Crittenden Compromise

American  

[krit-n-duhn] / ˈkrɪt n dən /

noun

U.S. History.

1. a series of constitutional amendments proposed in Congress in 1860 to serve as a compromise between proslavery and antislavery factions, one of which would have permitted slavery in the territories south but not north of latitude 36°30′N.

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Etymology

Origin of Crittenden Compromise

Named after its proponent, John J. Crittenden (1787–1863), U.S. senator from Kentucky

Example Sentences

Abraham Lincoln would not accept such arrangements, for the Crittenden Compromise would require the Republicans to renounce their platform of nonexpansion.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Talk about getting peace through the U.N. now sounds as unrealistic as the Crittenden Compromise* at the opening of the Civil War.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dwellers in the small towns and on the farms were almost unanimously opposed to the Crittenden Compromise.

From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace

Moreover, there was a persistent rumor that Seward was inclining to the Crittenden Compromise; and Seward, as the prospective leader of the incoming administration, would doubtless carry many Republicans with him.

From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen

This, upon a test vote of twenty-five to twenty-three, was substituted for the Crittenden Compromise.

From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Stovall, Pleasant A.