The correct answer is A.
Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861) was an American politician and member of the House of Representatives. He became candidate for presidency in the election of 1860, compiting against Lincoln. He was known as the <em>'Little Giant'</em> due to his short height but his dominant position in politics.
He believed in the principle of popular sovereignty, that the majority of citizens should decide on contendous matters such as the slavery issue. Otherwise, if the federal government enforces anti slave regulations, the detractor states and their people would issue <em>unfriendly</em> laws locally to ensure that discrimination continues. This is known as the Freeport Doctrine.
He also had mentioned explicitly his viewpoint about the Declaration of Independence, as a document not written for non-whites.
Well, the states are unable to protect the rights of the people. the existing national government lacks the power to perform essential functions.
I believe the answer is: The laws and traditions lived on, flourishing through the Byzantines who lived in the East.
The Byzantinne was the once a part of The territory of the Roman empire on its eastern front. During the peak of it's glory, the Byzantinne empire adopt the majority of laws and tradition of the roman empire, which make many historians see them as a fragments of the roman empire.
I am thinking separation of powers
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