In this episode, we delve into the topic of How the 1850 Compromise Delayed War. {"transcription":"WEBVTT\n\n00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.620\nImagine turning on the news right now and you\n\n00:00:03.620 --> 00:00:05.459\nfind out that members of Congress are settling\n\n00:00:05.459 --> 00:00:08.580\ntheir policy debates with actual fistfights.\n\n00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:10.960\nRight. Just brawling in the aisles. Exactly.\n\n00:00:11.060 --> 00:00:13.539\nAnd not just that. They are challenging each\n\n00:00:13.539 --> 00:00:16.519\nother to duels and they are literally drawing\n\n00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:19.519\nloaded revolvers pointing them at one another\n\n00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:21.359\nright there on the House floor. It sounds like\n\n00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:24.079\na scene from some dystopian political thriller\n\n00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:26.730\no ...