WI: Clay elected in 1844, no ACW: How is America different?

Part of the problem was that no one could agree whether the Missouri Compromise line extended to the territory acquired from Mexico.

If it did, they'd have to chop California in half, but they can't do that without California agreeing, which they weren't going to do.
 
If Texas did not get admitted and expansion was instead aimed North West might the Southerners have worried about loss of influence. Could they have seceeded seeing a growing majority both of people and states hostile to the slave power.
 
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