They opposed the compromise, because it might permit slavery in the New Mexico territory, and because it called for stronger laws on the return of slaves who had escaped to the North.

• 他们反对妥协方案，因为它意味着在新墨西哥自治州准许奴隶制的存在，并且要求制定更强硬的法律遣返逃亡到北方的奴隶。