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The territorial enlargings pose in an acute way the problem of the extension of slavery. The extremists of the two camps think of the secession. 1850: compromise (restitution of the fugitive slaves, territories of south-west entitled to come to a conclusion about the practice of slavery). 1852: democrats gathered for the respect of the compromise of 1850; whigs weakened. The results by counties of the ballot show their decline in the South. Franklin Pierce (democratic) elected president.