expand the political and economic power of human bondage into territories previously set aside for free labor. He framed the legislation not as a peaceful compromise, but as an aggressive encroachment by the Slave Power that threatened the democratic foundations of the republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRegarding the broader political impact, this speech and its widespread distribution as a campaign pamphlet helped ignite intense Northern outrage against the expansion of slavery. Chase's constitutional and moral arguments against the Kansas-Nebraska Act helped crystallize the Anti-Nebraska movement, which rapidly coalesced into the formation of the Republican Party later that same year. By organizing opposition to the repeal of the Missouri prohibition, Chase laid the intellectual and political groundwork for the political coalition that would eventually elevate Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in 1860.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChase, Honorable Solomon P. Maintain Plighted Faith, Speech of Hon. S. P. Chase, of Ohio, in the Senate, February 3, 1854. Against the Repeal of the Missouri Prohibition of Slavery North of 36° 30'. Washington. Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. 1854. 1st Edition. 16pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUncut original pamphlet, some dustiness to title and rear wrap as shown and light where erased. Split at first \/ final leaf on spine. Textually near fine. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51179657396260,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/07-31-2026SpecsFineBooks-13_e0fdaa8f-9761-442c-b25c-2fa7c697355e.jpg?v=1785782636","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1854-missouri-compromise-slavery-solomon-p-chase-against-the-repeal-of-the-missouri-slavery-prohibition","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}