Was the Compromise of 1850 a wise effort to balance sectional differences, or a futile attempt to push the slavery out of sight?

The Compromise of 1850 can be viewed as a futile attempt
to push the issue of slavery out of sight.  The Compromise of 1850 deepened the division
between the North and South and helped create the conditions for the Civil war.  When
the Mexican-American War ended, the United States received the Mexican Cession which
included all of California, Nevada and Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado,
and Wyoming.  With this huge land acquisition, the issue of slavery in the new
territories was raised.  This led directly to the Compromise of 1850.  This compromise
deepened the division between the North and the South.  First, California would be
admitted to the Union as a free state, which upset the South.  Two new territories would
be established, Utah and New Mexico.  These territories would be open to slavery through
popular sovereignty, that is, the people of the territories would decide the issue of
slavery.  This upset the people in the North because so much territory could now have
slavery. The slave trade was banned in the District of Columbia which upset the South
because they saw this as a first step towards abolishing slavery.  There would be a new,
strict, fugitive slave law which upset the North because now by law they had to assist
in returning slaves to their owners. These tensions created by the Compromise of 1850,
which was passed because of the results of the Mexican-American War, helped create the
conditions for the Civil War.