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John C. Calhoun's proposal was different from the Wilmot Proviso because Calhoun's proposal stated that neither congress nor any territorial government had the authority to ban slavery from a territory or regulate it in any way. The Wilmot Proviso was an amendment to a funding bill that was created by President James K. Polk and was made to establish and fund peace negotiations with Mexico for a Treaty to end the Mexican American War.
The north
It had strong Northern support.
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land acquired from Mexico