he did not mention stephen douglas by maybe he did a lot of the legwork. >> stephen douglas by the way is the man whose takeover after he left washington. their relationship, it wasn't close. douglas disagreed with the omnibus solution and said so and walked away from it that as soon as it went down to defeat he takes control to get all of the bills passed so he deserves a great deal of credit for the compromise of 1850 and as such he became a leading presidential candidate and then ran against abraham lincoln and lost. thank god. [laughter] >> give then clay's perspective on slavery what was his relationship with the abolitionist? also i did not understand how slavery and the district of columbia became part of the resolution. i was under the impression that just prior to the "emancipation proclamation" i was surprised to hear that issue involving slavery with the district of columbia was part of the compromise. could you elaborate on that? i would appreciate it. >> claes said slavery in our time cannot be. so for one thing with the american people, what they have spent doing year aft