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Paramount issue

noun

An issue whose settlement is more important than anything else; and issue that must be settled before anything else can be settled.

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... of the Missouri Compromise opened up the slavery debate anew and gave it increased vitality. Hell literally broke loose among the political elements. The issues which had divided Whigs and Democrats went to the rear, while this one paramount issue took possession of the stage. It was welcomed by the extremists of both sections, a very godsend to the beaten politicians led by Mr. Seward. Rampant sectionalism was at first kept a little in the background. There were on ...

— Marse Henry, Complete - An Autobiography • Henry Watterson