. S . ▁Congress . ▁Julian ▁en vision ed ▁families ▁working ▁for ▁themselves ▁on ▁far ms ▁that ▁did ▁not ▁rely ▁on ▁slave ▁labor ▁and ▁became ▁concerned ▁with ▁U . S . ▁land ▁policies . ▁On ▁January ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 8 5 1 , ▁he ▁delivered ▁his ▁first ▁House ▁speech ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁Andrew ▁Johnson ' s ▁hom est ead ▁bill , ▁but ▁Congress ▁failed ▁to ▁appro ve ▁the ▁legisl ation . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 8 5 1 , ▁when ▁Julian ▁ran ▁for ▁re - e lection , ▁the ▁state ' s ▁political ▁conditions ▁had ▁changed ▁significantly . ▁Under ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁Indiana ' s ▁U . S . ▁Senator ▁J esse ▁D . ▁Bright ▁and ▁others , ▁the ▁state ' s ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁had ▁become ▁more ▁rig id ly ▁opposed ▁to ▁any ▁con gression al ▁restriction ▁on ▁sla very ▁in ▁the ▁Mexican ▁c ession ▁and ▁supported ▁the ▁Comp rom ise ▁of ▁ 1 8 5 0 ▁and ▁F ug itive ▁S lave ▁Law . ▁In ▁addition , ▁a ▁new ▁state ▁constitution ▁had ▁just ▁been ▁draft ed ▁that ▁included ▁a ▁clause ▁( Art icle ▁XIII , ▁Section ▁ 1 ) ▁that ▁prohib ited ▁black s ▁from ▁migr ating ▁into ▁the ▁state . ▁( The ▁clause ▁was ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁state ' s ▁constitution ▁by ▁am end ment ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 1 .) ▁In ▁this ▁ant is la very ▁climate ▁the ▁Free ▁So il ▁and ▁Democratic ▁coal ition ▁to ▁elect ▁Julian ▁ran ▁into ▁serious ▁difficulties . ▁Julian ▁found ▁some