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"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be
allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite." - Thomas Jefferson
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WILMOT PROVISO
WILMOT PROVISO. Immediately after the beginning of the Mexican-American War (1846–1848),
President James Polk asked Congress for $2 million, which he intended to use to buy a peace treaty with
Mexico. A rider was attached to the bill on 8 August 1846, by David Wilmot, a little-known Democratic
representative from Pennsylvania. The Wilmot Proviso, as it became known, would forbid the extension of
slavery to any territory acquired from Mexico. The proviso caused a split among the Democrats as
northerners supported it and southerners opposed it. Polk eventually got his appropriation, but Congress
rejected the Wilmot Proviso after a bitter debate. The provision was reintroduced several times afterward,
but never approved.
The implications of the Wilmot Proviso were far reaching. Wilmot's action was on behalf of a group of
northern Democrats who were angry over Polk's political appointments, his apparent proslavery actions in
Texas, his compromise with Great Britain over the Oregon issue, and Polk's veto of a rivers and harbors bill
supported by midwestern Democrats. Many northern Democrats were also resentful of the domination of
the party by southerners, feeling they had made too many concessions to the southern wing in the past, and
that the war with Mexico was an act of aggression designed to expand slavery. As a result, the Wilmot
Proviso sparked what would become a rancorous national debate on the question of expanding slavery into
the territories.
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WILMOT PROVISO. Immediately after the beginning of the Mexican-American War (1846–1848),
President James Polk asked Congress for $2 million, which he intended to use to buy a peace treaty with
Mexico. A rider was attached to the bill on 8 August 1846, by David Wilmot, a little-known Democratic
representative from Pennsylvania. The Wilmot Proviso, as it became known, would forbid the extension of
slavery to any territory acquired from Mexico. The proviso caused a split among the Democrats as
northerners supported it and southerners opposed it. Polk eventually got his appropriation, but Congress
rejected the Wilmot Proviso after a bitter debate. The provision was reintroduced several times afterward,
but never approved.
The implications of the Wilmot Proviso were far reaching. Wilmot's action was on behalf of a group of
northern Democrats who were angry over Polk's political appointments, his apparent proslavery actions in
Texas, his compromise with Great Britain over the Oregon issue, and Polk's veto of a rivers and harbors bill
supported by midwestern Democrats. Many northern Democrats were also resentful of the domination of
the party by southerners, feeling they had made too many concessions to the southern wing in the past, and
that the war with Mexico was an act of aggression designed to expand slavery. As a result, the Wilmot
Proviso sparked what would become a rancorous national debate on the question of expanding slavery into
the territories.
more
