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Chapter 2: The session of 1849-50 the Compromise measures virtual Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise the admission of California the fugitive slave law-death of Calhoun Anecdote of Clay. The first session of the Thirty-first Congress (1849-50) was a memorable one. The recent acquisition from Mexico of New Mexico and California required legislation by Congress. In the Senate the bills reported by the Committee on Territories were referred to a select committee of which k in safety over the perilous sea. Truly did Webster—his personal friend, although his greatest political rival—say of him in his obituary address, There was nothing groveling, or low, or meanly selfish, that came near the head or the heart of Mr. Calhoun. His prophetic warnings speak from the grave with the wisdom of inspiration. Would that they could have been appreciated by his countrymen while he yet lived! While the compromise measures of 1850 were pending, and the excitement concerni