Bingowings said:
Correct me if I am wrong but wasn't the 1850 compromise as much about land rights as slave legislation?
A couple things, like Texas's western edge, and the Mormons not getting a big state (help me out Ender... was it The State of Desierta), were in it, but the vast majority of the decisions were based on keeping the Slave/Free state thing from exploding for another decade.