...the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys...territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted." David Wilmot was, indeed, an unlikely rebel within the Democratic Party....

...the Republic of Mexico by the United States by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them and to the use by the Executive of the Moneys...territory except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.” 5 Although Wilmot was most likely the originator of the Proviso strategy...

...the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys...territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted. Cong Globe, 29th Cong, 1st Sess 1217. 9. Id at 1211 -18. Wilmot, who had entered...

...might be acquired from Mexico, Wilmot proposed, “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall even 0430;ть свое пра first be duly convicted' Wilmot's bombshell stunned the political establishment. Although the measure...

...Pennsylvania congressman, David Wilmot, attached a rider to the administration bill providing that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of... [the] territory" acquired as a result of the war. This Wilmot Proviso (as it is known in history) caused...

...Pennsylvania congressman, David Wilmot, attached a rider to the administration bifi providing that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of . . . [the] territory” acquired as a result ofthe war. This Wilmot Proviso (as it is known in history)...

...the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virture of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the executive of the moneys...whereof the party shall be first duly convicted." And this general assembly deeming this proviso to be destructive of the compromises of the constitution...

...express and fundamental condition of the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico . . . neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory." The proviso was passed by the House of Representatives but killed in the Senate. Once again, the territorial...

...amendment making it "an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory" that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory." While abolitionists naturally supported the Wilmot Proviso, many Northern Democrats also endorsed it...