Chapter 17 THE ORGANIZATION OF OREGON TERRITORY AND THE COMPROMISE OF 1850

Bills for Oregon Territory-Thirty-six Degrees and Thirty Minutes to the Pacific-Mr. Rhett on the Rights of the South in the Territories-The Third Oregon Bill-The Party Platforms of 1848-The President Urges the Organization of California and New Mexico-Mr. Clayton's Attempt at Compromise-Passage of the Oregon Bill by Congress-The Free-soil Party in