Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Tattaunawa game da matsayin bautar a cikin yankuna ya kara tsananta rikice-rikice tsakanin bangarorin da ke kudancin Kudu da kuma Arewacin Arewa. Yarjejeniyar ta 1850 ta kasa magance matsalar. A farkon shekarun 1850, Lincoln ya goyi bayan sassan sassan, kuma jawabinsa na 1852 ga Clay ya mayar da hankali kan goyon bayan wannan na karshe don samun 'yanci a hankali da kuma adawa da "duka bangarori biyu" a kan batun bautar. Yayin da shekarun 1850 suka ci gaba, muhawara game da bautar a yankin Nebraska da yankin Kansas ya zama mai tsananin gaske, kuma Sanata Douglas ya ba da shawarar ikon mallakar jama'a a matsayin matsakaiciyar matsakaici; wannan shawarar za ta ba da damar masu zaɓe na kowane yanki su yanke shawarar matsayin bautar. Shawarar ta damu da 'yan Arewa da yawa, wadanda suke fatan hana yaduwar bautar a cikin yankuna. Duk da wannan adawa ta Arewa, Dokar Douglas ta Kansas-Nebraska ta wuce Majalisa a watan Mayu 1854.Tare da watanni bayan wucewarsa, Lincoln bai yi sharhi a bainar jama'a ba, amma ya zo ya yi adawa da shi sosai. A ranar 16 ga Oktoba, 1854, a cikin "Peoria Speech", Lincoln ya bayyana adawarsa ga bautar, wanda ya maimaita a kan hanyar zuwa shugabancin. Da yake magana a cikin maganganun Kentucky, tare da murya mai ƙarfi, ya ce Dokar Kansas tana da "rashin nuna damuwa, amma kamar yadda zan yi tunani, ainihin himma don yada bautar. Ba zan iya ƙi shi ba. Na ƙi shi saboda mummunan rashin adalci na bautar kanta. Na ƙi shi saboda yana hana mu misali na jamhuriya na kawai tasiri a duniya... " Hare-haren Lincoln a kan Dokar Kansas-Nebraska sun nuna komawarsa zuwa rayuwar siyasa. A cikin ƙasa, Whigs sun rabu da su ta hanyar Dokar Kansas-Nebraska da sauran ƙoƙarin yin sulhu a kan batun bautar. Da yake nuna mutuwar jam'iyyarsa, Lincoln ya rubuta a shekara ta 1855, "Ina tsammanin ni Whig ne, amma wasu sun ce babu Whigs, kuma ni mai kawar da [...] Ba ni da wani abu fiye da adawa da fadada bautar. " Dangane da bangaren adawa da bautar da jam'iyyar Whig ta yi, da kuma hada 'yan kungiyar Free Soil, Liberty, da kuma jam'iyyar Democrat da ke adawa da bautar, sabuwar jam'iyyar Republican...  Tambaya: Lincoln ya yi amfani da manufofin da ke adawa da bautar da jam'iyyar siyasa?
Jam'iyyar Whig