Answer:
Many people thought that if slavery was taken away it would ruin the country. It had become such a common thing and made many people money that a lot of people thought it would ruin the economy even though it was unfair to people of color.
Explanation:
"We have the wolf by the ears "and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other." - Thomas Jefferson
