classwikitable stylebordercollapseseparatebackgroundcolorwhite  Territorial Crisis  copyedit last paragraphs to encyclopedic style  aligncenter widthOld version  aligncenter widthNew version  aligncenter stylebordercolorFFECborderstylesolidborderwidthpx px px pxboxa  The first of these conservative theories represented by the Constitutional Union Party argued that the historical designation of free and slave apportionments in territories should become a Constitutional mandate The Crittenden Compromise of  was an expression of this viewn aligncenter stylebordercolorADFFborderstylesolidborderwidthpx px px pxboxb  The first conservative view argued for avoiding secessionist crisis by a return to the balance of  The Congress determines the slavery question at the time of organizing a territory to balance the incoming states slave and free This was the Missouri Compromise view supported by the Constitutional Union Party of John Bell and the Crittenden Compromise of n  tvhtvh