class wikitable style border collapse separate background color white territorial crisis copyedit last paragraphs to encyclopedic style align center width old version align center width new version align center style border color ffe c border style solid border width px px px px box a 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 view n align center style border color a d ff border style solid border width px px px px box b 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 tvh tvh