Compromiseof 1850PrimarySourceSummary~.Excerpt1. Resolved,thatCalifornia, with suitableboundaries, ought, upon her applicationtobeadmittedasoneoftheStatesofthis Union,_without.theimposition byCongressofanyrestriction in respecttothe exclusionorintroductionofslavery within those boundaries2.Resolved, Thatasslavery doesnotexistbylaw,andisnotlikelytobeintroduced into anyoftheterritoryacquired by the United States from therepubticofMexico,itisinexpedientforCongresstoprovide bylaweither for its introduction into,ortheexclusion from, any partofthesaidterritory;andthatappropriate territorialgovernmentsoughttobeestablished byCongress in allofthe said territory, notassignedasthe boundariesofthe proposed StateofCalifornia,withoutthe adoptionofany restrictionorcondition onthesubjectofslavery3.Resolved, That the western boundaryoftheStateofTexasoughttobefixed on theRiodelNorte, commencing one marine league from itsmouth, and running upthatrivertothe southernlineofNewMexico; thencewiththatlineeastwardly and
