Police chief will run for county sheriff Â». 10:22 am | by Clarke Davis Valley Falls Police Chief Bronson Campbell filed to run for Jefferson County sheriff setting up a primary race in the Republican primary.
The Compromise of 1850 was key in delaying the start of the Civil War until 1861. By Martin Kelly. Definition: The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five bills that were intended to stave off sectional strife. It passed during Millard Fillmore's presidency.Its goal was to deal with the spread of slavery to territories in order to keep northern and southern interests in balance.Here is a summary of the five bills:he Compromise of 1850 was key in delaying the start of the Civil War until 1861. By Martin Kelly. Definition: The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five bills that were intended to stave off sectional strife. It passed during Millard Fillmore's presidency.
*There was a dispute over land: Texas claimed that its territory extended all the way to Santa Fe. *Finally, there was Washington, D.C. Not only did the nation's capital allow slavery, it was home to the largest slave market in North America. On January 29, 1850, the 70-year-old Clay presented a compromise.he balance of free and slave states would be destroyed. The Missouri Compromise seemed to solve the problem by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, keeping the number of free and slave states equal. It also divided the rest of the Louisiana Purchase into slave and free territory.