It has been said that by the 1850s each side distrusted the other so greatly that disunion was inevitable: the North because of Southern grasping for more slave territory; the South because of Northern nullification of the Constitution and federal laws. Comment critically. Webster in 1850 was condemned as an appeaser or compromiser and hence not a statesman. Is compromise essential to statecraft?

It has been said that by the 1850s each side distrusted the other so greatly that disunion was inevitable: the North because of Southern grasping for more slave territory; the South because of Northern nullification of the Constitution and federal laws. Comment critically. Webster in 1850 was condemned as an appeaser or compromiser and hence not a statesman. Is compromise essential to statecraft?