"It is the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any State or territory or to exclude it there from, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Federal Constitution."


Who said this and what idea does it express?

AStephen Douglas on popular sovereignty

BJohn C. Calhoun on states' rights.

CAbraham Lincoln on forming a more perfect Union.

DHenry Clay on the need for compromise.