Constitutional disputes were settled by debate and compromise.
Disputes are often solved by finding a mutually agreeable compromise.
Henry Clay
Henry Clay
Compromise
United Nations
Henery clay!
The area between the Rio Grande and the Neuces Rivers. The US wanted to purchase Alta California and Nuevo Mexico, but Mexico would not negotiate.
Polk sent former Congressman and lawyer, John Slidell to Mexico to try to negotiate a settlement to the territorial disputes that eventually led to the Mexican War.
Webster-ashburton treaty. This was a compromise that settled boarder disputes with us and the british
to avoid a civil war
He settled the disputes between small and large states about representatin in congress.