Clay had won Daniel Webster's backing for…

March 1850 CE

Clay had won Daniel Webster's backing for his proposal before presenting it to Congress, and Webster provides strong support for Clay's bill in the Senate.

In a speech that will become known as the "Seventh of March speech," Webster attacks Northerners and Southerners alike for stirring up tensions over slavery.

He admonishes Northerners for obstructing the return of fugitive slaves, but attacks Southern leaders for openly contemplating secession.

After the speech, Webster is bitterly attacked by New England abolitionists.

The debate over Clay's compromise proposal will continue into July 1850, when President Taylor suddenly and unexpectedly dies of an illness.

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