Assertion: compromise | /r/CapableOf | apply the wilmot proviso
Facets:
value: to the western territories
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Most Northern Whigs, led by William Henry Seward, who delivered his famous "Higher Law" speech during the controversy, opposed the Compromise as well because it would apply the Wilmot Proviso to the western territories and because of the pressing of ordinary citizens into duty on slave-hunting patrols.