21. As sectional conflict escalated, he continued to support disunion abolitionism, organizing the Worcester Disunion Convention in 1857. 22. He slammed Sheng Shicai for his designation of Turkic Muslims into different ethnicities which could sow disunion among Turkic Muslims. 23. Melanchthon, however, opposed this suggestion, holding that, were it adopted, additional religious disunion would follow. 24. Coincidentally, the New England Anti-Slavery Convention endorsed the principles of disunion by a vote of 250 24. 25. He slammed Sheng Shicai for his designation of Turkic Muslims into different ethnicities, which could sow disunion among Turkic Muslims. 26. McDuffie called for a secession of the South, and threatened raising the " Banner of Disunion " [ 5 ]. 27. Continued disunion and contests between Seljuq Turks allowed al-Muqtafi to maintain control in Baghdad and to extend it throughout Iraq. 28. Political disunion , tribal rivalries, and the diminishing importance of overland trade routes between East and West weakened the Kazakh Khanate. 29. Ron Chernow assessed the theoretical damage of the resolutions as " deep and lasting . . . a recipe for disunion ". 30. Only through the adroit handling of the legislation by Speaker of the House Henry Clay was a settlement reached and disunion avoided.