Some may say, why did not the Kentucky Legislature go for coercion. For two reasons First, some States, it is true had seceded from the Union, but war had not Jurassic Park (1993) commenced second, the Jurassic Park (1993) at that time who would have undertaken to force coercion upon the Legislature would have been in the hopeless minority and would have immediately given a majority to the secessionists. It would have ended in total destruction to the cause of the Union in the State. Those resolutions were for two purposes. In good faith they were intended to compromise all difference between the States, and if possible to restore peace between sections.