Chapter 14 notes 1850s Constitution -gave the federal government the right to abolish the international slave trade, but no authority to abolish, regulate, or remove the slave trade Northerners -disliked slavery, but they hated the abolitionists -generally prejudiced against blacks -saw no legal way to bring about emancipation In Congress -Southern democrats tried to extend the Missouri Compromise Line of 36?30? Northerners did not like it because most of the land gained from the Mexican American War was South of the Missouri Compromise line like Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and most of California Wilmot Proviso