How we cite our quotes: (Act.Section.Line)
Quote #4
[…] the Territory of Utah; and, when admitted as a State, the said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union, with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission. (Utah. Section 1.2)
The "popular sovereignty" strategy championed by Stephen Douglas got its first chance to really shine with the Compromise of 1850. The idea left a major decision—whether or not to allow slavery—in the hands of the states. It must have seemed like a good idea at the time.
Quote #5
And be it further enacted, That the Superior Court of each organized Territory of the United States shall have the same power to appoint commissioners […] which is now possessed by the Circuit Court of the United States; and all commissioners who shall hereafter be appointed for such purposes by the Superior Court of any organized Territory of the United States, shall possess all the powers, and exercise all the duties, conferred by law upon the commissioners appointed by the Circuit Courts of the United States for similar purposes, and shall moreover exercise and discharge all the powers and duties conferred by this act. (Fugitive Slave Act.Section 1.1)
How do you start enforcing a law that's been effectively ignored for decades? Well, you put more hands on deck. The new iteration of the Fugitive Slave Act, but gave both the fed and the states the rights to appoint commissioners to enforce the Act. Just to make sure people didn't get around obeying the law.